Cartoon: Skaja Wills
Skaja Wills, final, by Amy Crook
Ever wondered what it’s like to become a cartoon? Skaja Wills was kind enough to let me share the process with you.
Tags: cartoon, copic markers, pen and ink, Skaja Wills
Posted on August 26th, 2010 in Completed Commissions, Daily Art, People, Figures and Faces | 2 Comments »
Weeble Wednesday: Me!
Amy Crook cartoon by Amy Crook
Last but not least of the six cartoons I did of a group of my friends, I bring you — me! I personally rather like being a weeble, it gives me lots of freedom to do things like make my hair even longer, and wear t-shirts I don’t actually own. I do, however, own the pyjama pants, and they are just as awesome as you think they are.
And no, I still won’t explain the bunny ears.
Tags: cartoon, closet, copic markers, pen and ink, weeble
Posted on August 25th, 2010 in Daily Art, People, Figures and Faces, Series and Books | No Comments »
Cartoon: Linda Esposito, version 2
Linda Esposito, version 2, by Amy Crook
When Linda and I talked about colors for her cartoons, she asked for greens and olives to match her website, but she added a little postscript saying that if she had her way, it’d be eggplant and tangerine! So I suggested we do one of each, since she’d already decided to keep both.
I had this great light orange marker that made the couch surprisingly warm and inviting, especially when we added the rusty orange and blood red pillows, but managed to be subdued enough not to overwhelm the figure entirely. I gave it nice dark wood to frame it, and then Linda herself got to wear the deep purpley-blue that was as close as I had to a proper eggplant.
All in all, though it’s the same person, her first cartoon will serve her well on her website and in a more professional capacity, while this one gives her something fun and unexpected that still has ‘her’ written all over it.
Tags: cartoon, copic markers, Linda Esposito, pen and ink
Posted on August 24th, 2010 in Completed Commissions, Daily Art, People, Figures and Faces | 2 Comments »
Cartoon: Linda Esposito, version 1
Linda Esposito, version 1, by Amy Crook
When the wonderful Linda Esposito of Talk Therapy Biz took me up on getting herself turned into a cartoon, I’m pretty sure she didn’t expect to get two! The one she asked for was the one above, something in greens and browns with a professional feel to it to complement her site. When I was actually doing her sketch, I couldn’t find her email at first with the pose request, so I doodled up an entirely different cartoon of her (I’ll post that one tomorrow) before digging up the “right” pose.
I couldn’t resist showing her both ideas, though, and I was thrilled when she decided to get cartooned twice! She’s been wonderfully patient with this summer’s mad delays, and I’m really happy that she’s finally got her cartoons to show for it.
Tags: cartoon, copic markers, Linda Esposito, pen and ink
Posted on August 23rd, 2010 in Completed Commissions, Daily Art, People, Figures and Faces | 2 Comments »
Snuggly Feet
Snuggy Feet sketch by Amy Crook
Just a little pencil sketch for the weekend, it’s two people cuddling though the foreshortening on the leftmost foot rather suggests a third very small-footed party has snuck in. Alas, that’s what I get for working from photo references.
Also, feet are a pain to draw.
Tags: feet, nfs, pencil, sketch
Posted on August 21st, 2010 in Daily Art, People, Figures and Faces | No Comments »
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