Posts Tagged ‘copic marker’
Meet Wendy’s Monster, Ruby
Friday, July 2nd, 2010
Wendy's Monster, Ruby, by Amy Crook
As an offshoot of my Be a Cartoon service, I offered 3 spots to people who wanted me to draw their Monsters — those internal naysayers who do their best to keep us safe through discouragement, disparaging and criticism.
When Wendy Cholbi (tech mermaid!) emailed me about her Monster, she wanted to see one that she’d already met, Ruby, her Inner Bodyguard. Wendy explains:
I first got to know her (well, I’ve known her all my life, but in that shadowy background kind of way) at last summer’s Writer’s Retreat with Jen Louden — Jen had us do an exercise where we interviewed our Inner Critic, and who should pop up but this totally badass lizard-mama, basically telling me to back the fuck off. Once she realized I was honestly curious, she let me in how important her job (personal security for me, of course) is. It’s been really awesome getting to know her, and when Havi’s Monster Coloring Book came out, I knew Ruby deserved her very own page.
Ruby’s a big Butch Biker Bitch whose bruise-purple skin represents Wendy’s tender inner self, which Ruby tries to protect by keeping everything away. She’s like the over-enthusiastic bodyguard that puts the pizza boy in a headlock when he tries to hand you a pen for the credit card receipt — she means well, but she’s left poor Wendy kind of lonely in this exclusive club of which she’s guarding the door, because no one is allowed in. So she has a bit of the ballbuster-with-a-heart-of-molten-gold (only she’d NEVER admit to having a heart of ANY kind. Who needs a heart when a heart can be broken?).
I have one Monster left out of the set, I should probably go prod a certain someone to approve her inks so I can get coloring. If you want to be a cartoon yourself, it’s only $79 — I have 3 people in my queue right now, but I’m always happy to make room for more!
Categories: Angels, Cthulhu, and Other Myths, Completed Commissions, Daily Art, Whimsical and Strange
Tags: all rights reserved, cartoon, commission, copic marker, monster, nfs, pen and ink, Wendy Cholbi
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Weeble Wednesday: Monster Wearing Nurf Shoes
Wednesday, June 30th, 2010
Monster Wearing Nurf Shoes by Amy Crook
Months ago, I attended a teleclass of Havi Brooks’ that also had a chat room to go with it. In the chat room we got off on a tangent of a tangent and were talking about Monsters (aka those critical internal voices) who threw shoes (aka said nasty, unhelpful things), and how nice it would be if those shoes just bounced off harmlessly as though they were made of (ahem) “Nurf.” And I said that I wanted to draw such a phenomenon, and promptly forgot about it for many months, oops!
So, for the first of many Weeble Wednesdays, I bring you a Monster wearing Nurf Shoes! He might toss one at you, but it won’t really hurt, and you can always toss it back.
Monster Wearing Nurf Shoes, 5″x7″ pen & ink with Copic markers on watercolor paper.
Categories: Angels, Cthulhu, and Other Myths, Daily Art, Tentacles, Things I'm a Fan Of, Whimsical and Strange
Tags: cartoon, copic marker, havi brooks, monster, pen and ink, weeble
Bonus Cartoon! Chris Anthony
Thursday, June 17th, 2010
Chris Anthony by Amy Crook
Apparently I completely forgot to make an art post yesterday, oops! Busy Amy is busy, but at least I got banana bread made before the bananas got too ripe, which made an excellent breakfast.
A few months back I had a chance to turn Chris Anthony of Etherjammer into a cartoon, and I never did post it here, so I thought I’d put it up today as bonus art (yes, this means today’s real art post will follow). His cartoon was especially fun because of the challenge of drawing a weeble with facial hair — interesting placing a mustache on someone with no nose!
If you want to be a cartoon, I’d love to draw you!
Categories: Completed Commissions, Daily Art, People, Figures and Faces
Tags: all rights reserved, cartoon, Chris Anthony, commission, copic marker, nfs, pen and ink
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Cartoon! Wendy & Me
Monday, June 14th, 2010
Wendy and Me by Amy Crook
Today’s art is another cartoon, this time of me and Wendy Cholbi, tech mermaid. Wendy wanted to expand her WordPress Installation offerings to include a package with some design included, and so I drew up this image to go with our bios on the sales page. It was fun not only to make Wendy into a mermaid, but to give my hair a bit of extra color (in real life that color would be so hard to maintain!) as well as the bunny ears, and a couple of t-shirts from ThinkGeek that neither of us actually owns — yet.
We’re also doing a free Website Color Clinic call on Wednesday to help people pick their own web palettes. Come join us and listen to me babble nervously about color!
Categories: Angels, Cthulhu, and Other Myths, Daily Art, People, Figures and Faces, Sea Creatures and Other Animals, Things I'm a Fan Of, Whimsical and Strange
Tags: all rights reserved, cartoon, copic marker, mermaid, nfs, pen and ink, Wendy Cholbi
Birthday Flower
Saturday, June 12th, 2010
Birthday Flower by Amy Crook
I was going to a friend’s nice’s 18th birthday party, and in lieu of a gift I decided to hand-draw her birthday card. I picked this bright tropical hibiscus flower. I remember that I Googled something related to a trip she was taking and these flowers came up, and so I broke out my Copic markers and drew this for her. I’m not sure if she still has the original, but I’m pleased that I remembered to scan it before I gave it to her.
Categories: Daily Art, Flowers, Trees and Landscapes
Tags: birthday card, copic marker, nfs
Fabeku Fatunmise – Cartoon!
Tuesday, June 8th, 2010
Fabeku Fatunmise by Amy Crook
Fabeku Fatunmise is one of my favorite people on Twitter, he’s just full of good cheer and awesomeness. I’ve downloaded his non-sucky free stuff and really enjoyed it, so when he told me he wanted to be a cartoon, I was all over it! I even traded him part of his fee for another of his downloads, which I love as much as the first one.
Fabeku wanted a weeble, and he asked for his prop to be one of his drums, which he sent me a photo of for reference. A link to the Ramones t-shirt and the shoes, and we were in business. I sketched him up, and after a few changes I inked and we talked about colors (for the record, he’s “pinky medium white guy” colored), and then, result!
I have absolutely no idea how the ninja got in there, though.
Categories: Completed Commissions, Daily Art, People, Figures and Faces, Things I'm a Fan Of, Whimsical and Strange
Tags: all rights reserved, cartoon, commission, copic marker, fabeku, nfs, pen and ink, weeble
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Commission: Snape & Harry
Saturday, June 5th, 2010
Snape and Harry by Amy Crook
My good friend Delta commissioned this in lieu of a cartoon during my art sale last month. She asked for a quiet moment of reconciliation between her two favorite wizards, a bit of fan art to add to her collection. I had fun with it; though Harry’s coy over-the-shoulder glance came out a bit awkward, I like to think it adds to the overall feel of the piece. After all, nothing ever goes quite smoothly between these two in the books, either.
Categories: Completed Commissions, Daily Art, People, Figures and Faces, Things I'm a Fan Of
Tags: all rights reserved, commission, copic marker, nfs, pen and ink, snarry
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