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Fire Briar Rose
Thursday, May 13th, 2010
Fire Briar Rose by Amy Crook
This is a doodle of a fictional construct, a flower with 7 petals, 7 leaves, and 7 thorns. The thorns and leaves make a spiral going up the stem, one opposite the other so they frame the flower perfectly when viewed from above. The rose itself has char-black edges on the petals, which turn red and then orange, the center of the flower glowing like hot coals. The whole plant is barely 3″ tall, growing in singular solitude on the floor of certain magical forests.
I don’t think that all of this got conveyed in the doodle, but there’s only so much one can do with pencil. Still, it helped to have something concrete to think about when I was working on the story that featured the fire briar rose.
Categories: Daily Art, Flowers, Trees and Landscapes
Tags: nfs, sketch
Bonus Art: Drunk Octopus
Monday, May 10th, 2010
Drunk Octopus by Drunk Amy
I skipped my art on Saturday because I was out all day, and at one point I ended up having a couple of Tom Collins while waiting for Iron Man 2 to start. I was reminded at that time that I hadn’t done my Daily Art post that day, and I whipped the napkin out from under my drink to doodle up this in about a minute. I didn’t make it home in time to share it on Saturday, so, here it is, stuffed-in-purse wrinkles, cherry-stem stain and all!
Tom Collins, yum.
Categories: Daily Art, Sea Creatures and Other Animals, Tentacles
Tags: all rights reserved, napkin, nfs, pen and ink, sketch
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Daily Art: 2 for 1
Sunday, May 9th, 2010
Mushroom Cave by Amy Crook
I had a Grand Day Out yesterday, getting canvases and hanging out with friends, and I totally forgot to post my daily art, so today you get a double dose. These are both doodles out of my bedside sketchbook, the first inspired by, of all things, the Facebook game Fairyland. The second was just a bit of odd playing around with shapes that blossomed into these reed-like creatures, bowing in sequence. Alien ambassadors or odd plants?
Reed Aliens by Amy Crook
Categories: Daily Art
Tags: nfs, sketch
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Untitled (with Wolf)
Wednesday, May 5th, 2010
Untitled by Amy Crook and Wolf
This piece was painted years ago with my friend Wolf, an artist I’ve since lost touch with. We spent a couple of lazy afternoons with the painting laid out flat on the floor and acrylic paints all around us, finding agreement on the palette, one of us working in one place while the other worked on another, switching whenever it suited us. Our styles meshed well, though we only did the one piece together.
Despite the morbid subject matter, seeing it always reminds me of the possibility that happens when two artists work together to create something new to both.
Untitled, 18″x24″ acrylic on canvas.
Categories: Daily Art, People, Figures and Faces
Tags: acrylic paint, nfs
Octopus
Tuesday, May 4th, 2010
Octopus by Amy Crook
Busy day, I nearly forgot to post — here, have an old doodle! I do have a fondness for sea life…
Categories: Daily Art, Sea Creatures and Other Animals, Tentacles
Tags: nfs, octopus, pen and ink, tentacles
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Flying Pig
Sunday, May 2nd, 2010
Flying Pig by Amy Crook
One of my clients has a flying pig as their mascot. I recently did this card for one of the owners’ birthdays, just a little doodle with watercolor straight onto the blank card. I did a more elaborate version with a Santa hat for them for Christmas, but forgot to get a good picture of it. At least I managed to preserve this little piggy for posterity!
Categories: Angels, Cthulhu, and Other Myths, Daily Art
Tags: brush and ink, nfs, watercolor
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Meet Carol’s Monster, Bernie
Thursday, April 29th, 2010
Carol’s Monster Bernie by Amy Crook
I’d like you all to meet Bernie. He’s a little shy about his name, but we all know that even a Bernie can have a brave heart. He’s Carol’s bodyguard, and he helps keep things from hurting her. His helmet’s a little crooked, and his axe needs a bit of a sharpening, but he’s got a heart of gold — you can see it right there on his armor!
Bernie is Carol’s Monster, the first completed one from my Draw Your Monster sale a few weeks ago. As part of my Big Art Sale (to help me get to my 72-year-old Mom’s suddenly-moved-up wedding in 3 weeks), I’m offering them again, so if you missed out and wanted one, now’s the time.
As a note, since Bernie’s a commission, he’s not actually available for redistribution under the CC license mentioned below — all his rights and permissions belong to Carol now.
Categories: Angels, Cthulhu, and Other Myths, Completed Commissions, Daily Art
Tags: all rights reserved, cartoon, commission, copic marker, monster, nfs, pen and ink
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