Book Cover is all Done

okay.. well, the book's all done. Hope everyone likes it. Dale did a nice job on the effects, background, colors and binder. yay! Man he's talented. I'm eager to go get one off the bookshelves and add it to my library collection. I can't believe I'm keeping up with all the books I've been purchasing. YES.. I still purchase drawing books of course! But I need a break from drawing every now and then to feed my soul.. if you know what I mean!
Hey... Go Visit "Atheist Central" - Ray Comfort's blog, if you haven't already. Check out all the opinions, rants and debates!

Million Dollar Bill Coming Out Soon

Artwork by the extraordinary, Dale Jackson from Living Waters



No doubt you've heard that one of Hollywood's most beloved singers passed on into eternity this week. His sudden death shocked millions of people around the world. Like most of us, he doubtlessly expected to live many more years.

This is a sobering reminder to the world of their own mortality.

Jesus commanded:
“Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature."
(Mark 16:15)
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Nothing Comes From Nothing!

Do you see any artwork below?
Me neither. That's cause I didn't sketch anything. Nobody did it.. therefore it doesn't exist.

Same goes for us. But.. difference is.. we exist! : )

Who made the cow that made the milk?
Who made the bee that made the honey?
Who made the matter, space & time that made us?
Who made the gases?

Obviously someone with more power who can exist outside of those things made us.
Someone with God-like attributes, God. : )

LISTEN TO THIS INCREDIBLE SONG below! (especially the nothing comes from nothing part... lol.)



I love this song from the Sound of Music movie. Julie Andrews was incredible! It's probably one of my
favorite movies ever! : )


LOL!

For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world, but lose his soul?

Today 150,000 people died,
including two very well-known celebrities.
May this remind us that we all have an appointment to keep.

May it also help us to forget that which doesn't matter,
and get right with God while we still have time.

A friend of a friend wrote this: "Life is truly a vapor. I was just last night making a short list of celebrities that died in 2009 after the death of Ed McMahon. May we all consider our eternity and whether we have peace with God. Ricardo Montalban(Jan 14), Paul Harvey(Feb 28), Natasha Richardson(Mar 18), Bea Arthur(Apr 25), Dom Deluise(May 4), David Carradine(Jun 3), Ed McMahon(Jun23), Farrah Fawcett(Jun 25), Michael Jackson(Jun 25)"


"For what profit is it to a man if he gains the whole world,
and loses his own soul? Or what will a man give in exchange
for his soul?"
(Matthew 16:26)
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"for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,"
(Romans 3:23)

"But the cowardly, unbelieving, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death."
(Revelation 21:8)

Living Waters - Book Cover

This is for one of Ray Comfort's new books. This one was actually flipped around afterwards and then, blurred together in the middle by Dale Jackon. So it'll look a bit different from this once it's been published. Fun to draw it though! Tons of fun!

Is Hollywood Joking?

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Go check out this video clip!

9th Children's Book [edited post]

Here's a pic sample from one of the other stories...

So, here's what I've been working on lately.

Mine are the cleaned up drawings you see there at the beginning. The others were drawn by another artist a while back ago.

Actually, there are a lot more drawings then what you see posted in this here video. But at least you get a glance at what I've been up to..



From "The Father's Blessing" - This is 1 of the 11 children's book series. The author, John Ligon plans on putting all 11 books into a case and make them available as a set once they are all finished.

The books have like... 30+ drawings within each of them (not including the the many revisions that take place.) The ministry is based out in Brunswick, GA.

John Ligon is both the "AUTHOR" of all the books,
as well as the "NARRATOR" you hear in this video. lol.

So far.. my *favorite* book that I'm working on is the 7th.
I'd love to post the drawings on it.. but I've gotta wait.
*sorry*

Now, there are like a TON of characters in these books. I re-designed nearly all of them.. except for the rabbits, that are named, Mrs.June, Skippy {Personally, I had just wanted to change them a bit more - But whilst drawing for a client, you must submit to what they want... since they are hiring you!) & also the Pig that's in one of the other stories <-- he was really drawn well... I wouldn't have changed him at all.

There has been a total of about 18 CHARACTERS so far!
Lots of work & lots of drawing.. but I'm loving it!
It's loads of fun! :)

Funatico.com

Recently, Ivan Spasenovic contacted me from funatico.com to make a little article about me on their site. It's great for promotion as well as browsing for inspiration to draw from. When you get time go check it out.

Funatico is one of the most popular entertainment sites on the web with huge collection of funny videos that will make you lol. If you want to have fun and you have some free time at home or school you can play something from Funatico flash games archive. Don't forget to check out their cool gallery of funny pictures too.

Who is God? - Atheism & Creationism Analysis

Who Is God-Atheism & Creationism CONFERENCE <-- CLICK HERE!
If you are an educated atheist, I would like to talk with you today about an important and interesting question. Have you ever thought about using your college education to think about your faith? Your life and your career demand that you behave and act rationally. Let's apply your critical thinking skills as we discuss simple questions about your religion and atheism. The given answers will amaze you. Click the link above & hear Ravi Zacharias answer the deepest questions many of us ask ourselves.

2 Roosters Arm & Arm (VIDEO)

I know this isn't a pencil sktech.. but it's a "COMEDY-SKETCH" all the same! This is so hilarious! But at the same time.. so truthful! Anyways, ENJOY!!! :D LOL!

21st B-day Invite Caricature

This is for someone's b-day coming up. I'll be drawing live caricatures there. Hopefully, I haven't lost my touch! :P *yikes!* I've been doing so many of these digitally.. I have to get back into the freehand stuff again. It's going to be a "Winter-wonderland Theme" b-day. Everyone will be wearing white I guess! lol.

Quick Digi-Sketches

Well, after I got finished with some work today.. I figured I'd go ahead & draw something up..
I know.. I know.. I know...
They're really sketchy drawings.

But I've been working on some really clean work & my hand hurts now. HAHA. I decided to post this mainly cause I can't post any work that I'm working on.. until it's published. I can't wait to be able to share it all. For now though.. here's two quick sketches! :) Enjoy!

P.S. Click on the links for the answers to those questions on my OTHER BLOG... called, Esly's Blog. :) (Still under development!)

WHY DOES GOD ALLOW EVIL? <--click here & find out!

WHO MADE GOD? <--Click here!

In the middle of stuff! - Easter weekend, etc.

okay.. this isn't gonna be much of a post.. cuz I'm so darn busy. I'm so sorry. (Not that anyone comes here anymore..) but, whatever. I'll post soon. I'm working on a few projects here and there. One I'm having fun with in particular is some children's books. weee! How fun is that? I'm enjoying it. I'll enjoy it more when they're all finished.. and I get to read them in my hands, flipping through the pages.

You know one "children's book series" I used to enjoy a lot in particular were "The Bearstein Bears". I used to read them so happily as a kid over & over again. They were so colorful! Not to mention they had morals to every story that taught kids about organizing, behaving, etc. I'm sure I picked up a whole lot of my good habits from there. It made chores look like fun. haha.





Anyhow, yeah. I'm still out here in Australia. I sure do think about home a lot. I do. I browse around at all my friends blogs & look at photos... remembering all the great times I left behind. My lil' conscience is eager to go back and enjoy all of what I took for granted. Being in Disney's constant spotlight of the hundreds of people passing by. Hearing about the height of their exciting days! And the children telling you about their parent's most secretive secrets.. haha. It was a riot.


Then, you've got my little Dodge Neon that drove me from point A to point B all around town to & fro. How, I wish I had never sold it. lol. I know it's just a little car.. but it was my car.. and I had a lot of memories within it!


Then, you've got the views. Beautiful Florida...

Always a peaceful sky to look above you.. with plenty of action going on, everywhere you look! Perfect for the artist in need of silence. :)



I just recently became a children's church teacher at my church over here. The kids are great.. but I'm used to dealing with so many more. They're such a small lil' group. This isn't them.. but this was Easter after church. I had made easter eggs for the children to represent "New Life". I also made some little Easter bags with "Proverbs/Quotes" on them that spoke about "Forgiveness". I wish I would've taken photos of everything. I worked so hard on them! lol. ah-well.



Also, I think I'm overwhelmed with David's huge family over here. I really thought I'd get more time to myself being away from my family.. but hahaha... I was wrong. LOL! ;D It's not a bad thing at all.. it's just over whelming cuz there's so many of them. They're like more dramatic then my own family. uh.. well, okay.. maybe I'm exaggerating. My family exaggerates the most. ;) Here's a few of them. There were so many they got cut out.. some were outside too. This was Easter Sunday after church.

It's not just his family, it's the newbie-chores of being a wife. It's so weird! There's like double the amount of stuff that needs to be done. Being out here really makes me admire my own Mom a lot. She's always been an independant over-acheiver-do-er! Running around constantly helping people and forgetting all about herself.

Look at this.. here's a random photo I have of her among the many of her doing something for some kids she's never met at some random school. This is like her everyday at a different place everyday helping someone new everyday. That's like the story of my Mom. How cool is that?!


Anyhow, this was just a short lil' post.. with some random thoughts.

Joyful Toon - Michael D. Waters

I love this. Joyful Toon. One of my favorite artists... due to his content of work! Awesome & Inspirational at the same time.

EDITED : Not Caricatures & Not Colorful.. but...

ADDED LATER....

okay.. so they went for completely black & white.. and made a few changes of the placement of the "X's" I changed it a bit to make the marks stand out more in a completely black & white scene.

OLD POST BELOW:
Not FUN Caricatures & Not TOO Colorful.. but... it was interesting to do.. all the same. Yeah.. this is for like an "Easter Scavenger Hunt" map thingy. It was such a pain to do.. cause the place isn't even done being built yet... hence, the LACK OF DETAIL in the buildings. The client wanted it to be "SUPER-SIMPLE" & "BLACK & WHITE" along with 2 xtra colors.. for cheap printing.Also.. the reference given to me was the img. you see there on the bottom right. I took the liberty of searching for it on google earth instead to help me out. It was much easier.. lemme tell you! I guess this was just good for practicin'a'lil', "PERSPECTIVE". Something I don't like doing too much of. :P
I HAD TREES & other PROPS in the Background before (thinking about the Disney maps) as I did it.. but.. like I said earlier, SIMPLE is what they wanted so I took them out. ok. that's it 4 now.

Hobart, Tasmania - Australia

Well, I went on a lovely trip to Tasmania. Boy was it cold. But it was a beautiful place! It really was! I'll try to add some more pix later. I've gotta get to work. Hopefully I'll be able to add some more pix later.

State of Victoria - Bush Fires in Australia

The photos you see here are of what I took with my cell-phone camera...
Right by where I live..

I just thought I'd share some photos on here. I've emailed most of everyone I know.. but I'll post these up for those who I don't have emails of.. or for those of you I know get too many emails.

I'm sure you've heard of all the fires going on over here in Australia on the news. Over 180 + people have died. And a ton of houses have gone up in flames.

Well, believe it or not.. they weren't far from where I'm living now. Very very close actually!


Recently there was a super EXTRRREME MEGA-HOT-DESERT-HEAT-WAVE over here that lasted for about 3 entire days! *Ouch* lol.

It was about 108 degrees Fahrenheit & about 43 degrees celcius. But it felt like 155 with no a/c! Very hard to bear!

During the time we had the 3 days of the intense desert heat wave.. David & I couldn't handle the heat (due to our a/c unit not being very good) and we headed over to his mother's house with our pets.

It's a bit of a funny story. We went over to her house cause it was cooler. While I was there... we were sitting in the living room chatting. David of course was sleeping cause he had to work later that evening to do security. But anyhow.. while David's Mom and I were in the living room..


she said:
"oh look outside! How lovely!
I think the clouds are coming and maybe
the change will come through".

I looked outside... and said
"ah, yeah.. maybe. Hey.. wait a second...
That isn't right. Why are the clouds so orange?"

So.. I went outside to take a look further in the back yard.. and I saw what was really happening! There was like an enormous fire going on! The scary part was..
the winds were super strong.. and going against us. Sort of like what I've felt in a Florida hurricane "wind strong".. but without all the rain, thunder & lightning. It was like a fast hot heater blowing in your face... or like a large hot blow dryer.

Later we could see about 7 helicopters flying close to the surface trying to save people and put out fires.

These photos are all looking out from David's Mom's backyard toward one of her neighbor's houses. The smoke later reached to the horizon of her other neigbor's house on the other side. It was crazy. The sky turned from blue to like a dark orangey & gray color.

The smell outside smelled like burning sulfer. It wasn't very pleasurable. *yuck!* It wasn't anything like a good smelling fireplace at all.

The feeling literally felt like someone was holding hot ovens on the highest heat surrounding you. If you were not under the shade.. the sun rays felt like someone was trying to burn you with a lighter to your skin. It was super hot!


I never knew heat outside could feel that hot anywhere in the world. I know hell is hotter.. I'd hate to feel anything even remotely close to that ever again! Like I said before, I'm so glad I'm saved. Praise God!


The fires have been surrounding us... in certain places. There were a whole bunch of houses & streets burning up in the area we just moved from, in Hampton Park & Narre Warren suburbs. Only 15-20 minutes away!
David had to work for this guy, this past Saturday because the guy that had to initially work.. well, his house caught on fire. I think he's okay. I don't think it was completely burnt to the ground. I guess we'll be finding out later.

This is what REALLY happened on the HUDSON RIVER!

Artist: Rex Babin

New Artwork

(This isn't all of it) But if ya haven't seen my new artwork yet.. go check it out on my website. Click on the LINK below. It'll take you there.

New ArtWork





Also....
I added an animation clip I found floating in my office while I've been unpacking. All I had on my website was some "animated gifs".. but here's one of the actual clips I worked on from the Adam Sandler movie, "8 Crazy Nights". You'll have to have "WINDOWS MEDIA PLAYER" installed on your computer to view it. (b.t.w. this link below won't take you to my website.. but to the actual animated clip. Enjoy!)

Animated Clip

Some sketches

This was a bad photo taken of a photo with my phone. Sorry 'bout that! But.. you get the just of it all hopefully! ;)


On this next one, the lady wanted to be driving a Cadillac. So here's how it came out. NOTICE the wheel is on the wrong side of the car.. but it's the correct side here in Australia. I totally did that by accident! lol!