July 2026 Patreon Sketches
Posted on August 29th, 2026
Another month, another batch of sketch cards for my wonderful Patreon supporters!
- Jo’s quiet glade is a bit abstract, but hopefully the concept comes though
- Lila asked for a cloud dragon and I went Asian for her long boi (gender neutral)
- Joanne wanted an axolotl on an adventure and this little guy has vintage luggage
- SaraBeth asked for Fairy Carmilla and got her loafing with moth wings (sold)
- Amy B wanted Mothman, who also has moth wings for more obvious reasons
- Gill asked for sleep and gets Meadowsweet, as I’m currently rereading those so I can start book 4 in September
- Chloe wanted snowy trees and gets tree because small
- Sky asked about autumnal aspens in the mountains and gets this cheerful fall scene
- Jefferson prompted “endless driving” and I went kinda surrealist with it (sold)
- Rhonda wanted a sunset and gets this riot of golds and oranges with just a little red
- Kelly asked for “melting” and gets cool word art in shimmery blue
- Andria asked for purple & orange Summerween and gets a crow with his Sharpied-up tomato jack-o-lantern
- Libster wanted a water kelpie and I went dark and gloomy with it (sold)
- Eric prompted “baseball” so he gets a baseball mimic — Rawr! (sold)
Categories: Angels, Cthulhu, and Other Myths, Completed Commissions, Flowers, Trees and Landscapes, People, Figures and Faces, Pretty Words, Sea Creatures and Other Animals, Series and Books, Things I'm a Fan Of, Whimsical and Strange
Tags: amy b, andria, cat, chloe, consulting magic, crow, eric, gill, jefferson, jo, joanne, kelly, libster, lila, patreon, pen and ink, rhonda, sarabeth, sky, trees, watercolor
June 2026 Patreon Sketches
Posted on August 1st, 2026
My delightful Patreon supporters continue to give me fun prompts, so here’s what they had to say in June!
- Jo asked for a gay compass rose, and I used all 8 original flag colors for this one
- Sky wanted an anatomical pride heart, and got the trans colors snuck in with the current rainbow flag colors (sold)
- Libster wanted one of Alex & Julian’s fairy cat chasing rainbows off some kind of, you know, rainbow-throwing window thing, and so Cinnamon volunteered but then refused to chase, as cats do
- Kelly prompted “Gemini” and gets twin kitties (sold)
- Jefferson prompted “strange beds” and also gets a cat because I’m predictable like that (sold)
- Eric wanted CaitVi from Arcane and gets a pair of sketchy lesbians (sold)
- Joanne asked for Jörmungandr the World Serpent, and I centered the globe on Norway to match
- Andria wanted a harried crow, and this little guy looks very stressed and annoyed to me (sold)
- SaraBeth wanted Rocky from Project Hail Mary (which I have seen! and am reading!) with an aromantic pride flag (sold)
- Amy B wanted a pride skunk and gets this dapper darling (sold)
Categories: Angels, Cthulhu, and Other Myths, Completed Commissions, People, Figures and Faces, Sea Creatures and Other Animals, Series and Books, Things I'm a Fan Of, Whimsical and Strange, Zombies, Skulls, and Other Morbid Things
Tags: amy b, andria, copic marker, eric, jefferson, jo, joanne, kelly, libster, patreon, pen and ink, sarabeth, sky
May 2026 Patreon Sketches
Posted on July 2nd, 2026
It’s sketch card time for my lovely Patreon patrons, who also get a cat pic with their version of this post.
Here are 9 requests and 1 bonus card to make the layout pretty. Enjoy!
- Joanne asked for an owl reading a book. It was a very bookish month!
- Eric asked for Zechs Marquise from Gundam Wing (sold)
- Amy B wanted a Beach Day skunk (sold)
- Libster wanted a bear reading and I had fun with scale on this one (sold)
- SaraBeth wanted Grogu and idk here he is kinda (sold)
- Kelly finally got her book dragon request from March, oops (sold)
- Kelly also got some sea life, specifically from the Kelp Forest Cam at Monterey Bay Aquarium, which I really want to go back to someday (sold)
- Jefferson prompted “icebergburglar” so this is blatant iceberg theft (sold)
- Jo wanted one of Alex’s gift paintings to Julian from Courtship
- and no one wanted this rainy day but me, because I am dying of the hot
Categories: Completed Commissions, Flowers, Trees and Landscapes, People, Figures and Faces, Sea Creatures and Other Animals, Series and Books, Things I'm a Fan Of, Whimsical and Strange
Tags: amy b, consulting magic, dragon, eric, gundam, jefferson, jo, joanne, kelly, libster, patreon, pen and ink, sarabeth, star wars, watercolor
Excuses for Friendship
Posted on June 23rd, 2026
Ever wondered how Alex managed to befriend Father Stephen? Here’s how!
Alex Benedict is a consulting mage, coming in on murder cases when there’s evil magic afoot.
Father Stephen is a priest at the Temples, performing various services to the community including weddings, purifications, and other errands.
The two of them meet on an unusual case, and find excuses to see each other again and again, until their friendship is fully cemented.
This short in the Consulting Magic universe goes back to before we met Julian, but after Alex was established in his consulting career, to the very day he first met our redoubtable Father Stephen.
Find it on Amazon today!
Categories: Series and Books, Words Words Words
Tags: book, consulting magic
April 2026 Patreon Sketches
Posted on June 15th, 2026
Whoops, forgot to share these here! It was a fun month with some weird prompts on Patreon, and some extra art, too.
I did all of these with watercolor this time because reasons. Enjoy!
- Kelly wanted an Easter themed dragon. Bunny! (sold)
- SaraBeth asked for a flowering tree, and has received. (sold)
- Jefferson prompted a favorite game, Sea Salt & Paper, and gets an alt colorway mermaid. (sold)
- Sara Elise wanted a little girl caterpillar, and got this shiny pink girl.
- Allison asked for a happy turtle and gets this little cartoon guy.
- Eric prompted “sea salt and pepper” and gets this mini surrealist painting. (sold)
- Amy B wanted a spring crow and gets a fledgling with a peanut. (sold)
- Rebecca S wanted sunflowers, because y’all are determined to make me paint flowers.
- Jo’s path through a spring forest is a little abstract but you know, tiny sketch card. (sold)
- Joanne also wanted flowers and gets daffodils, because tulips were last month.
Bonus! I did some random brush-and-ink sketches, one of which was to make up a little deficit in Snow Leopard sketch cards.
- Bat! (sold)
- A bee visiting an odd sort of flower
- A crow with its beak open (sold)
- A crow with its beak closed
- A cat lounging and starting into your soul
- A cat sleeping like an absolute dingus
Categories: Abstract and Just Plain Weird, Angels, Cthulhu, and Other Myths, Completed Commissions, Flowers, Trees and Landscapes, People, Figures and Faces, Sea Creatures and Other Animals, Series and Books, Things I'm a Fan Of, Whimsical and Strange
Tags: allison, amy b, brush and ink, eric, jefferson, jo, joanne, kelly, patreon, pen and ink, rebecca s, sara elise, sarabeth, watercolor
Diffidence and the Rift Audiobook
Posted on May 28th, 2026
Written by: Amy Crook
Narrated by: Gabriel McKnight
Diffidence Obedience Atonement Smythe is a grad student who prefers to never use his full name. Ever. He’s finishing a PhD in extemporaneous magic, and his research project for his dissertation is closing the Rift between worlds that he accidentally opened when he was thirteen. Obviously, caffeine is an important part of his life.
Ergi Thusol-Von Klempt is a half-orc who works in the infamous Goblin Market, selling magical pastries to those who need them—or, in Diff’s case, just want them. He’s got bubblegum-pink hair, lovely lilac skin, and a smile like sunshine, at least if you ask Diff. Ergi is intrigued by his frazzled, but handsome, frequent customer.
The Goblin Market is a magical space that anyone can find if they truly need it, and most people visit once or twice if at all. Diff is there several times a week as he untangles the layered mysteries of the Rift, and has had years to develop his crush on Ergi.
In this cozy urban fantasy, Diff and Ergi find some solutions to life’s problems in the Market, along with the courage to talk to each other.
Diff might even find a future beyond the Rift that has consumed over a decade of his life.
Categories: Series and Books, Words Words Words
March 2026 Patreon Sketches
Posted on April 30th, 2026
Everyone’s in a spring mood this month, including a commemorative coin from ancient Rome.
- Andria wanted a lucky fox, and gets this cheeky fellow
- Joanne asked for a hare gazing at the moon
- Amy B wanted Raccoon (and specified the cat) so here she is in her ideal form, a sphere (sold)
- Gill prompted, “Beware the Ides,” and I found this coin that Brutus put out after the assassination. Cold, Brutus, really cold. (sold)
- SaraBeth wanted ART from Murderbot saying, “Make peace or else.” Since ART doesn’t have a physical body the same way some of us do, we get word art! (sold)
- Molly asked for an Easter egg
- Sky wanted something spring-ish, and suggested tulips, so here we are (sold)
- Jeff prompted “Onlyferns” and reminded me of Opus, so this is the result (sold)
- Lila asked for a fox amongst flowers and frolicking occurred
- Eric wanted one of the cats, and since I was already doing Raccoon, here’s Trotsky! (sold)
Categories: Completed Commissions, Flowers, Trees and Landscapes, Sea Creatures and Other Animals, Series and Books, Things I'm a Fan Of, Whimsical and Strange
Tags: amy b, andria, cat, copic marker, eric, gill, jefferson, joanne, lila, molly, pen and ink, sarabeth, sky, watercolor
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