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Sherlock in Grey

Saturday, March 10th, 2012

Sherlock in Grey
by Amy Crook

I wanted a tall, thin piece of Sherlock art to put on my giveaway bookmarks for my Etsy shop (sometimes I slip them into the larger orders as a freebie), and nothing I already had quite fit the bill. So, I drew this guy! He’s done with one of my nifty Japanese brush pens that’s black on one side and grey on the other — I’m always using up the black and leaving a ton of grey, so sometimes pieces like this can help me use up some of the extra. I self-indulgently drew in his red buttonhole, though I’m not sure anyone but me will notice it when it’s printed out half the size.

I also used him on my Sherlock gift tags, complete with characteristic sarcasm.

Sherlock in Grey, 5.5″x8.5″ pen and ink on paper.

Tags: grey, pen and ink, red buttonhole, sherlock
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Potterly Love

Thursday, February 23rd, 2012

Potterly Love, cartoon by Amy Crook, $79

Is it James Potter and little Harry, or grown-up Harry and little James Sirius? In my mind it’s a little of both, James and Harry sharing a moment of fatherly love from one generation to the next. I even gave them Gryffindor-themed colors, with warm baby yellow and bright fatherly red.

I have to admit, my favorite part about drawing Harry Potter is the hair, which is always a fun, scribbly mess. Baby hair is just a little different, wispier and more staticky while being just as much of a mess as dad’s infamous mop.

Potterly Love, 5″x7″ pen and ink and Copic markers on paper, $79 with free shipping.

Potterly Love, framed art by Amy Crook

Tags: baby, copic markers, etsy, father, for sale, Harry Potter, pen and ink, son
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Sherlock Bookmark 4

Sunday, February 19th, 2012

Sherlock Bookmark 4 by Amy Crook, $13.13

Secret Bonus Post! I had one more bookmark than would fit in my usual 6-day week, so I decided to go ahead and post this one on Sunday. If you can’t read my handwriting, click the image above for a bigger version.

When I was working on this, first I drew tiny John & Sherlock, and then I decided what John was upset about. I didn’t really plan it ahead, just let the joke unfold in the space I had, then went back and fixed the typo when I inked it. I had fun drawing tiny Sherlock popping his collar like a boss.

Sherlock Bookmark 4, 7″x1″ pen and ink on paper, $13.13 with free shipping.

Sherlock Bookmark 4, with book, by Amy Crook

You can see the little cartoon above with a standard hardcover book, just waiting to mark someone’s place with secret delight.

Tags: bookmark, comic, for sale, pen and ink, sherlock
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Sherlock Bookmark 3

Wednesday, February 15th, 2012

Sherlock Bookmark 3 by Amy Crook, $13.13

Bookmark week continues with another Sherlock Holmes!

He skulks on this black bookmark in pencil, which makes his details vanish at the wrong angle, though the graphite catches the light nicely at the right angle. I painted in his green eyes, red buttonhole and blue scarf on a whim, and I like the way those little details leap out of the page at you.

Sherlock Bookmark 3, 1″x5″ pencil and watercolor on paper, $13.13 with free shipping.

Sherlock Bookmark 3, detail, by Amy Crook

You can really see his detailing in the detail photo, above, and of course I couldn’t resist a shot of him peeking sneakily up out of a book, below.

Sherlock Bookmark 3, with book, by Amy Crook

Tags: black paper, bookmark, for sale, japanese watercolor, pencil, sherlock
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Sherlock Says: Do Not Bend

Saturday, February 11th, 2012

Sherlock doodle by Amy Crook

Sometimes, just writing “please do not bend” on the back of a package just doesn’t seem enough. This time, Sherlock had his say — don’t worry, he’s hiding inside, too, so it’s not completely random. Really.

Tags: etsy, sharpie marker, sherlock, sketch
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Tentacle Deeps 25

Tuesday, February 7th, 2012

Tentacle Deeps 25, watercolor painting by Amy Crook, $222

Tentacle Tuesday is upon us once again! I decided to go old school with this next set and paint the wash in the middle of the paper, which gives a very interesting edge to work with. This wash started golden yellow at the bottom and faded up to lemony yellow, but I wanted to give it a bit more oomph, so I went in with a deep goldenrod fine-point Sharpie marker and drew tiny crosshatching in all the background areas. The marker nearly fades into the watercolor down near the base of the tentacles, but you can see the texture clearly in the upper areas.

There’s something soothing about doing these really tedious patterns sometimes, especially since I can do a tiny area for just a minute or two and then do something else (mmmminternets), and then go back to it, which cuts up the process into manageable bites. Otherwise, my wrists might never forgive me!

Tentacle Deeps 25, 5.25″x5″ watercolor and Sharpie marker on paper, $222 framed, with free shipping.

Since this one’s slightly larger than a standard frame I didn’t get a photo of it in its new home yet, but you can see the texture of paper, paint and marker in the cool depth-of-field photo that I can’t resist taking every single time.

Tentacle Deeps 25, detail, by Amy Crook, $222

Tags: for sale, hufflepuff, sharpie marker, tentacle deeps, tentacles, watercolor, yellow
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Snape and Harry Shrinky Dinks

Wednesday, February 1st, 2012

Snape and Harry Shrinky Dinks by Amy Crook

Yes, that is a dime off in the distance there. Yes, they are just that wee. Somehow, I forget every time just how small they’re going to get! I have no idea what I’ll do with these, possibly a random giveaway. I have jump rings for them (which are ginormous compared to the actual charms) but it’s much easier to photograph them flat without.

Here you can see them before shrinking, next to a pair of scissors for relative scale. Their colors are also less intense, since they get much more pigment-dense when the material they’re on shrinks.