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Sharpie Baaaaaaby Octopus
Tuesday, September 25th, 2012
Sharpie Baaaaaaaby Octopus sketch by Amy Crook
Another Tentacle Tuesday, another odd request from Twitter. I couldn’t resist the adorable baby pink, which is even more obnoxious in person, or the giant sweet little eyes.
And yes, the other three tentacles are hiding behind it. Hush.
Categories: Daily Art, Sea Creatures and Other Animals, Tentacles
Tags: nfs, sharpie marker, sharpie week
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Sharpie Birthday Cocktail
Monday, September 24th, 2012
Sharpie Birthday Cocktail sketch by Amy Crook
The above is a fairly inaccurate representation of my Saturday, though there were both birthday celebrations and cocktails, and since I knew that was going to happen… it’s Sharpie Week again! Everyone enjoy the bizarre suggestions of my Twitter followers as we navigate our way through the week.
Thursday, however, is all my own fault. *cough*
Categories: Daily Art
Tags: nfs, sharpie marker, sharpie week, sketch
Plushie of Tindalos
Sunday, September 23rd, 2012
Plushie of Tindalos sketch by Amy Crook
Happy Fall Equinox! To celebrate, here is a sketch of sleeping Cthulhu‘s adorable Hound of Tindalos plushie. I expect I’ll be revisiting him in proper color one of these days, he’s just too cute to resist. if I was just a little more of the sewing sort, I’d even be tempted to make one…
Categories: Angels, Cthulhu, and Other Myths, Daily Art
Tags: coloring book, cthulhu, doodle, nfs, pen and ink, sketch
Sherlock Discovers Bubble Tea, colored
Saturday, September 22nd, 2012
Sherlock Discovers Bubble Tea comic by Amy Crook
now with bonus color!
After an inking mishap with this comic required some Photoshop love to make it workable, I put it away in a drawer sad for its fate. Then I decided to try to color it anyway, and through the magic of pinstripes you can’t tell where I mis-inked it at all, yay! I decided to do Sherlock’s clothes in cool blue and give Mycroft a nice warm yellow shirt and golden tie, which goes well with the warm brown tapioca ball stuck to his forehead.
Sherlock Discovers Bubble Tea, 7″x5″ 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: cartoon, comic, copic marker, mycroft holmes, nfs, pen and ink, sherlock, sherlock bbc, sherlock holmes, sold
The Stars Are Right 4
Friday, September 21st, 2012
The Stars Are Right 4 by Amy Crook
A baleful yellow planted like a great eye stares out from the cold depths of space, sending golden chanting out into the void in a mysterious ancient language. The surrounding stars are a shimmery green, adding to the surreal feeling of the piece. This piece would a nice touch of eerie Lovecraftian horror to any office or home. Well, for certain values of nice, anyway.
The Stars Are Right 4, 10″x8″ Japanese watercolor and glitter gel pen on Arches cover black paper.
The Stars Are Right 4, detail, by Amy Crook
Above you can see the shiny gold glitter “lettering” and iridescent green starnext to the eye-like yellow planet. Below, I’ve put it in a frame and let it loom over my comparatively wee iPhone for your visual reference.
The Stars Are Right 4, framed art by Amy Crook
Categories: Angels, Cthulhu, and Other Myths, Daily Art, Flowers, Trees and Landscapes, Series and Books, Things I'm a Fan Of
Tags: black paper, cthulhu, for sale, glitter gel pen, gold, japanese watercolor, planet, stars, stars are right
J is for Juxtapose
Thursday, September 20th, 2012
J is for Juxtapose, calligraphic illumination by Amy Crook
I wasn’t sure how well I could manage Juxtaposition, but I’m really happy with the contrasts and superimpositions in this piece, from the colors of subtle buff titanium with bright purple and rich teal, to the way the dark purple ink outline of the neat lower J bled through into the messy top letter. The light purple glitter strips in the upper left blend very differently with the background than the dark inked spirals in the lower right, too.
J is for Juxtapose, 5″x5″ mixed media on paper, nfs (sold). If you’d like a J of your own, you can find out how to commission one here.
J is for Juxtapose, detail, by Amy Crook
Above, you can see the shine of purple glitter and a close-up of many of the various overlapping styles. Below, the J is hanging out with the A, which shares a similar color scheme but a nicely different feel.
A is for Arabesque & J is for Juxtapose, framed art by Amy Crook
Categories: Daily Art, Illuminated Alphabet, Series and Books, Whimsical and Strange
Tags: alphabet, buff titanium, calligraphy, glitter gel pen, illumination, nfs, pen and ink, purple, sold, spirals, teal, watercolor
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Vampire Moon
Monday, September 17th, 2012
Vampire Moon by Amy Crook
(Halloween is on its way, hooray, hooray!)
Skulls and candy and spooky things are starting to appear all over the US, and it put me in a Halloween mood. I’d been meaning to see if I could control the shadowy patterns on my moons better, so this was an excellent way to experiment. The fanged skull on the ghostly white full moon is accompanied by a reddish, iridescent mist curling through a night sky strangely devoid of stars.
Spooky!
Vampire Moon, 5″x5″ Japanese watercolor on Arches cover black paper.
Vampire Moon, detail, by Amy Crook
Above, you can see the iridescent red paint shimmering against the matte black paper, with the moon lurking in the background. Below, I’m all ready for Halloween with my Godiva Bear and the framed art.
Vampire Moon, framed art by Amy Crook
(bear and iPhone not included)
Categories: Angels, Cthulhu, and Other Myths, Daily Art, Flowers, Trees and Landscapes, Zombies, Skulls, and Other Morbid Things
Tags: black paper, for sale, halloween, iridescent, japanese watercolor, moon, skull, spirals, watercolor
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