Rabbit Waves

people have longed relied on ciphers to share secrets in a safe and private way.

Page three of the Rabbit Waves comic, in which Arkady and Hazy raft their boats, Natsya and Teapot, together and exchange keywords for a future project over warm drinks.

At night, vessels indicate their status to other mariners by way of lights, the color and position of each light communicates different information.

Some comic pages I completed.

By memorizing the rising and setting positions of many stars sailors can find out where they are in the world.

A bosun's whistle (or boatswain's call) is used on naval ships to pass commands to the crew.

Learn everything you can about first-aid.

Triangular bandages are used to make slings and to make broad bandages to keep splints in place.

An emergency bag, ditch bag(specific to boats), or "go-bag", contains emergency supplies for when it is necessary to leave the home/vessel in a hurry in the event of a disaster.

Ground to air signals When one needs to communicate with an aircraft from the ground, it is easier to draw one symbol than to spell out an entire sentence.

Morse Signaling by Hand Flags or Arms Allow for enough time between dots and dashes, and between letters, groups or words.

The International Morse Code is a way to communicate that consists of short and long sounds that penetrate interference with greater quality than spoken words.

Day Shapes are signals raised during daylight hours to indicate their status to other vessels.

Flag semaphore is a way of communicating at a distance by using hand flags.

The International Code of Signals is a system of signals and codes designed to communicate important safety and navigational messages when speaking is difficult (because of language barriers, distance, etc).