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Motherf-cking Bunny
Thursday, May 9th, 2013
This is a Motherfucking Bunny drawn by Amy Crook, $250
This bunny’s life is narrated by Samuel L. Jackson, he’s such a badass motherfucking bunny. He was drawn with my gorgeous but perpetually clogged fountain pen, which gives lovely scribbly broken lines. Then his ink was spread and smeared and turned from black to blue and brown and green and grey on the page, using a simple brush and water to affect the change.
Motherfucking Bunny, 5″x7″ pen, water & ink on paper, $250 with free shipping.
Motherfucking bunny, some goddamned details, by Amy Crook
Above, you can see the subtle shifts in color from blue to brown to grey, especially the nice navy blues in the shadows and soft warm greys around his face. Below, he has consented to occupy a frame for a short while so you can contemplate the magnitude of his attitude.
Motherfucking Bunny, framed art by Amy Crook,
with Vorpal Bunny for good measure
- Title: Motherfucking Bunny
- 5 in. x 7 in. pen & ink and brush & ink on paper
- $250 for the original (tax will be added if you live in CA)
- Frame is not included, but can be added for $50 (shipping included)
- Shipping is free anywhere in the world
- Payment plans are available, just email me
- If you’d like to make an offer, just let me know and we’ll make sure no one got the drop on you
Categories: Daily Art, Things I'm a Fan Of, Whimsical and Strange
Tags: brush and ink, bunny, for sale, pen and ink
One Cracked Tooth Later…
Wednesday, May 8th, 2013
I’ve been to see the quite nice endodontist, and he feels that my cracked tooth needs a root canal, which will also necessitate a crown, for a total dental bill of about $4K, including the $1K I’ve already spent. Unfortunately, that still leaves me about $1K short, even with the financing I managed to arrange, so I’m not sure what’s going to happen with it, other than it’ll ache at least a little longer.
If you’ve got a piece of art you’ve been sighing over, now is a good time to support your favorite starving artist and her poor teeth. Or buy some cards, commission art for yourself or your business, or just send good thoughts my way that I’ll manage to make it all work somehow.
Categories: Daily Art, Words Words Words
Tags: words
Another Man’s Octopus
Tuesday, May 7th, 2013
Another Man’s Octopus, a Sherlock Holmes comic by Amy Crook
When I was contemplating ideas for today’s Tentacle Tuesday, this idea came to me (undoubtedly influenced by the steampunk novel I’m reading) to draw the original Holmes and Watson. I borrowed the fashions from one of the old Paget illustrations, so blame him for Holmes’ weird little jabot, and then added in our random steampunky science nerd and of course Biffy, the friendly octopus. He just really likes Watson’s moustache, I feel. It’s quite dashing.
I decided to shade it all in warm greys to give it the feel of an old Victorian daguerreotype or something, which always runs into the question of whether I should color the skin of the people or leave them white as the paper. I compromised by making Holmes very pale indeed, and giving Watson and the scientist a bit more robust warmth. This kind of coloring takes a bit less time than proper color, as the limited palette simplifies things.
Another Man’s Octopus, 7″x5″ pen & ink and Copic marker on paper.
Another Man’s Octopus, detail, by Amy Crook
Above, you can see the line that made me decide I absolutely had to draw the comic, along with an unimpressed Holmes uttering it. Below, they’ve made it into a frame with my bored 5-armed plushie and one of the original books.
Another Man’s Octopus, framed comic by Amy Crook
Categories: Daily Art, People, Figures and Faces, Sea Creatures and Other Animals, Series and Books, Tentacles, Things I'm a Fan Of, Whimsical and Strange
Tags: ACD holmes, comic, copic marker, for sale, grey, john watson, octopus, pen and ink, sherlock holmes
Heron
Monday, May 6th, 2013
Heron watercolor by Amy Crook
I painted the background for this heron a while back, and then decided to put the bird in by the request of a patron. And by patron I mean my mom, who has already bought and paid for it. Hi, Mom!
Heron, 8″x8″ watercolor on paper, nfs (sold).
Heron, detail, by Amy Crook
Above, you can just see the tiny bit of iridescent paint hiding in the heron’s details, mainly along the crest feather and the darkest bits of the body feathers. Below, you can see it in a frame, proving once again that electronics hate to reproduce certain shades of blue.
Heron, framed art by Amy Crook
Categories: Daily Art, Whimsical and Strange
Tags: iridescent, nfs, sold, watercolor
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Sunday Round-Up & Bob the Skull sketch
Sunday, May 5th, 2013
it was a week of comics and monsters
A belated round-up on a sleepy Sunday! Back on Monday, Spock and Sherlock were unimpressed with your opinions on their similarities. Tuesday there were shiny tentacles, and Wednesday I talked about my toothache and my new commissions posts. Thursday John got a truly ugly sweater and Sherlock sneered. Friday Eihort shimmered evilly on the page, and Saturday it was Lestrade’s turn as a stick figure cartoon.
Below, you can see a nose-less, rune-bedecked sketch of Bob the Skull from the Dresden Files series. He’s all carved up in the tv show, but I don’t think he’s got the runes in the books, but it was fun to fake them up anyway.
Bob the Skull sketch by Amy Crook
Categories: Daily Art, Sunday Round-Up
Tags: dresden files, nfs, pencil, sketch
Dealing With a Child
Saturday, May 4th, 2013
Dealing With a Child, a Sherlock comic by Amy Crook
This is one of my favorite moments with the good Detective Inspector, when he’s all sprawled out in Sherlock’s chair, a cheerful grin on his face, giving Sherlock crap for being a dick. It worked so well I thought it might make a fun Father’s Day card, in fact, to go with Mrs. Hudson for Mother’s Day, since that’s often the role he seems to embody in Sherlock’s life.
Dealing With a Child, 5″x7″ pen & ink and Copic marker on paper, nfs (sold). But you can get him on a greeting card at Etsy!
DI Lestrade Father’s Day card by Amy Crook at Etsy
Categories: Daily Art, People, Figures and Faces, Series and Books, Things I'm a Fan Of
Tags: copic marker, etsy, lestrade, nfs, pen and ink, sherlock, sherlock bbc, sherlock holmes, sold
Eihort
Friday, May 3rd, 2013
Eihort watercolor by Amy Crook
Before painting this, I was mostly familiar with Eihort as a Great Old One from the board game Arkham Horror. Afterwards, I looked this horrific monster up and found that yep, it’s pretty awful. Eihort is from one of the later Mythos writers, Ramsey Campbell, and is basically a giant gelatinous mass with eyes that implants people with its brood, which will later hatch and kill them during the end times. Cheerful! But appropriate to the piece of art, I think, especially the part about eyes forming and unforming constantly in its shapeless body.
Eihort, 5″x5″ duochrome watercolor on Arches cover black paper.
Eihort, detail 1, by Amy Crook
The two different paints used are both snazzy special effects paints that change color depending on the angle to the light, and together make the whole painting even more eerily otherwordly.
Eihort, detail 2, by Amy Crook
Above, you can see the green and orange mixing together in strange ways in Eihort’s gelatinous form. Below, it’s lurking in a frame, just waiting to offer you its hellish bargain of freedom for larvae.
Eihort, framed art by Amy Crook
Categories: Angels, Cthulhu, and Other Myths, Daily Art, Series and Books, Things I'm a Fan Of
Tags: black paper, for sale, ia ia cthulhu fthagn, iridescent, lovecraft, watercolor
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