Posts Tagged ‘nfs’
Potions Master
Friday, December 2nd, 2011
Potions Master sketch by Amy Crook
I did a pair of Snape sketches a few years back, and I found this one lurking on my hard drive when I went looking for pieces to round out the week. They were sent off to friends who hopefully still appreciate them, and I’ve always liked this one a bit better of the two (ssh, don’t tell). I’d originally bought this paper hoping to do the trick with black & white Conte pencils, but the paper itself was too pale for the white to work will. Still, it’s come in handy for other pieces like this one — one thing I’ve learned over the years is that art supplies will always be useful someday!
Potions Master, 6.375″x4.25″ pencil on paper, nfs.
Categories: Daily Art, People, Figures and Faces, Series and Books, Things I'm a Fan Of
Tags: crane and co, nfs, pencil, snape
Weeble Ninja
Wednesday, November 30th, 2011
Weeble Ninja is Unimpressed With Your Shenanigans
Totally unimpressed. Pencil and cheap watercolor on sketch paper.
Categories: Daily Art, People, Figures and Faces
Tags: nfs, ninja, sketch, watercolor
Baker Street Domesticity
Friday, November 11th, 2011
Baker Street Domesticity by Amy Crook
Another little commission, this time for someone who really enjoyed my 6-page comic, Resplendent Ennui. She wanted a domestic scene with John poking out his tongue while he ate crisps, and I couldn’t resist adding in some extra details. Sherlock likes his tea light and sweet, so he’s got an Erlenmeyer flask of milk and a tipped-over beaker of sugar to go with his tea. John’s drinking his black out of his RAMC mug — I’m pretty sure Sherlock is “borrowing” Mrs. Hudson’s teacup and pot there.
Categories: Completed Commissions, Daily Art, People, Figures and Faces, Series and Books, Things I'm a Fan Of
Tags: commission, nfs, pen and ink, sherlock, watson
Kitties Visit Baker St.
Monday, November 7th, 2011
Kitties Visit Baker St. cartoon by Amy Crook
This little commission was done for a request of John & Sherlock playing with my kitties, so Belladonna (left) and Pteropodidae (right) go to take a little trip to Baker Street. Bella’s fully recovered from her tooth drama, and has found John a comfy, warm place to look annoyed about being petted. Sherlock has, predictably, decided to experiment with Pod and a laser pointer (he also refuses to call Pod by anything other than his full name).
All in all it was fun do draw cartoon versions of my kitties, and of course I always enjoy John & Sherlock.
Kitties Visit Baker St., 7″x5″ pen and ink on paper, not for sale, commission.
Categories: Completed Commissions, Daily Art, People, Figures and Faces, Series and Books, Things I'm a Fan Of, Whimsical and Strange
Tags: bella, cats, nfs, pen and ink, pod, sherlock, watson
Pumpkin of Son of Coloring Book Doodles
Saturday, November 5th, 2011
Weeble Pumpkin sketch by Amy Crook
This pumpkin is not impressed with your carving skills, nor with his un-timely posting. But he’s just so cute!
Categories: Daily Art, Series and Books, Whimsical and Strange
Tags: coloring book, doodle, nfs, pen and ink
New Leaf
Thursday, November 3rd, 2011
New Leaf by Amy Crook
A lot of the time I resist the urge to make things pretty and decorative, so with this piece I let myself make smooth, lovely progressions of shapes and colors all I wanted. I was experimenting with salt on a new paper, which turned out to be a bit too absorbent to make formations, but still left sparkly pools of color. Then I got my awesome new Japanese gouache-like paints out (watercolors, but opaque!) and just noodled about with two shades of green and a series of shapes and patterns.
Although the scanner tends to shift it to yellow, the lighter parts of this painting are a vivid new-leaf green, and the whole thing has a lovely rough, hand-torn edge. I’m thinking of framing it with photo corners on black mat board to bring out the roughness around the edges of the otherwise smooth, decorative shapes.
New Leaf, 8″x8″ mixed media on paper, nfs (sold).
Even my camera didn’t really like the lighter green color, but here you can see just a touch of the salt sparkle nestling amongst the matte paint and finely textured paper.
New Leaf, detail, by Amy Crook
Categories: Abstract and Just Plain Weird, Daily Art
Tags: decorative, gouache, green, nfs, pen and ink, salt, sold
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Crayon Duckies
Wednesday, November 2nd, 2011
Crayon Duckies by Amy Crook, commission
They’re not quite weebles, but every once in a while I get to do something so awesome for a client I can’t help but share. These were drawn with actual crayons for a client’s promotion involving dressed-up Halloween rubber duckies. Illustration clients ftw!
Categories: Completed Commissions, Daily Art, Whimsical and Strange
Tags: commission, crayon, nfs, rubber duckie
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