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3 Service Dogs

Saturday, June 29th, 2013

3 Service Dogs by Amy Crook for Action Leashes

3 Service Dogs by Amy Crook for Action Leashes
commission – all rights reserved

After I put these guys on my illustration commissions page, I totally forgot about posting them properly, oops! This trio of doggies were for a coloring book about service animals, and you can see they’re sporting a variety of service harnesses as examples. I have to admit, I found it harder to realistically draw dogs than I do to draw stick-figure humans, but once I got my eyes used to the idea, they came out quite clearly.

3 Service Dogs, 3 5″x7″ pen & ink drawings on paper, nfs (commission). All rights to this art are reserved for the client – no stealing the doggies!

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Kobold Curry Chef

Friday, June 21st, 2013

Kobold Curry Chef for Jefferson, by Amy Crook

Kobold Curry Chef for Jefferson, by Amy Crook
commission, all rights reserved

This is one of those comic commissions that was just ridiculously fun to draw. He’s based on one of those in-jokey sort of anecdotes that are only really funny if you were there, but since I was there, I find him amusing. From the half-seen diagram of a chicken catapult to the blind albino cave chicken stiff with fear for his future as ammo, curry, or both, it all amuses me.

For those who wonder about such things, since he’s for personal, non-commercial use, I charged Jefferson the Be a Cartoon price, plus an extra fee for all the many extra props and details. Though not too much more, since I didn’t have to draw pants.

Kobold Curry Chef, 5″x7″ pen & ink and Copic marker on paper, nfs (commission).

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Ace of Cthulhu Hearts

Saturday, May 25th, 2013

Ace of Cthulhu Hearts by Amy Crook

Ace of Cthulhu Hearts by Amy Crook

One of my friends asked me for a playing card prop for her Lady Luck costume at a con this weekend, and so I used my Cthulhu’s heart art and popped it into a quickie design. If I was going to do the cards for real, I’d probably do something more elaborate for the background, but I didn’t feel like fighting with the white background on the heart image. I printed a page of them on cardstock for her to cut up into a prop (I put 9 on the page so she’d have plenty of extras), and she’s planning to put one in the brim of her top hat.

Categories: Angels, Cthulhu, and Other Myths, Completed Commissions, Daily Art, Tentacles, Things I'm a Fan Of
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Bilbo and Smaug Bookmark 2

Saturday, May 11th, 2013

Bilbo and Smaug Bookmark 2 by Amy Crook

Bilbo and Smaug Bookmark 2 by Amy Crook

Here, there be dragons! Well, dragon. Well, Smaug.

After I sold the first Bilbo & Smaug bookmark, I drew up a second one for someone else who’d asked after it. I went a little more elaborate on this one, intending to use it for promo bookmarks, just like yesterday’s Spock. It’s still sketchy and whimsical, but with more elaborate coloring and a bit of gold to go with the big purple dragon.

If you’d like a bookmark of your own, there’s still a few left from prior Bookmark Weeks!

Bilbo and Smaug Bookmark 2, 7″x2.5″ pen & ink and Copic marker, nfs (sold).

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Licensing: Ear to the Wall

Wednesday, April 10th, 2013

Ear to the Wall by Carrie Causey, cover & interior illustrations by Amy Crook

Ear to the Wall by Carrie Causey,
cover & interior illustrations by Amy Crook

It was over 2 years ago that I posted my Victorian Wallpaper design, with all its scribbly whimsy. Recently Google brought the post to Jason from Ampersand Books, and he wrote to me asking to use the art for the cover & interior of one of their little poetry chapbooks. They went with a gorgeously intense (and hard to photograph!) red and blue for the cover, with faded greys inside and pure black and white in the inside covers.

I haven’t had time to read any of the poetry yet, but the book itself is very cool looking, in my totally biased opinion. Sherlock seems to find the titles intriguing, anyway!

Ear to the Wall, detail of cover art

Ear to the Wall, detail of cover art

Above you can see the rich color and linen texture of the printed cover art, with my tiny skulls still just visible in the design. You can get your own copy of Ear to the Wall by Carrie Causey here at Ampersand Books.

If you find yourself interested in licensing any of my work for commercial use, feel free to contact me here.

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The Death of Me, Too, 6 of 6

Saturday, April 6th, 2013

The Death of Me, Too, 6 of 6, a Sherlock comic by Amy Crook

The Death of Me, Too, 6 of 6, a Sherlock comic by Amy Crook

And so we come to the end, when John and Sherlock have both survived their terrible colds and, in John’s case, some rather terrible caretaking. I think the expression on John’s face here really says it all, don’t you?

If you enjoyed this comic, consider getting a print at my Etsy shop to have your very own copy to admire and giggle over.

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The Death of Me, Too, 5 of 6

Friday, April 5th, 2013

The Death of Me, Too, 5 of 6, a Sherlock comic by Amy Crook

The Death of Me, Too, 5 of 6, a Sherlock comic by Amy Crook

Lestrade’s stopped in to see how things are going at 221b, and he’s a bit concerned for John’s chances of survival. John is, too, but Sherlock’s perfectly confident and doesn’t appreciate all this doubt. He’s even pulled out his Manual of Exotic Diseases vol. III to check up on John’s symptoms, not to mention sharing his hedgehog.

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