Inktober week 4
Posted on October 28th, 2015
Week 4 – almost done! Just those last few days before Halloween, which I’ll probably round up next Wednesday.
Inktober is a month-long artist’s challenge in October to do one piece of art in ink every day. I’m posting them to Instagram as they get done, and my Patreon shortly after, and finally here on Wednesdays for you to enjoy.
Day 21 – Snape picking potions ingredients
Day 22 – Graveyard Watchdog v2
Day 23 – BEES
Day 24 – Midnight Monster
Day 25 – Distance 2
Day 26 – Emerald Bird
Day 27 – BOO!
Categories: Series and Books, Whimsical and Strange
Tags: brush and ink, brush pen, doodle, inktober, pen and ink, sketches
Consulting Magic short stories
Posted on October 26th, 2015
Untrue Love is a short story about murder, magic, and our very own Alex Benedict as a 20-year-old university student.
If you’ve read and enjoyed my other Consulting Magic books, you’ll be delighted to see Alex meeting Lapointe for the first time and trying not to drive her off with his personality before they can solve a murder. There’s magic and food and mystery, all wrapped up in one little bite.
If you’ve not read them, this is a good place to start! You can figure out if you’re interested in the world and the people, long before the romance starts in The Courtship of Julian St. Albans.
Alex Benedict is a student of magic in his third year at Hartbridge University with no clear direction for his studies. That is, until he puts himself in the middle of a criminal investigation by literally stepping in it.
This is the story of Alex’s first case with Agent Murielle Lapointe, and while it’s lacking in romance, it’s a delightful look into grumpy young Alex and what he got up to before he was a professional consultant.
After you’ve read The Apprenticeship of Julian St. Albans, you can get a little taste of the holidays that follow! This cheerful little story shows Alex and Julian holding an actual holiday part, where friends and family drop by, and they end up filling their home with magic, love, and wonder.
Rosemary for the Holidays is definitely a sequel to the first two books, a quick treat if you’ve finished both books and still want another taste of our boys. Not to mention a visit with Horace, the flower fairy, the brownies, and the rest!
Julian St. Albans and Alex Benedict celebrate the Solstice with a visit to the wish tree, and a holiday party at their flat. A little holiday gift to the readers of my Consulting Magic series!
This story comes after the events in the second book, The Apprenticeship of Julian St. Albans.
I’ll be writing away on the third book during NaNoWriMo, so enjoy these little nibbles while I’m figuring out what’s next for Alex, Julian, Horace, and the rest of them!
Categories: Words Words Words
Tags: consulting magic, courtship, holidays, i made this, julian st albans
Inktober week 3
Posted on October 21st, 2015
Week 3 is here! Inktober is a month-long artist’s challenge in October to do one piece of art in ink every day. I’m posting them to Instagram as they get done, and my Patreon shortly after, and finally here on Wednesdays for you to enjoy.
Day 14 – Jack-o-Lantern v2
Day 15 – ink wash flowers
Day 16 – Horace’s Bronze Feather
Day 17 – quickie bat sketch
Day 18 – Lydia from the Beetlejuice cartoon
Day 19 – Kip from Monsterkind
Day 20 – a better Bat
Categories: Series and Books, Whimsical and Strange
Tags: brush and ink, brush pen, doodle, inktober, pen and ink, sketches
Tree Trimming
Posted on October 19th, 2015
Tree Trimming, a Cthulhu comic by Amy Crook
Cthulhu is getting into the holiday spirit a little early this year! He’s trimming his tree with his favorite decoration, cultists. Even the tree is enjoying its little holiday snack, er, decor.
The greeting card will bring just the right holiday cheer to the right person — a fan of horror, especially the Lovecraftian sort, with a good sense of humor.
Tree Trimming, 5″x7″ pen & ink and Copic marker on paper.
Tree Trimming, a Cthulhu holiday card by Amy Crook on Etsy
Categories: Angels, Cthulhu, and Other Myths, Card Design, People, Figures and Faces, Series and Books, Tentacles, Things I'm a Fan Of, Zombies, Skulls, and Other Morbid Things
Tags: christmas, copic marker, cthulhu, cultists, etsy, for sale, pen and ink
Inktober week 2
Posted on October 14th, 2015
Inktober is a month-long artist’s challenge in October to do one piece of art in ink every day. I’m posting them to Instagram as they get done, and my Patreon shortly after. I’ll round them up here weekly on Wednesdays, so enjoy week 2!
Day 7 – Miko from Prague Race
Day 8 – an experimental raven
Day 9 – Snuff the watchdog
Day 10 – leaf sketch
Day 11 – Snuff gets a Graveyard Dog friend
Day 12 – quick rose sketch
Day 13 – Inktopus
Categories: Series and Books, Whimsical and Strange
Tags: brush and ink, brush pen, doodle, inktober, pen and ink, sketches
Goldfish 2
Posted on October 12th, 2015
Goldfish 2 by Amy Crook
I posted this goldfish as a work in progress on Instagram, and through the magic of the internets I turned him into plot bunnies! He’s heading out tomorrow to his new home, and in return I have a whole rainbow of rabbits to keep me company during NaNoWriMo.
Goldfish 2, 7″x5″ watercolor and duochrome watercolor on paper.
Plot bunnies by Ann Tudor LLC
Categories: Sea Creatures and Other Animals, Series and Books, Whimsical and Strange
Tags: duochrome, fish, goldfish, nfs, sold, watercolor
Morpheus
Posted on October 8th, 2015
Morpheus by Amy Crook
This is the Morpheus that knew Nada in the time before, that loved and wronged her and sent her to Hell for refusing him. If you don’t know what I’m talking about, you clearly need to get to a comic shop or library and start reading The Sandman.
This didn’t start out as a Sandman piece, but the face was hiding among the abstract shapes like a dream that only needs a little prodding to take proper shape in your mind. Minimal alteration brought out the eye and added in the glimmer, highlighted the nose and crying mouth, the sharp jaw, and the delicate curl of an ear. The mad curls and shocked expression were there already, just waiting to be found.
Morpheus, 10″x8″ watercolor and duochrome watercolor on Arches cover white paper, $349.
Morpheus, detail, by Amy Crook
Above, you can see the beautiful, organic shapes hiding in the larger face of the painting. Below, Morpheus is trapped in his frame, waiting to be freed.
Morpheus, framed art by Amy Crook
Categories: Abstract and Just Plain Weird, Floating Gallery, People, Figures and Faces, Things I'm a Fan Of
Tags: duochrome, for sale, sandman, watercolor
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