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The Brothers Holmes: The Early Years, part 3 of 6
Wednesday, November 14th, 2012
The Brothers Holmes: The Early Years, part 3 of 6, comic by Amy Crook
It’s Christmas in the Holmes household! Sherlock is, as you can see, a precocious 7-year-old, while Mycroft at 14 just tries to cope. I’m rather fond of the Lovecraftian tree with its wavy tentacle branches and big, eerie white ornaments, but that could just be me.
Categories: Completed Commissions, Daily Art, People, Figures and Faces, Series and Books, Things I'm a Fan Of
Tags: all rights reserved, brothers holmes comic, commission, etsy, mycroft holmes, nfs, pen and ink, sherlock, sherlock bbc, sherlock holmes
The Brothers Holmes: The Early Years, part 2 of 6
Tuesday, November 13th, 2012
The Brothers Holmes: The Early Years, part 2 of 6, comic by Amy Crook
And here, dear readers, we see Sherlock at age 5, playing pirates while a 12-year-old Mycroft gamely tries to get some homework done. I think Mycroft secretly enjoyed it, though, or he wouldn’t have let Sherlock tie him to that chair.
Categories: Completed Commissions, Daily Art, People, Figures and Faces, Series and Books, Things I'm a Fan Of
Tags: all rights reserved, brothers holmes comic, commission, etsy, mycroft holmes, nfs, pen and ink, sherlock, sherlock bbc, sherlock holmes
The Brothers Holmes: The Early Years, part 1 of 6
Monday, November 12th, 2012
The Brothers Holmes: The Early Years, part 1 of 6, comic by Amy Crook
I’ve finally finished both of my 6-part The Brothers Holmes comic series for my lovely commissioner, Holly, and so this week and next you’ll get to see them! The originals are, of course, spoken for, but I’ll have prints up in my Etsy shop soon.
In this first half, we explore the early years of the Holmes brothers growing up together. Each of these comics is its own little moment in the lives of the brothers, and we start with Sherlock at age 3 and Mycroft at 10, taking his little brother for a walk. I can imagine Sherlock’s “why” stage was more annoying than most.
Categories: Completed Commissions, Daily Art, People, Figures and Faces, Series and Books, Things I'm a Fan Of
Tags: all rights reserved, brothers holmes comic, commission, etsy, mycroft holmes, nfs, pen and ink, sherlock, sherlock bbc, sherlock holmes
Don’t Bend John Watson
Sunday, November 11th, 2012
Don’t Bend John Watson sketch by Amy Crook
Poor John, he’s already got some awful bedhead, I hope the postal workers treat him gently on his way to his new home.
Happy Sunday!
Categories: Daily Art, People, Figures and Faces, Series and Books, Things I'm a Fan Of
Tags: john watson, sharpie marker, sherlock, sherlock bbc, sketch
Shut Up and Help for the Holidays
Saturday, November 10th, 2012
Shut Up and Help for the Holidays,
Sherlock BBC fan art by Amy Crook
I decided I wanted a second Sherlock holiday card this year, and I decided it had to have Sherlock being his usual annoying self. I spared John any truly awful Christmas sweaters, but made him carry all the boxes.
Shut Up and Help for the Holidays, 5″x7″ pen & ink and Copic markers on paper, nfs (sold).
Categories: Daily Art, People, Figures and Faces, Series and Books, Things I'm a Fan Of
Tags: christmas, copic marker, john watson, nfs, pen and ink, sherlock, sherlock bbc, sherlock holmes, sold
Hellfire
Friday, November 9th, 2012
Hellfire, abstract painting by Amy Crook
Oranges and reds are some of the hardest colors to reproduce really well in Photoshop, alas. This piece has a great, intense bright orange that lightens up to golden-yellow in one corner, and holds a secret little demon-face in the other that scowls at you from out of the flame, or perhaps is made from it. The texture is enhanced with a bit of brown in the low spots, and the little face got a tiny bit of extra love to pull it out of the background using Copic markers.
Hellfire, 12″x12″ acrylic paint and Copic marker on canvas.
Hellfire, detail, by Amy Crook
Above, you can see the scowly little demon-face glaring up at you from the canvas. Below, I stepped back and got a photo of it with some of the stuff on my desk, including pens, pencils, and a Jack in the Box Christmas antenna ball, because I am a very special sort of artist.
Hellfire by Amy Crook
Categories: Angels, Cthulhu, and Other Myths, Daily Art
Tags: acrylic paint, canvas, copic marker, for sale, orange
O is for Origami
Thursday, November 8th, 2012
O is for Origami, calligraphic illumination by Amy Crook
I believe this pattern is actually for an origami fried egg, when done with yellow paper and the colors reversed, but I wanted a big, bold shape for my O. The four corners created little points when folded back, so I actually drew the gold pattern on the entire 3″x3″ square background and then glued just the points on the back of the O down. The O floats above the background serenely, and it has to be framed with no glass in order to make room.
This was the first non-flat letter I made, though there’s a few more coming, including the ampersand (&). I’m nearly done with the series, half a dozen letters to go, so if you are curious about one we haven’t seen yet (perhaps for a holiday gift!), just drop me a line and I’ll give you a sneak preview.
O is for Origami, 5″x5″ Origami paper, watercolor and glitter gel pen on paper.
O is for Origami, detail, by Amy Crook
Above, you can see the way the origami floats on its background, letting the gold glow beneath it as it sits serenely above, the whole thing surrounded by a simple red border. Below, M is for Majuscule and Miniscule is hanging out with my O to make OM!
O is for Origami and M is for Majuscule & Miniscule, framed art by Amy Crook
Categories: Daily Art, Illuminated Alphabet, Series and Books, Whimsical and Strange
Tags: alphabet, calligraphy, for sale, glitter gel pen, gold, illumination, orange, origami, watercolor
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