Hi!
Recently, I've stopped going out to eat at restaurants, and am limiting my coffee in-take—simply because both are too expensive and WAY too fattening (at least way I like my coffee anyway).
So I've found some coffee houses that I can hang out in without feeling like a free-loader and have been frequenting them just to sketch.
As I've written here numerous times—going out to sketch allows me to get out of the man-cave and opens the door to some very interesting and engaging interactions with peeps who venture over to see what I'm up to.
I've also felt very Blessed lately—and have been enjoying my work and creative efforts more than ever.
Anywho—let's get to some new draw'rings an' a few woids about creatin' them.
: )
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| 'Yee-HAH! ' - Copyright 2019 - Jephyr! - All Rights Reserved |
^ ^ ^ 'Yee-Hah' practically drew itself.
As I OFTEN do—I started by scribbling some light lines on the page and immediately "saw" the cow-poke doing some rope tricks "in" them.
The hardest part about completing this was just refining everything.
Wish all my creative efforts happened this easily!
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| 'Wayfarers' - Copyright 2019 - Jephyr! - All Rights Reserved |
I'd just watched Disney's 1940 tour de force animation Pinocchio—and still had the image of Jiminey Cricket dancing around in my noodle—and that no doubt influenced the wardrobe for this guy.
Somewhere along the way it seemed appropriate (and funny) to me to add the bunny being towed on the skateboard.
BTW—I'm not sure why the dood is wearing a skull-cap—but it was an early idea—and when I tried to turn it into a hat of some other kind it wasn't working at all. So it remains without any significance or meaning intended by it for me. Although perhaps like me—he's on a sojourn for truth and still has vestiges from the old days and ways.
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Bonus: As I was putting the final touches on this sketch—a VERY attractive, smiling young lady stopped as she passed where I was sitting and said she really liked this sketch—and she asked if I was an illustrator and how long I'd been at it, etc.
Did I mention going out to sketch beats sitting at home in the man-cave?
; )
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| 'The One Who Rides The White Horse' - Copyright 2019 - Jephyr - All Rights Reserved |
^ ^ ^ The quote in this image is from an excellent and moving documentary called "Furious Love." (see a short video trailer below)
In it, film-maker Darren Wilson captures Christian missionaries going all around the world to preach the good news to various people—from LARGE out-door gatherings—to one-on-one encounters.
Many were affected and changed by the Gospel message they heard—including a young girl in Africa who was set free from demonic possession.
I was struck by some of the comments otherwise ordinary folks gave in the video about the transformation God had made or was making in their lives.
In one case—a Christian team went to a New Age Festival and set up a booth to simply offer prayer to anyone who was interested.
Some attendees were unhappy about seeing Christians there—but a number of others did stop and ask for prayer.
One young man approached them and asked who their "medium" was—and they said that they followed Jesus and that's who they were praying to.
He agreed to have them pray and as they did he clearly began having an experience with God—and he said the words quoted in the image above.
In the book of Revelation 19 it describes Jesus returning to the earth seated on a while horse with a sword coming out of his mouth—and the Word of God is called the "sword" in many scriptures—so I believe he was indeed experiencing the power of our risen Lord and soon returning Savior.
What he said made a deep impression on me and I incorporated it into this drawing that I drew right after watching the documentary.
Here's the trailer for it.
It's a very good documentary and I highly recommend it!
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BTW—A friend gave me three instructional books authored by Will Eisner—the creator and illustrator of "The Shadow" and other very popular graphic novels and comics from the late 1930's through the 1970's—although he continued publishing his illustrative novels and speaking until his death in 2005.
Those books succinctly encapsulate techniques, tools, and tricks of the trade involving illustration and storytelling and I thought about Eisner's advice and style while creating the last image as well.
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Well—that'll do it for today—but I'm already working on a lot of new art I plan to post soon.
Thanks for stoppin' by.
See you again soon..........
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