Posts Tagged ‘commission’
Fabeku Fatunmise – Cartoon!
Tuesday, June 8th, 2010
Fabeku Fatunmise by Amy Crook
Fabeku Fatunmise is one of my favorite people on Twitter, he’s just full of good cheer and awesomeness. I’ve downloaded his non-sucky free stuff and really enjoyed it, so when he told me he wanted to be a cartoon, I was all over it! I even traded him part of his fee for another of his downloads, which I love as much as the first one.
Fabeku wanted a weeble, and he asked for his prop to be one of his drums, which he sent me a photo of for reference. A link to the Ramones t-shirt and the shoes, and we were in business. I sketched him up, and after a few changes I inked and we talked about colors (for the record, he’s “pinky medium white guy” colored), and then, result!
I have absolutely no idea how the ninja got in there, though.
Tags: cartoon, commission, copic markers, fabeku, not for sale, pen and ink, weeble
Posted in Completed Commissions, Daily Art, People, Figures and Faces, Things I'm a Fan Of, Whimsical and Strange | 12 Comments »
Commission: Snape & Harry
Saturday, June 5th, 2010
Snape and Harry by Amy Crook
My good friend Delta commissioned this in lieu of a cartoon during my art sale last month. She asked for a quiet moment of reconciliation between her two favorite wizards, a bit of fan art to add to her collection. I had fun with it; though Harry’s coy over-the-shoulder glance came out a bit awkward, I like to think it adds to the overall feel of the piece. After all, nothing ever goes quite smoothly between these two in the books, either.
Tags: commission, copic markers, not for sale, pen and ink, snarry
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Meet Carol’s Monster, Bernie
Thursday, April 29th, 2010
Carol's Monster Bernie by Amy Crook
I’d like you all to meet Bernie. He’s a little shy about his name, but we all know that even a Bernie can have a brave heart. He’s Carol’s bodyguard, and he helps keep things from hurting her. His helmet’s a little crooked, and his axe needs a bit of a sharpening, but he’s got a heart of gold — you can see it right there on his armor!
Bernie is Carol’s Monster, the first completed one from my Draw Your Monster sale a few weeks ago. As part of my Big Art Sale (to help me get to my 72-year-old Mom’s suddenly-moved-up wedding in 3 weeks), I’m offering them again, so if you missed out and wanted one, now’s the time.
As a note, since Bernie’s a commission, he’s not actually available for redistribution under the CC license mentioned below — all his rights and permissions belong to Carol now.
Tags: commission, copic marker, monster, not for sale, pen and ink
Posted in Angels, Cthulhu, and Other Myths, Completed Commissions, Daily Art, Whimsical and Strange | 3 Comments »
Commission: Mermaid
Tuesday, January 5th, 2010
In the fall of 2008, my friend Jeff commissioned me to paint a gift for his wife, for a combination 5th anniversary and Christmas present. It was an interesting challenge keeping it a secret for two months, but the moment of presentation was a smashing success!
We wanted to take into account as many of her favorite things as possible, so not only does it have the mermaid as a central theme, we added in the sunken pirate ship, and of course a shark or two.
24″x30″, oil on canvas, not for sale (commission)
Click through to see the process, which was thoroughly documented to keep Jeff current on my progress. (more…)
Tags: commission, not for sale, oil painting, shark, sunken ship
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Nugget
Wednesday, November 11th, 2009
Nugget by Amy Crook
I got to paint squid! His name is Nugget.
My friend Gretchen commissioned me to paint her a giant squid to go over her mantle. We agreed on a size and general design, and after many months of slowness on my part acquiring the iridescent paint (He is about 95% iridescent or pearlescent. Shiny!), working and reworking his background, and finally getting him painted in and then made to not look bad, I have… SQUID! I will say that none of the photos really capture the color well, and nothing can really make you see the shiny that it is in person. It’s subtle, but awesome.
24″x36″, oil on canvas, not for sale (commission)
For the curious, here’s a bit of his process. Note how the bottom edge of the easel matches the bottom of the painting — you can see I’m a very careful, precise sort of artist. 
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Tags: commission, not for sale, oil painting, squid
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Till the Walls Shall Crumble to Ruin
Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009
First you can see just the painting itself, cold winter sky stretched above and the snow melting into the dark, frozen earth, and the hydrangeas bravely blooming on anyway.
I am a terrible art photographer, so please excuse the uneven colours and strange shadows and glare. This project took ages (finding a box to ship it in was an unexpected challenge!) but I feel like the time spent was worth it, given the end result.
Triptych; oil on 10″x20″ canvas; digital photos thereof, InDesign layout & color laser prints on parchment paper in wood frames.
Sources: “The Children’s Hour” by Longfellow, and the Cezanne font
Read How it Happened…
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Tags: commission, not for sale, oil painting
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Winchester
Sunday, October 11th, 2009
Winchester by Amy Crook
Years ago I painted a Great White shark, Bruce Fandango, as a wedding present for my good friends Jeff and Dawn. When I met Kim and found out she loved sharks, I immediately thought to show her Bruce. The end result (after a bit of pouting that he wasn’t available for sale) was that she commissioned a second, smaller shark of her very own.
It took me several years to actually get this shark painted; I had the background done and it gathered dust waiting for me to get my act together. After I moved back across the country from poor Kim, however, I had another person back east commission a painting (Gretchen’s awesome squid, Nugget), and so I finished them in tandem so that they could get shipped in one big flat box.
I managed to time the delivery so that I could see her face when we surprised her with the finished product, and I have to say, all the delay was totally worth it. I’m told he still harbors a place of honour on their living room wall!
20″x24″, oil on canvas, NFS
Read on to get a glimpse into the painting process…
Tags: commission, not for sale, oil painting, shark
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