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Periscope
Monday, September 21st, 2015
quick paint sketch of a hummingbird by Amy Crook, livepainted on Periscope
What’s Periscope, you might ask?
- Periscope is an app (owned by Twitter) that lets you make live videos with your phone.
- Periscope videos (or scopes) last 24 hours before they vanish forever.
- I have Periscope set to tweet when I’m on live.
- You can watch on the app or on the web, including the replay (for as long as it lasts).
- You don’t have to make videos to have an account and watch them.
- You can text chat to the person making the video, share the video on Twitter, and give them “hearts” by tapping on the screen during the live feed.
- Yes, it’s yet another form of social media.
- Kind of like Youtube and Snapchat had a baby and sold it to Twitter.
- But I actually really like it.
- My username is, predictably, amysnotdeadyet.
I’m using it to make art! Or, well, to let you watch me make art. I painted the little hummingbird sketch above live on Periscope the other day, and below there’s two more things that owe their lives to me wanting to draw something on Periscope.
Eames & Arthur bookmarks by Amy Crook
Well, actually Eames and Arthur (above) owe their existence in part to Periscope, and in part to wanting to work on their character design for a commission. But the merdude below was one of my first Periscope experiments!
Merdude watercolor sketch by Amy Crook on Periscope
You can see at the top of the page I wrote, “Hi! I can’t see you chat,” because when I’m drawing or painting the phone is up over my shoulder and, like everything on Periscope, the chats are ephemeral and disappear before I can go looking.
I’m amysnotdeadyet on Periscope — come say hi!
Categories: People, Figures and Faces, Sea Creatures and Other Animals, Series and Books, Things I'm a Fan Of, Whimsical and Strange, Words Words Words
Tags: arthur, bookmark, eames, hummingbird, inception, merman, pen and ink, pencil, periscope, sketch, watercolor, words
New Arrival to Middle Earth
Wednesday, September 16th, 2015
New Arrival to Middle Earth by Amy Crook
It’s dangerous to make comments about hobbits in the presence of Jo … she might go and commission some art for you.
This adorable comic is for a couple having a baby, who have been self-described as two dwarves who wish they were a hobbit and an elf. Thus, we have a dwarf-decorated crib with a hobbity dwarf on one side, and an elfin dwarf on the other.
New Arrival to Middle Earth, 7″x5″ pen & ink and Copic marker on paper.
Categories: Completed Commissions, People, Figures and Faces, Series and Books, Things I'm a Fan Of
Tags: all rights reserved, commission, copic marker, dwarf, elf, hobbit, jo vanevery, nfs, pen and ink, sold
Murder for Christmas
Monday, September 14th, 2015
Murder for Christmas, a Sherlock parody comic by Amy Crook
I’d worry for the day someone actually tries to give Sherlock a murder for Christmas (as does John), but Lestrade can only be happy that he’s jumping for joy instead of refusing to help.
If you’ve got a friend who’d appreciate a little murder for their holidays, send them a card from my Etsy shop.
Murder for Christmas, 7″x5″ pen & ink and Copic marker.
Murder for Christmas card by Amy Crook on Etsy
Categories: Card Design, Floating Gallery, People, Figures and Faces, Series and Books, Things I'm a Fan Of
Tags: christmas, copic marker, etsy, john watson, lestrade, pen and ink, sherlock, sherlock bbc, sherlock holmes, sold, watson
Fixed Point
Sunday, September 6th, 2015
Fixed Point, a Doctor Who parody comic by Amy Crook
The holidays are still far off for most of us, but it’s the time of year when creators have to think about what’s coming up. The Doctor, of course, is always very busy at Christmastime!
Fixed Point, 5″x7″ pen & ink and Copic marker on paper.
Fixed Point, a Doctor Who parody card by Amy Crook on Etsy
Categories: Card Design, Floating Gallery, People, Figures and Faces, Series and Books, Tentacles, Things I'm a Fan Of
Tags: christmas, comic, copic marker, doctor who, etsy, for sale, pen and ink, tenth doctor
Enterprise
Monday, August 24th, 2015
Enterprise, a Star Trek drawing by Amy Crook
After drawing Kirk, Spock, and McCoy, I decided the next logical (heh) piece would be the Enterprise herself. I kept to the warm colors of the models from Star Trek: The Original Series instead of the colder versions you sometimes see in cgi versions, and I love how it looks floating in a sea of stars, phasers shooting off at some unknown enemy.
You can get the Enterprise and her three main men as a bookmark set in my Etsy shop.
Enterprise, 7″x5″ pen & ink, Copic white, and Copic marker on paper.
Star Trek bookmarks by Amy Crook at Etsy
Categories: Card Design, Floating Gallery, Series and Books, Things I'm a Fan Of
Tags: copic marker, etsy, nfs, shooting star, sold, star trek, starship, sttos
Prepositioning
Wednesday, August 19th, 2015
Prepositioning, an Inception comic by Amy Crook
Sometimes I get dragged into a fandom and it’s instant love, but sometimes a friend will poke and prod and gently tug me toward a fandom for a long, long time before something sticks.
I finally watched Inception for the first time this year, and had to watch it a second time focusing on everything but the main plot to really enjoy it. The setting and secondary characters, however, are an utter delight, which is how we come to this — a typo turned into a terrible pick-up line.
Prepositioning, 5″x7″ pen & ink and Copic marker on paper. Send someone a punny proposition today!
Prepositioning, an Inception parody card by Amy Crook at Etsy
Categories: Card Design, People, Figures and Faces, Series and Books, Things I'm a Fan Of
Tags: arthur, comic, copic marker, eames, inception, nfs, pen and ink, sold
August Patreon Sketches
Wednesday, August 12th, 2015
007 + Q = 00Q sketches by Amy Crook
My wonderful $5+ Patreon patrons get to ask for a sketch from me every month, and this time 3 of them left prompts!
Kim asked for Q in a sweater, and so we decided of course on the warm jumper from the Spectre trailer. Then Blaine asked for Bond to go with Q, and I decided on the tactical turtleneck from the promo shots, and their eyes meeting across the boundaries of the sketches. And, of course, posing 007 like a Bond Girl. It’s only fair, really.
Jeff, being of a less shippy mindset, asked for something meta: a drawing of a Minion drawing a Minion.
Drawing of a Minion Drawing a Minion by Amy Crook
Want to see your silly idea next month? Support me on Patreon!
Categories: Completed Commissions, People, Figures and Faces, Things I'm a Fan Of
Tags: 007, 00q, kim, minion, patreon, pen and ink, pencil, q, sketch
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