Archive for the ‘Whimsical and Strange’ Category
Sharpie Week: Wood Fairy
Wednesday, June 13th, 2012
Sharpie Wood Fairy sketch by Amy Crook
This cheerful little trickster was by request of the wonderful patron who commissioned the Forest Dragon. He’s totally contemplating what mischief he can get into next.
Categories: Daily Art, People, Figures and Faces, Whimsical and Strange
Tags: fairy, nfs, sharpie, sharpie week
Sharpie Week: Polar Bear
Monday, June 11th, 2012
Sharpie Polar Bear sketch by Amy Crook
It’s Sharpie Week!
I’m ridiculously tired, given that all I’ve done is run around after my house guest, while she finished the Escape From Alcatraz Triathlon yesterday. But then, she trained for the tri, and I’m a lazy antisocial hobbit.
Today’s request was from my BFF, who was on a glacier last week. Polar bear sez grr.
Categories: Daily Art, Whimsical and Strange
Tags: grr, nfs, sharpie, sharpie week
Thistledown
Thursday, May 31st, 2012
Thistledown, watercolor by Amy Crook, $169
I wasn’t sure what I wanted to do with this once I painted in the sky and the grass, but then the idea of thistles came into my head. I like the way the little sneaky bubbles in the grass echo the centers on the flowers, and of course these are the sort of thistles that stare at you. But don’t worry, I’m sure they’re thinking totally harmless flower-thoughts while they do. They’re not thinking about how they outnumber you at all.
Really.
Thistledown, 8″x4″ watercolor on paper, $169 with free shipping.
I slipped the piece into an 8″x10″ frame so you could get a sense of the scale, and of course I’d be happy to more permanently frame it for you for a small additional fee. Just drop me a line!
Thistledown, framed, by Amy Crook
Categories: Daily Art, Flowers, Trees and Landscapes, Whimsical and Strange
Tags: flowers, for sale, things that stare at you, watercolor
Mario’s Cave
Friday, May 25th, 2012
Mario’s Cave by Amy Crook
This piece owes its origins firstly to my childhood spent playing Super Mario Bros. on the Nintendo, and more recently to Steph of nerdJERK and Lawrence Yang, both of whom make awesome pop-culture-inspired art. I was feeling a bit down about this and that, and I’d had this abstract, cave-like background sitting around for a long time. I decided it was time to just do something silly to amuse myself, so I made the cave from whence the Mario mushrooms originate. There’s mostly blue Mini Mushrooms (they make Mario small) and red Power Ups (that make him big), but there’s a few sneaky purple Poison Mushrooms and a trio of green 1ups.
Mario’s Cave, 5″x7″ watercolor on paper.
I put it in its usual frame-with-iPhone shot so you can see just how tiny the shrooms are.
Mario’s Cave, framed art by Amy Crook
Categories: Daily Art, Things I'm a Fan Of, Whimsical and Strange
Tags: mushroom, nfs, sold, super mario, tiny fandom, watercolor
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meh
Saturday, May 19th, 2012
meh Puppy t-shirt design by Amy Crook
I actually drew this little guy on my whiteboard a few weeks ago, and I was so fond of him I redrew him in Illustrator and put him on a t-shirt. Personally I have enough t-shirts to choke a small elephant, but I might have to buy one of him anyway, since there are just a lot of meh days to go around and my sad panda shirt can’t do all the heavy lifting.
meh Puppy, Adobe Illustrator & Wacom tablet.
Categories: Daily Art, Whimsical and Strange
Tags: illustration, illustrator, meh, puppy, t-shirt
Ridiculous Cat sketch
Sunday, May 6th, 2012
Ridiculous Cat sketch by Amy Crook
More coloring book sketches! It’s been a while since I scanned some of these, so here you go. A completely absurd little cat to make your Sunday just that much weirder.
Have you scritched someone today?
Categories: Daily Art, Whimsical and Strange
Tags: coloring book, nfs, pen and ink
Stuck in the Tubes
Saturday, May 5th, 2012
Stuck in the Tubes, a Sherlock comic by Amy Crook
After a week of planets, I couldn’t resist doing another vaguely circular piece of art for my Saturday Morning Cartoon. This absurd little comic is just here to make you smile today, and possibly shake your head at what a silly person I am.
Go on, you know you want to. It’s okay.
Stuck in the Tubes, 7″x5″ pen and ink on paper, nfs (sold).
Categories: Daily Art, People, Figures and Faces, Series and Books, Things I'm a Fan Of, Whimsical and Strange
Tags: black and white, comic, nfs, pen and ink, sherlock, sold, watson
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