Archive for the ‘Abstract and Just Plain Weird’ Category
September 2023 Patreon Sketches
Monday, March 11th, 2024
With more vintage Patreon commentary, lol.
and they’re even on time!
- Nick asked for a Moogle and here it is
- This odd little abstract has some space-ish echoes in it. And purple! (sold)
- Jefferson asked for pumpkin spice soccer, so this one’s his fault entirely (sold)
- A random bonus nebula (sold)
- This DMB quote is always a good reminder
- Lickitung is here to help me troll Corinne, sorry not sorry
- Eric asked for board game night, and got an homage to our old game store (sold)
- SaraBeth wanted cake! And since I have no idea what anyone’s fave colors are, it’s purple
Categories: Abstract and Just Plain Weird, Flowers, Trees and Landscapes, Pretty Words, Things I'm a Fan Of, Whimsical and Strange
Tags: black paper, copic marker, corinne, eric, final fantasy, jefferson, nick, pen and ink, pokemon, sarabeth, space, watercolor
August 2023 Patreon Sketches
Thursday, March 7th, 2024
Lots this month! Patreon supporters were engaged or something.
y’all asked for a LOT of cards the month before I went and got covid, dang! I’m late but not outside of September, so I’m going to consider it a win. There’s quite a range of styles this time, because I tended to get 2 done and then have to fuck off and do something else, lol. Enjoy!
- Corinne wrote a fic where super soldiers in the MCU were also werewolves, and I had to draw chibi werewolf Red skull
- Amy B asked for petrichor
- Eric wanted cookies & cream and got ghost Oreos (sold)
- Amber asked for the 1st day of school (sold)
- SaraBeth asked for autumn vibes
- JoVE asked for “ready for summer but it’s raining” (sold)
- Jefferson asked for “hotberg icetub” because he loves to torment me (sold)
- Andria wanted dragon(fruit) shaved ice
- Nick asked for a Princely Bottom a la Red White & Royal Blue
- Kelly wanted space! I love painting space cards, ngl. (sold)
And that’s all of them! So many!
Categories: Abstract and Just Plain Weird, Angels, Cthulhu, and Other Myths, Flowers, Trees and Landscapes, People, Figures and Faces, Pretty Words, Sea Creatures and Other Animals, Things I'm a Fan Of
Tags: amy b, andria, black paper, copic marker, corinne, eric, jefferson, jo vanevery, kelly, nick, pen and ink, posca marker, rey, sarabeth, watercolor
April 2023 Patreon Sketches
Friday, February 23rd, 2024
It’s about time I started using this website again, don’t you think? Please enjoy the next, like, month’s worth of posts, which are all Patreon sketch cards from the past year.
We have 5 cards for 4 requests, because I wasn’t sure the abstract peony was working out, so I did the other one just in case, and then they both worked out so, extra flowers!
- Eric asked for bunnies and gets a bonus Buffy quote (sold)
- Nick asked for a peony and got two (both sold)
- Rey asked for patience, and gets this dramatic bit of word art (sold)
- Amy B wanted a kinkajou (sold)
Categories: Abstract and Just Plain Weird, Flowers, Trees and Landscapes, Pretty Words, Sea Creatures and Other Animals
Tags: amy b, black paper, bunny, eric, nick, patreon, rey, sketch, watercolor, word art
September & Drawtober 2022 Patreon sketches
Tuesday, April 11th, 2023
And a lot of other sketch cards, plus a bookmark! Only the first set has any that were for prompts, but several/most are now sold.
September 2022 ACEO sketches by Amy Crook
- Rebecca S prompted “rainbow” and got an experimental birb
- ink and powdered silver pigment makes a space thing
- spooky owl ink experiment
- black cat ink experiment (brother to the owl)
- Amy B prompted “spooky” and gets a Cerberus kitty (sold)
- Andria asked for a tree with purple leaves (sold)
- I never did get the hang of Thursday(s)
- bookmark with one of my cities of smoking ruins
Drawtober 2022 ACEO sketches by Amy Crook
- a pair of ink wash kitties
- two anatomical hearts and two faces hidden in a strange little abstract made of ink and paint
- corvid!
- phoenix! (sold)
- a weird little abstract made of teal ink with sparklies in it, it reminds me of someone floating in the water, or splashing about mid-swim
- spooky trees and a blood moon
- a maiden on the shores of the wide sea
- dragon! (sold)
Categories: Abstract and Just Plain Weird, Angels, Cthulhu, and Other Myths, Completed Commissions, Daily Art, Flowers, Trees and Landscapes, Pretty Words, Sea Creatures and Other Animals, Things I'm a Fan Of, Whimsical and Strange
Tags: aceo, black paper, cat, ink wash, pen and ink, watercolor, yupo
August 2022 Patreon sketches
Thursday, April 6th, 2023
So many requests that month! I had a lot of fun with them, despite a head cold that took out our whole household (but wasn’t covid, whew).
August 2022 ACEO sketches by Amy Crook
- Max Silliness for Rey & Amber (sold)… who remembers Max Headroom?
- Andria asked for “something steampunky” and gets zen circle gears
- Nick asked for Constantine and gets a little sneaky King Shark bonus
August 2022 ACEO sketches by Amy Crook
- Eric asked for Blast! and gets red-pink fireworks (sold)
- Rebecca S asked for watermelon and gets abstract watermelony goodness
- Look, it’s just been a ‘shaking your fist at the sky’ kind of year, okay?
- Some experimental birbs
- Amy B only sort of asked for Smushmallow Mal but that’s what she got (sold)
- Jefferson asked for Dude of the Endless, and I decided his domain was coincidence: the Dude really brings things together (sold)
Categories: Abstract and Just Plain Weird, Angels, Cthulhu, and Other Myths, Completed Commissions, Flowers, Trees and Landscapes, People, Figures and Faces, Pretty Words, Sea Creatures and Other Animals, Series and Books, Things I'm a Fan Of
Tags: aceo, black paper, copic marker, patreon, pen and ink, watercolor, yupo
April 2022 Patreon sketches
Thursday, March 23rd, 2023
Guess who’s been doing sketches on Patreon for months and not posting them to the blog? It’s me! I’ll be getting the last many months of them out on the blog over the next few weeks, so please enjoy the ridiculousness.
April 2022 ACEO sketches by Amy Crook
- This one wasn’t a prompt, I just wanted to draw trees and birbs on this orange sunset
- Jeff asked for ‘distracted’
- Another non-prompt experiment with salt and watercolor on yupo that got some marker topography
- And ‘rose candy’ for Eric
These have all found a new home, but some of the later ones are still available for the discerning collector. You can also make an account and follow me on Patreon for free, where these are always posted publicly, or Instagram or Twitter, where I post some things as the mood strikes me.
Categories: Abstract and Just Plain Weird, Completed Commissions, Flowers, Trees and Landscapes, People, Figures and Faces, Pretty Words, Whimsical and Strange
Tags: copic marker, patreon, pen and ink, trees, watercolor, yupo
Phosphorescence
Tuesday, June 14th, 2022
Phosphorescence, 12″x24″ mixed media on paper
In the same vein as Time is Escaping, this larger-scale painting uses shimmering, textured paint to create a feeling of water and movement.
The spiral structure suggests a deep whirlpool or concentric waves, with something brightly phosphorescent bursting out, escaping with its darker-hued cousins. Despite the feeling of depth, the paint in the center is thickly layered in textural swashes, though some peeks of the first layer, an iridescent fluorite green wash, still show through.
The palette of black, purple, blue, and green is reminiscent of a peacock feather, as is the sheen of sparkle that covers the entire painting.
Phosphorescence, detail, by Amy Crook
Above, you can see sunlight picking up the flecks of tourmaline in the black, and the varying shades of purple floating atop the central vortex. Below, the same purples drift down into the shimmering metallic greens at the bottom of the painting.
Phosphorescence, detail, by Amy Crook
Categories: Abstract and Just Plain Weird, Floating Gallery, Series and Books
Tags: interference, iridescent, nfs, primatek, soft body acrylic, sold, vortices, watercolor
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