Posts Tagged ‘pen and ink’

Chibi Zombie Girl

Friday, December 24th, 2010

Chibi Zombie Girl by Amy Crook

Chibi Zombie Girl by Amy Crook

For Christmas Eve, also known as Zombie Yule Eve by certain people (you know who you are), I give you the very last bonus zombie from my Cthulhu Coloring Book. Starting next week, you’ll be spammed with images from my new coloring book, instead!

This style is called “chibi” or “super deformed” Japanese manga and anime artists — the giant head and body that’s 1-2 heads high, that is, not the crazy-eyed zombie part. It’s one of the styles I offer when Cartoonifying people, so I decided to do a zombie example, because really, who hasn’t wanted to be a cartoon zombie?

I’ve had a lot of fun coloring my various zombies, too. She’s done in a very soft blue with shading in grey, where the severed head she’s keeping for a snack later is done in a pale pale flesh tone with shadows in two shades of blue. Her lips are a nice blue, as well, and her sharp, sharp teeth have just a hint of blood on them.

Chibi Zombie Girl, 5″x7″ pen and ink and Copic markers on watercolor paper.

Categories: Daily Art, People, Figures and Faces, Series and Books, Zombies, Skulls, and Other Morbid Things
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Sneak Preview – Cthulhu Heart

Thursday, December 23rd, 2010

Cthulhu Heart inks by Amy Crook

Cthulhu Heart inks by Amy Crook

Here’s a little sneak preview of my next awesome thing, a Monster Heart Coloring Book for Valentine’s Day! I’m giving you a sneak peek here with Cthulhu’s tentacley little heart, which he’s offering up to you. I’ll be drawing a new Cthulhu to go with it, along with a bunch of other great classic monsters like Dracula and the Mummy.

Also, instead of bonus zombies, I’m drawing Bonus Brides! After all, it Frankenstein’s Monster wouldn’t be complete without his bride.

This coloring book will be 4 images bigger than the last, but sell for the same price — $13.13 for printed & mailed, and $9.13 for the download. I’m hoping to have them up before Jan. 1, so you can make sure your valentine is all ready. There will even be matching cards!

So, who’s your favorite classic monster, from film or literature?

Categories: Angels, Cthulhu, and Other Myths, Daily Art, Series and Books, Works In Progress
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Weeble Wednesday: Shoggoth

Wednesday, December 22nd, 2010

Weeble Shoggoth by Amy Crook

Weeble Shoggoth by Amy Crook

Shoggoth here is the last of my Lovecraft monsters from the Cthulhu Coloring Book, although I do still have one lonely bonus zombie yet to be colored. He’s a shapeshifting, blob-like horror, drawn on a rather grand scale when you see that he’s about to have a little snack out of the poor guy he managed to catch.

My Shoggoth design is loosely based on Mythos canon, and very influenced by the Shoggies in the webcomic Unspeakable Vault (of Doom). In fact, if you’re feeling a bit lost about all these strange monsters, that’s a great place to learn a little bit about them with a lot of humour. Personally, I learned most of it playing Arkham Horror.

Weeble Shoggoth, 7″x5″ pen and ink and Copic markers on watercolor paper.

Categories: Angels, Cthulhu, and Other Myths, Daily Art, Series and Books, Tentacles, Things I'm a Fan Of, Zombies, Skulls, and Other Morbid Things
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Grandson of More Coloring Book Doodles

Monday, December 20th, 2010

Yet another Monday brings yet another set of doodles for my intrepid Cthulhu Coloring Book buyers. I just hope that, come Saturday, everyone who got one as a gift is thrilled!

Weeble Skeleton sketch 2 by Amy Crook

Weeble Skeleton sketch 2 by Amy Crook

Creepy Bug sketch by Amy Crook

Creepy Bug sketch by Amy Crook

Octopus sketch 2 by Amy Crook

Octopus sketch 2 by Amy Crook

Headless Teddybear sketch by Amy Crook

Headless Teddybear sketch by Amy Crook

Categories: Angels, Cthulhu, and Other Myths, Daily Art, Series and Books, Zombies, Skulls, and Other Morbid Things
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Weeble Wednesday: Hound of Tindalos

Wednesday, December 15th, 2010

Weeble Hound of Tindalos by Amy Crook

Weeble Hound of Tindalos by Amy Crook

I’ve colored my second-to-last monster from the Cthulhu Coloring Book (though there’s also one bonus zombie left)! This is the Hound of Tindalos, a Lovecraft creation who is said to stalk time travelers like a hound once it gets their scent. He can appear anywhere there is an angle of less than 120 degrees, and here he’s slipping out of a corner to play fetch with you! Clearly you would never do something so naughty as to time travel, so you have nothing to fear from this gruesomely cute beast.

If you play Arkham Horror, you already know about this guy — he’s always one of the monsters that gets an unhappy groan when he appears out of the monster cup in our group.

Weeble Hound of Tindalos, 5″x7″ pen & ink and Copic markers on watercolor paper.

Categories: Angels, Cthulhu, and Other Myths, Daily Art, Series and Books, Whimsical and Strange
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Son of More Coloring Book Doodles

Monday, December 13th, 2010

Another busy weekend — I did a ton of art yesterday, actually, but none of it was really art post material yet. Oops? Anyway, here’s yet more doodles done for kind purchases of the Cthulhu Coloring Book.

Pumpkinhead Scarecrow sketch by Amy Crook

Pumpkinhead Scarecrow sketch by Amy Crook

Weeble Ghost sketch by Amy Crook

Weeble Ghost sketch by Amy Crook

Creepy Sea Life sketch by Amy Crook

Creepy Sea Life sketch by Amy Crook

Categories: Angels, Cthulhu, and Other Myths, Daily Art, Sea Creatures and Other Animals, Series and Books, Tentacles, Whimsical and Strange, Zombies, Skulls, and Other Morbid Things
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Jolly Santa

Friday, December 10th, 2010

Jolly Santa by Amy Crook

Jolly Santa by Amy Crook

This is another of my holiday cards from a few years ago, and one of my all-time favorites. I just really liked the sketchy, brush-pen linework and the realistic shapes of the bones, combined with the cheery red of the Santa hat to make a very unique pirate flag indeed.

Happy Holidays!

Categories: Daily Art, Whimsical and Strange, Zombies, Skulls, and Other Morbid Things
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