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Squid Hearts You
Monday, January 10th, 2011
Squid Hearts You by Amy Crook
It seems hard to believe, but Valentine’s Day is little more than a month away already. As a sort of sequel to my wintery Squittens, I made a cheerful squid valentine to show his (or maybe her) love in this year’s cards.
I had to redraw the heart a couple of times before I liked the look of it, but I’m pleased with the tangled-up joy evident in his little squiddy features.
Squid Hearts You, 5″x7″ pen and ink and Copic markers on watercolor paper.
You can get him on a card here at Etsy.
Categories: Daily Art, Sea Creatures and Other Animals, Tentacles, Whimsical and Strange
Tags: copic marker, for sale, heart, pen and ink, squid, valentine
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
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
School of Squid
Saturday, December 11th, 2010
School of Squid by Amy Crook
This tiny oil painting is perfect to bring the ocean to your desk, bookshelf, or little niche. I saw a documentary about squid in the waters of Monterey, and they all looked so pale as they swarmed together, rather than the usual giant squid pink, that I was inspired to create this painting. I added a little dimension to them with some glazing, but I liked the way their underpaintings came out so ghostly that I left them mostly as is.
The edges of this little canvas board are finished, the image wrapping around to the sides to add a little dimensions to this tiny bit of undersea paradise. There’s a touch of pearlescent white in the shining water and on the shimmery squid, just to add a little sparkle.
School of Squid, 4″x6″, oil paint on canvas board, 5″ tall easel.
School of Squid, with easel, by Amy Crook
Categories: Daily Art, Sea Creatures and Other Animals, Tentacles
Tags: for sale, squid, tiny painting
Squid with Mittens
Friday, November 19th, 2010
Squid with Mittens by Amy Crook
This happy little guy is just trying to keep warm. Someone knit him a lovely set of mittens for all his tentacles, and a matching hat. I decided that, since they don’t really have thumbs, squid mittens should just be called squittens. Also, it’s really fun to say.
You can get him or any of my other squid greeting cards at Etsy, or buy his original with the button above.
Squid With Mittens, 5″x7″ pen and ink and copic markers on watercolor paper.
Categories: Daily Art, Sea Creatures and Other Animals, Tentacles, Whimsical and Strange
Tags: christmas, copic marker, for sale, pen and ink, squid, squittens
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Goth Christmas Tree
Monday, November 15th, 2010
Goth Christmas Tree by Amy Crook
It’s that time of year, and I’ve been working on holiday card designs. In addition to my usual stock of Lovecraftian horrors, I decided to do a cheerfully morbid Christmas tree. Skulls adorn the branches and it’s topped with an eye-tipped vine. There’s a bloodstained package among the gifts under the tree, and the curly, swirly, tentacle-ish branches are reaching down to help distribute them.
You can pick up some of these cards for your own holidays at Etsy, or buy the original below.
Goth Christmas Tree, 5″x7″ pen and ink on watercolor paper.
Categories: Daily Art, Flowers, Trees and Landscapes, Tentacles, Whimsical and Strange, Zombies, Skulls, and Other Morbid Things
Tags: christmas, for sale, holiday card, pen and ink
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Whiteboard Doodles Redux
Monday, November 1st, 2010
My scanner’s on the fritz, so instead of a recipe, you get more expectation-free art from my whiteboard. Lucky you! Photos taken with my iPhone, and therefore of approximately the same quality as the art. 😉
Categories: Daily Art, Sea Creatures and Other Animals, Tentacles, Whimsical and Strange
Tags: nfs, silly, whiteboard
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