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Sunday Round-Up & John Sketch
Sunday, April 21st, 2013
lots of squid and other things and squid
What a week! Too much happening in the world that sucks. But here, there was art! Monday‘s annoyed hedgie sort of set the tone, unfortunately, and Tuesday a giant squid said rawr and ate a boat. Wednesday I showed you my Wall of Squid, with bonus guest Octopi. Thursday Sherlock totally failed to apologize, and Friday some crows flew past the moon in the dull lavender gloaming.
For your traditional Sunday Sketch, I have a nervous Watson, who wishes to remain unbent, unmutilated, and otherwise in good shape as he flies across the country to deliver a birthday card.
John says please don’t bend me!
Tags: nfs, sharpie marker, watson
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Sunday Round-Up & This Bit’s John’s
Sunday, April 14th, 2013
a week of fancy art and cartoons
It was a busy week! Monday the Lucky Squid wished you all the best, and Tuesday there were more tentacles. Wednesday I showed off the book that had my art on the cover. Friday John wished you might get well, and Saturday we wished you might at least get off Facebook for a minute.
This little sketch is courtesy of my big package of art, prints & cards that went to my wonderful patron in another time zone, which will hopefully arrive very soon indeed. You can see that I’m not nearly as neat when I don’t sketch before I ink, hah.
“That bit’s all mine!” silly Sherlock & John sketch by Amy Crook
Tags: nfs, sharpie marker, sherlock
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Sunday Round-Up & Penguin Sketch
Sunday, April 7th, 2013
The Death of Me, Too, a Sherlock print by Amy Crook
This week was all of a piece, with The Death of Me, Too, the comic sequel to The Death of Me. You can read them both from the start at this tag, which even puts them in the right order for you.
I pulled out my Sharpie to sketch something I vaguely saw in the shapes of something I was staring blankly at during my ‘blink and yawn’ phase this morning, so enjoy this penguin, who is feeling about as awake and full of meh as I am. My hair looks better, though.
meh Penguin, Sharpie sketch by Amy Crook
Tags: nfs, sharpie marker, sketch
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Purple Pattern Bookmark
Friday, March 1st, 2013
Purple Pattern
Bookmark
by Amy Crook
This wee bookmark is the same size as yesterday’s, but with a very different subject. This time I started with Sharpie to doodle in skulls and curlicues, and then I took a purple ink pen and drew in the long lines. This one’s drawn on the shiny side of a scrap of comic backing board, so I took my finger and smeared the purple ink, giving a lovely mottled texture while the actual drawn lines still remained visible.
Purple Pattern Bookmark, 1″x4″ pen & ink and Sharpie marker on cardstock, nfs (sold).
Purple Pattern Bookmark, detail, by Amy Crook
Above, you can see the bookmark up close, including a little bit of sunshine off the shiny Sharpie and scored-in purple pen lines near the top. Below, you can see it hanging bravely with the big green book, evoking the ’80s.
Purple Pattern Bookmark, with book, by Amy Crook
(book not included, it clashes)
Tags: bookmark, comic backing board, nfs, pen and ink, sharpie marker, skull, sold
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Doodle Bookmark 1
Monday, February 25th, 2013
Doodle Bookmark 1 by Amy Crook, $13.13
It’s Bookmark Week again! I’m starting off with a little bit of oddment that built up over a few days of me doodling with a black superfine Sharpie. I let myself do stream of consciousness, so there’s vines and crosshatching and even a single Converse hightop, making a surreal little bit of art that lets your mind wander with your eyes. It’d be great to put in a writing journal, to give you something to jump start your brain when the blank page is too much.
Doodle Bookmark 1, , 5″x2″ Sharpie marker on paper, $13.13 with free shipping.
Doodle Bookmark 1, detail, by Amy Crook
Above, you can see a close-up of the middle section of the doodles, where some tentacles seem to have snuck in amongst the curls and vines. Below, you can see it with a standard hardcover book.
Doodle Bookmark 1, with book, by Amy Crook, $13.13
(book not included, I’m still reading it)
Tags: bookmark, buy a bookmark, doodle, for sale, sharpie marker
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Tentacle Idol
Tuesday, February 19th, 2013
Tentacle Idol by Amy Crook, $299
When I look at the final piece, I imagine some sort of dizzying bas relief in a hidden temple under the depths of the ocean or out of some horrific dreamland in one of HP Lovecraft’s tales. The sepia shadows and gold highlights give this art a steampunk air, but the way the art fades to a vortex of swirling madness is pure horror.
Tentacle Idol, 8″x8″ mixed media on paper, $299 with free shipping.
Tentacle Idol, detail, by Amy Crook
Above, you can see a close-up of some of the swirling tentacles, their gilt textured and worn, the spirals and suckers just uneven enough to be unsettling if you stare too long. Below, you can see a the art in a frame, up on one of my lovely wheat-gold walls.
Tentacle Idol, framed art by Amy Crook
And this time we have a bit of a bonus! This art started life as an experiment, layering sumi-e ink with Sharpie marker and gold paint and getting… mush. And so, I took photos from the point of mush to show how I nurtured it past the ass point and into a piece of art worth going on your wall.
Getting Past the Ass Point – with Tentacles!
a demonstrative gif by Amy Crook
- Title: Tentacle Idol
- 8 in. x 8 in. sumi-e ink, Sharpie marker, and watercolor on Fluid watercolor paper
- $299 for the original (tax will be added if you live in CA)
- Frame is not included, but can be added for $50 (shipping included)
- Shipping is free anywhere in the world
- Payment plans are available, just email me
- The button below will take you to Paypal – if you’d like to pay another way, just let me know and we’ll work it out
Tags: for sale, gold, sharpie marker, sumi-e ink, tentacles, watercolor
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Sketchy Crows
Sunday, January 20th, 2013
3 Crows sketch by Amy Crook
Every time I print postage with Paypal, I get a half-sheet of paper left over printed with a totally useless receipt. I save them and use them for various and sundry things, like testing paint color mixes and, apparently, doodling crows with Sharpie marker. I like that the last one looks a bit Seussian.
Tags: nfs, sharpie marker, sketch
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