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Sneak Preview – Cthulhu Heart
Thursday, December 23rd, 2010
Cthulhu Heart inks by Amy Crook
Here’s a little sneak preview of my next awesome thing, a Monster Heart Coloring Book for Valentine’s Day! I’m giving you a sneak peek here with Cthulhu’s tentacley little heart, which he’s offering up to you. I’ll be drawing a new Cthulhu to go with it, along with a bunch of other great classic monsters like Dracula and the Mummy.
Also, instead of bonus zombies, I’m drawing Bonus Brides! After all, it Frankenstein’s Monster wouldn’t be complete without his bride.
This coloring book will be 4 images bigger than the last, but sell for the same price — $13.13 for printed & mailed, and $9.13 for the download. I’m hoping to have them up before Jan. 1, so you can make sure your valentine is all ready. There will even be matching cards!
So, who’s your favorite classic monster, from film or literature?
Categories: Angels, Cthulhu, and Other Myths, Daily Art, Series and Books, Works In Progress
Tags: coloring book, cthulhu, lovecraft, pen and ink, wip
Weeble Wednesday: Shoggoth
Wednesday, December 22nd, 2010
Weeble Shoggoth by Amy Crook
Shoggoth here is the last of my Lovecraft monsters from the Cthulhu Coloring Book, although I do still have one lonely bonus zombie yet to be colored. He’s a shapeshifting, blob-like horror, drawn on a rather grand scale when you see that he’s about to have a little snack out of the poor guy he managed to catch.
My Shoggoth design is loosely based on Mythos canon, and very influenced by the Shoggies in the webcomic Unspeakable Vault (of Doom). In fact, if you’re feeling a bit lost about all these strange monsters, that’s a great place to learn a little bit about them with a lot of humour. Personally, I learned most of it playing Arkham Horror.
Weeble Shoggoth, 7″x5″ pen and ink and Copic markers on watercolor paper.
Categories: Angels, Cthulhu, and Other Myths, Daily Art, Series and Books, Tentacles, Things I'm a Fan Of, Zombies, Skulls, and Other Morbid Things
Tags: copic marker, cthulhu, for sale, lovecraft, pen and ink, weeble
Grandson of More Coloring Book Doodles
Monday, December 20th, 2010
Yet another Monday brings yet another set of doodles for my intrepid Cthulhu Coloring Book buyers. I just hope that, come Saturday, everyone who got one as a gift is thrilled!
Weeble Skeleton sketch 2 by Amy Crook
Creepy Bug sketch by Amy Crook
Octopus sketch 2 by Amy Crook
Headless Teddybear sketch by Amy Crook
Categories: Angels, Cthulhu, and Other Myths, Daily Art, Series and Books, Zombies, Skulls, and Other Morbid Things
Tags: coloring book, cthulhu, lovecraft, nfs, pen and ink
Weeble Wednesday: Hound of Tindalos
Wednesday, December 15th, 2010
Weeble Hound of Tindalos by Amy Crook
I’ve colored my second-to-last monster from the Cthulhu Coloring Book (though there’s also one bonus zombie left)! This is the Hound of Tindalos, a Lovecraft creation who is said to stalk time travelers like a hound once it gets their scent. He can appear anywhere there is an angle of less than 120 degrees, and here he’s slipping out of a corner to play fetch with you! Clearly you would never do something so naughty as to time travel, so you have nothing to fear from this gruesomely cute beast.
If you play Arkham Horror, you already know about this guy — he’s always one of the monsters that gets an unhappy groan when he appears out of the monster cup in our group.
Weeble Hound of Tindalos, 5″x7″ pen & ink and Copic markers on watercolor paper.
Categories: Angels, Cthulhu, and Other Myths, Daily Art, Series and Books, Whimsical and Strange
Tags: coloring book, copic marker, cthulhu, for sale, lovecraft, pen and ink, weeble
Son of More Coloring Book Doodles
Monday, December 13th, 2010
Another busy weekend — I did a ton of art yesterday, actually, but none of it was really art post material yet. Oops? Anyway, here’s yet more doodles done for kind purchases of the Cthulhu Coloring Book.
Pumpkinhead Scarecrow sketch by Amy Crook
Weeble Ghost sketch by Amy Crook
Creepy Sea Life sketch by Amy Crook
Categories: Angels, Cthulhu, and Other Myths, Daily Art, Sea Creatures and Other Animals, Series and Books, Tentacles, Whimsical and Strange, Zombies, Skulls, and Other Morbid Things
Tags: coloring book, cthulhu, lovecraft, nfs, pen and ink, sketches, weeble
2011 Starcycles Calendar Cover
Thursday, December 9th, 2010
2011 Starcycles Calendar, cover by Amy Crook
Way back in 1999, Georgia Stathis first approached me to take over the design on her then-print astrology dayplanner-style calendar. We’ve skipped a few years here and there, but this year I painted several images in watercolor and then put them together with Photoshop to create this dreamy image for Year of the Rabbit. Georgia’s 2011 Calendar is available as a pdf download, or she’ll print and bind them for an additional charge. You could even print your own and have it hole-punched to fit in a Dayplanner, if you wanted.
I’m just starting to get a feel for using watercolors, so this was a great excuse for me to get them out and experiment, knowing I could fix any issues in Photoshop later. My favorite part is the subtle “rabbit in the moon” version of the moon’s shadows popular in Chinese mythology.
Categories: Completed Commissions, Daily Art, Flowers, Trees and Landscapes, Series and Books
Tags: nfs, rabbit, starcycles, watercolor
Weeble Wednesday: HP Weebles
Wednesday, December 8th, 2010
HP Weebles by Amy Crook
This is one of the first refine weeble-style drawings I ever did, back a few years ago when I was just perfecting the style. It’s meant to be Kingsley Shacklebolt, Harry Potter & Charlie Weasley, with Kingsley and Charlie showing off their respective awesomenesses to a properly impressed Harry. I’ve always liked the way it came out, from the expressions to the adorable little dragonet. And you can see how these little guys developed into the weebles I draw today.
Categories: Completed Commissions, Daily Art, People, Figures and Faces, Series and Books, Things I'm a Fan Of
Tags: nfs, pencil, potter, sketch, weeble
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