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Weeble Wednesday: The Mummy
Wednesday, January 5th, 2011
The Mummy + Heart by Amy Crook
I got laid up yesterday by illness and missed my 2nd art post of the new year! Not the best way to begin, but there wasn’t much else I could do. Still not feeling my best, but I got my new coloring books done!
Today I have the fully-colored Mummy illustration from my new Monster Heart Coloring Book. He was fun to color despite the simplicity, I got to use some techniques to age his bandages without making him totally yellowed. I even have a marker called “old linen” that I used.
You can get him for your mummy-loving Valentine at Etsy, or buy the original below.
The Mummy and The Mummy’s Heart, both 5″x7″ pen and ink and Copic markers on watercolor paper. $129 for the pair in a double frame, with free shipping.
Categories: Angels, Cthulhu, and Other Myths, Daily Art, People, Figures and Faces, Series and Books, Zombies, Skulls, and Other Morbid Things
Tags: coloring book, copic marker, for sale, monster, pen and ink, weeble
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Sherlock BBC Sketch
Monday, January 3rd, 2011
Sherlock BBC, sketch 1, by Amy Crook
I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday! I took most of last week off here, just posting Frankenstein’s Monster on Weeble Wednesday, and otherwise relaxing and taking care of end-of-year things.
One of the things I did was watch one of my Christmas presents over and over, that being the new BBC series Sherlock. I really love the dialogue, and all the little references to the original Holmes, and the wonderful rapport between the two main actors. Also, I have a desperate, hopeless lust for the coat Sherlock wears — it’s everything I’ve longed for in a coat, except that it’s wool, so I couldn’t wear it even if I could afford one (it’s a very pricey designer brand from Britain, and last year’s line on top of that).
In honour of my newest fangirlish obsession, my first post of the new year is Sherlock Holmes, as re-imagined by the BBC in modern times. It’s not perfect, but it’s a good start — I’m sure I’ll do at least one or two more, and a couple of Dr. Watson as well. I have some Moleskines lying around that could be easily Holmes-ified.
Also coming up for the new year is another coloring book (with all-new art that’s very nearly done), weeble monster Valentines, the opportunity to be a Zombie, and a window full of art up in a local book shop for the month of February.
Happy New Year! What are you all up to for 2011?
Categories: Daily Art, People, Figures and Faces, Series and Books, Things I'm a Fan Of
Tags: fan art, nfs, pencil, sherlock
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Chibi Zombie Girl
Friday, December 24th, 2010
Chibi Zombie Girl by Amy Crook
For Christmas Eve, also known as Zombie Yule Eve by certain people (you know who you are), I give you the very last bonus zombie from my Cthulhu Coloring Book. Starting next week, you’ll be spammed with images from my new coloring book, instead!
This style is called “chibi” or “super deformed” Japanese manga and anime artists — the giant head and body that’s 1-2 heads high, that is, not the crazy-eyed zombie part. It’s one of the styles I offer when Cartoonifying people, so I decided to do a zombie example, because really, who hasn’t wanted to be a cartoon zombie?
I’ve had a lot of fun coloring my various zombies, too. She’s done in a very soft blue with shading in grey, where the severed head she’s keeping for a snack later is done in a pale pale flesh tone with shadows in two shades of blue. Her lips are a nice blue, as well, and her sharp, sharp teeth have just a hint of blood on them.
Chibi Zombie Girl, 5″x7″ pen and ink and Copic markers on watercolor paper.
Categories: Daily Art, People, Figures and Faces, Series and Books, Zombies, Skulls, and Other Morbid Things
Tags: chibi, coloring book, copic marker, cthulhu, for sale, pen and ink, zombie
Holiday Cards of Potatoes Past
Thursday, December 16th, 2010
Holiday Cards 2005 by Amy Crook
In years past, when I had more time on my hands, I used to hand-make all my holiday cards individually — with potato stamps. I used watercolors to brush colour onto the carved potato pieces, and then stamp them out. This particular set took 3 separate stamps, the figure, the gift, and the halo, each of which had to be done as a separate step. I think I made about 100 of these, and that was the year I decided never to do it this way again.
Hope you’re having a great holiday season!
Categories: Daily Art, People, Figures and Faces, Whimsical and Strange
Tags: holiday cards, nfs, potato stamp, watercolor
Weeble Wednesday: HP Weebles
Wednesday, December 8th, 2010
HP Weebles by Amy Crook
This is one of the first refine weeble-style drawings I ever did, back a few years ago when I was just perfecting the style. It’s meant to be Kingsley Shacklebolt, Harry Potter & Charlie Weasley, with Kingsley and Charlie showing off their respective awesomenesses to a properly impressed Harry. I’ve always liked the way it came out, from the expressions to the adorable little dragonet. And you can see how these little guys developed into the weebles I draw today.
Categories: Completed Commissions, Daily Art, People, Figures and Faces, Series and Books, Things I'm a Fan Of
Tags: nfs, pencil, potter, sketch, weeble
More Coloring Book Doodles
Monday, December 6th, 2010
I’ve been busy this holiday season and I keep falling behind on my art posts! So, here, have some more doodles done for fine recipients of my Cthulhu Coloring Book.
Evil Mermaid sketch by Amy Crook
Weeble Ninja sketch by Amy Crook
Mad Scientist With Gas Mask sketch by Amy Crook
Categories: Angels, Cthulhu, and Other Myths, Daily Art, People, Figures and Faces, Sea Creatures and Other Animals, Things I'm a Fan Of, Whimsical and Strange
Tags: coloring book, cthulhu, lovecraft, nfs, pen and ink, silly, sketch, weeble
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