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Ophiuchus
Monday, June 21st, 2010
Ophiuchus by Amy Crook
The second Starcycles Calendar I ever laid out was in 2001, and when Georgia asked for Ophiuchus on the cover, I decided to dive in with an oil painting. The image wrapped around the book, so the snake’s tail and field of stars were the back cover, while the figure was the main focus on the front.
Ophiuchus, 9″x12″ oil on canvas, sold.
Categories: Angels, Cthulhu, and Other Myths, Daily Art, People, Figures and Faces, Series and Books
Tags: constellation, greek myth, nfs, oil painting, snake, starcycles
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If Wishes Were Fishes
Saturday, June 19th, 2010
If Wishes Were Fishes by Amy Crook
This doodle springs from a conflation of two sayings my Mom used to use, “If wishes were fishes, we’d live in the sea,” and “If wishes were horses, then beggars would ride.” Somehow my brain mixed the two up, and we have this doodle — “If wishes were fishes, then beggars would ride.” I went Seussian with the fish, giving the whole thing a cheerful, if surrealistic, feel.
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Categories: Daily Art, People, Figures and Faces, Sea Creatures and Other Animals, Tentacles, Whimsical and Strange
Tags: doodle, nfs, pencil, squid
Being Your Slave
Thursday, June 17th, 2010
Being Your Slave, 9″x12″ oil on canvas board, poem by William Shakespeare
A recent late-night discussion on Twitter about the movie The Pillow Book with Ewan McGregor reminded me of this piece, so I thought I’d post it for today’s art. Shakespeare’s Sonnet 57 adorns the chest of our nameless man, the swirls and strokes of hand-painted calligraphy decorating the planes and valleys of his torso.
I first painted the figure itself, and then once it was dry the painstaking brush calligraphy was applied by hand on top. I suspect the process, while far easier on the flat surface, is a lot less fun when the person in question is merely a painting.
This piece is painted on canvas board, which is primed canvas wrapped around a cardboard base rather than stretched on wooden bars. Because of the nature of the piece, it wants to lean insouciantly against a stack of books or be tucked into a nook in a bookshelf rather than framed and hung — any frame or matte it was put in would obscure part of the calligraphy.
I’m not sure if Shakespeare would approve of the use to which I’ve put his words, but given his penchant for low humour and bawdy lines, I like to think he’d be amused.
Categories: Daily Art, Nudes and Other Sexy Things, People, Figures and Faces, Things I'm a Fan Of
Tags: for sale, oil painting, shakespeare, sonnet, writing on the body
Bonus Cartoon! Chris Anthony
Thursday, June 17th, 2010
Chris Anthony by Amy Crook
Apparently I completely forgot to make an art post yesterday, oops! Busy Amy is busy, but at least I got banana bread made before the bananas got too ripe, which made an excellent breakfast.
A few months back I had a chance to turn Chris Anthony of Etherjammer into a cartoon, and I never did post it here, so I thought I’d put it up today as bonus art (yes, this means today’s real art post will follow). His cartoon was especially fun because of the challenge of drawing a weeble with facial hair — interesting placing a mustache on someone with no nose!
If you want to be a cartoon, I’d love to draw you!
Categories: Completed Commissions, Daily Art, People, Figures and Faces
Tags: all rights reserved, cartoon, Chris Anthony, commission, copic marker, nfs, pen and ink
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Cartoon! Wendy & Me
Monday, June 14th, 2010
Wendy and Me by Amy Crook
Today’s art is another cartoon, this time of me and Wendy Cholbi, tech mermaid. Wendy wanted to expand her WordPress Installation offerings to include a package with some design included, and so I drew up this image to go with our bios on the sales page. It was fun not only to make Wendy into a mermaid, but to give my hair a bit of extra color (in real life that color would be so hard to maintain!) as well as the bunny ears, and a couple of t-shirts from ThinkGeek that neither of us actually owns — yet.
We’re also doing a free Website Color Clinic call on Wednesday to help people pick their own web palettes. Come join us and listen to me babble nervously about color!
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: all rights reserved, cartoon, copic marker, mermaid, nfs, pen and ink, Wendy Cholbi
Monster Under the Bed
Sunday, June 13th, 2010
Monster Under the Bed by Amy Crook
This is another wee bedside doodle, this one dipping its toe into the horror genre. I swear to this day a part of me still believes in things that lurk under the bed — how else to explain the sound of something sliding against the metal frame when both cats are asleep, and in sight?
Categories: Angels, Cthulhu, and Other Myths, Daily Art, People, Figures and Faces, Tentacles, Zombies, Skulls, and Other Morbid Things
Tags: doodle, monster, nfs, pencil
Anima
Wednesday, June 9th, 2010
Anima, 3″x3″ photo etching on 5″x5″ watercolor paper
This is another print, this time a photo etching that uses a photograph I took of the model I painted in tiger stripes. As far as I know he never did get the tattoo, but I really enjoyed having the stripey version of him to use for my art.
I printed these in an edition of 5, and I have 3 left, though one of them’s got some decorative fingerprints in the whitespace. I mixed up a rich velvety purple ink and printed onto a very soft, thick watercolor paper, and the result is an image that has a certain glow about it as the details fuzz into each other just a little. The shadows are thick but his hair still glows in a cascade of curls where the light hits it.
Anima by Amy Crook, 1/5
These prints are on thick, soft paper that will require a matte or frame to display.
Categories: Daily Art, Nudes and Other Sexy Things, People, Figures and Faces
Tags: for sale, photo etching, s, tiger
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