Archive for the ‘Things I’m a Fan Of’ Category
Sharpie Week: Fraggle
Saturday, June 16th, 2012
Sharpie Fraggle sketch by Amy Crook
Dance your cares away, it’s Saturday! A generic Fraggle for those of you who actually remember Fraggle Rock.
My favorite character on that show is, of course, Mokey Fraggle. Who’s yours?
Categories: Daily Art, Things I'm a Fan Of
Tags: fraggle rock, nfs, sharpie, sharpie week
Sharpie Week: Golden Snitch
Thursday, June 14th, 2012
Sharpie Golden Snitch sketch by Amy Crook
My house guest has flown back to DC, and I’ve got one more day of vacation plans before it’s back to the grind. Actually there’ll be a little grind today, since I’ve got a teleclass, but we’re pretending that’s just not the case at the moment. Much like how we’re pretending that the above Snitch is actually round.
Also, my cats say hi, and want you to know that I’m never allowed to leave the house again.
Categories: Daily Art, People, Figures and Faces, Things I'm a Fan Of
Tags: Harry Potter, nfs, sharpie, sharpie week
Octopus Loves Boba
Saturday, June 2nd, 2012
Octopus Loves Boba cartoon by Amy Crook
This cheerful octopus shares with me a deep love for boba tea, also known as bubble tea or pearl milk tea. I would totally drink this every day if I could afford the habit, but much like some people’s expensive coffee habits, I’ve kept myself weaned down to once or twice a week for the most part. It makes a good reward for getting out of the house and doing my errands instead of staying inside like the hermit I am, heh.
I have a houseguest coming next week (eek! peoples!), so I foresee a lot of boba in my future. And possibly another Sharpie week, heh.
Octopus Loves Boba, 5″x5″ pen & ink and Copic markers on paper.
Categories: Daily Art, Sea Creatures and Other Animals, Tentacles, Things I'm a Fan Of
Tags: cartoon, copic marker, for sale, mmmmmboba, octopus, pen and ink, tentacles
Mother Hydra Weds Father Dagon
Saturday, May 26th, 2012
Mother Hydra Weds Father Dagon, cartoon by Amy Crook
When I was done coloring this and Monday’s zombies, I realized that I’d managed to do only 2 drawings, but color 4 figures with 7 heads between them. Whew!
This one was also done specifically to be a card, this time to bring a little Cthulhu to your wedding season. Dagon is the big bad from Shadows Over Innsmouth, and while Lovecraft’s Hydra doesn’t get a lot of description, it was easy to adapt the classic many-headed monster of myth to this purpose. I especially enjoy the boutonniere pinned straight to Dagon’s chest.
Yeah, I’m a little morbid.
Mother Hydra Weds Father Dagon, 7″x5″ pen & ink and Copic markers on paper.
Categories: Angels, Cthulhu, and Other Myths, Daily Art, People, Figures and Faces, Series and Books, Things I'm a Fan Of
Tags: cartoon, copic marker, cthulhu, dagon, etsy, for sale, hydra, pen and ink, weeble
Mario’s Cave
Friday, May 25th, 2012
Mario’s Cave by Amy Crook
This piece owes its origins firstly to my childhood spent playing Super Mario Bros. on the Nintendo, and more recently to Steph of nerdJERK and Lawrence Yang, both of whom make awesome pop-culture-inspired art. I was feeling a bit down about this and that, and I’d had this abstract, cave-like background sitting around for a long time. I decided it was time to just do something silly to amuse myself, so I made the cave from whence the Mario mushrooms originate. There’s mostly blue Mini Mushrooms (they make Mario small) and red Power Ups (that make him big), but there’s a few sneaky purple Poison Mushrooms and a trio of green 1ups.
Mario’s Cave, 5″x7″ watercolor on paper.
I put it in its usual frame-with-iPhone shot so you can see just how tiny the shrooms are.
Mario’s Cave, framed art by Amy Crook
Categories: Daily Art, Things I'm a Fan Of, Whimsical and Strange
Tags: mushroom, nfs, sold, super mario, tiny fandom, watercolor
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Sherlock Flock
Thursday, May 24th, 2012
Sherlock Flock - from wallpaper to fabric by Amy Crook
If you’re a fan of Sherlock on the BBC and enjoy my Baker Street Tinies, then I have a fabric design for you — Sherlock Flock! I took the tiny-pen-rendered wallpaper from B is for Baker Street, interior, and used my mad Photoshop skillz to create a repeating pattern, then uploaded it to Spoonflower at rather a larger size than the original. You can put it on a skirt, pillow, purse or have a hanky made, whatever your heart desires!
Sherlock Flock, digital pattern for fabric, available at Spoonflower.
My sample swatch came and I may have made a squeaky noise at how cool it was to have and to hold. No idea what I’ll do with it, but here it is in silk crepe de chine:
Sherlock Flock, actual fabric from Spoonflower by Amy Crook
Categories: Daily Art, Series and Books, Things I'm a Fan Of
Tags: crosshatching, fabric, scribble goth, sherlock, spoonflower
Tenth Doctor sketch 1
Sunday, May 20th, 2012
Tenth Doctor, sketch 1,
by Amy Crook
I have finally accepted the inevitability that I’ll end up drawing Doctor Who cartoons, and as such worked up this little sketch of the Tenth Doctor. I’m not sure I’ve quite got his chin and mad hair working yet, but the costume is just right.
Categories: Daily Art, People, Figures and Faces, Things I'm a Fan Of
Tags: doctor who, nfs, pencil, sketch
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