Archive for the ‘Sea Creatures and Other Animals’ Category
Seahorse Heart
Tuesday, August 28th, 2012
Seahorse Heart watercolor by Amy Crook
There’s no tentacles, but these cute little seahorses will have to fulfill your quota of sea creatures for today. They’re sort of making an awkward heart, and sort of having an epic staring contest while they hang out on their bit of coral together. I think the green one’s gonna blink first, though.
Seahorse Heart, 6″x6″ watercolor on Fluid watercolor paper.
Seahorse Heart, detail, by Amy Crook
Above, you can see them up close and personal and get a better sense of their body colors, though the eyes really are a nice vivid yellow as seen in the temporary frame below.
Seahorse Heart, framed watercolor by Amy Crook
Categories: Daily Art, Sea Creatures and Other Animals
Tags: green, heart, nfs, pink, seahorses, sold, watercolor
Nautilus Sketch
Sunday, August 26th, 2012
Nautilus sketch by Amy Crook
This little guy is hanging out in my sketchbook, just swimming free on his own page. I think he’s actually about twice as big on the screen as in real life, in fact.
Hope your weekend’s going swimmingly!
Categories: Daily Art, Sea Creatures and Other Animals, Tentacles
Tags: nfs, sketch, watercolor
Seven for a Secret
Friday, August 10th, 2012
Seven for a Secret, watercolor landscape by Amy Crook
One for sorrow, two for joy,
Three for a girl and four for a boy,
Five for silver, six for gold,
And seven for a secret never to be told.
Seven for a Secret, 8″x4″ watercolor on paper, nfs (sold).
Seven for a Secret, detail, by Amy Crook
Above, the seven crows flying in the gloaming. Below, I slipped them into a temporary frame for scale, where they got to hang out in my desk with my iPhone for a bit.
Seven for a Secret, framed art by Amy Crook
- Title: Seven for a Secret
- 8 in. x 4 in. Japanese watercolor on Fluid watercolor paper
- sold
Categories: Daily Art, Flowers, Trees and Landscapes, Sea Creatures and Other Animals
Tags: crow, horizons, nfs, sold, tree, watercolor
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Onward, Minion!
Sunday, July 15th, 2012
Onward, Minion! sketch by Amy Crook
Fans of ICHC might recognize the octopus in this sketch, though I decided he’d be more amusing atop his minion’s head than a mere hand. His human servant is, of course, thrilled by this.
Categories: Daily Art, Sea Creatures and Other Animals, Tentacles
Tags: coloring book, doodle, nfs, pen and ink, pencil, sketch
Fish Skellington
Thursday, July 5th, 2012
Fish Skellington by Amy Crook
The inspiration for this piece came from a bunch of things crashing together in my brain. We played Small World the other day and one of the races I played had a cute little fish skeleton as its icon. My tiny fandom pieces were making me think I might want to do more things like them, in and out of the realm of fannishness. I painted a bunch of washes using my red watercolor palette and one of them I considered drawing on with the white gel pen. And then all of a sudden I thought, no, the white gel pen would be better on black paper, and I got out the blue palette and made this wash that’s much more like the deep ocean.
So for once, there’s not much to say about the technique but I actually know what I was thinking when I created the piece. Weird.
Fish Skellington, 7″x5″ watercolor and gel pen on Arches cover black paper.
Fish Skellington, detail, by Amy Crook
Above you can see a close-up of the wee little fishie, who just isn’t all that happy about his lot in, er, death. Below, you can see him in a frame with the paint catching the sunlight just a bit, and the little skellington reflected in my iPhone’s screen.
Fish Skellington, framed art by Amy Crook
Categories: Daily Art, Sea Creatures and Other Animals, Zombies, Skulls, and Other Morbid Things
Tags: black paper, for sale, gel pen, periwinkle, teal, watercolor
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Sharpie Week: Bashful Cuttlefish
Tuesday, June 12th, 2012
Sharpie Bashful Cuttlefish sketch by Amy Crook
Prompted by the very houseguest who is keeping me in SF and away from my studio, I drew a bashful little cuttlefish hiding behind a shell. Don’t ask me about the spots, I don’t even know. He wanted color.
Categories: Daily Art, Sea Creatures and Other Animals, Tentacles
Tags: nfs, sharpie, sharpie week, tentacles
Jellyfish Deeps 2
Thursday, June 7th, 2012
Jellyfish Deeps 2 by Amy Crook
Jellyfish, jellyfish everywhere! Well, okay, just here and on my phone, but still. Somehow getting Jellyfish Deeps put onto my phone as a custom Gelaskin inspired me to make a sequel. I rescued another paper from the pile of awful, added another layer of watercolor and salt, and then let that dry into something far more pleasing. Once that was done, it was time for the white gel pen and jellyfish.
I like drawing these jellyfish, too, they’re like happy little aliens floating serenely amidst the currents and formations in the deep of ocean or maybe outer space. Also, tentacles.
Jellyfish Deeps 2, 5″x7″ pen & ink, salt, gel pen and watercolor on paper.
Jellyfish Deeps 2, detail, by Amy Crook
Above, you can see that the salt on this piece is just a scattering of texture and sparkle rather than solid formations like some of the pieces. Below, the piece is cuddled up in my desk with my phone for size reference.
Jellyfish Deeps 2, framed art by Amy Crook
Categories: Daily Art, Sea Creatures and Other Animals, Series and Books, Tentacles
Tags: crosshatching, for sale, gel pen, jellyfish, pen and ink, salt, tentacles, watercolor
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