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Alternate Universes: Wingfic

Tuesday, October 22nd, 2013

Alternate Universes: Wingfic parody Sherlock comic by Amy Crook

Alternate Universes: Wingfic
parody Sherlock comic by Amy Crook

Another day, another universe! I chose to do the golden sunset behind their warm brown wings for this one, covering both orange and yellow in one panel for my rainbow of AUs.

Wingfic is also pretty self-explanatory, though there’s as many variations on it as there are authors. Sometimes they can fly and sometimes the wings aren’t usable, sometimes they’re angels or demons or just freaks of nature. Sometimes it’s just one or the other of them that has wings, and sometimes it’s a whole world full of flying humans.

Alternate Universes: Wingfic, 7″x5″ pen & ink and Copic marker on paper.

Categories: Angels, Cthulhu, and Other Myths, Completed Commissions, People, Figures and Faces, Series and Books, Things I'm a Fan Of
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Alternate Universes: Vampire/Werewolf

Monday, October 21st, 2013

Alternate Universes: Vampire/Werewolf, parody Sherlock comic by Amy Crook

Alternate Universes: Vampire/Werewolf
parody Sherlock comic by Amy Crook

Halloween is the season for dressing up as things you aren’t, and I have a 6-panel Sherlock comic to celebrate. One of my favorite patrons commissioned these comics to celebrate some of the alternate universes that the Sherlock characters get thrust into in fic and art.

This first one is fairly self-explanatory, a supernatural AU where Sherlock Holmes, pale and skinny as he is, is a fashionable vampire, and the more earthy John Watson is a werewolf. Of course, there’s every variation to be found out there, with John as the vampire or both of them werewolves or one of them really a banshee or a ghost, but this configuration is the stereotypical arrangement of species.

Alternate Universes: Vampire/Werewolf, 7″x5″ pen & ink, Copic marker, and silver paint on paper.

Each panel is colored with its own scheme, and this one (as you can see) is red. You can get a preview of the whole thing below.

Alternate Universes, a Sherlock comic, print by Amy Crook on Etsy

Alternate Universes, a Sherlock comic, print by Amy Crook on Etsy

Categories: Angels, Cthulhu, and Other Myths, Completed Commissions, People, Figures and Faces, Series and Books, Things I'm a Fan Of
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Deck the Smaug

Saturday, October 19th, 2013

Deck the Smaug, holiday fan art by Amy Crook

Deck the Smaug, holiday fan art by Amy Crook

I’m pretty sure this is the silliest holiday card I’ve ever designed, but I’m such a fan of the silly Smaug/Bilbo art out there on the internet, I had to toss in one of my own. Bilbo raided Smaug’s hoard for bells and gold chains, but I have no idea where he got the giant ribbons or pine boughs for the rest of his cheerful holiday decorating.

At least Smaug will smell delicious while he’s eating you!

Deck the Smaug, 7″x5″ pen & ink and Copic marker on paper. He is, of course, available as a card in my Etsy shop.

Deck the Smaug holiday card by Amy Crook at Etsy

Deck the Smaug holiday card by Amy Crook at Etsy

Categories: Angels, Cthulhu, and Other Myths, Card Design, People, Figures and Faces, Series and Books, Things I'm a Fan Of, Whimsical and Strange
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Custom Sherlock Bookmarks

Wednesday, October 16th, 2013

5 Sherlock bookmarks, commission art by Amy Crook

5 Sherlock bookmarks, commission art by Amy Crook

Yay, more Sherlock bookmarks! I did these as tests for the elaborately colored 6-panel comic (and print!) I’m posting next week, as part of a commission for one of my darling patrons. Some of them reflect the comics and some not so much, but they were all a test for our rainbow color scheme.

What, you say, you didn’t know I did commission bookmarks? Well, I do now! You might be asking yourself how these are different than regular fan art commissions, and so I’ll tell you, because I’m nice that way.

  • They’re $15 each, flat, no matter what’s on them.
  • You tell me what you want, I draw and send. No sketches, no previews.
  • Color vs black and white is up to my discretion.
  • It’ll be on whatever bookmark-like scrap of paper I have to hand.
  • This applies to fan art comics only, no portraits or watercolors or any of that fancy jazz.
  • They tend to be a lot faster than a regular commission.
  • Email me if you want one! (Okay, that’s the same.)

The ones above are all on drawing paper scraps rather than thicker watercolor paper or cardstock, but I know the recipient (hi!) won’t be using them to mark books. If you’re a framer vs a book marker, that’s something to let me know during the email.

5 Sherlock Bookmarks, 2″x5″ pen & ink and Copic markers on paper, nfs (commission).

Categories: Angels, Cthulhu, and Other Myths, Completed Commissions, People, Figures and Faces, Series and Books, Things I'm a Fan Of
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Osculate! Osculate!

Monday, October 14th, 2013

Osculate! Doctor Who fan art by Amy Crook

Osculate! Doctor Who fan art by Amy Crook

I meant to finish and post this last week after the Floating Gallery closed, by my body had other ideas. I’ve had a horrible head cold, and slept through most of the week. I’m only just recovering, so please do forgive the lateness of this Dalek.

He’s giving up his usual cry of “exterminate” in favor of some holiday spirit! Osculate means “kiss,” so he’s just demanding you give him his due and kiss a Dalek under the mistletoe. I’m sure it won’t kill you.

Well, mostly sure.

Osculate! 5″x7″ pen & ink and Copic marker on paper. Get him on a holiday card at my Etsy shop!

Osculate! Dalek holiday card by Amy Crook at Etsy

Osculate! Dalek holiday card by Amy Crook at Etsy

Categories: Card Design, Floating Gallery, Series and Books, Things I'm a Fan Of
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Wibbly Wobbly Timey Wimey

Tuesday, October 8th, 2013

Wibbly Wobbly Timey Wimey, Doctor Who art by Amy Crook

Wibbly Wobbly Timey Wimey
Doctor Who art by Amy Crook

Everyone needs a tiny TARDIS in their lives, don’t they? This one is rocketing through the wibbly wobbly timey wimey spaces between possibilities. It looks pretty turbulent, with streaks of blue and green and strange stars of sparkling salt all around.

Wibbly Wobbly Timey Wimey, 4″x6″ pen & ink, salt and watercolor on Arches cover white paper.

Wibbly Wobbly Timey Wimey, detail, by Amy Crook

Wibbly Wobbly Timey Wimey, detail, by Amy Crook

One problem with painting in gorgeous bright, clear blues is that they get a bit muddled by my scanner, but you can see the contrast in the piece much more clearly above. The TARDIS floats alongside sparkling salt and strange shapes, with the Doctor and perhaps even a Companion or two tucked safely inside.

Below, the painting hangs out in a frame, safe from the forces of time and space. For now.

Wibbly Wobbly Timey Wimey, framed art by Amy Crook

Wibbly Wobbly Timey Wimey, framed art by Amy Crook

Categories: Floating Gallery, Series and Books, Things I'm a Fan Of, Whimsical and Strange
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A Series of Uncanny Fears: The Dark

Friday, October 4th, 2013

A Series of Uncanny Fears: The Dark, pen and ink art by Amy Crook

A Series of Uncanny Fears: The Dark
pen and ink art by Amy Crook

Those shapes you see in the dark, those are just shadows. Just reflections and illusions made up of your imagination and your eyes straining to make sense with very little light.

I’m sure there are no monsters lurking at the foot of your bed, no ghosts floating up near the ceiling, no faces peering in from the dark outside.

That scratching at the glass is getting louder, but it’s not necessarily from the dark. It could be the mirror. It could be inside your head.

You never really know, do you?

A Series of Uncanny Fears: The Dark, 5″x7″ pen & ink on paper.

A Series of Uncanny Fears: The Dark, detail, by Amy Crook

A Series of Uncanny Fears: The Dark, detail, by Amy Crook

Above, you can see some of the details hiding in the darkness. I especially like this pair of eyes, because they seem as distressed to be looking in at you as you are to be looking out at them. Below, you can see the piece in a frame, yet another pane of glass between you and the darkness.

A Series of Uncanny Fears: The Dark, framed art by Amy Crook

A Series of Uncanny Fears: The Dark, framed art by Amy Crook

Categories: Angels, Cthulhu, and Other Myths, Floating Gallery, Series and Books, Zombies, Skulls, and Other Morbid Things
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