Posts Tagged ‘copic marker’
Alexander Nigel Frankfurt Benedict IV
Tuesday, February 13th, 2018
Alex Benedict, 5″x7″ pen & ink and Copic marker on paper
In my first self-published novel, The Courtship of Julian St. Albans, the main character Alex whistles up some magic butterflies to impress the young man he’s courting. He also manages to acquire a flower fairy, though that comes much later. At no point would he actually put up with the coattails, though he is awfully fond of black with black and a side of black as his palette.
I drew this for Inktober in 2015, and colored it the other day as a warm-up to commissions. Because if I don’t do my own characters for FANbruary, who will?
Categories: People, Figures and Faces, Series and Books, Whimsical and Strange
Tags: consulting magic, copic marker, courtship, julian st albans, pen and ink
Oi! Happy Holidays!
Tuesday, January 23rd, 2018
Oi! Happy Holidays! 5″x7″ pen & ink and Copic marker on paper
Another commission! I’m clearing out my queue to make room for my wait list, lol, so if you’re thinking of getting something now’s the time to toss your hat in the ring!
This is Felix from Orphan Black, celebrating the winter holidays in a way only he can. We made a card with him saying, “Oi! Merry Christmas!” and “Oi! Happy Hanukkah!” His robe is nicely Solstice-y, too!
Categories: Card Design, Completed Commissions, People, Figures and Faces, Series and Books
Tags: all rights reserved, commission, copic marker, nfs, orphan black, pen and ink, sold
Cuplets
Thursday, January 18th, 2018
Cuplets, 7″x5″ pen and ink and Copic marker on paper
My lovely patron, who sometimes gets called a teacup-sized human, has made some tiny humans of their own! They asked to be immortalized in chibi form, and thus we have the cuplets. We went with a mix of new-school design and old-school bright comic colors for our Wonder Woman, and old school all the way for Spock’s cosplay.
Basically, they have the best parent and I have the best patrons.
Categories: Completed Commissions, People, Figures and Faces
Tags: all rights reserved, be a cartoon, chibi, commission, copic marker, nfs, pen and ink, sold
Teacups
Tuesday, December 5th, 2017
Teacups, 7″x5″ Copic marker and gel pen on paper
A lovely, solid seafoam green mug. Beautiful blue-painted china with gold accents. A standard diner cup. A travel mug that says, “I like my coffee more than I like you.” A fluted, delicate china teacup in dreamy lavender. And finally, a giant piglet mug.
There’s so many ways to take your tea and coffee, from to-go cups to a favorite mug, fine porcelain to hand-thrown pottery. Enjoy half a dozen vessels drawn with no sketches or linework in loose, graceful art marker and highlighted in white gel pen.
How do you take your tea?
Teacups, detail, by Amy Crook
Above, you can see a bit of detail on the cups, though the color is more accurate in the scan. Below, the teacups are displayed in a frame, taking up quite a lot less space than the real thing!
Teacups, framed art by Amy Crook
Categories: Floating Gallery, Whimsical and Strange
Tags: copic marker, for sale, gel pen, tea
Hermione and Luna
Friday, November 24th, 2017
Hermione and Luna, 7″x5″ pen & ink and Copic marker on paper
The second of Disco’s commissions, and I even got to make Hermione black, which is awesome.
The flowers in both crown and bouquet are flax blossoms, lavender, and azaleas, chosen for their meaning and also the pink-blue-purple color scheme. The ladies are sporting House-themed robes, and are generally looking pretty adorable together.
These are drawn as close to a square aspect ratio as possible, so that they work as emoji on Slack. Their adorable 2-head-high chibi style conveys a lot of personality in a tiny space.
Categories: Card Design, Completed Commissions, Flowers, Trees and Landscapes, People, Figures and Faces, Series and Books, Things I'm a Fan Of
Tags: chibi, commission, copic marker, disco, flower crowns, Harry Potter, hermione, hermione granger, luna lovegood, nfs, pen and ink, sold
Disco Chibi Portrait
Tuesday, November 21st, 2017
Disco chibi, 7″x5″ pen & ink and Copic marker on paper
More commissions! Yes, my queue continues to be full, and yes, it’s awesome.
One of my wonderful online friends wanted a portrait of her sparkly nerd lesbian self with her fancy new mermaid hair and cute yellow short-shorts, front and back to make the most awesome silly chibi thing yet – pillows! Plush Disco for all!
And of course we made them into Slack emoji, since that’s where we primarily hang out, and what is chat without a disco-dancing Disco?
These are drawn as close to a square aspect ratio as possible, so that they work as emoji on Slack (and pillows!). Their adorable 2-head-high chibi style conveys a lot of personality in a tiny space.
Categories: Completed Commissions, People, Figures and Faces, Whimsical and Strange
Tags: be a cartoon, chibi, commission, copic marker, disco, nfs, pen and ink, portrait, sold
The Autumn of Ashes
Monday, November 6th, 2017
The Autumn of Ashes, 8″x4″ ink on Fluid watercolor paper
A ghostly apparition, white fog, and a leaf-crowned tree.
A bright pop of color slowly embraced by the fog, warm red-brown bark supporting the green and gold foliage of early fall. A cool grey figure that might be a spirit or might just be hidden by the mist.
What stories can you write for this image?
This is the perfect painting for someone with a head full of fairy tales who just needs a starting point to get their fingers moving.
The Autumn of Ashes, detail, by Amy Crook
Above, you can see the way the tree fades into the fog, and the tiny bit of mysterious shimmer hiding in the red-brown bark. Below, the piece floats in a frame, full of subtle detail the scanner can’t capture.
The Autumn of Ashes, framed art by Amy Crook
Categories: Floating Gallery, Flowers, Trees and Landscapes, People, Figures and Faces, Zombies, Skulls, and Other Morbid Things
Tags: autumn, brush and ink, copic marker, ghost, j herbin, nfs, sold, tree
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