Archive for the ‘Tentacles’ Category
Sharpie Week: Sherlock meets Octopus
Tuesday, November 15th, 2011
Sherlock meets Octopus sharpie sketch by Amy Crook
Sharpie week continues! It was pointed out that I ought to keep to my Tentacle Tuesday tradition, and Sherlock volunteered to help. This one is exceptionally silly, I blame the fever.
Categories: Daily Art, Tentacles, Whimsical and Strange
Tags: sharpie marker, sharpie week, sherlock
Gift Tags
Wednesday, November 9th, 2011
Holiday Gift Tags by Amy Crook, $9.99 a pack
A couple of people asked me about gift tags this year, so I took 5 of my favorite holiday cards and turned them into tags! They’re printed on parchment cardstock, with a hole punched for easy attaching. 15 cards in a pack, either all one thing or an assortment of 3 each, and shipping’s free.
You can pick them up at my Etsy shop during the holidays!
Categories: Angels, Cthulhu, and Other Myths, Daily Art, Sea Creatures and Other Animals, Tentacles, Whimsical and Strange
Tags: christmas, cthulhu, etsy, for sale, gift tags, goth, squid
Tentacle Deeps 19
Tuesday, November 8th, 2011
Tentacle Deeps 19 by Amy Crook
The background on this is a rich, pure quinacridone gold wash that glows with color like a sunset. I used a brush pen to create the tentacles, which silhouette nicely against the gold. The ink took forever to dry on the thick watercolor paint, but once it did the blackest areas look rich and matte against the slightly glossy paint.
Tentacle Deeps 18, 5″x7″ mixed media on paper.
Categories: Angels, Cthulhu, and Other Myths, Daily Art, Series and Books, Tentacles
Tags: black, brush pen, for sale, gold, tentacle deeps, watercolor
Tentacle Deeps 18
Tuesday, November 1st, 2011
Tentacle Deeps 18 by Amy Crook
More tentacles! I started this piece with salt that had already been gently used and had a coating of color on the outside, arranging them in a pattern that made me think of balloons floating up or perhaps fluff blowing off a dandelion. Once I got the idea to attach them to tentacles, however, I couldn’t resist! I used several shades of red and orange ink to create the tentacles, and of course my scanner hates red dyes and so a lot of the subtle gradation you can see in person is lost.
I decided to create the “deeps” part of the painting with simple crosshatching, electing to go with a fairly loose style which often ran into the tentacles, which makes them just a bit more unreal. I do wonder what the salt pools represent in this context, attached at the end of each vivid red tentacle. Egg sacs? Sensory organs? Lunch?
Tentacle Deeps 18, 7″x5″ mixed media on paper.
Tentacle Deeps 18, framed, by Amy Crook
Categories: Angels, Cthulhu, and Other Myths, Daily Art, Series and Books, Tentacles
Tags: black, crosshatching, for sale, pen and ink, red, salt, tentacle deeps, watercolor
Squidtini
Tuesday, October 25th, 2011
Squidtini by Amy Crook
My friend, G, is a big fan of both gin and squid, so one night I drew up this little guy with her in mind. He’s even made friends with the olive, which he’s got clutched in his feeder tentacles, though the gin’s given him a bit of a blush on his fins and cheeks. This little squid is sloshed!
Squidtini, 5″x7″ pen and ink and Copic markers on paper.
I think it would make a great invitation to a New Year’s dinner party, so I made cards for my Etsy shop.
Squidtini, framed, by Amy Crook
Categories: Daily Art, Sea Creatures and Other Animals, Tentacles, Whimsical and Strange
Tags: card, copic marker, etsy, for sale, martini, pen and ink, squid
Cthulhu’s Gift
Wednesday, October 19th, 2011
Cthulhu’s Gift by Amy Crook
I’ve been working on holiday cards again this week, and Cthulhu really wants you to like his gift. I decided to make a rather generic gift for the original, and then I drew a page of holiday dingbats — including a delightfully gruesome spike bow of a sort I’ve actually bought and put on gifts myself (minus the blood).
Cthulhu’s Gift, 5″x7″ pen and ink and Copic markers on paper.
Cthulhu’s Holiday Gift by Amy Crook
The original is, of course, the first version, since this one exists courtesy of Photoshop, but I find I’m rather fond of his baubles. I want a tentacle glass ornament!
This is what he looks like in a frame, though the original won’t be framed unless the buyer requests it for an additional fee.
Cthulhu’s Gift, framed, by Amy Crook
Categories: Angels, Cthulhu, and Other Myths, Daily Art, Tentacles, Things I'm a Fan Of, Zombies, Skulls, and Other Morbid Things
Tags: copic marker, cthulhu, for sale, holiday, lovecraft, pen and ink, tentacles
Squid in a Scarf
Wednesday, October 12th, 2011
Squid in a Scarf by Amy Crook
It’s this year’s holiday card! I decided to do something extra silly, so not only is our little squid freezing, he comes in colors. You can see his feeder tentacles wrapped around all 8 arms as he shivers in his hat and scarf a bit anxiously. I decided on a chilly ocean blue for his main body color, which works well with all the color schemes I’ve tried so far, from Hogwarts houses to TARDIS blue and white.
Squid in a Scarf, 5″x5″ pen and ink and Copic markers on paper.
Check out my Etsy Shop to get him as a card, print, or even buy the original.
Squid in a Scarf, original art by Amy Crook
Categories: Daily Art, Sea Creatures and Other Animals, Tentacles
Tags: card art, copic marker, customize me, etsy, for sale, pen and ink, squid
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