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Translucent Pelagic Octopus
Thursday, August 12th, 2010
Translucent Pelagic Octopus tiny painting by Amy Crook
Today’s tiny painting is a Translucent Pelagic Octopus, a deep-sea creature that floats ghostlike in the dark ocean. They have some phosphorescence in blues and reds and even a bit of gold to go with the white, and seem to be sculptures of living glass. Iridescent paint gives the image a big of shimmer, adding to the effect.
He’s giving you a cheerful hello wave from his tiny canvas, which is about the size of a postcard. He comes with a small wooden easel to easily display him on a flat surface such as a bookshelf, mantelpiece, desk, cubicle, or very patient cat.
Pelagic Octopus, 4″x5″ oil painting on canvas board, $59 with free shipping. 10% of your money will go to charity.
I’m going to list him on Etsy once I’ve had the chance to take some extra photos, but for now here’s a simple Paypal button for your buying pleasure:
Tags: canvas board, for sale, ocean, octopus, oil painting, tiny painting
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Bobtail Squid
Sunday, August 8th, 2010
Bobtail Squid sketch by Amy Crook
Today’s art is a startled little bobtail squid, who clearly wasn’t expecting to have his portrait sketched this morning. I’ve got a tiny painting of one of his cousins in the works, actually, which I’ll be getting back to once my last houseguest of the summer leaves and life returns to some value of normal.
Tags: pencil, sketch, squid
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Weeble Cthulhu
Sunday, July 25th, 2010
Weeble Cthulhu by Amy Crook
As promised, I’m reposting Weeble Cthulhu from earlier this year so he’s hiding in amongst my daily art for those seeking out my (so far rather small) series of Lovecraftian weebles. He’s got his pet Shoggoth with him with his bowl of cultist snacks and everything.
I made a greeting card out of him for Valentine’s Day that said, “Cthulhu wanted to give you a heart, but they were all too small and squishy.” They sold so well I took off the “Happy Valentine’s Day” and have left them up on the shop ever since.
Weeble Cthulhu, 4″x6″ pen and ink and Copic markers on a watercolor postcard. Buy his card at Etsy!
Tags: cards, cartoon, copic markers, cthulhu, etsy, for sale, lovecraft, monster, pen and ink, shoggoth, weeble
Posted in Angels, Cthulhu, and Other Myths, Daily Art, People, Figures and Faces, Series and Books, Tentacles, Things I'm a Fan Of, Zombies, Skulls, and Other Morbid Things | No Comments »
Pink Octopus
Saturday, July 24th, 2010
Pink Octopus by Amy Crook
A few years back (2006 says the signature!), we visited the Baltimore Aquarium when they had their octopus. He was just so adorable, pink and friendly, and he had this little puzzle-box full of shrimp that we declared was his purse. I spent a long time watching him, studying the way his limbs met his body and the decidedly un-graceful curls and squiggles of his long tentacles, especially the way they attenuated at the very ends.
So, when I got home, I had to draw him! I gave him a purse full of shrimp, and used my “Prawn” copic marker to color him. I ran across him while I was looking for some other files, and I thought I’d share him with you as a lazy Saturday post.
Tags: cephalopod, copic markers, nfs, octopus, pen and ink
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Weeble Wednesday: Monster Wearing Nurf Shoes
Wednesday, June 30th, 2010
Monster Wearing Nurf Shoes by Amy Crook
Months ago, I attended a teleclass of Havi Brooks’ that also had a chat room to go with it. In the chat room we got off on a tangent of a tangent and were talking about Monsters (aka those critical internal voices) who threw shoes (aka said nasty, unhelpful things), and how nice it would be if those shoes just bounced off harmlessly as though they were made of (ahem) “Nurf.” And I said that I wanted to draw such a phenomenon, and promptly forgot about it for many months, oops!
So, for the first of many Weeble Wednesdays, I bring you a Monster wearing Nurf Shoes! He might toss one at you, but it won’t really hurt, and you can always toss it back.
Monster Wearing Nurf Shoes, 5″x7″ pen & ink with Copic markers on watercolor paper.
Tags: cartoon, copic markers, havi brooks, monster, pen and ink, weeble
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If Wishes Were Fishes
Saturday, June 19th, 2010
If Wishes Were Fishes by Amy Crook
This doodle springs from a conflation of two sayings my Mom used to use, “If wishes were fishes, we’d live in the sea,” and “If wishes were horses, then beggars would ride.” Somehow my brain mixed the two up, and we have this doodle — “If wishes were fishes, then beggars would ride.” I went Seussian with the fish, giving the whole thing a cheerful, if surrealistic, feel.
Click the image to see it bigger!
Tags: doodle, nfs, pencil, squid
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Monster Under the Bed
Sunday, June 13th, 2010
Monster Under the Bed by Amy Crook
This is another wee bedside doodle, this one dipping its toe into the horror genre. I swear to this day a part of me still believes in things that lurk under the bed — how else to explain the sound of something sliding against the metal frame when both cats are asleep, and in sight?
Tags: doodle, monster, nfs, pencil
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