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Advent 2016, week 1
Sunday, December 11th, 2016
2016 is almost over!
To celebrate the end of this terrible year, I’m doing one sketch every day. They’re in various media on these cheap-but-archival 5.5″x8.5″ embossed white cards. Some of these will be available as cards, some of them will be in a special sale for my email list next month, and some of them are already spoken for.
Advent 2016 day 1: Enraptured, Q/tea parody art for Kim, sold
Advent 2016 day 2: Revolting Spoons, for Jeff, sold
Advent 2016 day 3: Festive Tentacles, sold
Advent 2016 day 4: December Airship, $20
Advent 2016 day 5: Cat Love, $10
Advent 2016 day 6: Grinch, $15
Advent 2016 day 7: Seasonal Cross-Contamination, $25
Advent 2016 day 8: Sister Act, White Christmas parody art for CC & Dami, $25
Advent 2016 day 9: Sherrinford the Skull, $20
Advent 2016 day 10: Christmas Tea for Kim, sold
Categories: Angels, Cthulhu, and Other Myths, Daily Art, People, Figures and Faces, Sea Creatures and Other Animals, Series and Books, Tentacles, Things I'm a Fan Of, Whimsical and Strange, Zombies, Skulls, and Other Morbid Things
Tags: 00q, advent 2016, airship, brush and ink, cat, christmas, copic marker, fork you, glitter gel pen, grinch, kim, patreon, pen and ink, pumpkin, quartermaster, tea, watercolor, white christmas
Diverge
Saturday, October 8th, 2016
Diverge, 10″x8″ watercolor and interference watercolor on Arches cover black paper
The watery, shimmery blue Pathways are diverging in this layered abstract painting.
A subtle, mottled pattern of dark blues and black voids hides behind the turquoise waterfalls spilling to either side of the central path. The texture of the top layer is softened by the paint beneath it, but the sparkle shines through in the right light.
These pathways diverge, but for once you can have it both ways.
Diverge, detail, by Amy Crook
Above, you can see one set of divergent pathways running over the soft, textured background in dark blue and darker black. Below, the pathways are contained in a frame, reminding us to look both ways.
Diverge, framed art by Amy Crook
Categories: Abstract and Just Plain Weird, Floating Gallery, Series and Books, Tentacles
Tags: black paper, blue, for sale, interference, more cowbell, pathways, water, watercolor
Tentacle Deeps 49
Thursday, April 7th, 2016
Tentacle Deeps 49, 8″x8″ watercolor on Fluid watercolor paper
The Tentacle Deeps rise again!
Someone asked me on Periscope what my favorite thing is to paint, and I immediately answered, “Tentacles,” and was reminded that it’s been ages since I added to this series.
The photos don’t really do it justice, the bright green on top is cheerful and the rich teal blends into it beautifully. The tentacles are in a deep blue-black mix that adds depth, darker layering over lighter as we got closer to the viewer.
Tentacle Deeps 49, detail, by Amy Crook
Above, you can see a detail of the tentacles, growing bluer and fainter as they fade into the background. Below, the painting sits in a frame, perfect to be part of a grouping of art, or just to fill that little patch of bare wall. With tentacles.
Tentacle Deeps 49, framed art by Amy Crook
Categories: Angels, Cthulhu, and Other Myths, Floating Gallery, Sea Creatures and Other Animals, Series and Books, Tentacles
Tags: for sale, japanese watercolor, tentacle deeps, tentacles, watercolor
Conversation Arts week 1
Monday, February 8th, 2016
After recovering from the foolishness of doing a daily sketch project and NaNoWriMo in a single month (my advice: don’t do that), I felt ready to tackle the month of love and sarcasm! I bought a bag of large conversation hearts, and have been choosing (and eating) one out of the bag every day. The whims of fate and candy have brought you these seven sketches.
Conversation Arts 1: Cutie Pie – $10
Q + tech = qt3.14.
Conversation Arts 2: On Fleek – $25
This gorgeous kitty’s tail is on fleek.
Conversation Arts 3: Best Day – $25
Snacks, personal space, and something exploding? The Twelfth Doctor’s best day.
Conversation Arts 4: XOXO – $25
Lorelai Gilmore + coffee = OTP.
Conversation Arts 5: My Love – sold
Sherlock + skull = love beyond death. Or at least after.
Conversation Arts 6: Soul Mate – $10
Ron & Hermione, he’s smug and she’s not so sure about this soulmates thing.
Conversation Arts 7: Marry Me – $25
Who could say no to a proposal like that?
Categories: Daily Art, Tentacles, Things I'm a Fan Of, Whimsical and Strange
Tags: 007, cat, conversation arts, copic marker, doctor who, february, gilmore girls, Harry Potter, james bond, pen and ink, q, sherlock, sherlock bbc, sherlock holmes, sketch, twelfth doctor
Cthulhu Pickup Lines
Thursday, January 21st, 2016
Cthulhu Pickup Lines, 5″x7″ pen & ink and Copic marker.
“You’re hotter than Cthugha…”
“Are you an Elder God? Because your looks are driving me insane…”
“Even with strange aeons, my love will never die…”
Perhaps Cthulhu is not cut out for pickup lines.
Buy the Valentine in my Etsy shop, and show someone you love them in the cheesiest, most tentacular way possible.
Cthulhu Valentine by Amy Crook on Etsy
Categories: Angels, Cthulhu, and Other Myths, Card Design, Series and Books, Tentacles, Things I'm a Fan Of
Tags: copic marker, cthulhu, etsy, for sale, hp lovecraft, parody, pen and ink, valentine
A Little Cuttle
Tuesday, January 12th, 2016
A Little Cuttle, 7″x8″ pen & ink and Copic marker on paper
How about a little cuttle? Cuttlefish, that is. This punny cephalopod has heart eyes just for you!
Give the Valentine to someone you adore, or simply can’t wait to get your tentacles around.
A Little Cuttle Valentine by Amy Crook on Etsy
Categories: Card Design, Sea Creatures and Other Animals, Tentacles, Whimsical and Strange
Tags: cephalopod, copic marker, cuttlefish, etsy, for sale, pen and ink, tentacles
Octopus Ink
Monday, November 2nd, 2015
Octopus Ink by Amy Crook
Emerald of Chivor. Poussiere de Lune. Gris Nuage. These beautiful inks have intriguing names that just ask to be brought out of their bottles and onto the page.
This octopus looks like he’s reciting something equally eloquent, perhaps a Shakespearean soliloquy or Poe poem. He’s drifting through the brilliant blue waters, thinking deep thoughts.
Or craving fish.
One of those.
Octopus Ink, 8″x8″ ink wash on Fluid watercolor paper.
Octopus Ink, detail, by Amy Crook
Above, you can see the rich interplay of colors, and the pop of gold in the octopus’ eye. Below, he’s hanging out in a frame, waiting to swim to his new home.
Octopus Ink, framed art by Amy Crook
Alas, poor Nemo! I knew him, Doratio.
Categories: Floating Gallery, Sea Creatures and Other Animals, Tentacles
Tags: ink wash, j herbin ink, nfs, octopus, sold
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