The Oz Zoo

The Oz Zoo
Originally uploaded by jpillustration

This was a fun little side project illustration. It started out as a random sketch and morphed into something a little more complete. I've gotta say, if there were an Oz Zoo, I'd be tempted to hitch a ride on the closest tornado I could find.

But as far as I can remember, the zoo would consist of only flying monkeys and lions that would hide in their caves, so it would be sort of a short field trip.

Needy Birds

Needy Birds
Originally uploaded by jpillustration

Another t-shirt design that went through a few revisions to hit the right notes. I was reading a book by Watchman Nee, where he was noting the disciples' response to Jesus, when Jesus asked the disciples to take the five loaves and the two fish and feed the congregation of five-thousand strong. Referring to the bread and fish, Jesus was asked "But what are these among so many?"

Far too much, we choose to focus on the few paltry loaves we have in our possession and forget the reality that God is working and moving in ways that go far beyond a $2 loaf of bread you can buy at the store. Focusing on what little we have distracts us from what is available.

Again, this t-shirt is available now if you're local (Charlotte), and will be up at ignisis.storenvy.com soon!

Lady Liberty

Lady Liberty
Originally uploaded by jpillustration

This was one of the first t-shirt designs that we finished up. It comes from the quote "Liberty is never free, and the only currency it accepts is blood." Originally, I believe that quote was stated with a sense of patriotism behind it. We took it in a slightly different direction, with the background being the blood that God used to pay the price for our liberty from death. An act of submission and surrender, with the grenade pins never pulled, and the rifle trigger left untouched, the Son left to die on the battlefield.

This t-shirt is available now if you're local (Charlotte area), and will soon be available at ignisis.storenvy.com!

Ermal

I've been working on a few projects lately that have been fairly different from eachother - the one below is something of a rework, but not entirely so because I didn't ever feel like it had originally been finished in the first place.

This guy's name is Ermal, a pack rat, who lives a fairly mundane life in New York working for the postal service. That's all I'll go into now. The story is a great deal more fleshed out, but as far as what avenue to take it, that is yet to be discovered.

On another note, I finally saw the completed t-shirts with my designs (and some others that were not designed by me). I like 'em. :) I'll have those images up on the blog next post.

Also, a new website is coming close to finished by my buddy Jay - looking forward to having something other than a wordpress theme to promote myself. It's simple, but hopefully you'll find it easy on the eyes and loads better than the site that's up now. There's newer works that weren't on the old site, as well as a section of sketches for your perusal!

Until next time...