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Friendly Card Game

Sunday, September 5th, 2010

Friendly Card Game by Amy Crook

Friendly Card Game by Amy Crook

I feel as though this should be renamed “Myths Playing Poker,” except neither one is really a specific mythical creature. I’m thinking of doing this up as a watercolor, but we’ll see how much motivation actually occurs. I do have another watercolor to work on, though, so it’s got a chance.

Edit: Got the watercolor done, you can see it here.

I drew this the other day when I was at a cafe with a friend, it was nice to have nothing else to do, because it encouraged me to make the piece much more finished and add a lot of detail rather than just doodle up a quick sketch.

Categories: Angels, Cthulhu, and Other Myths, Daily Art, People, Figures and Faces, Whimsical and Strange
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Monster in Daisies

Saturday, August 28th, 2010

Monster in Daisies by Amy Crook

Monster in Daisies by Amy Crook

I drew this little guy because I wanted to remind myself that my internal voices, what Havi Brooks calls Monsters, just want to take care of me. And that sometimes, those monsters are a lot smaller than their voices sound. This miniature monster just wants to be friends, and make sure we can all just get along. He’s even got flowers!

Monster in Daisies, 5″x7″ copic markers on watercolor paper. Buy Him on a Card at Etsy!

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Categories: Angels, Cthulhu, and Other Myths, Daily Art, Whimsical and Strange
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Vampire Pumpkin

Sunday, August 15th, 2010

Vampire Pumpkin by Amy Crook

Vampire Pumpkin by Amy Crook

A continuation of last week’s Twitter suggestion from @etherjammer, I give you a cute little vampire pumpkin. I am tempted to refine this into some kind of motif or dingbat, he’s just so adorable.

Categories: Daily Art, Whimsical and Strange, Zombies, Skulls, and Other Morbid Things
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Snape

Sunday, August 1st, 2010

Snape by Amy Crook

Snape by Amy Crook

To go with yesterday’s botched Potions lesson, here’s a very stylized drawing of Professor Snape to go with it. The lightning bolt is from a very silly little Harry Potter stamp kit, and the rest is pen and ink.

Categories: Daily Art, People, Figures and Faces, Things I'm a Fan Of, Whimsical and Strange
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Sugarbutt the Fairy

Saturday, July 17th, 2010

Sugarbutt the Fairy by Amy Crook

Sugarbutt the Fairy by Amy Crook

One of my shameful addictions is the Facebook game Fairyland. When I first started playing I named my Fairy “Sugarbutt” and after a few months I decided to draw up a portrait of him, complete with rosy cheeks and flower cap. I guess he lost his leafy clothing right before the portrait, oops?

Categories: Daily Art, Flowers, Trees and Landscapes, Nudes and Other Sexy Things, People, Figures and Faces, Things I'm a Fan Of, Whimsical and Strange
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Headless Bunny

Monday, July 12th, 2010

Headless Bunny by Amy Crook

Headless Bunny by Amy Crook

He’s a little like a headless horseman, only cuter. Sorry it’s late — busy week!

Categories: Daily Art, Whimsical and Strange, Zombies, Skulls, and Other Morbid Things
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Green Angel

Thursday, July 8th, 2010

Green Angel by Amy Crook

Green Angel, 10″x8″ oil painting on canvas, 11.5″x9.5″ framed

This is yet another painting done off a model, from a photo this time of him lounging in bed. I wanted to imagine an angel with butterfly wings, not a tiny fairy but a full man-sized creature, fallen to earth to partake of the pleasures only to be found here. His wings are tattered from his fall but, I hope, still functional, still able to carry him up above if not all the way back from whence he came.

This small oil painting is on stretched canvas and framed in an antiqued silver wooden frame. I have it hanging by the light in my bedroom where I see it as I enter and exit, flicking the switch off and on.

Categories: Angels, Cthulhu, and Other Myths, Daily Art, Nudes and Other Sexy Things, People, Figures and Faces, Whimsical and Strange
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