Posts Tagged ‘pen and ink’
Old-Fashioned Ornaments, set 1
Thursday, December 22nd, 2011
Old-Fashioned Christmas Ornaments by Amy Crook
I participated in a handmade ornament exchange this year, and I decided to play to my strengths and make paper ornaments. I drew the original art myself, then printed it out both normally and flipped onto card stock so I could use spray-glue to make these double-sided ornaments. They were cut and hole-punched by hand, a ribbon added, and sent off to my exchange partner. I thought about coloring them somehow, but I liked the old-fashioned etching feel of the black-and-white on parchment-textured card stock, so I left them as is.
Categories: Daily Art
Tags: christmas, crosshatching, pen and ink
M is for Mycroft
Wednesday, December 21st, 2011
M is for Mycroft by Amy Crook
The wonderful person who bought my other two Baker Street Tinies Edward Gorey/Sherlock pastiche pieces decided her collection wasn’t complete without Mycroft Holmes and DI Lestrade in the mix. This is the first of two more images she’s commissioned to match the first two, with yet more painstaking crosshatching. Mycroft takes directly after E is for Ernest in the original books, though the bell has become a Blackberry, and his faithful umbrella snuck its way into the picture.
I highly recommend clicking to see the image larger, if only so you can appreciate my absurdly painstaking work. Once Lestrade is done, I’ll have cards and prints available in my Etsy shop.
M is for Mycroft, 8.5″x5.5″ pen and ink on paper, sold.
Categories: Completed Commissions, Daily Art, People, Figures and Faces, Series and Books, Things I'm a Fan Of, Whimsical and Strange
Tags: baker street tinies, crosshatching, edward gorey, mycroft, nfs, pastiche, pen and ink, sherlock
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Christmas Kiss
Monday, December 19th, 2011
Christmas Kiss by Amy Crook
Just a silly bit of smooching I drew for a holiday card exchange. They’re definitely enjoying their holiday cheer!
Categories: Daily Art, People, Figures and Faces, Things I'm a Fan Of, Whimsical and Strange
Tags: christmas, copic marker, john watson, pen and ink, sherlock, sherlock bbc, sherlock holmes, watson
Gingerbread Skellington
Wednesday, December 14th, 2011
Gingerbread Skellington sketch by Amy Crook
I don’t know if you’ve seen these awesome cookie cutters, but I couldn’t resist sketching a little homage in some poor unsuspecting soul’s coloring book. It’s like holiday cheer, really!
Categories: Daily Art
Tags: coloring book, nfs, pen and ink, sketch
Tentacle Monster Sketch
Tuesday, December 13th, 2011
Tentacle Monster sketch by Amy Crook
I saved this guy for Tuesday for obvious reasons. I’m not sure if he’s Lovecraftian or just really creepy, but he was fun to draw, like a Van Gogh sunflower gone very, very wrong.
Categories: Angels, Cthulhu, and Other Myths, Daily Art, Tentacles
Tags: coloring book, lovecraft, nfs, pen and ink, sketch
Evil Wreath Muppet Thingy
Monday, December 12th, 2011
Evil Wreath Muppet Thingy sketch by Amy Crook
What? They can’t all have awesome titles. It’s been a busy weekend of coughing up my lungs and selling coloring books on Etsy, so you’ll be getting more coloring book sketches for the foreseeable future. Enjoy!
Categories: Daily Art
Tags: coloring book, nfs, pen and ink, sketch
Elder Thing sketch
Saturday, December 10th, 2011
Elder Thing sketch by Amy Crook
Another little coloring book sketch! This one is a proper Lovecraftian beastie, the Elder Thing, which is symmetrical along five sides instead of bilaterally. I didn’t really look up all the details, so I’m pretty sure I got some of the bits not quite right, but I don’t really mind. He looks beastly enough like this.
Categories: Angels, Cthulhu, and Other Myths, Daily Art
Tags: coloring book, lovecraft, nfs, pen and ink, sketch
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