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Just wanted to let everyone know Lions, Tigers and Bears volume III is on the way to the printer with an in-store date of early June. You can get a copy through your friendly, neighborhood comic store or over on Amazon (who also has several of my other books on sale right now for 20-50% off).
Howdy everyone! This is my first official post on CCAS! Really excited to be here. I was browsing online and found this group which combines two of my favorite things! God and comic!!! COOL!
Here's a brief intro of myself. I was raised in Japan but lived in the States since college and on. I currently work but draw cartoons on the side. I currently am drawing two webcomic series called AMERICAN OTAKU and ABSTRACT BEING. Please check them out if you have the time.
I like draw comics, read manga, and watch saturday morning cartoons. Yes... did I fail to mention that i am a HUGE Geek? ;)
Well, I am very blessed to be here today, and I hope to make friends & participate in fellowship through this unique media :)
God Bless!
Hello everyone,
I pray all is well. Normally I post for the attribute challenge at www.rsquaredcomicz.com, but WordPress is currently experiencing technical difficulties. Today's attribute is God and Jesus as elevators...
One of things I've been noticing more and more about my Christian walk is that things always work out for the better when I put God at the forefront. Sometimes, however, what "better" means to me is different than what it means to God. As a result, there are times when I feel like things didn't work out, when in actuality they did. I just had to look at the situation through God's lens, not my own. God's goal for me is clear: to use every experience I have to elevate me to become a better version of myself. In particular, to become the version of myself He calls me to be. Another way to put it is that as long as I acknowledge God's Lordship over my life, the times that I fall are still making me better, because I am falling upward.
Today's scripture comes from Romans 8:28, where Paul sums up this same notion:
"And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love Him, who have been called according to His purpose."
Until tomorrow, stay blessed and encouraged!
i live in Hawaii and i was writing a blog on my webcomic when all these Tsunami things started happening. heres the blog:
so as i write this we are in tsunami warning. they are actually evacuating people in Hawaii. pretty scary stuff. i live in high ground in Hawaii so i dont worry about the water but it is frighting. okay we just had an earth quake right now as i was just typing this and now sirens just went off a horrible sound. gotta go..
Hello everybody who's a member and visitor of the christian comic arts society!
I'm very very very excited that I discovered this website! Since like Winter 2009 I have a vision for a christian experimental comic magazine for an older (means 16+) audience. First it was a one man project, now we are a core team of five people (including a magazine layouter/print worker and till now just one comic drawer and three assistants). The name of the magazine is "Emblazor", it's thought to be entertaining as much as to develop drawings/comics about serious topics, such as abortion, homosexuality, drug abuse etc. Containing the message of God of course! The magazine will be free, we won't sell it, it'll be distributed on streets, in busses, trains, in the red light district, in churches and so on!
That's all quite rough, but the will is there and I saved some money to print it quite cheap (100-200 issues for the beginning), now I need some artists who aren't afraid of spreading the gospel, who got their own style and a heart for drawing for Christ!! The first issue will be about abortion, so, if you'd like to join in, please write me, proof it, if it's the right way, talk with God about it! :)
I really enjoy this place here and I'm very curious about what will happen when people stand up for Christ, to worship him with their gift of drawing!
Be blessed and I hope to get some messages from you! ;)
Michael
I just purchased a book and somehow my heart resonates with it with unusual enthusiasm, so much so that I've been posting about it on Facebook and my blogs.
So why not here?
The book I'm talking about is Slave, by John MacArthur. Those of you who are familiar with his works know that he is an expository preacher. In his new book, MacArthur gives us a clear understanding of how first century slavery functioned, and what the apostles meant when they called themselves slaves (not servants) of Christ, and what Jesus meant when he calls us His slaves (such as in the well-known phrase: "Well done, good and faithful slave [doulos].").
This book is surprisingly easy reading, after having read some of MacArthur's other works. The chapters are short too, and the book is not very long. But what I found most fascinating is how this concept of being a slave of God ties so much of the New Testament together, and provides a very close analogy of what it means to have a relationship with Jesus Christ. In MacArthur's words, "Servants do a job. Slaves are owned."
Here's the promo video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4t3rJijxmKk. This is one book every Christian needs to read.
anyone working on the animation industry in the USA probably knows this character design genius:
Stephen Silver
you can check out his site here:
and got to his various links
he seems like a nice guy and is very generous with his tips etc. he has some videos to watch and lots of samples. he also teaches a character design clas at Schoolism.com. another artist I blogged about Cedric Hohnstadt has taken his class - it was a lot of work. in his blog archives, I believe CH has some materials on what he did in the class. lots of drawing.
Stephen Silver is not to be missed.
Here's another great Christian artist/Illustrator to check out. very professional. great web site.
here's his main web site:
and his blog
http://heathmcpherson.blogspot.com/
great character design, cartooning, backgrounds etc. be sure to check out his Biblical art section on the web site.
there's plenty to learn from his material.
Marching orders…
Being in an inquisitive frame of mind,
I sent off an email to ‘my’ personal prayer team, saying:
- “I feel that God is asking me to do stand-up in the non-church sector,
But I don’t know how to go about it…”
the sentence was barely written,
not even sent yet, when:
Driiiing!
I get an invitation to a comedy festival in the south of France
in two months’ time.
After the show:
Jesus’ garden
we don’t go into the forest much these days because my leg’s broken
(but I don’t hold that against it)
Surrounded by a thousand smells and birdsong, I’m sitting in the garden with Jesus. We listen to the plants growing, while the sunrays that he made for this little corner of the universe flood all we can see with a light that’s both cool and welcomingly warm at the same time.
(Wow, this dialogue is awesome!)
That day, I was talking to him about a show that
had had a real impact on the town’s teenagers,
but at the same time had disappointed some Christians,
who were expecting something better.
Discouraged, disheartened, dispirited, disdited (I know, that doesn’t make sense, but it rhymes )I just wanted to give up.
Bang! a sudden thought came to me:
- “If I asked you to do this, it’s because I believe you’re capable of doing it…”
- “Tenthousandthunderingblunderingtyphoons! But of course!”
I got up, I revised it, I said ‘come on, shake a leg’(shake a leg, geddit?)
- “I can do it, I have to!”
The show was a complete success.
That day, in the garden,
I grew in maturity.
Alain
www.auderset.comWant to see another outstanding Illustrator and Character Designer who's a christian? surf over to:
http://www.alcornstudios.blogspot.com/
and check out Miah Alcorn's blog
he can do it all. cool backgrounds, great character design, drawing skills galore.
what's not to like?
Here is an excellent character designer you might want to check out. super pro, and his blog is awesomely full of all kinds of great links, and tips for illustrators, character designers etc. he's a very neat christian guy, and you can buy materials of his also. superb draftsman. not to be missed.
Blog:
http://cedrichohnstadt.wordpress.com/
Main web site
Hi all! I've submitted a Lord of the Rings inspired design to Threadless Tees and voting has opened. I have 7 days to get as many votes as I can before voting closes, and some $2500 in cash and prizes to win. Please help me vote for the design to be printed on their T-shirts! Thanks!
Link:
If you want to check out a "pro-as-it-gets" website that features robots, monsters, online comics, sketchbooks and all kinds of EXTREMELY cool design work go here:
Dave Guertin and Greg Baldwin are the owners/artists. they both do all the graphics you see, switching off duties. they are professionals in the gaming industry, and CreatureBox is their personal 'property'.
an artist can learn a lot about how to present and produce their own product by tooling around their site, and seeing how they do it.
The artwork is drawn and inked in Sketchbook Pro, using 21" Cintiqs, then colored in Photoshop, as I understand it.
be sure to check out their timelapse videos that show the art production process under the Gallery link.
I have their second sketchbook set which is extremely cool.
in my opinion, this is how it's done.
Here's a link to check out. the blog of a very talented character designer, illustrator etc - Ovi Nedelcu
http://ovinedelcu.blogspot.com/
you can get to his main web site through the blog, but be sure to check out his Bible Storybook link and his Lunchbox comic strip link at the right.
not comic books per se, but he's a christian and super pro. very cool.
he also has a iPhone sketchbook you can buy.
