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Inktober – the End

Saturday, October 31st, 2015

Happy Halloween!

Inktober was a month-long artist’s challenge in October to do one piece of art in ink every day, and these are the last few little stragglers. I hope you’ve enjoyed it as much as I have!

Day 28 - sketchy red leaf

Day 28 – sketchy red leaf

Day 29 - Pod birdwatching

Day 29 – Pod birdwatching

Day 30 - Blowfish

Day 30 – Blowfish

Day 31 - Hanged Man

Day 31 – Hanged Man

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Inktober week 4

Wednesday, October 28th, 2015

Week 4 – almost done! Just those last few days before Halloween, which I’ll probably round up next Wednesday.

Inktober is a month-long artist’s challenge in October to do one piece of art in ink every day. I’m posting them to Instagram as they get done, and my Patreon shortly after, and finally here on Wednesdays for you to enjoy.

Day 21 - Snape picking potions ingredients

Day 21 – Snape picking potions ingredients

Day 22 - Graveyard Watchdog v2

Day 22 – Graveyard Watchdog v2

Day 23 - BEES

Day 23 – BEES

Day 24 - Midnight Monster

Day 24 – Midnight Monster

Day 25 - Distance 2

Day 25 – Distance 2

Day 26 - Emerald Bird

Day 26 – Emerald Bird

Day 27 - BOO!

Day 27 – BOO!

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Inktober week 3

Wednesday, October 21st, 2015

Week 3 is here! Inktober is a month-long artist’s challenge in October to do one piece of art in ink every day. I’m posting them to Instagram as they get done, and my Patreon shortly after, and finally here on Wednesdays for you to enjoy.

Day 14 - Jack-o-Lantern v2

Day 14 – Jack-o-Lantern v2

Day 15 - ink wash flowers

Day 15 – ink wash flowers

Day 16 - Horace's Bronze Feather

Day 16 – Horace’s Bronze Feather

Day 17 - quickie bat sketch

Day 17 – quickie bat sketch

Day 18 - Lydia from the Beetlejuice cartoon

Day 18 – Lydia from the Beetlejuice cartoon

Day 19 - Kip from Monsterkind

Day 19 – Kip from Monsterkind

Day 20 - a better Bat

Day 20 – a better Bat

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Inktober week 2

Wednesday, October 14th, 2015

Inktober is a month-long artist’s challenge in October to do one piece of art in ink every day. I’m posting them to Instagram as they get done, and my Patreon shortly after. I’ll round them up here weekly on Wednesdays, so enjoy week 2!

Day 7 - Miko from Prague Race

Day 7 – Miko from Prague Race

Day 8 - an experimental raven

Day 8 – an experimental raven

Day 9 - Snuff the watchdog

Day 9 – Snuff the watchdog

Day 10 - leaf sketch

Day 10 – leaf sketch

Day 11 - Snuff gets a Graveyard Dog friend

Day 11 – Snuff gets a Graveyard Dog friend

Day 12 - quick rose sketch

Day 12 – quick rose sketch

Day 13 - Inktopus

Day 13 – Inktopus

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Goldfish 2

Monday, October 12th, 2015

Goldfish 2 by Amy Crook

Goldfish 2 by Amy Crook

I posted this goldfish as a work in progress on Instagram, and through the magic of the internets I turned him into plot bunnies! He’s heading out tomorrow to his new home, and in return I have a whole rainbow of rabbits to keep me company during NaNoWriMo.

Goldfish 2, 7″x5″ watercolor and duochrome watercolor on paper.

Plot bunnies by Ann Tudor LLC

Plot bunnies by Ann Tudor LLC

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Inktober week 1

Wednesday, October 7th, 2015

Inktober is a month-long artist’s challenge in October to do one piece of art in ink every day. I’m posting them to Instagram as they get done, and my Patreon shortly after, but I thought I’d round them up here for my Wednesday posts for posterity.

Day 1 - Alex Benedict and a Flower Fairy

Day 1 – Alex Benedict and a Flower Fairy

Day 2 - Jack-o-Lantern

Day 2 – Jack-o-Lantern

Day 3 - Bird and Spirals

Day 3 – Bird and Spirals

Day 4 - Catnappery

Day 4 – Catnappery

Day 5 - Untrue Love cover sketch

Day 5 – Untrue Love cover sketch

Day 6 - Sidney Malik from Widdershins

Day 6 – Sidney Malik from Widdershins

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Peninsula

Tuesday, October 6th, 2015

Peninsula by Amy Crook

Peninsula by Amy Crook

The penultimate piece in this month’s Gallery is another in my Map series. The delicate changes from paper to watercolor become stark with black ink outlining each little eddy and fjord.

Although the paint is entirely non-shiny in this one, the nature of the sharp lines makes the land mass appear limned in a pale blue light. The granulating paint has settled into mountain ridges and smaller hills, forests and plains, creating a topography that exists only between the imagination and the page.

Where will this map take you?

Peninsula, 5″x7″ pen & ink and watercolor on watercolor paper.

Peninsula, detail, by Amy Crook

Peninsula, detail, by Amy Crook

Above, you can see some of the exquisite detail created by the texture of paper and paint, and the fine lines of pen and ink creating borders around each little shape. Below, the map sits in a frame, awaiting a new adventurer.

Peninsula, framed art by Amy Crook

Peninsula, framed art by Amy Crook

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