Posts Tagged ‘copic marker’

Sad and Sorry Squid

Tuesday, March 5th, 2013

Sad and Sorry Squid cartoon by Amy Crook

Sad and Sorry Squid cartoon by Amy Crook

This little blue fellow is very, very sorry for whatever you did to make him angry. Won’t you forgive him? He’s just blue all over from regretting what he said.

I designed him to go with my other squid cards at Etsy, and I think he’d make a very effective apology.

Sad and Sorry Squid, 5″x5″ pen & ink and Copic marker on paper.

Squid Apology Card at Etsy by Amy Crook

Squid Apology Card at Etsy by Amy Crook

Categories: Daily Art, Sea Creatures and Other Animals, Series and Books, Tentacles
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Down With Pollen!

Saturday, February 23rd, 2013

Down With Pollen, self portrait with kitty by Amy Crook

Down With Pollen, self portrait with kitty by Amy Crook

This pretty much sums up my week, as inspired by one of the wonderful ladies in my Type B Mastermind Group. Perhaps next week the trees will give me a bit of a break to get better caught up with… everything. So much everything.

meh.

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Dresden Bookmark 2

Saturday, February 16th, 2013

Harry Dresden bookmark by Amy Crook

Harry Dresden bookmark
by Amy Crook

After I posted the other Dresden bookmark I’d done as a gift for a friend, one of my regular patrons gave me puppy eyes asking to do one for her, too. I’m working my way up to another Bookmark Week, so I drew this up for her the other day. It’s already sold, but the ones I post in a few weeks will be available to those without puppy-eye privileges.

If you want to be first on the list to see which ones are coming out, you can join my mailing list here.

Dresden Bookmark 2, 2″x7″ pen & ink and Copic marker on cardstock, nfs (sold).

Dresden Files bookmark, detail, by Amy Crook

Dresden Files bookmark, detail, by Amy Crook

Above, you can see a close-up of Dresden’s sheepish little face, like, “Oh hey didn’t see you there.” Below, you can see him hanging out with my copy of Cold Days.

Dresden Files bookmark, with book, by Amy Crook

Dresden Files bookmark, with book, 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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Hedgehog & Otter Adventures

Saturday, February 9th, 2013

Floating Along, dorky fan art by Amy Crook

Floating Along, dorky fan art by Amy Crook

If you’re on Tumblr or in my brain you’ll understand completely when I say this is actually Harry Potter/Sherlock crossover fan art with Animagus forms.

If you’re not, then look at the adorable otter and hedgehog. They’re floating! They’re friends!

There is, of course, the nap after to be considered as well. Those involved in the aforementioned fannish telepathy will know exactly which scarf is whose and why.

InterHouse Naptime, dorky fan art by Amy Crook

InterHouse Naptime, dorky fan art by Amy Crook

Categories: Completed Commissions, Daily Art, Sea Creatures and Other Animals, Series and Books, Things I'm a Fan Of
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Halloweentown Holmes

Saturday, January 19th, 2013

Halloweentown Holmes by Amy Crook

Halloweentown Holmes by Amy Crook

I saw someone posting about Sherlock and Mycroft being originally from Halloweentown in the Nightmare Before Christmas universe, with an older, skeletal brother Sherrinford. I couldn’t resist drawing it up with just a bit of my own silly style added in!

Sherlock’s even dead. Well, undead. Well, you know, Halloweentown. I just couldn’t resist the urge to draw them, given how much my cartooning style owes to Jack Skellington. Sherrinford’s even got a bat for his cravat.

Categories: Daily Art, People, Figures and Faces, Series and Books, Things I'm a Fan Of
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Rules Gremlin

Tuesday, January 15th, 2013

Rules Gremlin by Amy Crook for Jo Van Every

Rules Gremlin by Amy Crook for Jo Van Every

I’m afraid this Tuesday is tentacle-free, which is probably against one of the many rules on this Gremlin’s parchment. He’s another commission for Jo VanEvery to use in her work — she’s promised to post about him and yesterday’s cartoon soon, so keep an eye out! I found the first sketch for this in my photos recently (I take iPhone photos to show a client their sketches rather than scanning them, to save a bit of time), and I was amused to remember that he’d originally been tall and skinny. We both liked his scroll so much that I kept the overall height, and instead added some books to stand on and made him wide and squat instead.

Rules Gremlin, 5″x7″ pen & ink and Copic marker on paper, nfs (commission), all rights reserved.

Categories: Angels, Cthulhu, and Other Myths, Completed Commissions, Daily Art, People, Figures and Faces
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The Spectre of Professionalism

Monday, January 14th, 2013

The Spectre of Professionalism by Amy Crook for Jo Van Every

The Spectre of Professionalism by Amy Crook for Jo Van Every

Once again Jo VanEvery has commissioned an awesome cartoon to use in her work. She consults academics about academic career sorts of things, and one of the issues that often comes up is the spectre of professionalism. He’s modeled a bit after Marley from A Christmas Carol since I was watching the Muppet version when I did his sketch, which gives him a delightful sort of gloom that goes well with the snippet of academic-speak, overflowing inbox, monogrammed briefcase and perfectly boring suit and tie. His humorless expression tops off the chains of expectation perfectly.

Here’s hoping your Monday isn’t quite so burdened, and that you have plenty of caffeine regardless.

The Spectre of Professionalism, 5″x7″ pen & ink and Copic marker on paper, nfs (commission), all rights reserved.

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