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Inktober 2018: Week 2
Thursday, October 18th, 2018
Inktober is still going! One ink drawing per day all month, often from prompts. Getting caught up on the backlog still, so here’s week 2 of these little 2.5″x3.5″ cards.
Inktober 8: Acrid for Eric
Inktober 9: Tony Stark / Coffee OTP
Inktober 10: Patterns
Inktober 11: Birthday by The Cruxshadows
Inktober 12: Zen Wailmer
Inktober 13: Guarded
Inktober 14: Erinaceous for Grace
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Categories: Abstract and Just Plain Weird, Angels, Cthulhu, and Other Myths, Card Design, Completed Commissions, Daily Art, People, Figures and Faces, Pretty Words, Sea Creatures and Other Animals, Things I'm a Fan Of, Whimsical and Strange, Zombies, Skulls, and Other Morbid Things
Tags: brush and ink, coffee, cruxshadows, hedgehog, inktober, mcu, pen and ink, pokemon, tony stark, word art
Inktober 2018: Week 1
Tuesday, October 16th, 2018
Autumn winds are blowing and fire season is almost over, which means not only October, Halloween, and Pumpkin Spice, but Inktober! I’m doing one ink drawing per day all month, pulling from a number of prompt lists. This year I’m doing everything in the Artist’s Trading Card size of 3.5″x2.5″ and sticking to black and white with the occasional cheat of grey.
Inktober 1: Poisonous
Inktober 2: Too Early for Jeff
Inktober 3: Crows
Inktober 4: Spite for Corinne
Inktober 5: Death
Inktober 6: Sepioid for Blaine
yes, we know it’s spelled wrong
Inktober 7: Exhausted
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Categories: Angels, Cthulhu, and Other Myths, Completed Commissions, Daily Art, People, Figures and Faces, Pretty Words, Sea Creatures and Other Animals, Tentacles, Whimsical and Strange, Zombies, Skulls, and Other Morbid Things
Tags: brush and ink, cat, coffee, crow, inktober, pen and ink, pod, skull, squid, word art
This Does Not Define You
Saturday, March 3rd, 2018
This Does Not Define You, 8″x10″ watercolor on Fluid watercolor paper
They have stolen the heart from inside you
But this does not define you
Sometimes a movie just has a perfect moment that you want to capture — in this case the climactic scene of Moana. The girl and the goddess have a moment of understanding – whatever is done to you, you can still define yourself: you know who you are. It’s a sentiment that should be and sadly isn’t universal in our victim-blaming society, sigh.
Who do you know that needs this reminder?
This Does Not Define You, detail, by Amy Crook
Above, you can see the way the interference green shines out against the turquoise and white, with just a touch of purple to define ‘you’ differently. Below, the painting is in a frame, catching the light.
This Does Not Define You, framed art by Amy Crook
Categories: Abstract and Just Plain Weird, Angels, Cthulhu, and Other Myths, Floating Gallery, Pretty Words, Things I'm a Fan Of
Tags: interference, moana, nfs, sold, watercolor
To Have Ambition
Wednesday, December 6th, 2017
To Have Ambition, 7″x5″ ink and pencil on paper
Who would have thought that cheesy ’80s pop music would spawn further art? The Gang of Four song I Love a Man in a Uniform has always held this little gem that, on some tired days, feels like my life motto.
To have ambition is my ambition
This word art piece uses beautiful sparkling inks and has elaborate decorations in varying stages of doneness to represent the unfulfilled ambitions — from fully realized illumunation around the capital to the barely-sketched design beneath the final word, process becomes product.
To Have Ambition, detail, by Amy Crook
Above, you can see the shiny embedded in pretty much all of the ink used in this piece. Below, you can see how it looks in a frame, a gorgeous example of artistic hopefulness.
To Have Ambition, framed art by Amy Crook
Categories: Floating Gallery, Pretty Words, Things I'm a Fan Of
Tags: brush and ink, calligraphy, for sale, illumination, pen and ink, word art
Inktober 2017, day 24-31
Tuesday, October 31st, 2017
Happy Halloween!
I can’t believe it’s already NaNoWriMo time. Here’s the final eclectic mix of commissions, Patron sketches, and spoopiness — next month I’ll be locked in a closet writing solarpunk, haha.
Inktober day 24: Dancing Disco
Inktober day 25: Inspiration Island
Inktober day 26: Otter Blep
Inktober day 27: Poison Apple
Inktober day 28: Spoopy Crow
Inktober day 29: Zero
Inktober day 30: The Good Candy
Inktober day 31: Knucklebones
Categories: Completed Commissions, Daily Art, Flowers, Trees and Landscapes, People, Figures and Faces, Pretty Words, Sea Creatures and Other Animals, Things I'm a Fan Of, Whimsical and Strange, Zombies, Skulls, and Other Morbid Things
Tags: brush and ink, chibi, commission, crow, disco, glitter gel pen, halloween, inktober, j herbin, nbx, nightmare before christmas, otter, pen and ink, skeleton
Inktober 2017, day 17-23
Tuesday, October 24th, 2017
How is October almost over? Halloween is coming up so fast this year. Enjoy this week’s mix of commissions, Patron sketches, and weird doodles!
Inktober day 17: Shiny Pumpkaboo (sold)
Inktober day 18: Quick Skull
Inktober day 19: Thyme, Sage, Mint, & Rosemary bookmarks
Inktober day 20: That Fall Feeling
Inktober day 21: Dill, Parsley, Chives, & Basil bookmarks
Inktober day 22: Collard Greens recipe, for Sekrit Patron
Inktober day 23: Hermione & Luna, for Disco
Categories: Card Design, Completed Commissions, Daily Art, Flowers, Trees and Landscapes, People, Figures and Faces, Pretty Words, Series and Books, Things I'm a Fan Of, Whimsical and Strange, Zombies, Skulls, and Other Morbid Things
Tags: bookmark, brush and ink, brush pen, commission, Harry Potter, hermione, hermione granger, luna lovegood, patreon, pen and ink, pokemon, tree, word art
Inktober 2017, day 10-16
Tuesday, October 17th, 2017
October marches on, and so do my pens and brushes. Enjoy this week’s mix of commissions, Patron sketches, and weird doodles!
Inktober day 10: I’ve Got the Keys to Your Horse, for Jeff
Inktober day 11: Ink Spirals
Inktober day 12: Autumn Ghost
Inktober day 13: You Made Me Ink
Inktober day 14: To Have Ambition is My Ambition
Inktober day 15: Hmm? First Doctor for Ian
Inktober day 16: Needs More Caffeine
Categories: Abstract and Just Plain Weird, Completed Commissions, Daily Art, Flowers, Trees and Landscapes, People, Figures and Faces, Pretty Words, Sea Creatures and Other Animals, Series and Books, Tentacles, Things I'm a Fan Of, Whimsical and Strange, Zombies, Skulls, and Other Morbid Things
Tags: brush and ink, commission, doctor who, halloween, ian doctors, inktober, j herbin, jefferson, octopus, patreon, pen and ink, tea, tentacles, word art
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