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Tentacle Spiral 2
Tuesday, January 31st, 2012
Tentacle Spiral 2 by Amy Crook, $222
As predicted, I’ve got a second installment for my Tentacle Spiral series. This started out as something else, but once I looked at the smudgy, swirly green background I just knew it needed tentacles. I mixed up a very dark green that’s a little translucent, so you can see some of the other colors where the tentacles grow thin, as though they’re not quite fully in this world.
Tentacle Spiral 2, 8″x8″ watercolor on paper, $222 framed, with free shipping.
Tentacle Spiral 2, detail, by Amy Crook
These tentacle spiral pieces also look very cool when photographed at an angle like this, so much so I even made a wallpaper of this one. It’s been ages since I shared one, so I figured it was about time.
Tags: for sale, spirals, tentacle spiral, tentacles, watercolor
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Tentacle Deeps 24
Tuesday, January 24th, 2012
Tentacle Deeps 24 by Amy Crook, $222
It’s Tuesday the 24th, which is the perfect day for Tentacle Deeps 24, don’t you think? It’s a good thing I’ve got it all ready to go.
I have really been enjoying my block of 4″x8″ watercolor paper, especially for the tentacles, although it means I’ll need to figure out a framing and matting situation for them sooner or later. I like the sense of depth it gives them with the extra vertical space above, in this case where the yellows shine in and then filter down through the textured space into bluer greens at the bottom. The tentacles are scribbled in with fountain pen on the black and brush pen on the grey.
Tentacle Deeps 24, 4″x8″ pen and ink and watercolor on paper, $222 framed, with free shipping.
I have to admit, I think every single one of the Tentacle Deeps paintings looks cool photographed this way, so I will probably never stop adding in the gratuitous creepy detail shots.
Tentacle Deeps 24, detail, by Amy Crook
Tags: for sale, green, pen and ink, tentacle deeps, tentacles, watercolor
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Tentacle Heart Cyclops
Saturday, January 21st, 2012
Coloring Book Doodle 48 - Tentacle Heart Cyclops
I scanned #49 today, too, and it’s hard to believe I’ve done that many of these doodles. I don’t always manage to draw in books (wholesale orders don’t get them, or last-minute-zomg ones), and sometimes I draw and forget to scan, but still. Nearly 50! That’s a lot of tentacles.
And yet, this guy is unimpressed. Isn’t that always the way?
Tags: coloring book, doodle, pen and ink, sketch
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Get Well Squid
Tuesday, January 17th, 2012
Get Well Squid by Amy Crook, $79
A friend of mine is in the hospital right now, so I drew up this little guy and printed him on a card to help cheer her up while she undergoes treatment. I’m not sure how he’s going to get that bottle of pills open without a helping hand, but he sure looks like he could use them, poor guy.
Get Well Squid, 5″x7″ pen and ink and Copic markers on paper, $79 for the original with free shipping, or get him on a card of your own at my Etsy shop.
Tags: cartoon, copic markers, for sale, pen and ink, squid, weeble
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Tentacle Monster Too
Saturday, January 14th, 2012
Tentacle Monster Too sketch by Amy Crook
Another silly doodle from a Coloring Book, this guy knows how to keep an eye on his dinner.
Enjoy your weekend!
Tags: coloring book, pen and ink, sketch, tentacles
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Cthulhu Dreams of Love
Tuesday, January 10th, 2012
Cthulhu Dreams of Love by Amy Crook, $69
Cthulhu gets a Valentine! Of course his love-dreams could be for a birthday, anniversary or just because, but it’s that season and I drew him with that in mind.
That said, my favorite part is the button-eyed Hound of Tindalos plush toy. He’s holding its paw! Aww, Cthulhu, we never knew you were such a softie.
Cthulhu Dreams of Love, 5″x7″ pen and ink and Copic markers on paper, $69 with free shipping. Or visit my Etsy Shop to pick him up on a card!
Tags: copic markers, cthulhu, etsy, for sale, lovecraft, pen and ink, weeble
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Tentacle Spiral 1
Tuesday, January 3rd, 2012
Tentacle Spiral 1 by Amy Crook, $222
I was mucking about with washes, and I thought I’d do something a little different with this pale, almost flesh-toned wash I did on one of my last blank handmade postcards from India. The lunar black paint made exquisite textures as it granulated and pooled in the surface of the card, giving the tentacles a half-real feeling.
I like this effect with the tentacles spiralling in from all sides, so I’ve optimistically called this #1 in the hopes that I manage a series out of it.
Tentacle Spiral 1, 6″x4″ watercolor on handmade postcard, $222 framed, with free shipping.
I took a close-up of one of the spirals so you can really see the texture – as always you can click the pictures to see them larger as well.
Tentacle Spiral 1, detail, by Amy Crook
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