Posts Tagged ‘copic marker’

GrumpySherlock

Saturday, March 23rd, 2013

GrumpySherlock cartoon by Amy Crook

GrumpySherlock cartoon by Amy Crook

I had a day last week when I was kept awake past my bedtime by noisy people, and awakened far before my usual time by different noisy people, and spent the entire day feeling very grumpy indeed. So, I cheered myself up with this — note the Grumpycat-like shading around his eyes and mouth, especially.

GrumpySherlock, 5″x7″ pen & ink and Copic marker on paper, nfs (sold). But Grumpy Sherlock can now grace your gifts with these very cranky tags.

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Sherlock Birthday

Friday, March 22nd, 2013

Sherlock Birthday cartoon by Amy Crook

“The fact of your birth isn’t so much cause for celebration as a biological coincidence –“
“He means, ‘Happy Birthday.'”
Sherlock Birthday cartoon by Amy Crook

Yes, it’s birthday card time here on my art table — there’s a Doctor Who one coming up next week, too. In this case I drew Sherlock in his infamous purple shirt, John in his cute oatmeal sweater, and John’s elbow not quite making it into Sherlock’s ribs to shut him up. I can just feel John gritting his teeth as he tries to cover for Sherlock’s faux pas (again).

Sherlock Birthday, 5″x7″ pen & ink and Copic marker on paper, nfs (sold), but you can buy a birthday card on Etsy.

Sherlock Birthday card by Amy Crook

Sherlock Birthday card by Amy Crook

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Oin Birthday

Thursday, March 21st, 2013

Oin Birthday cartoon by Amy Crook

“Don’t get your beard in a twist.
It’s just another birthday.”
Oin Birthday cartoon by Amy Crook

There’s something really fun about drawing parody dwarves, especially knowing there’s 13 of them to draw. Oin, brother of Gloin, is a rather old and cranky dwarf and a bit hard of hearing. He’s got a couple of hundred years on you and is therefore completely unimpressed with your angst about that big birthday milestone.

I made this for sort of an anti-over-the-hill card, because sometimes I get tired of hearing people worrying about turning 30, 40, 50, or whatever. Also, grumpy dwarf. Okay, mostly for the grumpy dwarf.

Oin Birthday, 5″x7″ pen & ink and Copic marker on paper, nfs (sold), but you can get him on a card in my Etsy shop.

Oin Birthday card by Amy Crook on Etsy

Oin Birthday card by Amy Crook on Etsy

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The Brothers Holmes Bonus Comics

Saturday, March 16th, 2013

The Brothers Holmes, Bonus Comic 1, by Amy Crook

The Brothers Holmes, Bonus Comic 1, by Amy Crook

In talking to the person who originally commissioned The Brothers Holmes comics, we found two little snippets from other peoples’ stories that inspired her to ask for me to add a pair of color bonus comics to the series. Above, we have a 3-year-old Sherlock in the midst of an obsession with xylophones, and poor Mycroft trying to be all grown up at 10.

Below, you can see that 8-year-old Sherlock’s heard a Monster in the tree that hides his box of treasures, and he’s relying on his big brother Mycroft, now 15, to rescue his things.

The Brothers Holmes, Bonus Comic 2, by Amy Crook

The Brothers Holmes, Bonus Comic 2, by Amy Crook

Categories: Completed Commissions, Daily Art, People, Figures and Faces, Series and Books, Things I'm a Fan Of
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Shoulder Devil

Friday, March 15th, 2013

Shoulder Devil cartoon by Amy Crook

Shoulder Devil cartoon by Amy Crook, 5″x7″ pen & ink and Copic marker on paper 

Back when I did the Whispering Gremlin for Jo VanEvery, someone contacted me wanting to use it on their website. I couldn’t give them permission, of course, since it was commissioned for use in Jo’s work, but we discussed doing a shoulder devil for the person instead. I did a little sketch of the idea, wanting to draw a young, androgynous sort of figure, but the commission never materialized. I found the sketch in my stuff the other day and finished it up, so here it is for your enjoyment.

Shoulder Devil, detail, by Amy Crook

Shoulder Devil, detail, by Amy Crook

Above, you can see the way I used a thicker line on the “real” person, and a thinner pen to ink the wicked little devil whispering its discouraging, misguided words into the person’s ear. Below, you can see it in a frame, the devil reflected in my iPhone.

Shoulder Devil, framed art by Amy Crook

Shoulder Devil, framed art by Amy Crook

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Further Adventures of Otter & Hedgehog

Thursday, March 14th, 2013

Floating Nap, dorky fan art by Amy Crook

Floating Nap, dorky fan art by Amy Crook

Another week, another piece of adorable otter/hedgehog art. I imagine this is the missing bit between the first two pieces, after the hedgehog got tired of swimming but before they dried off and curled up in their scarves to nap.

I imagine this because I’m a big dorky fangirl, and I enjoy it.

Floating Nap, 7″x5″ pen & ink and Copic markers on paper, nfs (commission).

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No One Fights Like Thorin

Monday, March 11th, 2013

No One Fights Like Thorin,
a Hobbit/Beauty and the Beast parody cartoon by Amy Crook

I’m not sure at what point I equated the dwarves’ invasion of Bag End with Gaston’s proposal to Belle, muddy boots and all, but this is the result. This, and having that song about Gaston in my head for days, that is.

I used google to find a good image of Gaston with his boots up. Poor Bilbo, he looks as dismayed about Great-Grandmother Baggins’ table-runner as Belle did about her book.

Gaston proposes to Belle

Above, you can see the original scene of which mine is merely a parody. Below, you can see a totally random close-up of Thorin’s muddy boots.

“…Then goes tromping around wearing boots like Thorin!”

No One Fights Like Thorin, 7″x5″ pen & ink and Copic marker on paper, nfs (sold).

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