Posts Tagged ‘pen and ink’
Halloweentown Holmes
Saturday, January 19th, 2013
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
Tags: copic marker, mycroft, mycroft holmes, nfs, nightmare before christmas, pen and ink, sherlock, sherlock bbc, sherlock holmes, sold
Rules Gremlin
Tuesday, January 15th, 2013
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
Tags: all rights reserved, cartoon, commission, copic marker, jo vanevery, nfs, pen and ink
The Spectre of Professionalism
Monday, January 14th, 2013
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.
Categories: Completed Commissions, Daily Art, People, Figures and Faces
Tags: all rights reserved, cartoon, commission, copic marker, jo vanevery, nfs, pen and ink
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Sherlock Bookmarks, set of 4
Saturday, January 12th, 2013
4 Sherlock bookmarks by Amy Crook
The lovely person that bought this John Watson bookmark wanted a whole set of the four lads from the show, and here’s the results! I fortunately have a bunch of these identical paper scraps from cutting down the paper for the alphabet, so it was easy to do four that matched. John and Lestrade are on cool grey backgrounds with warm grey skin, and the Holmeses are all warm greys except for their clothing. Everyone got a bit of personality to them, John in his stripey jumper with the skull art from the show, Sherlock with his violin, Lestrade with his phone at a crime scene and Mycroft with his brolly and wallpaper.
Sherlock Bookmarks, set of 4, 1.875″ x 4.875″ pen & ink and Copic marker on scrap paper, nfs.
Categories: Daily Art, People, Figures and Faces, Series and Books, Things I'm a Fan Of
Tags: bookmark, copic marker, john watson, lestrade, mycroft holmes, nfs, pen and ink, sherlock, sherlock bbc, sherlock holmes
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Bilbo Bookmark 1
Friday, January 11th, 2013
Bilbo Bookmark 1 by Amy Crook
One of my giftees this year lives all the way down in New Zealand, so she just recently got her holiday goodies. With her location and her love of the film, I of course had to make her a hobbity sort of bookmark. Bilbo is less than thrilled about this contract they’ve given him to sign, especially the extra bit detailing all the things that could go wrong that the dwarves aren’t liable for.
Bilbo Bookmark 1, 1.875″ x 4.875″ pen & ink and Copic marker on scrap paper, nfs.
Categories: Daily Art, People, Figures and Faces, Series and Books, Things I'm a Fan Of
Tags: bilbo baggins, copic marker, hobbit, nfs, pen and ink
U is for Uncial
Thursday, January 10th, 2013
U is for Uncial, calligraphic illumination by Amy Crook
I guess there’s not a lot of Ulrichs or Ursulas out there, but if there are, this is the letter for them! I personally plan to use it to spell STFU until someone buys one of the letters. And, of course, you can always put U and I together and be a terrible pickup line.
Uncial is one of the classic calligraphy fonts, so I wanted to do a proper homage in warm earthy brown and cheerful new-leaf green. There’s just a touch of gold decoration in the fattest parts of the letter, giving it a lovely bit of sparkle.
U is for Uncial, 5″x5″ pen & ink, Japanese watercolor and glitter gel pen on paper.
U is for Uncial, detail, by Amy Crook
Above, you can see the gold glitter illuminating the letter with just a touch of sparkle. Below, you can revisit the last few weeks of letters, plus the lovely, flourishing F.
S, T, F & U, illuminated letters by Amy Crook
Categories: Daily Art, Illuminated Alphabet, Series and Books, Whimsical and Strange
Tags: alphabet, brown, calligraphy, for sale, glitter gel pen, gold, green, illumination, pen and ink, watercolor
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Crow Bookmark 2
Monday, January 7th, 2013
Crow Bookmark 2 by Amy Crook
My BFF’s birthday is in January, on the same day as JRR Tolkien’s, which always amuses us since mine’s the same day as Frodo & Bilbo Baggins. In addition to the gift he hasn’t gotten yet because I’m a slacker, I made him a bookmark all his own, with black ink crows flying against a blue marker sky.
Crow Bookmark 2, 7″x2″ pen & ink and Copic marker on scrap paper, nfs.
Categories: Daily Art, Flowers, Trees and Landscapes, Sea Creatures and Other Animals
Tags: bookmark, copic marker, crow, nfs, pen and ink
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