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Amanda Cook
@amandacook627.bsky.social
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Writer, artist, cosplayer. Fiction at Apex, Etherea, Apparition Lit, Wyngraf. Poetry at The Future Fire & Kaleidotrope.
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Someone may be doing a rewatch of #TedLasso. That someone may be me. Have a sketch of #BrettGoldstein as #RoyKent. #sketch #sketchbook #art #fanart #AFCRichmond #football
A sketchbook is open to a pencil sketch of Brett Goldstein as Roy Kent in the TV series Ted Lasso. Roy's short, black hair is fringed across his forehead as he looks over his left shoulder at someone with a fierce look of controlled anger. His upper lip, chin, and square jawline are covered in whiskers, and his thick, black eyebrows are arched in incredulity. He's wearing his white, blue, and red football jersey.
November 16, 2025 at 9:48 PM
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We've been watching the latest season of #StarTrek #StrangeNewWorlds, and Ethan Peck has been magnificent as a young #Spock.
#sketch #sketchbook #art #pencil #fanart
A sketchbook is open to a page featuring a pencil sketch of Ethan Peck as young Lieutenant Spock in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds. He's facing the left with his usual look of intense logic, showing no obvious emotions. His Vulcan eyebrows slant up at the ends, and his left ear is visible, pointed at the top. His black hair lays flat against his skull with his bangs fringed across his forehead. He wears his Starfleet uniform with a black crew neck shirt underneath it.
November 10, 2025 at 12:53 AM
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I could smell the mustard and the onions
An image of Marisa Tomei in My Cousin Vinny sitting on the witness stand in a courtroom behind a microphone. An American flag is on a pole behind here.
November 5, 2025 at 12:12 AM
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The sunrise was glorious as we walked to the bus stop this morning. #photography #photo #sunrise #clouds #trees #autumn #vibes
An image of the morning sky strewn with orange, pink, and fiery gold clouds as the sun rises over the tops of autumn colored trees.
November 3, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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Sunrise yesterday in my neck of the literal woods. (It's back to clouds and rain today.) #photography #art #autumn #leaves #trees #rural #vibes
Image of a blue sky and white clouds tinged with gold from the rays of a rising sun above trees wearing red and orange leaves. The view is from an asphalt driveway curving down to a rural road with trees covered in fall colors bordering the driveway and fallen leaves strewn about.
November 2, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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Happy Halloween! My final sketch for Spooky Season is #RhysDarby as Anton the #werewolf in #WhatWeDoInTheShadows. "We're werewolves, not swear-wolves." #sketchbook #sketch #art #fanart
A sketchbook is open to a page featuring a sketch of Rhys Darby as Anton the werewolf in "What We Do in the Shadows." His bangs are swept across his forehead, and his upper lip, jawline, and chin are covered in whiskers. He's looking to his left with his body turned to the right, his mouth open as he talks to his pack mates. He's wearing a plaid flannel shirt under a jacket.
November 1, 2025 at 12:46 AM
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We're over halfway through Spooky Season, and I've moved on from vampires to werewolves. @mchshe.bsky.social #MichaelSheen as Lucian in #Underworld #RiseOfTheLycans.
#sketch #sketchbook #art #fanart
A sketchbook is open to a page featuring a sketch of Michael Sheen as Lucian in Underworld: Rise of the Lycans. He's facing left, looking at something off page and smiling a little, his lips parted. His long hair is brushed back off his face and flows down over his shoulders like a mane. He has a beard covering his jawline, chin, and upper lip, and he is wearing a chain around his neck. Streaks of red like dry blood appear on his right temple, above his right eyebrow, at the edge of his right eye, and along his lips, as though he was bloodied in a fight. His eyes are ever so blue.
October 19, 2025 at 11:08 PM
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Another sketch for Spooky Season! #TaikaWaititi as Viago in the 2014 film #WhatWeDoInTheShadows. My favorite vampire in my favorite "horror" film. #sketch #fanart #art #sketchbook #pencil #vampire
A sketchbook is open to a sketch featuring Taika Waititi as the vampire Viago in What We Do in the Shadows. His hair is long on top, brushed up in an old fashioned style with large sideburns along his cheekbones. He wears a Regency style collared shirt and knotted cravat with a patterned waistcoat, the collar turned up around his neck. He has a bored look on his face with streaks of red trailing from his mouth and around his chin. Tiny fangs peek out from his upper lip.
October 11, 2025 at 12:43 AM
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It's Spooky Season! Here's a #sketch of one of my favorite characters in a horror film: #DavidTennant as Vegas magician/vampire slayer #PeterVincent in #FrightNight2011. Love that guy liner and black leather look! #art #fanart #pencil #sketchbook
A sketchbook is open to a sketch featuring David Tennant as the Vegas magician/vampire slayer Peter Vincent the 2011 remake of Fright Night. As his magician persona, he wears a long, black wig, parted down the middle. His eyes are rimmed in black eyeliner, and he wears a fake mustache and goatee. A fake piercing sticks out from his left eyebrow. His neck and chest are covered with tattoos and necklaces. He wears a high-collared leather coat over his shirtless chest. He's amused at something someone said.
October 5, 2025 at 9:55 PM
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"What are we holding on to, Sam?"
"That there's some good in this world, Mr. Frodo. And it's worth fighting for." #SamwiseGamgee #LOTR #sketch #fanart #SeanAstin #pencil #art
A sketchbook is open to a page featuring a sketch of Sean Astin as Samwise Gamgee in The Lord of the Rings. Sam is looking up in awe at something, his mouth slightly open, his curly hair tousled, his face smudged with dirt. He's wearing his rough cloak tied at his neck and one strap of his pack can be seen over his left shoulder.
October 3, 2025 at 9:51 PM
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My writing career (such that it is) summed up in one image:
(I use this image a lot. It works for everything.)
Dan Levy as David Rose in Schitt's Creek, wearing a black turtleneck sweater and large white plastic rimmed sunglasses, sits on the floor of his motel room, leaning back against the black duvet covering his bed with his mouth hanging open as he stares at the ceiling. The subtitles in brackets says "sighs".
October 2, 2025 at 2:29 AM
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I'm really digging #LeePace as Brother Day in Apple TV's #Foundation series. He's mesmerizing as every iteration of Empire. #sketch #fanart #pencil #art
A sketchbook is open to a page featuring Lee Pace as Brother Dawn in the Apple TV series Foundation. His hair is long and parted down the middle, his bangs falling just above his eyebrows. His body is facing left, but his head is turned, so that he is looking over his right shoulder. He a look of restrained anger on his face. He's wearing his gown with a cape attached just at the front neckline.
September 21, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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Oh, hey! Making noise worked this time. Or someone told Mast to go away.
A screenshot from a post by Bernard Taylor for Congress, which reads: "Breaking: Brian Mast just dropped the provision in his bill that would've let Marco Rubio revoke your passport. That's a win for free speech, but the fact it was ever in there shows how far some politicians will go to silence dissent. I'll fight to protect your voice."
September 16, 2025 at 12:49 AM
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If u see this quote with the energy u bring to blue sky
Dan Levy as David Rose in Schitt's Creek, wearing a black sweater and large white sunglasses, is sitting on the floor and leaning back onto his bed, covered in a black duvet. The subtitle says in brackets [sighs].
September 16, 2025 at 12:45 AM
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"There is something wrong with me." Florence Pugh at her finest. (Thunderbolts* is now streaming. Highly recommended!) #Thunderbolts #YelenaBelova #BlackWidow #sketch #sketchbook #fanart #Marvel #MCU
A sketchbook is open to a sketch featuring Florence Pugh as Yelena Belova from Thunderbolts. She's wearing her Black Widow uniform, and she's facing the right, with her head turned to look at the viewer. Her blonde, shaggy hair is brushed off her face, with her bangs falling over her right eyebrow and the rest tucked behind her left ear, revealing multiple piercings. She has blue eyeliner along her lower lids and her full lips are a dusty rose color.
September 13, 2025 at 11:58 PM
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This thank you card came in the mail from the class I spoke to about writing last week. I read them a very short story about a little girl befriending a baby dragon, and they have inspired me to continue the story. I may become a YA author yet! (Also, I love that they illustrated their card.)
A piece of yellow construction paper, folded in half, lays on top of a fluffy white blanket. Written on the paper is the words "Thank You!" in colorful marker. Around the words are children's illustrations of an astronaut with a heart above their helmet, a reddish orange dragon with its wings spread and spewing fire, a heart with flowers and vines drawn around its edges, and an illustration of the moon with the word "moon" written above it.
September 13, 2025 at 12:29 AM
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One of my favorite actors as one of my favorite characters in one of my favorite Jane Austen adaptations. #AlanRickman as Colonel Brandon in #SenseAndSensibility
#sketch #sketchbook #art #fanart
A sketchbook is open to a page featuring a sketch of Alan Rickman as Colonel Brandon in Sense and Sensibility. His hair is long and wavy and brushed up and back off his face with bangs falling just above his left eyebrow. His lips are parted, and he has an awed look on his face as he stares at something off page. He's wearing a high collared shirt tied with a black cravat, a striped waistcoat, and a high collared overcoat in the Regency style.
September 3, 2025 at 1:09 AM
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Apparently, it's National Dog Day, so here's Chewie playing the role of art critic. #NationalDogDay #doggo
A small white terrier mix dog with brown ears and brown around his eyes stares at an open sketchbook propped against a white, fluffy blanket for a picture. He is waiting patiently for the sketchbook to be moved, so he can have the blanket to himself.
August 26, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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He was filled with glorious purpose. In the end, he was content. #Loki #LokiSeries #Marvel #TomHiddleston #fanart #sketch #pencil
A sketchbook is open to a page featuring a sketch of Tom Hiddleston as Loki from the TV series Loki. His hair is long, black, and brushed back off his forehead and face, ending in curls. He's smiling with his lips closed and has a wistful expression in his eyes, as though he has resigned to the decision he's made. He's wearing a button-down shirt and checked tie under a wool overcoat with massively wide and thick collar and lapels.
August 24, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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Happy Pride! #Pride #Pridefest
A white woman takes a selfie in front of a white banner with the word "Pridefest" in rainbow script across it. She's wearing a black t-shirt with the words "Protect Trans Youth" across it in the colors of the trans flag. She's also wearing a small pin in the shape of the TARDIS with blue, purple, and pink panels and a black baseball cap with the word "Innie" embroidered in white above the bill. Her round, tortoiseshell rimmed glasses are have darkened in the sun. A white woman in a black tshirt over a black and mint green striped knit dress, black ball cap, and black sandals, stands in front of a large white banner attached to chain link fencing. The banner reads "Pridefest" in rainbow script.
August 23, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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Saw this beauty on our butterfly bush today. #butterfly #nature #photography
A blackish brown butterfly with yellow and blue spots along its tail wings sips nectar from the tiny clustered pink flowers of a butterfly bush.
August 22, 2025 at 10:34 PM
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post four characters you identify with
Reese Witherspoon as Madeline Mackenzie in Big, Little, Lies Emma Watson as Meg March in Little Women Kiki from Kiki's Delivery Service (complete with cat familiar, Jiji) Dan Levy as David Rose from Schitt's Creek
August 15, 2025 at 2:13 AM
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#PedroPascal as Reed Richards/Mr. Fantastic in #FantasticFourFirstSteps. What a great film!

This is my favorite sketch, now.
A sketchbook is open to a page featuring a sketch of Pedro Pascal as Reed Richards in The Fantastic Four: First Steps. His body is turned to the right, but his head is turned to look straight at the viewer. His brow is furrowed, and his mouth is open. He's frowning, as if he's about to give some worrying news. His mostly black hair is curled up and off his forehead, except for one curl that falls a little forward at the front. He has streaks of gray above his ears. He has a mustache, and his chin and jawline are peppered with graying whiskers. He's wearing an astronaut's suit, with the helmet removed, exposing the metal ring around his neck where the helmet attaches.
August 9, 2025 at 10:13 PM
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This is who runs this account.
A small, white dog with brown patches around his eyes and ears stares af an open sketchbook propped up on a couch covered in a fluffy white blanket. The pages of the sketchbook feature sketches of Adam Scott and Britt Lower as Mark S. and Helly R. from Severance. The dog seems annoyed that the sketchbook is taking up his spot on the blanket.
August 8, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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Seeing Clark Gregg in Murderbot recently made me miss #AgentPhilCoulson. #AgentsOfSHIELD #MCU #Marvel
#sketch #sketchbook #fanart

I had a lot of fun with this one.
A sketchbook is open to a page featuring a sketch of Clark Gregg as Agent Phil Coulson from Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. He's looking to the right with his chin slightly raised and a small smile on his lips. He's wearing a collared shirt under a jacket with a wide open collar. His thin hair is combed over on top.
August 5, 2025 at 11:19 PM