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The Art of Amy Hood
amyhood.blogspot.com
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This blog contains the art, design and cultural musings of a girl named Amy Hood - a tiny blonde who loves a good laugh, great tattoos, and only the best rock n' roll.
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Pastels, Disney Concept Art & Society Clothing

Click to enlarge. Were starting a new guide for LOCALE magazine on Disneyland. I know. Pretty awesome thing to get paid to do! Im working on it with my lovely sis and our awesome friend Lindsey Bro. ...

04 may 12

Mucha Tattoos, Painting Progress & Art Shows

After gabbing with my dear friend and muse, Sara Wilkins, last night on the phone I was finally prepared to tackle the tattoos portion of my portrait of her. They are based on the Alfonse Mucha paint...

26 apr 12

Belated Valentines, This Fickle Weather & The Stones

I recently did a quick little linocut print for our Hoodzpah clients. They were supposed to be little valentine, but they ended up getting sent out a little late, in typical Amy fashion. I printed ea...

28 feb 12

Diverting Doppleganger: James Worthy vs. Lana Del Rey

Listening to: Social Distortions "Dont Take Me For Granted"

24 feb 12

Stacey Rozich, Kobe Bryants Chiseled Cheekbones & How I Became an Insta-Whore

Quick Update: • Found a place in Orange County that sells gouache paints finally. Aaron Bros on Newport Blvd. Cant wait to test those babies out. I can only hope to achieve an end product as epic as ...

17 feb 12

Finger Tattoos, Finger Tattoos & Finger Tattoos

I got a finger tattoo! Its pretty rad. My friend Ryan Hopper over at Newport Tattoo Costa Mesa did it for me, and he did a fine job too. S.O. for "Shine On" (cue Pink Floyd) and a simple di...

16 feb 12

Canadian Tuxedos, Being A True American & More Wally Progress

Breaking News! I finally got a jean jacket! I felt like I was failing as an American without one. Not anymore. (Cue "Only in America" -ahhhhh I take that back. Cue "Bye Bye Miss Ameri...

24 jan 12

New Hoodzpah Logos, Submarine & Dune

[Fig. 1: New Hoodzpah logo and stamp!] Some Recents In The Life of Amy Hood: • Recently watched Submarine and it was pretty hilarious. It also had a great soundtrack written by Alex Turner, frontman ...

17 jan 12

Painting Progress, Lessons Learned & Tattoo Sleeves

Me and Sara Jr. Click this to enlarge. You know you wanna. I finished the background on my portrait of Sara last night and for the first time ever in my history of background painting, I love it! I ...

05 jan 12

Rock N Roll Paintings, Mini-Adventures & Thackery Binx

[Fig. 1: "Come Together" © Amy Hood] Things Ive recently discovered and subsequently loved: 1. Painting with India ink. Instant gratification. The variations you can achieve with just your ...

03 jan 12

Chilluns Illustrations, Constellation Tattoos & Jimmy Durante

I posted some sketches a couple weeks ago from the childrens book Im illustrating for the lovely Blythe Hill. Yes, shes the same Blythe Hill who created Dressember. Good memory! Here are a few more...

02 jan 12

Dressember Week 2, Scandal & Fraulein Maria

The second week of Dressember, was full of some fun ones. Scandal broke out of the jean shirt outfit, but there was a spaghetti strap black number underneath for warmth. Reports were filed and an inv...

01 jan 12

Dressember Week 1, Skeletons on Motorbikes, & The Lumineers

Dressember is in full swing! And up until today the weather has been kind to my bare legs. Today, however, its pouring rain and freezing, but I wont give into tights until absolutely necessary. Nothi...

13 dec 11

Second Summer, Bustin Out The Mini Skirts & New Baubles

Its a lovely 75 degrees today in Lake Forest on this late November day, and that means bustin out the tank tops and skirts and reveling in this "second summer." Second summer is almost bett...

28 nov 11

Wally The Wordsmith, Illustrations, & LA Love

Ive been working on some fun illustrations for my friend Blythe Hill of recent. She wrote 3 childrens book for her Masters thesis and hired my sister, my friend Austin Ranson, and I to illustrate the...

23 nov 11

Hand-drawn Fonts, How Most Brush Fonts Suck & Pure Sex

Hoodzpah recently got hired to do some book covers and for one of the titles, Pure Sex, I busted out the old paintbrush and paint to create my own type face options. I wanted something gritty and gru...

22 nov 11

Vampires, Zombies & New Poster Designs

I recently designed a set of posters for FUTEK Sensor Technology through my design company Hoodzpah Art + Graphics. They turned out pretty rad if I do say so myself. Yes, I am biased in the matter, b...

16 nov 11

Newport Beach, Linocuts & High Fidelity

[ No Kooks Allowed in Newport Beach. ] Life has been all kinds of crazy of recent. But the good kind of crazy. Like Jack Black crazy. [Side Note: I recently watched High Fidelity again and that movie...

10 nov 11

Painting Progress, Masquerades, & Big Bear

[My painting setup. Picture for reference: check. Disposable pallette: check. Paints: check. Paint Brushes: check. Pirate Ship: Check. Mini Cutout of Joe Turpel: Check.] Im really cookin on this pain...

29 oct 11

Jordan, Jordan Jr., & Newport Tattoo Costa Mesa

Last week I got to introduce Jordan to Jordan Jr. Sounds like a baby daddy situation, but its not. For those of you who stumbled across this blog by googling "pink floyd pig flying," "...

28 oct 11

The Lovely Sara Wilkins, New Paintings, & Reasons To Be Thankful

Click to enlarge. I started sketching out my next few paintings that have been in the queue. The thumbnail sketch above is of the lovely Sara Wilkins. Sara, a former Orange Countian (born and bred to...

24 oct 11

Joe Strummer, Ugly Babies, & Why Youre The Tops

Click to enlarge. ©Amy Hood Can it be? Am I really finished with this Joe Strummer illustration? Im not sure of anything right now. Its 12:17 at night and Ive been sitting at this desk for way too ...

13 oct 11

Mad Scientists, linocuts, and Delta Spirit

©Amy Hood Ive been working on some fun rough sketches for a current job with FUTEK. FUTEK is basically a company that makes parts/sensors that measure things, be it force, weight, whatever. They have...

30 sep 11

Joe Strummer Progress, More Paintings, & Aging

Heres an update of my Joe Strummer graphic illustration. Making progress! I have a ways to go on the bird, but I finally figured out how to attack the feathers. Its always hard to figure out how to r...

28 sep 11

Kit Kats, Fall TV, & Pavlov Conditioning

Last week I bought a bag of Kit Kats and realized just how little self-control I possess. Hours of Fall Premiers mixed with Kit Kat minis is not a good combination for a ladys figure. In order to que...

23 sep 11

Some New Illustrations, J-Los Doomed Comeback, & Chit Chatting with Ryan Getzlaf

[ Illustration ©Amy Hood ] Here are some sketches/illustrations I have been working on to go in our Summer Guide Feature for LOCALE magazine. Since drawing these yesterday I have been seriously cravi...

23 sep 11

Diverting Dopplegangers: Pubescent Jeff Tweedy & Claire Danes

Specifically Jeff Tweedy from his Uncle Tupelo days and Claire Danes from her "My So Called Life" days. Right? Right? - Amy Listening to: Frank Sinatras "Bewitched"

14 sep 11

Joe Strummer, Life As A Work-A-Holic, & Benjy Ferree

I started a new graphic illustration the other day. Yep, thats Joe Strummer, frontman of The Clash. Its coming along pretty quickly. Im working from three photos, so its hard to figure out the lighti...

11 sep 11

Skeletons Doing The Dougie, Giveaways, & Hoodzpah

Today and tomorrow, my sister and Is design company Hoodzpah Art + Graphics is giving away and original sketch! The sketch is by my lovely sister Jen and depicts a skeleton in a captains hat. It is t...

08 sep 11

Bourbon Chocolate Milkshakes, Hot Days, & Suits

[ The ingredients: Notice my name on everything. The joy of living with housemates. ] Today was way too hot. The temperature gauge in my car read 100 degrees. Thats just out of hand. In that kind of ...

07 sep 11

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