substance & survival

I've been thinking a lot about how people are made, how they are put together, how they work.  These two charts are interesting to me, especially the bottom one.  The world preaches materialism, things that only appeal to the flesh, or the mind.  Those things are not enough to satisfy me, and the more I wake up to this truth, the more I find I am drawn towards like minded individuals.  

figuring stuff out

If you seek good, you'll find good.  If you seek bad, you'll find bad.  If you think you're seeking good, but still finding bad, that means you're not actually seeking, pouring out, striving for, applying effort in pursuit of good, and it is time to reevaluate the decision making processes of your life, reevaluate the motives of your heart.  If you're not seeking good, you're seeking bad.  There is no middle ground to stand on, all your efforts fall into one category or the other.  You may put out good that is met with bad, but this has no power over, does not cheapen in any way, your choice to pour out goodness.  All this means is that you have to work for goodness, where bad is effortless.  

This is another project I'm working on.

healthy heart, healthy you

What is the human heart?  What is its role in our lives?  How do we take care of it?  

These, and many more, are questions I'm seeking answers to.  I love this exposition by Charles Spurgeon. 


Psalms 62:8. Ye people, pour out your heart before him:-

That is the way to get rid of all your troubles; take your heart, and turn it upside down, and pour out all that is in it. Do not save a drop or a drag: try not to hide one secret sorrow from your God, nor one slight grief that nestles in a corner of your spirit. “Pour out your heart before him.” It will not be wise for you to pour it out before your fellows, for they will misunderstand you and misrepresent you; but “pour out your heart before him:”

 

I found this on google images, not my artwork.

Peter Bjorn & John - Up against the wall
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UwB1y6Pocg

learning out loud

I've been letting other name my birds, now I'm thinking about offering black and white versions for other people to color.   It could be a cool thing for people, a little more challenging and involving than what the average coloring book has to offer.  I'm going to sit on that idea for a while, and see where it goes in time. 

Also, I have multiple projects going at once.  I love when I'm able to get to that point.  You can keep tabs on them here:  http://www.behance.net/ebaf/wip









Illa J - DFTF
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5839cJa3Inw

Wiz Khalifa - Sometimes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFN5t3OfQ4k

Intuition - Feeling the Emptiness
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwNLa4StKOU

Blue Sky Black Death & Hell Razah - Poor Righteous Dreams
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnUzOyVhtvk

some dreams stay dreams, some dreams come true

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ET0nnCR7Y8

honey bee progress shots.

philosophy

It's all about knowing ultimate reality, the universal truth. 

progress shots

Winter wren progression.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yMhWFXEhbI 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3stjv9Jov4A

an intelligent way

This is about right.

STRFKR - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ky20-i_DOR8

business card

first draft of business card

Plain, simple, detailed.  No extra, no flash, effective, kind of dark.  I like it. 

Toody

Old toody

Cutie Patoody

I updated Toody for an opening.  My work is being displayed at a coffee shop, Fireroast Cafe.  It felt a little more natural this time, preparing my work to be displayed, that is.  It is still new a new part of my process of making and selling art, but one that I can find joy in, and will continue to improve upon.  Things like this, updating previously completed work in this way, is very tangible evidence, in my opinion, that I'm getting better, and seeing more ways in which I can be a more successful artist.

Unfortunately, many times I don't see how something can improve until I've taken the time/money/energy to print and frame it.  My reject print pile is getting pretty thick and expensive, but the improvements I'm seeing make it worthwhile.

team work makes a dream work

This is not a rabbit.

  A lot of people are unsure of what this animal is, many of them thinking it's rabbit.  My favorite area of it is the tail.  Overall, I would just say that I think it works, and I'm excited to build on what I did well in this drawing.  I got a lot of positive feedback on this before it was done, and that helped me a great deal in finishing it, so in a way this was a team effort. 


 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxTOsQ3LDE4