Look Like a Pirate With This Free Photo App

Avast! Sept. 19 is no ordinary date -- it's that special day of the year when you're allowed, nay encouraged, to talk like a pirate.

In addition to rolling our "arrrrs" and liberally peppering our speech with mention of grog, pieces of eight and planks, we'll be celebrating this wonderful occasion by giving our profile photos a pirate makeover.

Thanks to the free iArrPirateapp for iOS, you too can give yourself the parrot, eye-patch and cutlass you know you so richly deserve.

A Pirate Photo App for iPhone

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Head over to the App Store for the iArrPirate app. It's free to download, so your pieces of eight are safe for now. You can choose to snap a new pic to pirate-ify, or select an existing shot from your iPhone's camera roll.

Accessorize

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A straight-on head-and-shoulders shot works best. Once you've chosen the pic, you can select your pirate accoutrements from the menu. There is a variety of headwear, facial hair and other rather swashbuckling ways to accessorize. Remember, more is more when it comes to buccaneer chic.

Sharrrre Your Photo

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Once you've created a masterpiece to make your landlubbing cronies truly jealous, you can share the image directly to Facebook or Twitter. Alternatively, you can save it to your camera roll to upload as you see fit.

Now, heave ho -- go make your own and share them in the comments below, or we'll make you walk the plank.