Oin Birthday
Posted on March 21st, 2013
“Don’t get your beard in a twist.
It’s just another birthday.”
Oin Birthday cartoon by Amy Crook
There’s something really fun about drawing parody dwarves, especially knowing there’s 13 of them to draw. Oin, brother of Gloin, is a rather old and cranky dwarf and a bit hard of hearing. He’s got a couple of hundred years on you and is therefore completely unimpressed with your angst about that big birthday milestone.
I made this for sort of an anti-over-the-hill card, because sometimes I get tired of hearing people worrying about turning 30, 40, 50, or whatever. Also, grumpy dwarf. Okay, mostly for the grumpy dwarf.
Oin Birthday, 5″x7″ pen & ink and Copic marker on paper, nfs (sold), but you can get him on a card in my Etsy shop.
Oin Birthday card by Amy Crook on Etsy
Categories: Daily Art, People, Figures and Faces, Series and Books, Things I'm a Fan Of
Tags: copic marker, dwarf, etsy, hobbit, nfs, parody, pen and ink, sold
Wordless Weds: Under the Sea
Posted on March 20th, 2013
I thought I’d revisit some sea creatures this week who aren’t skeletal or cartoon. There’s still a lot of tentacles, though.
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Categories: Daily Art, Sea Creatures and Other Animals
Tags: wordless weds
Fish Skeleton
Posted on March 19th, 2013
Fish Skeleton watercolor by Amy Crook
This is another of those pieces that started with an experiment with water and paint, and the result made me think of a stream in a rainstorm with drops hitting the surface and a soft play of light down in the water below. I wanted to do something more interesting that just a random fish, though, so of course I went for a fish skeleton. I took a few liberties with fish anatomy, so this isn’t really a specific fish so much as the Death of Fish, as it were.
It’s a definite contrast to the whimsy of my previous Fish Skellington, swimming along all silent and deadly, or at least dead.
Fish Skeleton, 6″x4″ watercolor on paper, $199 with free shipping.
Fish Skeleton, detail, by Amy Crook
Above, you can see the fine details of rib and fin and skull wending their way through the random-seeming raindrops. Below, the skeleton has swum into a frame so you can enjoy the wee size of it, perfect for a desk at work or an unused bit of wall at home.
Fish Skeleton, framed art by Amy Crook
Categories: Daily Art, Sea Creatures and Other Animals, Zombies, Skulls, and Other Morbid Things
Tags: blue, for sale, skeleton, watercolor
7 Skulls
Posted on March 18th, 2013
7 Skulls by Amy Crook
Whimsical cartoon skulls are rolling around on a background full of spirals, with a lovely blue-black painted border that emphasizes the natural torn edges of the paper. Each cartoonish skull has its own character, just like the real ones we all have hiding under our skin.
7 Skulls, 9″x7″ watercolor on paper.
7 Skulls, detail, by Amy Crook
Above, you can see a detail of the skulls and the thick, textured paper they’re painted on. Below, I’ve put them temporarily in an 8×10 frame, so you can get a feel for the actual size of the painting.
7 Skulls, framed art by Amy Crook
Categories: Daily Art, Zombies, Skulls, and Other Morbid Things
Tags: blue, for sale, skull, spirals, watercolor
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Sunday Round-Up & Fish Skeleton Sketch
Posted on March 17th, 2013
art from the previous week, mostly cartoons because cartoons rule
Another week, another round-up! Monday we visited Thorin and Bilbo and were reminded that no one fights like Thorin, douses lights… Or maybe I just gave you all an earworm. Tuesday was Red 3, with all its complex and interesting interplays of three different shades of red and the soft black paper as well. Wednesday we visited the color yellow in many of the pieces from my previous work. Thursday‘s otterly adorkable art is now a print, by request. Friday the Devil made us do it, and on Saturday there was more Brothers Holmes with two color bonus comics.
And of course since it’s Sunday there’s a sketch, which was a wee study I did for Tuesday’s art. Heeere fishy fishy fishy…
Fish Skeleton sketch by Amy Crook
Categories: Daily Art, Sunday Round-Up
Tags: pencil, sketch
The Brothers Holmes Bonus Comics
Posted on March 16th, 2013
The Brothers Holmes, Bonus Comic 1, by Amy Crook
In talking to the person who originally commissioned The Brothers Holmes comics, we found two little snippets from other peoples’ stories that inspired her to ask for me to add a pair of color bonus comics to the series. Above, we have a 3-year-old Sherlock in the midst of an obsession with xylophones, and poor Mycroft trying to be all grown up at 10.
Below, you can see that 8-year-old Sherlock’s heard a Monster in the tree that hides his box of treasures, and he’s relying on his big brother Mycroft, now 15, to rescue his things.
The Brothers Holmes, Bonus Comic 2, by Amy Crook
Categories: Completed Commissions, Daily Art, People, Figures and Faces, Series and Books, Things I'm a Fan Of
Tags: all rights reserved, brothers holmes comic, commission, copic marker, etsy, mycroft holmes, nfs, pen and ink, sherlock, sherlock bbc, sherlock holmes
Shoulder Devil
Posted on March 15th, 2013
Shoulder Devil cartoon by Amy Crook, 5″x7″ pen & ink and Copic marker on paper 
Back when I did the Whispering Gremlin for Jo VanEvery, someone contacted me wanting to use it on their website. I couldn’t give them permission, of course, since it was commissioned for use in Jo’s work, but we discussed doing a shoulder devil for the person instead. I did a little sketch of the idea, wanting to draw a young, androgynous sort of figure, but the commission never materialized. I found the sketch in my stuff the other day and finished it up, so here it is for your enjoyment.
Shoulder Devil, detail, by Amy Crook
Above, you can see the way I used a thicker line on the “real” person, and a thinner pen to ink the wicked little devil whispering its discouraging, misguided words into the person’s ear. Below, you can see it in a frame, the devil reflected in my iPhone.
Shoulder Devil, framed art by Amy Crook
Categories: Daily Art, People, Figures and Faces
Tags: cartoon, copic marker, for sale, pen and ink
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