Archive for the ‘Sea Creatures’ Category
« Or Head Back That Way
More Art This Way »
Salted Squid 2
Tuesday, August 30th, 2011
Salted Squid 2 by Amy Crook, $323
Tentacle Tuesday is back with a sequel to the whimsical Salted Squid 1. I wanted to do something more controlled, so I scribbled out a complete squid in green pen and then went over it with water and a brush, and sprinkled the resulting pool with salt. You can see the pen lines still there as darker shadows in the larger shape, and so I decided to stay with that pen-and-ink feeling for the background.
I used two different colors of pen on the background to simulate sunlight shining down fro above, and then left blank circles like bubbles rising up. Then, I used plain water again, this time without the salt, to give a soft, watercolor feeling to the shafts of sunlight, and the darker depths at the bottom.
Salted Squid 2, 7″x5″ salt, pen and ink on watercolor paper, $323, framed, with free shipping.
You can see the even layer of sparkling crystals that make up the body of the squid here, along with some detail on the close pen-and-ink lines.
Salted Squid 2, detail, by Amy Crook
The black frame with its glass gives the feeling of looking into an aquarium, or so I like to tell myself. He looks adorable on my bookshelf, anyway.
Salted Squid 2, framed, by Amy Crook, $323
Tags: crosshatching, for sale, pen and ink, salt, squid, tentacles
Posted in Daily Art, Sea Creatures, Series and Books, Shop - Sea Creatures and Other Animals, Tentacles | No Comments »
Evil Fishie sketch
Saturday, August 13th, 2011
Evil Fishie sketch by Amy Crook
I managed a sketch for Saturday, whee! I realized that a lot of what I sketch is the preliminary drawings for things I’d rather post finished, so that’s why I never seem to have any sketches for my Saturday posts. This guy seems rather Lovecraftian to me, perhaps I can do a properly inked version of him of I do another coloring book sometime.
Tags: fish, lovecraft, nfs, pencil
Posted in Daily Art, Sea Creatures, Things I'm a Fan Of, Zombies, Skulls, and Other Morbid Things | No Comments »
Dance of the Octopi – Fabric!
Tuesday, August 2nd, 2011
Dance of the Octopi fabric by Amy Crook
You may remember a while back I posted a design called Dance of the Octopi and contemplated how it would make good wallpaper or fabric pattern? Well, I’ve finally gotten around to putting it up on Spoonflower for sale! You can see my little sample above, which is a fat quarter of unironed quilting weight (I don’t own an iron, haha) gathered into a pretty swath for the photo.
I love the dreamy, blue and purple creatures and vibrant green seaweed against the soft blue background, and am still contemplating whether I want to get a few yards and try to sew myself a tentaclicious pair of pajama pants. I suppose I’d have to buy an iron, though…
Tags: fabric, fish, jellyfish, octopus, squid
Posted in Daily Art, Sea Creatures, Tentacles, Whimsical and Strange | 2 Comments »
Salted Squid 1
Tuesday, July 19th, 2011
Salted Squid 1, art by Amy Crook, $69
More of my experiments with making salt into Actual Things, we have a happy little squid! He’s got his feeder tentacles tucked away, but you can count all 8 arms waving cheerily at you from out of the blue. He’s surrounded by colorful coral, or maybe iridescent bubbles, made using salt that had acquired a coat of paint from other pieces and then been saved. The squid is faintly green, but there was a lot of him to spread out a little bit of watercolor pigment, so you’ll have to forgive his pale complexion.
Salted Squid 1, 5.5″x4.25″ mixed media on paper, $69 with free shipping.
You can see below how the paper gained some fascinating texture in the places where the salt pools formed — that’s because sometimes the salt crystals form inside the paper instead of on top.
Salted Squid 1, detail, by Amy Crook
This cutie insisted to me that he doesn’t need a frame to be awesome, and I’m inclined to agree — the paper’s got a bit of a curve, and it tucks quite nicely onto a shelf. He enjoyed hanging out with my duckies so much, I’ve left him there for the moment. These days I make so much art that I keep swapping out what’s on display.
Salted Squid 1, in situ, by Amy Crook, $69
Tags: for sale, pen and ink, salt, squid, tentacles, watercolor
Posted in Daily Art, Sea Creatures, Series and Books, Shop - Sea Creatures and Other Animals, Shop - Whimsical and Strange, Tentacles, Whimsical and Strange | 1 Comment »
Not My Squidhole!
Tuesday, July 12th, 2011
Not My Squidhole! by Amy Crook
Something a little silly for your tentacle Tuesday — squid meets monster. It’s not true love. Sad.
Tags: nfs, pen and ink, squid, tentacles
Posted in Daily Art, Sea Creatures, Tentacles | No Comments »
3 Squid and a Mouse
Saturday, July 9th, 2011
3 Squid and a Mouse, sketches by Amy Crook
I was considering squid for a painting I eventually left abstract, but these guys got doodled up while I was contemplating how to add the squid in without disrupting the flow of the piece. It’s also part of my tiny emerging practice of doing some sketching in pen, without the crutch of my eraser
3 Squid and a Mouse, pen and ink on scratch paper, not for sale.
Tags: nfs, pen and ink, sketch, squid
Posted in Daily Art, Sea Creatures, Tentacles | 4 Comments »
Shrinky Dinks 1
Saturday, June 18th, 2011
Shrinky Dinks, set 1, by Amy Crook
Do you remember Shrink Dinks? I had forgotten all about them until I ran across the Klutz Press book on them, which of course I bought, and then proceeded to store away for years with my art supplies. Well, today is the day they finally got put to use.
I used about 1/3 of a sheet for these guys, and wow, they got soooo wee. Seriously, I was somehow not expecting them to shrink quite so much, but I have future wicked plans for making more. Here you can see them with a dime for size comparison — on my screen, they’re actually larger than they are in real life.
Shrinky Dinks, set 1, by Amy Crook
Dark-colored Sharpies are still quite dark on the semi-transparent plastic, though you can see the colors clearly above with the lights shining through. I’m definitely going to have to experiment with some more of these, and then figure out how to price them and what for. Perhaps a set of ninja stitch markers? Zombie zipper pulls? Cthulhu on a cord for a necklace?
Tags: cthulhu, ninja, omgwee, shrinky dinks, squid, zombie
Posted in Angels, Cthulhu, and Other Myths, Daily Art, People, Figures and Faces, Sea Creatures, Tentacles, Whimsical and Strange, Zombies, Skulls, and Other Morbid Things | 4 Comments »
More Art This Way »
