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Cartoon: Linda Esposito, version 1

Monday, August 23rd, 2010

Linda Esposito, version 1, by Amy Crook

Linda Esposito, version 1, by Amy Crook

When the wonderful Linda Esposito of Talk Therapy Biz took me up on getting herself turned into a cartoon, I’m pretty sure she didn’t expect to get two! The one she asked for was the one above, something in greens and browns with a professional feel to it to complement her site. When I was actually doing her sketch, I couldn’t find her email at first with the pose request, so I doodled up an entirely different cartoon of her (I’ll post that one tomorrow) before digging up the “right” pose.

I couldn’t resist showing her both ideas, though, and I was thrilled when she decided to get cartooned twice! She’s been wonderfully patient with this summer’s mad delays, and I’m really happy that she’s finally got her cartoons to show for it.

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Snuggly Feet

Saturday, August 21st, 2010

Snuggy Feet sketch by Amy Crook

Snuggy Feet sketch by Amy Crook

Just a little pencil sketch for the weekend, it’s two people cuddling though the foreshortening on the leftmost foot rather suggests a third very small-footed party has snuck in. Alas, that’s what I get for working from photo references.

Also, feet are a pain to draw.

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Identify

Friday, August 20th, 2010

Identify, detail, by Amy Crook

Identify, detail, by Amy Crook

I thought I might end Friday with a monoprint in 2 panels, a 2-by-6 inch one allowing the figure to reach past the 4-by-6 inch frame she’s in, making the whole image 6 inches square. Although this print originally had a different title, I chose to change it to “Identify” because it works on several levels. Female nudity is becoming ubiquitous in our culture, but at the same time it’s still both highly fetishized and reviled. By masking the identity of the woman in the image, she’s both reduced to an object, and protected from the viewer’s scorn. In addition, it invites the viewer to identify with the subject, to find points of commonality despite her vulnerable-yet-anonymous position.

Identify, 6″x6″ monoprint on 11″x11″ watercolor paper, $399 with free shipping.

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Not Late for Anything

Thursday, August 19th, 2010

Not Late for Anything by Amy Crook

Not Late for Anything by Amy Crook

This print uses several techniques, layering the two sheets of imported paper, black on a creamy natural white, and then adding silver ink in the form of 4 separate images — 3 rubber stamps around the borders, and the central monoprint. All of the images were printed in silver oil-based etching in, because the black paper wouldn’t allow the translucent water-based monoprint inks to show up. In addition, the paper didn’t allow the image to fully print, some of the fibers rejecting the ink entirely, leaving the figure with a shadowy, deaths-head appearance.

In the upper right, I re-used the same silver sun from Sea, and then we have the White Rabbit from Alice in Wonderland on the lower left, and a Winnie the Pooh stamp on the lower right. Pooh stands hand-in-hand with Christopher Robin, along with the quote, “The Forest will always be there… and anybody who is Friendly with Bears can find it.”

I wanted to give the image of someone basking in the sun, eyes closed, taking a moment before moving on to whatever the next thing is, whether it’s another day’s work, the Red Queen’s Court, the Forest, or whatever lies beyond the fields we know.

Not Late for Anything, 31″x23″ monoprint, rubber stamp & chine collé on imported paper, $499 with free shipping.

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Setting It Free

Saturday, August 14th, 2010

Setting It Free by Amy Crook

Setting It Free by Amy Crook

Just a little sketch for Saturday, an experiment in figure drawing. I didn’t feel like repeating the “reaching for the unattainable” post again, so this time I gave him something to set free. Let’s hope it comes back, and brings him some clothes.

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Weeble Wednesday: Delta

Wednesday, August 11th, 2010

Weeble Delta by Amy Crook

Weeble Delta by Amy Crook

Yet another of my friends who I weeble-ified, Delta’s got a weakness for blank books like many of us but she actually fills hers with regular journaling. She loves snakes as well, hence the t-shirt (she’s not-so-secretly a Slytherin at heart).

If you’re enjoying these weebles, remember that you, too, can be a cartoon for just $79.

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Self Sufficient

Tuesday, August 10th, 2010

Self Sufficient, front view, by Amy Crook

Self Sufficient, front view, by Amy Crook

I thought I’d shake up the week a little and post my bronze early, this time a single figure who can be interpreted as taking care of herself, or covering up against prying eyes. Or perhaps a bit of both, who knows.

She can be posed quite modestly if her back is to the audience, like this:

Self Sufficient, back view, by Amy Crook

Self Sufficient, back view, by Amy Crook

Or she can be quite wanton when posed differently yet:

Self Sufficient, bottom view, by Amy Crook

Self Sufficient, bottom view, by Amy Crook

Like so many things in life, it’s all about your perspective.

Self Sufficient, cast bronze approx. 4.5″w x 5.5″d x 4.5″h, $699 with free shipping.

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