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August 2025 Sketch Cards

Thursday, October 2nd, 2025

Another month, another batch of sketches! I hope you’re having a lovely fall, and that the actual autumnal weather finds you with hot cider and a warm sweater, whenever it happens.

10 sketch cards by Amy Crook

  • Eric asked for a scoundrel, and Lando is last on his list! (sold)
  • Jeff prompted “coffee needs coffee” and I got silly with it (sold)
  • Kelly asked for trees and has three to choose from, haha, starting with this one (sold)
  • And here is a second tree with an orangier sunset going on
  • SaraBeth wanted a dragon and this little guy hoards dust bunnies. They’re just so cosy to nap on! (sold)
  • Amy B wanted a birb, and also has two to choose from (sold)
  • Jo wanted some sun to cheer her up when the weather’s grey, so here’s some tiny birds flying past a nice big sun
  • Here’s tree number three, all foggy and spooky with a little crow friend
  • Nick wanted the Honmoon from KPDH and I went for a rainbow version
  • And here’s a borb to go with the other birb (sold)

Categories: Abstract and Just Plain Weird, Angels, Cthulhu, and Other Myths, Completed Commissions, Flowers, Trees and Landscapes, People, Figures and Faces, Sea Creatures and Other Animals, Series and Books, Things I'm a Fan Of, Whimsical and Strange
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July 2025 Sketch Cards

Wednesday, September 10th, 2025

Everything’s running a little late here, Mr. Poddleston had surgery but is recovering nicely, and now all is well. Enjoy the belated sketches!

10 sketch cards by Amy Crook

  • SaraBeth asked for Murderbot and gets the must uncomfortable pose I could manage for it (sold)
  • I did a stormy-sky tree because I could, with marker on the transparent yupo “paper”
  • Jefferson prompted, “100!!…in a row?” and got this weird thing (sold)
  • Andria gets this scribbly white squirrel
  • Amy B got a murderous mongoose (sold)
  • Cole asked for a peaceful landscapey thing and this is as close as I get haha
  • Kelly asked for a dragonfly, and got this one guy, though I kind of want to do more of these so feel free to ask again 😉 (sold)
  • Eric asked for Han Solo or Lando, and gets Han this time. Lando next I guess! (sold)
  • Rebecca S wanted to belatedly celebrate birthday things, and so did this kitten
  • JoVE asked for a fairy godmother and got this cheerful lady!

Categories: Abstract and Just Plain Weird, Angels, Cthulhu, and Other Myths, Completed Commissions, Flowers, Trees and Landscapes, People, Figures and Faces, Sea Creatures and Other Animals, Series and Books, Things I'm a Fan Of, Whimsical and Strange
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May 2025 Sketch Cards

Tuesday, July 29th, 2025

After doing June in June, we finally have May in July! If that’s confusing, think how I feel trying to keep track.

9 sketch cards by Amy Crook

  • SaraBeth asked for a cherry custard tart from Diffidence and the Rift, and gets a bonus leaf-plate with it. (sold)
  • Jefferson prompted “bird talk!” and gets, well, this joke. (sold)
  • Eric prompted “olo” which is a new color made by lasers, and I went kinda abstract with it since I had a watercolor bookmark laying around for reasons. (sold)
  • Amy B asked for a skrungle and she has received. (sold)
  • JoVE asked for “dawn chorus” and gets some little brown birds at dawn in rather abstracted trees.
  • Rhonda wanted some spring flowers, so have a little breath of the cooler, better previous season.
  • Kelly gets not only purple but also an experiment gone wrong, done experimentally on both sides of this translucent yupo. (sold)
  • Lila asked for something with hockey and trees, so here’s the after-practice pond waiting for someone to come back and play. (sold)
  • Rebecca S asked for Space Whales and so here are the purrgil from Star Wars.

Categories: Abstract and Just Plain Weird, Completed Commissions, Flowers, Trees and Landscapes, Sea Creatures and Other Animals, Series and Books, Tentacles, Things I'm a Fan Of, Whimsical and Strange
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March 2025 Patron Sketches

Wednesday, April 30th, 2025

Confession, I did these by accident last month, but here they are today!

8 sketch cards in various media by Amy Crook

  • Not a request! Just a tree sunset kinda thing, per my usual ouevre
  • Eric asked for Mustang and got a sad wet version of Roy from FMA:B
  • Amy B requested raccoons and got this trio of trash pandas
  • Jefferson prompted “chaos” and that’s exactly what he got (sold)
  • Rey asked for “Facts Matter” for what I think are obvious reasons, so I went with word art in soothing neutrals (sold)
  • Kelly wanted a cheetah and I was just feeling the emoji style
  • SaraBeth asked for a guillotine, power to the people
  • And finally some twilight and a weird tree I saw on my trip

Categories: Abstract and Just Plain Weird, Completed Commissions, Flowers, Trees and Landscapes, People, Figures and Faces, Pretty Words, Sea Creatures and Other Animals, Things I'm a Fan Of, Whimsical and Strange, Zombies, Skulls, and Other Morbid Things
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100 Cats no.81-90

Tuesday, April 15th, 2025

This is the penultimate blog post! I’ll have to actually do some new-new art soon if I want to keep it up. In other news, though, I did finish the first draft of my tenth novel, yay! That’ll publish in June, probably, just in time for Pride.

ink wash art of a flat voidcat with very green eyes

“Flat,” 3.5″x2.5″ ink wash on paper (sold)

 

watercolor of an orange kitty with a very fluffy tail stretching a leggie out front and back

“King,” 3.5″x2.5″ watercolor on paper (sold)

 

ink drawing of a cat on its hind legs looking out a window

“Long,” 2.5″x3.5″ ink on paper (sold)

 

painting of a black cat peeking out of the top of a paper bag

“Soon,” 2.5″x3.5″ watercolor on paper (sold)

 

messy ink sketch of a kitten in sunglasses

“Cool,” 2.5″x3.5″ pen & ink on paper

 

ink sketch of a tiny, round-bellied kitten on its back

“Tiny,” 3.5″x2.5″ pen & ink on paper

 

watercolor of a seal point kitten atop a skull with glowing eyes

“Friend,” 5″x7″ watercolor on paper

 

ink drawing of a cat stretching out to just touch something

“Touch,” 3.5″x2.5″ pen & ink on paper (sold)

 

ink drawing of a cream cat with orange points

“Fire,” 2.5″x3.5″ watercolor on paper

 

watercolor painting of a cat's tail sticking up out of a paper bag

“In,” 2.5″x3.5″ watercolor on paper (sold)

Categories: Daily Art, Sea Creatures and Other Animals, Series and Books, Whimsical and Strange, Zombies, Skulls, and Other Morbid Things
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100 Cats no.71-80

Tuesday, April 8th, 2025

We’re getting close to done! Just two more to go after this.

cartoon of a teal cat in a fedora

“Agent,” 2.5″x3.5″ pen & ink and copic marker on paper (sold)

 

cartoon of a grumpy cat in an erlenmeyer flask

“Formaldehyde,” 2.5″x3.5″ pen & ink and copic marker on paper (sold)

 

ink sketch of a cat with big eyes on its back looking clueless

“What?” 3.5″x2.5″ pen & ink on paper

 

cartoon of a black cat with a white chest patch and red hat pretending to be a lawn gnome

“Disguise,” 2.5″x3.5″ pen & ink and copic marker on paper

 

watercolor painting of three cat silhouettes leaping against a colorful sunset

“Aspire,” 7″x5″ watercolor on paper

 

watercolor painting of a sleeping kitty in teal on black

“Rest,” 7″x5″ watercolor on paper

 

watercolor sketch of a sleeping kitty

“Pause,” 3.5″x2.5″ watercolor on paper

 

absurd watercolor painting of a cat flying with inadequate fairy wings

“Fly,” 2.5″x3.5″ watercolor on paper (sold)

 

watercolor painting of a black cat hiding in a paper bag, tail peeking out

“Hide,” 3.5″x2.5″ watercolor on paper (sold)

 

metallic watercolor painting of a sleeping kitty all sprawled out

“Dream,” 3.5″x2.5″ watercolor on paper (sold)

Categories: Angels, Cthulhu, and Other Myths, Daily Art, Flowers, Trees and Landscapes, Sea Creatures and Other Animals, Series and Books, Things I'm a Fan Of, Whimsical and Strange
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February 2025 Patron Sketches

Thursday, April 3rd, 2025

Poddleston at came out and helped awhile with this giant set of 10.

10 sketch cards by Amy Crook

 

  • Amy B asked for something joyful and gets a grey kitty in a Tater Tot sort of pose, which is something that sure brings me joy, anyway
  • Eric prompted “wonder” and I thought this kind of tarot-Fool wanderer wondering about life was a neat response to it (sold)
  • Molly wanted a praying animal and gets a polar bear
  • Jefferson prompted “R is for R’lyeh” and gets a weird, mossy underwater city with a hidden R in it (sold)
  • SaraBeth wanted Love Wins ft. Gritty, and while I didn’t rainbow it up, the sentiment is there (sold)
  • Kelly wanted, and got, a swan, easy peasy lemon squeezy (sold)
  • Rey prompted “napping dad” and got, well, this poor Dad (sold)
  • Andria wanted something cheering for grad school, and I have been informed that surprise food is always cheering when you’re a grad student, especially with bonus alcohol
  • Rebecca S wanted something cosy and gets a little red dragon today, along with a cup of tea to warm him (sold)
  • Amber wanted coffee, and this is as close as I can get to making her a cup (sold)

Categories: Angels, Cthulhu, and Other Myths, Completed Commissions, Flowers, Trees and Landscapes, People, Figures and Faces, Pretty Words, Sea Creatures and Other Animals, Tentacles, Whimsical and Strange
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