Archive for the ‘Sea Creatures and Other Animals’ Category
Further Adventures of Otter & Hedgehog
Thursday, March 14th, 2013
Floating Nap, dorky fan art by Amy Crook
Another week, another piece of adorable otter/hedgehog art. I imagine this is the missing bit between the first two pieces, after the hedgehog got tired of swimming but before they dried off and curled up in their scarves to nap.
I imagine this because I’m a big dorky fangirl, and I enjoy it.
Floating Nap, 7″x5″ pen & ink and Copic markers on paper, nfs (commission).
Categories: Completed Commissions, Daily Art, Sea Creatures and Other Animals, Series and Books, Things I'm a Fan Of
Tags: copic marker, hedgehog, john watson, nfs, otter, pen and ink, sherlock, sherlock bbc, sherlock holmes, sold
Sad and Sorry Squid
Tuesday, March 5th, 2013
Sad and Sorry Squid cartoon by Amy Crook
This little blue fellow is very, very sorry for whatever you did to make him angry. Won’t you forgive him? He’s just blue all over from regretting what he said.
I designed him to go with my other squid cards at Etsy, and I think he’d make a very effective apology.
Sad and Sorry Squid, 5″x5″ pen & ink and Copic marker on paper.
Squid Apology Card at Etsy by Amy Crook
Categories: Daily Art, Sea Creatures and Other Animals, Series and Books, Tentacles
Tags: copic marker, etsy, for sale, pen and ink, squid, tentacles
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Hedgehog & Otter Adventures
Saturday, February 9th, 2013
Floating Along, dorky fan art by Amy Crook
If you’re on Tumblr or in my brain you’ll understand completely when I say this is actually Harry Potter/Sherlock crossover fan art with Animagus forms.
If you’re not, then look at the adorable otter and hedgehog. They’re floating! They’re friends!
There is, of course, the nap after to be considered as well. Those involved in the aforementioned fannish telepathy will know exactly which scarf is whose and why.
InterHouse Naptime, dorky fan art by Amy Crook
Categories: Completed Commissions, Daily Art, Sea Creatures and Other Animals, Series and Books, Things I'm a Fan Of
Tags: copic marker, hedgehog, john watson, nfs, otter, pen and ink, sherlock, sherlock bbc, sherlock holmes, sold
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Copper Octopus
Tuesday, January 22nd, 2013
Copper Octopus watercolor by Amy Crook
Somehow all of my painted octopi end up looking a bit worried, as though they’re not quite sure how they ended up here in this painting and they’re definitely concerned that there will soon be a kraken. This little guy is painted almost entirely in shining metallic paints, the water in three shades of blue and the octopus himself mainly in a bright coppery duochrome adobe. His shadows and highlights are made of normal watercolor, but his eyes are the same shining blue as the water he’s swimming in.
Just don’t startle him. He might ink.
Copper Octopus, 7″x5″ iridescent, duochrome and normal watercolor on paper.
Copper Octopus, detail, by Amy Crook
Above, you can see the sunlight shining off of his distinctive copper skin and lovely sapphire-blue eyes. Below, he’s briefly occupying a frame and fretting about all the imaginary dangers of his empty undersea world. Perhaps you can take him home and let him take on a few of your worries as well, while he’s at it?
Copper Octopus, framed art by Amy Crook
Categories: Daily Art, Sea Creatures and Other Animals, Tentacles
Tags: blue, copper, duochrome, for sale, iridescent, octopus, tentacles, water, watercolor
Sunrise Crows
Monday, January 21st, 2013
Sunrise Crows by Amy Crook
The colors of this sunrise will seem familiar from Friday’s post, I hope, with gentler clouds and the birds to bring it out of abstraction. There’s still shimmery spirals in blues and golds, but they’re softer, fluffy clouds instead of stormy ones. The three birds are flying along not really in formation but just hanging out, the sunlight shining on and through their feathers, making them almost ghostly in the morning light.
Sunrise Crows, 7″x5″ watercolor on paper, nfs (sold).
Sunrise Crows, detail, by Amy Crook
Above, you can see the sunlight glimmering off the iridescent paint, and the tiny feathery details in the middle crow. The golden clouds get hints of rose and orange, while the blue ones go softly aquamarine. Below, you can see the piece hanging out on my writing desk in a frame, waiting to fly off to their new home.
Sunrise Crows, framed art by Amy Crook
Categories: Daily Art, Flowers, Trees and Landscapes, Sea Creatures and Other Animals, Series and Books
Tags: blue, crow, duochrome, gold, iridescent, nfs, sold, spirals, sunrise, watercolor
Sketchy Crows
Sunday, January 20th, 2013
3 Crows sketch by Amy Crook
Every time I print postage with Paypal, I get a half-sheet of paper left over printed with a totally useless receipt. I save them and use them for various and sundry things, like testing paint color mixes and, apparently, doodling crows with Sharpie marker. I like that the last one looks a bit Seussian.
Categories: Daily Art, Sea Creatures and Other Animals, Whimsical and Strange
Tags: nfs, sharpie marker, sketch
Crow Bookmark 2
Monday, January 7th, 2013
Crow Bookmark 2 by Amy Crook
My BFF’s birthday is in January, on the same day as JRR Tolkien’s, which always amuses us since mine’s the same day as Frodo & Bilbo Baggins. In addition to the gift he hasn’t gotten yet because I’m a slacker, I made him a bookmark all his own, with black ink crows flying against a blue marker sky.
Crow Bookmark 2, 7″x2″ pen & ink and Copic marker on scrap paper, nfs.
Categories: Daily Art, Flowers, Trees and Landscapes, Sea Creatures and Other Animals
Tags: bookmark, copic marker, crow, nfs, pen and ink
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