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If Wishes Were Fishes
Saturday, June 19th, 2010
If Wishes Were Fishes by Amy Crook
This doodle springs from a conflation of two sayings my Mom used to use, “If wishes were fishes, we’d live in the sea,” and “If wishes were horses, then beggars would ride.” Somehow my brain mixed the two up, and we have this doodle — “If wishes were fishes, then beggars would ride.” I went Seussian with the fish, giving the whole thing a cheerful, if surrealistic, feel.
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Categories: Daily Art, People, Figures and Faces, Sea Creatures and Other Animals, Tentacles, Whimsical and Strange
Tags: doodle, nfs, pencil, squid
Monster Under the Bed
Sunday, June 13th, 2010
Monster Under the Bed by Amy Crook
This is another wee bedside doodle, this one dipping its toe into the horror genre. I swear to this day a part of me still believes in things that lurk under the bed — how else to explain the sound of something sliding against the metal frame when both cats are asleep, and in sight?
Categories: Angels, Cthulhu, and Other Myths, Daily Art, People, Figures and Faces, Tentacles, Zombies, Skulls, and Other Morbid Things
Tags: doodle, monster, nfs, pencil
Bonus Art: Drunk Octopus
Monday, May 10th, 2010
Drunk Octopus by Drunk Amy
I skipped my art on Saturday because I was out all day, and at one point I ended up having a couple of Tom Collins while waiting for Iron Man 2 to start. I was reminded at that time that I hadn’t done my Daily Art post that day, and I whipped the napkin out from under my drink to doodle up this in about a minute. I didn’t make it home in time to share it on Saturday, so, here it is, stuffed-in-purse wrinkles, cherry-stem stain and all!
Tom Collins, yum.
Categories: Daily Art, Sea Creatures and Other Animals, Tentacles
Tags: all rights reserved, napkin, nfs, pen and ink, sketch
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Octopus
Tuesday, May 4th, 2010
Octopus by Amy Crook
Busy day, I nearly forgot to post — here, have an old doodle! I do have a fondness for sea life…
Categories: Daily Art, Sea Creatures and Other Animals, Tentacles
Tags: nfs, octopus, pen and ink, tentacles
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Cthulhu Egg
Sunday, April 25th, 2010
Cthulhu Egg by Amy Crook
I wanted to make some Easter-ish cards this year, but I found myself resisting the idea of hearts and flowers and happy little bunnies. So, after doing a more standard Easter egg sort of card, I allowed myself to do something a little more to my own tastes.
This image is extremely loosely based on the works of HP Lovecraft, and the horrific Elder God Cthulhu, who waits and slumbers in R’lyeh, down under the vasty deeps. Mostly it’s just a little tentacle monster hatching to give someone an unpleasant surprise.
Cthulhu Egg, 4″x6″ watercolor on a watercolor postcard, sold.
Categories: Angels, Cthulhu, and Other Myths, Daily Art, Tentacles
Tags: cthulhu, lovecraft, monster, nfs, sold, watercolor
Consolation Squid
Sunday, November 29th, 2009
Consolation Squid
During the long process of getting Nugget painted, Gretchen managed to break her arm riding her bike. I actually got to see her at a convention that summer while she was still en-casted, and since the kind concom provided a table of markers for its attendees to decorate Ducks (the con mascot), I decided to give Gretchen a consolation Squid.
We almost colored the whole thing in the pink glitter pen, but it really didn’t want to stick to the cast material, so he ended up with glitter highlights instead. The eyes were gold glitter pen (of course), and the rest is good old Sharpie marker.
Like all cast art, the Consolation Squid was ephemeral, but I thought I’d take a break from the for-sale pile and share him with you today.
Categories: Daily Art, Sea Creatures and Other Animals, Tentacles
Tags: cartoon, glitter, nfs
Pin Heads
Thursday, November 12th, 2009
3 Pin Heads by Amy Crook
I saw some decorative pin toppers to spruce up people’s pincushions a while back, and I loved the idea, but somehow none of them quite fit my personality. So, I made my own!
The first one is a rather morbid pink bunny head, decapitated just to decorate your sewing box or pincushion. He’s got black button eyes and his smart mouth’s been “sewn” shut with some black polymer clay thread, so he won’t give you any sass. He’s made of polymer clay, fully cured and varnished with some acrylic paint accents. His head’s been mounted on a heavy-gauge 2″ steel bank pin, and he’s ready to decorate your sewing kit.
Next we have a glow-in-the-dark zombie head, decapitated just to decorate your sewing box or pincushion. He’s made of polymer clay, fully cured and varnished with some acrylic paint “blood” accents. His head’s been mounted on a heavy-gauge 2″ steel bank pin, and he’s ready to haunt your sewing.
The last one is a perky purple squid, with metallic gold eyes and ten tiny tentacles. He was painted with acrylic to give him a little dimension, and then given a shiny gloss varnish to finish it. He’s hanging onto a heavy-gauge 2″ steel bank pin, and he’s ready to add his personality to your sewing.
These are all a little bit fragile, so you won’t want to actually use them sew, but the zombie or bunny would make a neat tie tack or lapel pin if you could keep the pointy end from making a pincushion out of you.
The pincushion pictured was made by the wonderful Kirashapedgirl on Etsy.
Pin Heads, polymer clay on 2″ steel bank pins, sold.
Categories: Daily Art, Sea Creatures and Other Animals, Tentacles, Whimsical and Strange, Zombies, Skulls, and Other Morbid Things
Tags: bunny, nfs, sold, squid, zombie
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