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Man Dressing
Thursday, June 3rd, 2010
Man Dressing 1, detail, by Amy Crook
Today’s art is an etching, which means there’s several prints, though I only have 1 of each edition below. All of my prints are hand-pulled the old-fashioned way using a printing press, whether they’re etchings or monoprints, and while I still have some of my old plates I doubt they’re in any shape to be printed from these days.
I’ve always been fascinated with our rigid ideas of gender, and the way that costumes that were considered the height of masculinity in their day (including the ruffles and corset in the image) are considered effete and downright kinky nowadays. This image was drawn with the help of a model, though we didn’t lace him fully into the corset, and uses a painstaking cross-hatched shading style that I vowed never to try again after this image. I’ve gone back to the technique now that I’m older and more patient, but it’s still one of my least-favorite methods due to the time and precision required.
Click below to see all three editions on their full pages. Don’t forget most images you can click on to see a bigger version, too.
Categories: Daily Art, Nudes and Other Sexy Things, People, Figures and Faces, Series and Books
Tags: corset, etching, for sale, handmade paper, intaglio
Reading Under a Tree 2
Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010
Reading Under a Tree 2 by Amy Crook
Technically I think this should be 1, as this sketch is a bit older than the one I posted last week. The willow tree shows a definite influence from Dr. Seuss — or perhaps Lawrence Yang — and the figure is taking shelter in the lee of the tree. Apparently, I also forgot to draw in clothes, since I put most of my attention into the tree, oops.
The colored background is actually from the sketchbook I was using, which has thick, creamy paper. It’s always interesting how different materials can affect the way the work comes out — I swear almost everything I’ve done in that particular sketchbook has an air of whimsy about it.
Categories: Daily Art, Flowers, Trees and Landscapes, People, Figures and Faces, Whimsical and Strange
Tags: doodle, nfs, pencil, tree
Loligoth Bride
Sunday, May 30th, 2010
Goth Bride by Amy Crook
The delightful Ang of Lowbrow Events commissioned this girl through my Be a Cartoon service over at Not Dead Yet Studios. She does alternative weddings, so she gave me free reign to doodle up any bride I wanted, as long as she was a little off the rails.
From her stripey stockings to her tiny top hat, this bride has a definite Gothic Lolita theme. I added a few spiders for extra morbidity, and then spun their web in the lining of her layered skirt. I considered doing the roses the same blood red as her hair and heart-shaped lipstick, but I decided to go with an eerie purple to match her pale violet eyes instead.
I’m happy to say Ang was thrilled, and you can find my bride lurking on the contact page of her site.
Loligoth Bride, 5″x7″ pen and ink and copic marker on watercolor paper, commission.
Categories: Completed Commissions, Daily Art, People, Figures and Faces, Whimsical and Strange, Zombies, Skulls, and Other Morbid Things
Tags: all rights reserved, bride, cartoon, commission, copic marker, Lowbrow Events, nfs, pen and ink
Reading Under a Tree
Sunday, May 23rd, 2010
Reading Under a Tree by Amy Crook
This is a little doodle I did thinking about one of my Works in Progress that’s kinda undecided about where I’m going with it. Right now it’s just a blue sky and some dark brown earth and nothing else, but I actually sort of like the effect all by itself. Still, I like this image with its loose lines and the arching tree over the studious figure.
I’ve always liked drawing trees, especially the leafless winter skeletons with all their intricate fractal shapes. It’s like jagged lace to see the bits of sky between the branches, the shadows reflecting inexact details warped by the ground’s topography.
Categories: Daily Art, Flowers, Trees and Landscapes, People, Figures and Faces
Tags: nfs, reading, sketch, tree
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Graveyard
Tuesday, May 18th, 2010
Graveyard by Amy Crook
If you’re at all into genre fiction & television, you might want to click this one to read the headstones. I was feeling pretty silly, so there’s a bunch of silly pop culture references lurking in amongst the uneasy dead. Note the dandelion, the black cat, and of course the zombie hand bursting up out of Mr. Addams’ grave.
Graveyard, 5″x7″ pen and ink on watercolor paper.
Categories: Angels, Cthulhu, and Other Myths, Card Design, Flowers, Trees and Landscapes, People, Figures and Faces, Series and Books, Things I'm a Fan Of, Zombies, Skulls, and Other Morbid Things
Tags: for sale
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Sandman
Sunday, May 16th, 2010
Sandman by Amy Crook
I started reading The Sandman about 1/3 of the way through its run, and was instantly a fan. I collected them for a long time, and this is one of many doodles I’ve done of the titular character.
Categories: Daily Art, People, Figures and Faces, Things I'm a Fan Of
Tags: nfs, sketch
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