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May 2025 Sketch Cards

Tuesday, July 29th, 2025

After doing June in June, we finally have May in July! If that’s confusing, think how I feel trying to keep track.

9 sketch cards by Amy Crook

  • SaraBeth asked for a cherry custard tart from Diffidence and the Rift, and gets a bonus leaf-plate with it. (sold)
  • Jefferson prompted “bird talk!” and gets, well, this joke. (sold)
  • Eric prompted “olo” which is a new color made by lasers, and I went kinda abstract with it since I had a watercolor bookmark laying around for reasons. (sold)
  • Amy B asked for a skrungle and she has received. (sold)
  • JoVE asked for “dawn chorus” and gets some little brown birds at dawn in rather abstracted trees.
  • Rhonda wanted some spring flowers, so have a little breath of the cooler, better previous season.
  • Kelly gets not only purple but also an experiment gone wrong, done experimentally on both sides of this translucent yupo. (sold)
  • Lila asked for something with hockey and trees, so here’s the after-practice pond waiting for someone to come back and play. (sold)
  • Rebecca S asked for Space Whales and so here are the purrgil from Star Wars.

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June 2025 Patreon Sketches

Sunday, June 29th, 2025

You may have noticed that May is conspicuously absent, and that’s because I did the wrong month’s prompts, whoops. May’s will be next month, promise!

8 sketch cards by Amy Crook

  • Eric asked for Han, Lando, and/or Hondo, and Hondo Ohnaka won the impromptu housemate poll so here he is. (sold)
  • Jeff prompted “purple prank” and got a purple-ized version of my favorite internet joke. He’s no stranger to love, you guys. (sold)
  • Amy B asked for some kind of critter and fortunately or unfortunately, this little cookie thief is what happened.
  • Shannon asked for a yelling Stellar’s Jay, and I’m pretty happy with how this little guy turned out. I considered filling up the space with swear words, which is what I assume they yell, but decided against it.
  • Rebecca S prompted “Magic,” and I decided to do some tea serving itself. You know, magically.
  • Kelly asked for some wildflowers, and got this assortment of random purple blooms. And a bee butt, just because.
  • It’s SaraBeth’s birthday this month, and she asked for something fun! And, uh, well. I had fun. The cat, not so much. (sold)
  • Jo suggested camping in the rain, and I decided I wanted the dreary storm outside and a warm glow coming from inside the tent.

For the record, if you were to follow my Patreon (there’s a free option!), you’d also get a cat pic with this post.

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March 2025 Patron Sketches

Wednesday, April 30th, 2025

Confession, I did these by accident last month, but here they are today!

8 sketch cards in various media by Amy Crook

  • Not a request! Just a tree sunset kinda thing, per my usual ouevre
  • Eric asked for Mustang and got a sad wet version of Roy from FMA:B
  • Amy B requested raccoons and got this trio of trash pandas
  • Jefferson prompted “chaos” and that’s exactly what he got (sold)
  • Rey asked for “Facts Matter” for what I think are obvious reasons, so I went with word art in soothing neutrals (sold)
  • Kelly wanted a cheetah and I was just feeling the emoji style
  • SaraBeth asked for a guillotine, power to the people
  • And finally some twilight and a weird tree I saw on my trip

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100 Cats no.91-100

Tuesday, April 22nd, 2025

And here we have the finale, the last 10 cats in this months-long project. Thanks for coming on this journey with me!

watercolor of a black cat peeking out of a sideways paper bag

“Peek,” 3.5″x2.5″ watercolor on paper (sold)

 

watercolor of a chonky orange cat flopped on its back

“Flop,” 6″x4″ watercolor on paper

 

watercolor of a cat curled into a ball surrounded by a black zen circle and a soft blue-grey background

“Ball,” 6″x6″ watercolor and ink on paper

 

cartoon of a cat as an old-school cylon

“Cylon,” 2.5″x3.5″ pen & ink and copic marker on paper (sold)

 

watercolor of a cat peeking down over the edge of something

“Vulture,” 3.5″x2.5″ watercolor on paper (nfs)

 

abstract art of a kitty with big green eyes and anxiety lines around its head and tail

“Whelmed,” 5″x7″ watercolor, ink, and acrylic on paper

 

art of a purple cat sleeping in an unusual pose

“Weirdo,” 3.5″x2.5″ acrylic on paper (sold)

 

art of a green cat in with one leg up in the air

“Problem,” 3.5″x2.5″ acrylic on paper (sold)

 

abstract art of a stained-glass cat in a regal pose against a dark background

“Regal,” 6″x8″ watercolor, ink, and acrylic on paper

 

abstract art of a purple cat with spirals in its fur stretching out in a U-shape

“Liquid,” 8″x8″ watercolor and acrylic ink on paper

 

And that’s it! If there’s any of these you love that aren’t marked as sold, they might still be around for purchase — just drop me a line!

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100 Cats no.71-80

Tuesday, April 8th, 2025

We’re getting close to done! Just two more to go after this.

cartoon of a teal cat in a fedora

“Agent,” 2.5″x3.5″ pen & ink and copic marker on paper (sold)

 

cartoon of a grumpy cat in an erlenmeyer flask

“Formaldehyde,” 2.5″x3.5″ pen & ink and copic marker on paper (sold)

 

ink sketch of a cat with big eyes on its back looking clueless

“What?” 3.5″x2.5″ pen & ink on paper

 

cartoon of a black cat with a white chest patch and red hat pretending to be a lawn gnome

“Disguise,” 2.5″x3.5″ pen & ink and copic marker on paper

 

watercolor painting of three cat silhouettes leaping against a colorful sunset

“Aspire,” 7″x5″ watercolor on paper

 

watercolor painting of a sleeping kitty in teal on black

“Rest,” 7″x5″ watercolor on paper

 

watercolor sketch of a sleeping kitty

“Pause,” 3.5″x2.5″ watercolor on paper

 

absurd watercolor painting of a cat flying with inadequate fairy wings

“Fly,” 2.5″x3.5″ watercolor on paper (sold)

 

watercolor painting of a black cat hiding in a paper bag, tail peeking out

“Hide,” 3.5″x2.5″ watercolor on paper (sold)

 

metallic watercolor painting of a sleeping kitty all sprawled out

“Dream,” 3.5″x2.5″ watercolor on paper (sold)

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January 2025 Patron Sketches

Friday, March 7th, 2025

These were a little late due to travel to see my family, but they’re here!

7 sketches by Amy Crook in various media

  • Rey wanted “baby’s first headlock” (sold)
  • Eric asked for David Tennant in a rainbow t-shirt, and gets the whole pride shebang (sold)
  • Kelly asked for a kindle of kittens and I went baaaaby for them (sold)
  • Jefferson prompted “missing minion” (sold)
  • SaraBeth wanted some non-VD pink fun, and gets a bonus bee butt (sold)
  • Rebecca S asked for a tiny dragon, and this one stole someone’s pearl earring
  • and Amy B wanted Figment from Epcot, who I’d never heard of and had to use an animatronic for reference

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October 2024 Patron Sketches

Wednesday, December 4th, 2024

I ended up doing these guys a little late for the inevitable holiday cold reasons, but I had a really fun mix of prompts this time, at least!

7 sketch cards by Amy Crook in various media

  • Nick asked for “kissmas” after some book he likes, and gets the blorbos from my upcoming Goblin Market book instead. Sorry not sorry.
  • Andria wanted a confused jack-o-lantern.
  • Eric asked for “The Ballad” and I had fun fading this out on the left like the world in Coraline when she tries to walk away and instead walks around. (sold)
  • Kelly wanted hellfire, so I painted some fun flames and added a few lost souls for ambience. (sold)
  • SaraBeth asked for Audrey II from Little Shop of Horrors, and I went for the smaller version because it’s just cuter. (sold)
  • Amy B wanted an autumnal Pod, and in autumn all Pod wants is warms.
  • Rebecca W said of course she still loves Pod (who was the cat on that post, iirc) and so I experimented a little with light and form and color for her. (sold)

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