Posts Tagged ‘copic marker’

Not That Kind of Dwarf

Friday, September 26th, 2014

Not That Kind of Dwarf, parody comic by Amy Crook

Not That Kind of Dwarf, parody comic by Amy Crook

“Hi Ho, Hi Ho, to Erebor we go!”

“I’m not that kind of dwarf!”

The last of my friends’ silly sketch prompts, though I admit to taking liberties with the intent of “Thorin and his minions.” This is sort of a three-way crossover, with the Disney song sneaking in a third fandom. Because reasons.

You can get Thorin and his Minions on a card at my Etsy shop, to add a bit of surreal pop culture to the day of a very deserving friend.

Not That Kind of Dwarf, 7″x5″ pen & ink and Copic marker on paper.

Not That Kind of Dwarf greeting card by Amy Crook on Etsy

Not That Kind of Dwarf greeting card by Amy Crook on Etsy

Categories: Card Design, Floating Gallery, People, Figures and Faces, Series and Books, Things I'm a Fan Of
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Q. Holmes

Wednesday, September 24th, 2014

Q. Holmes, a fan art comic by Amy Crook

Q. Holmes, a fan art comic by Amy Crook

The second of the silly sketch prompts, proving my friends deserve me, is the crossover known as Bondlock, wherein Bond’s Q is the third Holmes brother. I imagine he’s making that face because his big brothers are giving him crap about his fashion sense, though honestly being related to those two is cause enough.

The original was sold in last month’s Floating Gallery, but you can get cards at my Etsy shop, should you so desire. They frame beautifully, or so I’m told.

Q. Holmes, 5″x7″ pen & ink and Copic marker on paper.

Q. Holmes greeting card by Amy Crook on Etsy

Q. Holmes greeting card by Amy Crook on Etsy

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Continuations

Monday, September 22nd, 2014

Continuations, commission art by Amy Crook, all rights reserved

Continuations, commission art by Amy Crook

Sometimes the love of cephalopods really brings people together! Zack was looking for a squid to use in a client-side interface, and ended up becoming a patron to boot. These little guys are anthropomorphic representations of programming concepts I won’t try to explain – he says it much better than me what they’re useful for:

When working on a problem, sometimes you stumble onto a solution that you don’t quite have the words or theory to adequately describe.

I asked Amy to help me document four primitives that I found useful in composing small units of code across time and space.

And now the primitives live on my desk in a framed illustration and I don’t have to worry about forgetting them or which notebook they were documented in.

Curiously, I like looking at her illustrations, whereas, as a harsh self-critic, I don’t enjoy reading my own technical work.

I liked the outcome so much that I immediately engaged her to draw up my next design, at a much earlier stage in the process.

I would definitely recommend Amy to anyone involved in creative technical work, and I hope others would be open to the incorporation of art into technology.

Symbolic abstraction doesn’t have to be limited to the greek alphabet.

-Zack Galler, Mathlords

Continuations, 7″x5″ pen & ink and Copic marker on paper.

Read more here about how to get your very own commissioned art, for work or play.

Categories: Completed Commissions, People, Figures and Faces
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Kittenish

Monday, September 15th, 2014

Kittenish by Amy Crook

Kittenish by Amy Crook

A while back I asked some friends for sketch prompts, and this is the first of three quite adorably silly suggestions I was given. After I sketched them, I couldn’t resist inking and coloring them, and so we have James Bond getting a face full of kitten fur from his Quartermaster.

Remember, real men head boop kittens.

The original was sold in September’s Floating Gallery, but you can get a card in my Etsy shop.

Kittenish, 5″x7″ pen & ink and Copic marker on paper.

00Q Kittenish greeting card by Amy Crook on Etsy

00Q Kittenish greeting card by Amy Crook on Etsy

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Say My Name

Sunday, September 7th, 2014

Say My Name, a Hastur parody comic by Amy Crook

Say My Name, a Hastur parody comic by Amy Crook

The King in Yellow showed up recently in pop culture True Detective, though we never did get a properly otherwordly connection to Hastur and his pallid mask. Names have power, and saying someone’s name three times has long been a traditional way to summon that which you perhaps didn’t really want in your living room. But Hasur is there for you this holiday, whether you like it or not.

Say My Name, 5″x7″ pen & ink and Copic marker on paper. Visit my Etsy shop and get a card with a relatively harmless Hastur of your very own.

Hastur holiday card by Amy Crook on Etsy

Hastur holiday card by Amy Crook on Etsy

Categories: Angels, Cthulhu, and Other Myths, Card Design, Floating Gallery, People, Figures and Faces, Series and Books, Tentacles, Things I'm a Fan Of
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Who’s the Boss?

Wednesday, August 27th, 2014

On a case…

Who's the Boss? a Sherlock comic, panel 1 by Amy Crook

Who's the Boss? a Sherlock comic, panel 2 by Amy Crook

Who's the Boss? a Sherlock comic, panel 3 by Amy Crook

…or at home?

Who's the Boss? a Sherlock comic, panel 4 by Amy Crook

Who's the Boss? a Sherlock comic, panel 5 by Amy Crook

Who's the Boss? a Sherlock comic, panel 6 by Amy Crook

This gloriously silly comic was a commission, but you can buy it as a print in my Etsy shop.

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Many Happy Returns

Wednesday, August 20th, 2014

Many Happy Returns by Amy Crook

Many Happy Returns by Amy Crook

“A birthday is a delightful thing to have…
So I’ll wish you many happy returns of the day!”

After having my Grumpy Old Bilbo card in the shop for a while, I decided perhaps a Cheerful Young Bilbo card was in order, for contrast. Bilbo has a cheerful bright hobbit-sized birthday cake behind him, and the first of no doubt many kegs of ale, and he’s all dressed in his finery for a party.

If you’ve got a friend that loves The Hobbit but isn’t quite so grumpy as all that, you can wish them a happy birthday with this card.

Many Happy Returns, 5″x7″ pen & ink and Copic marker on paper.

Many Happy Returns, a Bilbo Baggins birthday card by Amy Crook at Etsy

Many Happy Returns, a Bilbo Baggins birthday card by Amy Crook at Etsy

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