Why I Hate Brats Dolls

I never realized why I hated Brats dolls, beside the fact that they look like little prostitutes.

After drawing this picture, I understood the "Brats dolls appeal," it was because they put a little girls face on an adult body.

Its actually pretty sick.

Valentines Day Tip # 53

Valentines Day Tip # 53: Crazy love will cost you, meaning, the phone bill will cost you, the text messages will cost you, the psychiatrist bill, the anti-depressant medication, bail money, collect calls from maximum security, lawyer's fees, property damage, relocation cost, witness protecting program, restraining order, loss of sleep, your sanity, etc...crazy love will cost you, so choose you love wisely.

Valantines Day Tip #37

Valentines Day Tip # 37: Due to my marriage, I have little to no experience with Texas women, but from what I've noticed from a safe distance...the firearm is carried along with lipstick.

Unique Features

I love drawing and exaggerating peoples unique features.

Chilvary is dead

Chilvary is either serving 25 to life or dead.

Unlike the movies, if you assume you're going to defend the honor of the damsel in distress with a few choice words accompanied with quick motion-stopping fisticuffs...you might want to get acquainted with your local judicial system.

I love my wife dearly, but I'll serve her better being a victim opposed from a victor...she'll get paid more.

Wind Chill?

"Wind-Chill" is man's way to manipulate the minds of the shivering naive.
These witches and warlocks of weather tell you what the weather is, then they tell you what its going to "feel like"...LIKE ITS ALL IN MY HEAD!
When did the weather organization get a degree in psychological hypnosis and begin to tell people that we shouldn't trust what we "feel" when it comes to weather?
"No matter what you think, little uneducated cold person, we are the only ones qualified enough to tell you what the temperature feels like.I know it feels like 24 degrees outside, but its actually 42 degrees."
LIAR! It feels like 24 degrees, because...it is 24 degrees...GET OUT OF OUR HEADS!

Valentine's Day Tip # 1

Valentine's Day tip #1: GET THE NAME RIGHT, PLAYER!

Caricature ode the week

I think I'll start doing more line-work on my caricatures...I'm diggin' the way it looks.

You'll see what I'm talkin' 'bout soon enough.

Glee

Laugh

Pose

Chin

Day Dream

Gaze

Rogue

Thick

Smile

Form

Goofy

 

Yo Fro, baby!

When I attended CIA (Colorado Institute of Art), my teacher encouraged us to start a product and then come up with a slogan, design, and marketing scheme.
I created, "Yo Fro, the all-purpose hair grease."
You can use it to clean your oven, remove unwanted carpet stains, lubricate your car, deodorize your refrigerator, and provide discipline to unmanageable Afro-Fros....because "If not Yo-Fro, then whose?" True story.

The Aristocrat

An unfamous quote from:

Semore Uptaious Winthrop III

Aristocrat, Safari hunter, lover of aged whiskey, beautiful women, and Kentucky Mint-julep Cigars

"I have great faith in fools; my friends call it self-confidence."

HA! Heh...humm.

Spydierman

Last year, I use to go down to my daughter's school and draw pictures for her class.
Well one day, a little boy from another class beseeched me to draw for him a picture of his favorite comic book character, Spiderman.
Without thinking, I said, "O.K., Elroy (I forgot his name)."
Now, because I no longer had a taste for comic book characters, I was at a dilemma.
I told this bright-eyed kid that I would draw him a picture of Spiderman, but I hate Spiderman...so...
I decided to take his debased imagination and lift it to the standard it deserved to rest in...I introduced little Elroy to "Dr. SPYDIERMAN, the friendly neighborhood Arachnologist."
After I gave little Elroy the picture, he stared at me for a very long time and committed to me that what I drew was neither funny nor accurate...Elroy never spoke to me again. True story.

Hunting down faces

Just some faces I observed while stalking quietly in the corner of a local book store...I was hunting for...the funny-lookers.

I spotted a flat-headed mustache man and the warrior-tailed round-faced shopper lady.

Doodlin'!

I gotta doodle!

Global Warming?

Uh, real talk.

Right now, its 50 degrees outside and within the next couple of hours, its gonna drop down to 18 degrees.

First of all, this is Texas...second of all, THIS IS TEXAS!!!!!

Al Gore promised everybody Global Warming, so either he lied or 18 degrees is the new temperature for hot.

Oh, Al...you got us, dude.

Mob-Love?

I never understood Mob-Love.

And for the sake of my protection, I'll leave it at that.

The Real Iron Chef

When I first saw the little TV show, "Iron Chef," I was like everybody else in expecting gourmet cooking battles mixed with hard-core sword fighting to choose the winner.

Needless to say, I was highly disappointed and helplessly mesmerized at the same time.

Even though there was no sword-play, I've never seen fish-head ice cream made or eatin' before...but for some strange reason I couldn't look away.

This is my idea pitch for next season's "Iron Chef."

Caricature ode the week

Almost, but no cigar.

Due to technical difficulties...I can not push out the remaining 2.
God bless and Happy New Year!!

98th post

97th post

96th post

Here we go...I'm trying to push out 5 more post before the New Year to complete 100 in 6 months.

Interpretation

"If our Message is obscure to anyone, its not because we are holding back in any way.
No, it's because these other people are looking or going the wrong way and refuse to give it serious attention (2 Cor. 4:3, Message Bible)."

Whose the real Samson?

Contestant #5 is kinda dumb on the ladys...he never knows when he is getting played (Judges 14:14, 15:5)

Contestant #4 is a stereotypical Samson, big, muscular, and dumb, but according to Judges 14:13, 15:4, 20 Samson was a smart cat.

Contestant #3 is disgusting and clearly loves the sweeter things in life (Judges 14:8).

Who eats honey out of a dead rotting lion corpse? Gross.

Contestant #2 is a Ladies Man...he sees what he wants and loves it (Judges 14:3, 16:1, 4)

Contestant #1 is an average dude, with extraordinarybalance in his healthy and behaving hair. The book of Judges actually records the Philistines puzzled as to "how it is that his strength is so great?" (Judges 16:5) So that has to mean...Samson wasn't outwardly strong, but empowered by God Himself.

Caricature ode the week

Just me tearing up people's faces again...enjoy.

Roach Problem

This was a concept I started about 10 years ago, called "Roach Problem."
Growing up, roaches were always, unwillingly, apart of my life.
You would cut the light off, in any given room in my house, for three minutes then cut it back on and the entire room would be covered in roaches.
Being the kid that I was, I capitalized on the situation by getting my water guns and going "Roach Hunting."
The spookiest and awe-inspiring creature of all creeping crawling things...was the Pink-eyed Albino Roach.
To see and kill one of these meant that the the house needed to be fumigated...again.
The scariest of all roaches were the Flying Floridian Water Bug aka "What in the #*!% was that?!
Because we couldn't get rid of them in real-life...I drew stories about getting rid of them.

Drivin' in

I guess while I'm on the basketball tip, I might as well draw the part of the game that separates the boys from the men...The Drive-In.
This is when you face defense head on and either you breakthrough or you are broken down.
The most extraordinary moves in the game of basketball is not seen in the dunk or the no look pass...it is when you witness the "Drive in."

Pretty Face

Just another pretty face with a funky hair-do.
Tryin' to get my class to draw women.

Bird Man

Just one of the many pictures that I drew for my class.
It is a caricature I call..."bird-man."

REBOUND!!!

One time I went up for the rebound and landed wrong.

My stomach went forward...

My shoulders and butt went backward...

And my legs locked up straight.

Immediately, all the bones in my back...touched.

I got the rebound, but paid a very painful price for it.

It wasn't even a real game...we were playing "21" and I was lossing.

Here's my advice: Flying gracefully is irrelevant, if you land awkwardly.

Baller?

I'm a baller till I'm dead,

Yeah, you heard what I said.

I play from the heart and for the love of the game.

Give me the rock, and I will shock you,

My stuttah step, pump fake, is meant to mock you,

You should think twice before you "D" up in open shame.

Now don't get it twisted,

When I shoot, I bearly miss it,

You might not want to give me that much room.

But then again come a little closer,

Thinking you're awake, but really a dozer,

Cuz if you go up at this shot, you'll go down in a tomb.

Now, I get excited, not scared at all,

And sometimes I may loss the ball,

But never mind that, you just stay on your game.

So what if I passed it to the wrong person,

Yo, why is everybody cursin?

Man, I quit!

I'm gonna play racketball, basketball is lame!

Teacher's Sketches

I have been teaching a "sketching/cartooning" class every Wednesday, since the month began.

Right now I have 6 kids, ages 9-13 and they are a joy to be around.

I only have three rules...

1. Never say, "I can't."

2. If you have a question, then you must draw while asking it.

3. Practice, practice, practice

I only have them for 4 days out of the month before another class comes, so their homework is to draw a picture everyday until I see them again.

So, in all, they owe me seven pictures every Wednesday.

And seeing as how the teacher shouldn't demand of his students what he will not do...I also have to present to them seven pictures every Wednesday.

Here's three of the seven quick-7 min.-sketches that I've already drawn.

I'll submit the rest later.

The student that has improved the most will receive a caricature of themselves from me.
I can't wait to see what they produce.

Good night.

Caricatures

Just snatched some pictures out of a magazine.

I actually hate drawing celebrities, because most of their poses are manufactured.

Either way I still have fun exaggerating their glam shots, no matter how generic they are.

Sunglasses sketch

I love this look!

I drew this on hard brown mat board with color pencils.

This surface has so much potential that, when I finally stop "trying" stuff and calm down in my sketches...I should be able to show what this material can do, but until then...enjoy the Sunglasses.

Pastel girl

I'm not sure if I like it, but I'm trying my hand in pastel on hard-board lavendar.
I need to practice all my mediums.
I might have to mix em up a taste before I settle down on what I want to see.

Caricature ode the week

Some cat out of a magazine named Matthew.

The Prophets

Did you know that 90% of prophets prophesied insight, instruction, and correction into people's individual and corporate lives?
That left 10% to foreseeing into the future.
Prophets were used to reveal one thing: God, in three concerns:
1. Sin (Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, and Micah)
2. Punishment (Nahum, Habakkuk, and Zephaniah)
3. Restoration (Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi)
Isaiah: sin and salvation
Jeremiah: sin and punishment
Ezekiel: restoration and hope
To be a prophet was not a welcomed career; every time they opened their mouth...their lives where totally unto God to express His heart concerning His people in anyway He deemed fit, no matter how humiliating or underminding the task.

Gladys

Often times beauty is in the eye of the "beheld."

December Doodles 1

I GOTTA DOODLE!!!!!!!!

A Hard Look

Have you ever noticed that the majority of rap and hip-hop artist possess one common look despite their attempt to express the "diversity" of their lyrical skillz?
No matter what rapper is out there claiming to be the dopest sound, they all carry the same spirit.
To prove what I'm saying is true, go to any store, go to the "rap" section, and randomly pick-up an C.D., then look at the cover.
And you will unanimously see a SPIRIT OF REBELLION on their face, like a child refusing to obey it's parent.
Outside of MC Hammer, rappers emulate rebellion, because the industry is governed by a spirit of rebellion.
Take it from an X-Hip-Hop head.

They have made their faces "harder than rock;" they have refused to turn (Jer. 5:3b).

Laptoppin' Cafe

I was out at a local coffee shop, chillin' with the brethren-in-Christ, with mechanical pencil and paper in hand, scoping out the coffee bean scene...when low and behold, to my immediate left there was a nose peering through a skully that had hands pecking away on a laptop...I had to quick-sketch-em before it sniffed me out.
And here be the decaffinated nosey-beast caught in me blog zoo, for everyone to see.
Enjoy!

100th picture posted

That's right!
This is indeed the day you all have been waiting for...
"Happy 100th Picture Day, y'all."
I hope you guys wrote your ceremonial poems of sensational splendidifulness.
I did! And it reads:

Happy are the hands of the Gimelium-craftsman,

Who weaves the whimsical blurs of artistic satire.

While ambitious men toil to gain the days unequal wage,

The creative man-child breaks free from his carnal-minded cage.

Once stiffeled by the world, while residing in a cultural tomb,

Never allow to birth creative work from his spiritual womb.

But through Christ he heard the call to visualize spiritual script,

To manifest drawings of sarcasm that are laced with Jesus encrypt.

Please notice that the Word of God is higher than the talent.

Keep Him first!!!

Jive Turkey, smothered in funk!

I apologize for not pushing something out sooner.
I have been preoccupied with...eating.
My daughter asked me to draw a picture of a turkey for her to color, so I quick-sketched this?
I thought the picture was "jive," hence the title "Jive Turkey."
I know I could have done better, but I was preoccupied with...eating, remember.
Anywho, I hope you enjoyed your "Jive Turkey Day" as much as I did mine.
Enjoy this "jive" sketch of a turkey smothered in FUNK!!!!

I do?

Guy comes into my old job and asked me to do some caricature pics for his aunts 25th anniversary.

After seeing the said works of art he says, and I quote, "If my aunt saw these pictures she would kick my *&@! Could you please pull back alittle on the exaggerations?"

Regretfully, I did...I didn't want the fellah to be shunned from the family, because he came to the wrong cat to draw something sentimental for his loved ones...I made an exception for him, plus, I had plans for the money.

Who hindered you?

My wife and I went for a run last night, just to keep the body right and the heart pumping.
This morning my oldest daughter asked me, "Daddy, who won last night...between you and mommy?"
I told her that it had nothing to do with winning (one being better than the other), but with finishing and I told her we both finished.
This picture is a portrait of those who focus too much on how they run (the law) the race opposed from how they finish the race (grace).
Running to fulfill the law will eventually give you over to the power of sin again...Grace must be your fuel.
It's not about what you use to be or what you are, but what you will be....other than that, its not a race of faith.

Passion for Christ

Excellent Man!

FOR BY GRACE (God's ability) YOU HAVE BEEN SAVED THROUGH FAITH (the means to accept the unseen), and this NOT OF YOURSELVES (your own ability); IT (grace; Christ in you) IS THE GIFT OF GOD (the supply that meets God's demand); not of ANY WORKS that NO ONE SHOULD BOAST (saved from the ignorant assumed pride of being self-made).
Eph. 2:8, 9

In the days of Herod the king...

The phrase, "...in the days of Herod the king..." always stuck out to me. If you searched out what this means, you'll see that the covenant between the living God and the children of Israel had morphed into a dead religion led by the Pharisees. The people were ruled by a schizophrenic murderous usurping Roman loyalist king, who was a direct descendant of Edom, aka Esau...the hated-by-God twin brother of Jacob.

The dude's name actually means, "son of a hero," but his name and character didn't line up. He killed more people in his family whom he assumed was eye-balling the throne that was given to him. And the only reason he got it was because he was cool with that present-day Caesar; he represents deception because all that he did for Israel originated from ill-motives.

The way he died is for the medical books...buddy was rotting to death from the inside out, today they call it "Herod's Evil" or Fournier's Gangrene. Herod was so worried that people would not come to his funeral when he died, that he made a decree that if heads of state didn't come and mourn over his death, then that would be the day they died, as well...cat was crazy.

To me, the most fascinating thing about Herod was that he reflected a truth about Satan that is easily over looked. When the one year old Jesus had a star set in the heavens for the guiding of the wisemen...Herod couldn't see it. Matthew records that only the wisemen could see it, hence, why he needed them to tell him of the child's where abouts. So it is with Satan, he has no idea what God is doing outside of our open confession of faith. He, just like Herod, has the best minds working for him to discern scriptural prophecy and even then, the light of God is hidden from him, because he embodies the dark. So here are some sketches of the usurping king that kept Jesus's seat warm...Herod, the jerky king!

Weekly Caricatures

Just grabbed some faces and exercised the skills...keeping the hands loose and all.

The Candy Man

Do not love the world nor the things in the world.
If anyone loves the world, love for the Father is not in him; because all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the vainglory of life, is not of the Father but is of the world...1 John 2:15, 16

Procrastination

My mother use to say, "If you want the monkey off your back, then stop feeding it."
As a child, procrastination was like a cute little monkey I use to feed my time to, now at 34, it is a 10 ton gorilla, named "DOitLATTAH.
The latin meaning for "Procrastination" is "forward to tomorrow."
If you to have this said gorilla on your back, then here's a good shotgun:
Redeeming (buy back) the time, because the days are evil (deceptive; giving you the impression that you have time).
Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is (in all things). Eph. 5:16, 17
Don't allow "DOitLATTAH" keep you from moving forward in God and/or in life.

The Gospel of God 1

I have gotten a lot of good responses from the "different gospels" I have posted on this blog.
I have given nine examples of "erred" gospels men (including myself) have received in order to come to Christ.
There is a way a child of God is to be born and out of those nine, none will properly sustain the soul from its promised destination except the one Paul details in his letter to the church in Rome.
So I'm going to attempt to illustrate some of the points Paul made concerning the Gospel of God.
This picture came from Pauls phrase: "I am ready to announce the gospel to you also who are in Rome"...Rom. 1:15b
To me, Paul sounds like a newscaster, ready to finally commit himself to exposing the only news worth reporting...the Good News of man's recover to God, through Jesus Christ, the Son of God.

Wake Up Call

Hell is like an ocean...the world are like chains around your ankles...Satan is like a 10 ton boulder...and gravity is the judgment...descension is the life lived without Christ.

Faith in Jesus Christ is the only way for a soul to escape such a course.

The Thief Comes

The thief does not come except to...
1. Steal: take away what doesn't rightfully belong to them
2. Kill: to required a personal purposed sacrifice
3. Destroy: to cause to no longer exist.
I (Jesus Christ) have come that they may have life and may have it abundantly...John 10:10
If you are following a system of beliefs that unlawfully possesses you, demands that you give your life for its "cause," and/or is depleting you of life opposed from supplying it, then you are following "The Thief."
Jesus reveals that He is the Good Shepherd (v. 11)...please follow Him, today.

The Real School of Hard Knocks

But we have this treasure in earthen vessels that the excellency of the power may be of God and not of us...2 Cor. 4:7
The life of a follower of Christ is just as His life was...hard...but grace promises that despite the many situations we go through and find ourselves in...Jesus Christ will cause you to live just as He did...as an Overcomer.
To proclaim the Good News of Jesus Christ...one must live, constantly, in the reality of that Good News...come what may...or it's not "good" news.
Grace doesn't take away the "Hard-Knocks" out of life, it simply helps you bear them.
Be encouraged.

HAPPY MONDAY!!

Just a pretty lady caricature I drew in color pencil about 4 years ago, that needed a home.

This here's a talent of mine named, "Cordaroy Simmons."

He sings like a 1987 Eddie Murphy with a twist of a 1978 Harry Belafonte' with a Flip Wilson swaggah. His "kinda-hit" debut single "Your Love Stanks Like a Rose" will be released when he is released (interpret that as you wish). It should be hittin' a "Pantry Pride" or a "Food Lion" grocery store near you in late 2015...Maranatha, Lord Jesus!

I drew these while waiting for my wife's tires to be fixed on her car, it rained for nearly 8 hrs. I was forced to watch a Country music video TV station...to my shame, I enjoyed it. Country music are melodies filled with "Blue-Collar" bliss. A psychiatrist can't hold a candle to a well seasoned guitar pickin' country song...trust me!

William

This here's the last brother, the oldest of my younger brothers...William.

He has a scholarship in music, studying to be a physical therapist, about to finish his bacherlor's degree and lookin' to tackle the Masters next, frat "legacy" member of Phi Beta Sigma (I think), dance crew member...loves hard, studies harder, goes all out 100% on everything...holdin' it down at Bethune Cookman, Daytona, Fl...my first baby brother...William aka Elaine's son aka "Don't Call Me Bill" Peterman.

Love you, breh, call you later.

Practice

This is a concept I'm looking to produce in a major way, this is just a rough draft. The scripture that it is based from is Jude 3.
This is a caricature of a co-worker of mine, named Mike. His nickname is "Hands," because he got his hands blown off while deployed in Iraq, but they sowed them back on...hence the phrase "a co-worker of mine."
This heres' my attempt to harness the power of the Marker. I'm still not sure what my primary medium is going to be yet, but Markers are in the first-draft-pick.

Showdown!!!

Forget MMA, Boxin,' Wrestlin', or the Battle of the Bands...this is the most sought after match-up since...Garfield vs. Heathcliffe...Danger Mouse vs. Mighty Mouse...Dennis the Menace vs. Calvin from Calvin and Hobbes...Lionel (George Jefferson's son) vs. Lamont (Fred Sanford's son).

I would pay as much "couch change" that I could "muster," just to see these two gun slingers go at it.

Now don't ask me why Yosemite Sam has a 9mm...I don't know, I drew it 10 yrs. ago.

And don't ask me why Colonel is not spelled "Curnal"...once again, I DON'T KNOW, we got it from the French!

But I will tell you one thang...ummm...Oct. 17, 2015...its gonna be ON!

Who do you think is going to get it?

Put'cha couch change where ya mouth is!

Swine Flew?

Swine Flew, get it?
I hope so (the picture), not the virus.
Ironically enough, I'm waiting for my youngest daughter's fever to break.
God is faithful.
I pray you have a non-existent "Fever Season!"

April Fool's Day, Francis!

This is an April Fool's Day sketch of mine, Francis Squeamish.
He thought I was going to draw him with a coffee cup in his hand, but...instead...(chuckle)...I drew a gold fish...Ha, ha, heh, ha, humm.
Oh Francis, I got'chu buddy!
He's a good guy-sketch, though.
I guess it's late and I kinda overdosed on the Chocolate chip cookies, so please don't delete me from your "favorites" list, assuming I made the cut.
I'll get help...pray for my recovery.

Dililah McFlirt

What does it hurt,
To talk to Dililah McFlirt,
With her tall leather boots, snug-top, and submissive satin skirt?
I admire her, but most women think that she is dirt.
Why are they so mean, why must they be so curt?
She's "confident" in herself, she doesn't have to act covert.
I must admit that my attention is difficult to divert,
But that doesn't make me some slobbery, chauvinistic, pervert.
A woman like her is harmless, there's no need for alert.
She's "my good friend," the infamous, Ms. Dililah McFlirt.

With her great persuasiveness she beguiles him; with her smooth talk she compels him.
He goes after her immediately as an ox goes to the slaughter, or as someone in chains, to the correction of the fool...Prov. 7:22

Job 20:16

This is the second drawing of the same picture...I like this one better.

On it is a scripture that describes a man that understood his suffering as God dealing with his pride-filled heart, as a Lion hunts its prey.

Practice

Practice, practice, practice!

WORK OUT!!!

Prov. 24:5...A wise man is STRONG, and a man of knowledge increases POWER.
but...BE STRONG IN THE LORD and IN THE POWER OF HIS MIGHT...Eph. 6:10...how?...OBEY God and WORK OUT (exercise) your own salvation...Phil. 2:12
Our example: And the little child grew and became STRONG, being filled with WISDOM, and THE GRACE OF GOD was upon Him (like well developed muscles).

Lions 4 Christ

I'm working on a design for my brother, T.J.

He and another young brother, in Christ, are about to venture in ministry through the "World Wide Web." (they're going into the dreaded "Face Book" mission field).

I drew 3 designs, but I'm only posting 2...I'll do something else with the other one, I guess.

I'll post the final joint, when he approves.

Samaritan woman

Samaria was the capital city of the northern kingdom of Israel, opposed from the southern kingdom, Judah.
After King Solomon's death, the kingdom was split...ten tribes in the north and the two remaining in the south.
God had a strong distain for the northern kingdom and eventually left them to themselves, their disobedience, and false gods.
The promise of redemption rested solely on the tribe Judah.
Through the rejection of God's words, through the prophets, Israel was exiled into Assyria.
This was the lowest point of their existence...until 500 years later, a Samaritan woman met a Man by Jacob's well, and He offered her "a bridge" back to God. John 4:4-30
She immediately ran back to Samaria and begged, "Come, see a Man...!"

Happy 50th post!!!!!

To celebrate my 50th post in less than a year, I would like to present to you the face that started it all...my own. This use to be my business card logo.

Now that I am done with the sacred art expression of "narcissim" or in most artistic cultures, a self-portrait.

I hope you enjoy your "Gimel's 50th post" day with the traditional chocolate chip cookie cake chased with a healthy serving of God's finest 2% milk, while singing/screaming the ceremonial cookie song, "C, is for cookie, that's good enough for me" in G-minor.

Oh yeah, I got more doodles.

Goodnight everybody!!!!!

Joe Chi?

This was a character I designed about ten years ago, named "Joe Chi."
He was trained by Brooce Lee, but when he attacked Master Lee with the flying "Elbow Kick," he was expelled from performing such a ridiculously deadly move. So Master Lee called me in to reprimand him, but instead we became great friends and...

Let's just say the plot didn't workout too well, so here's the picture.

Prom 09'

What would a prom date look like if they met over the internet?
Not everyone lies about themselves...they just leave out key information.

Duval Jackson

This is a character I created about 13 years ago.
His name is Duval Jackson.
The personality came from my cousin Scooty.
Scooty was, by far, the coolest dude I ever knew.
Husband of one wife, father of one daughter, and worshipper of God.
Scooty use to beat the "softness" out of me to compensate for being the only boy in the house (at the time).
Dude was 6'1 and weighed 160 lbs. wet, but majority of that weight was in his hands.
The Father took my cousin through Diabetes, about 12 years ago.
I don't miss him because I know where he is, and when I see him again...I'm going to punch him right in the chest.
Preston Williams, aka, Scooty, aka, Duval Jackson.

Educational hole

I was on my way to send you guys another blog, so I took a short-cut through the wilderness of my character and the next thing I know...I fall down this hole.
I apparently dug a hole for myself about two weeks ago (I didn't do my homework). Needless to say, I called the Lord and asked Him for wisdom on how to get out of such a necessary predictament and He came right on time as usual and got me out of it.
Here's a picture of me almost at the point of "Intro to Computing" death. God saved me from Homework-acide.

Here are some doodles just to say, "Sorry for taking so long."

Gatsby

I always loved these hats, but I looked like an idiot when I wore one.

This hat came out during the Roaring Twenties, during the Age of Jazz...its one of many symbols of "cool," hence why I drew it.

I think now is a good time to apologize for wasting your time.

By pushing this out I'm avoiding taking my mid-term.

T.J.

This here is Tyrone, aka June-bug, aka, T.J., aka E.L.T (Everybody Loves Tyrone)

If there was ever a dude that reminded you of Joseph (biblically)...this is that cat.

This has to be the most FAVORED young fellow I have ever had the privilege of brothering.

That's no dig on the rest of the brethren, but this dude can sneeze and get a pay raise.

The cat is 6ft 4in, athletic, slow to anger, quick to smile, lovable, child of God...just makes ya sick!

Love ya, main.

Stay focused on God.

Bondage

I drew this picture 9 years ago (29 May 2000).
I wasn't thinking about style, technique, or artistic flare...I was expressing the spiritual position I was in.
God put purpose in my heart and I found myself distracted, depressed, and lost.
I have a remote control in my hand, while watching T.V. because I'm under the impression that I'm in control, but I wasn't...my love for the world was.
I'm bound to the TV, from my neck because I was stiff-necked towards God's call to freedom through Christ, represented by the key hanging, within arms reach, on the wall beside me.
Plus, there was nothing keeping me in prison, but me...my addiction paralyzed me.
My clothes are torn and worn out because failure makes you complacent in other parts of your life.
I have a single tear falling from my face, because I was afraid I might forfeit my calling in Christ.
Television ceased being my enjoyment and evolved into my god.
I neglected my family, my talent, my purpose, and my soul...for years.
If you can't imagine your life without it, then you are a slave of it.
Remedy: I looked at Christ alone, and through the wonderful process of consented santification...I no longer looked to the world to Tell-Me-A-Vision...I simply found Jesus to be more glorious.
This picture has nothing to do with TV being good or bad, but about loving the world more than God.
Love not the World

David!

This is my little big homey.

This is my baby brother, David, aka BIG WOO, aka Uncle Dav'eh, aka Dark Swaggah.

This fellow is presently doing his thang at Travis Air Force Base, repp'in the "904," Duval, Jacksonville, Fl. from "Caught-on-fire" California.

Just a little heads up, the shading under my brother's nose, right above the soup suckahs (big lips) is what most young men his age calls a mustache, but I assure you that it is not.

My job is to exaggerate the images of men, not deceive the masses, so I left it out.

See ya on Thanksgiving, punk!

Love ya, fam!

Dude-diling

Just setting some doodles free into the World Wide Web.

Go, little guys, go explore the Wideness of the Webbed World (sigh).

The Vigilante spirit

Before Batman and Robin, there was...Jonathan and his Armor Bearer!

In 1 Sam. 14, Jonathan, son of king Saul of Israel, takes it upon himself to "right the wrong."

He did it without the authority of his father and most importantly, God.

Jonathan represent those who pick up a cause unto the Lord, but without the Lord.

The armor bearer speaks of those would have a blind affection for their leadership, and not Christ as their Head.

Jonathan and his armor bearer did what they wanted to do, but in 1 Sam. 14:23 the victory was accounted to God for Israel's sake, not Jonathan's.

The word "vigilante" means to self-impose authority in order to bring about justice.

Vigilantes don't act on God's directing, they react to man's issues.

Vigilantes uses words like "Maybe, Perhaps, or What if..." to describe what they believe God wants them to do.

Vigilantes will say, "But Lord, was it not for Your sake that we prophesied, cast out demons, did works of power?"

Vigilantes pick up the causes of Christ instead of Christ Himself...

In the day of judgment, Jesus will answer, "I never knew."

Changed!

In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at that last trumpet; for the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and WE WILL BE CHANGED...1 Cor. 15:52

Come Quickly, Lord Jesus!

Mr. Cheapem was never a devote Christian man, but on this particular day...prayer seemed to be the only option.
Not only was he about to give away his precious daughter's hand in marriage to an inspiring musician/car salesman, but he was also about to fork out $35,000 for a wedding reception only fifty people showed up to.
Mr. Cheapem utters one pray deep within his soul..."Come quickly, Lord Jesus!"
No one desired the Rapture of the Lord more than Mr. Cheapem, at that moment.

John

There was this man, wild in appearance, that was used by God to initiate a spiritual movement.
If you had to give it a name, I guess you would call it the "Repentance" Movement.
He performed no miracles, there were no visions, no signs, no wonders, no eloquent speeches, or celebrity speakers, nothing that people assume most "movements" need.
When this man opened his mouth the Spirit and Power of God came in and turned the hearts of the fathers to the children, and disobedience to the prudence of the righteous.
No one before him could hold a candle to this his gift to cause the masses to return back to God.
He was righteous in every since of the word.
He had one message: REPENT! PREPARE THE WAY OF THE LORD; MAKE STRAIGHT HIS PATH!
Though many were content in following him, he constantly spoke of a Greater One than himself, yet to come.
He is noted to be the greatest Old Dispensational prophet ever born, many mistook him for the Messiah or Elijah, returned.
John Bar-Zachariah was simply a man's prayer of mercy and grace for his dear wife.
John's name actually means...the grace or mercy of the Lord.

The Gospel of CONSCIOUSNESS

One of the most demonic "gospels" out there is the good news of "consciousness."

Holding the notion that, "All that you need is hidden in one's "self."

Channeling your "inner" person to be what you need to be outwardly.

Achieving spiritual height through the soul."

All that is good in you is waiting to be released.

Evolve in soul to become spiritually perfect.

The power of the soul and practicing its "sacred abilities," for the good of yourself and your fellow human being.

This has already invaded the church...the "CAN DO!" mentality.

They are drawn to "signs and wonders," they esteem spiritual gifts (powers) over everything, they assume these abilities testify of their spiritual evolution.

Awareness of one's "self" is the key to "BE-ing."

Sustituting "feeling" for faith, meaning, they believe more in the work of "self" than the work of Christ.

YES, I CAN! is the hymn of choice.

Question: If a man falls, how can he stop himself from falling?

So how can a soul save itself from corruption?

You must look beyond yourself and at the glorious face of God...in Him is the salvation of the soul.

Martha

But the Lord answered and said to her, "Martha, Martha, you are concerned and disturbed about many things; there is need of ONE THING...Luke 10:41
And she had a sister called Mary, wh0 sat at the Lord's feet and was LISTENING TO HIS WORD...v. 39
Why do we assume that God's need from His people is active service?
Have you ever received the understanding that God's greatest need from His people and even mankind...is to listen to His word?
Is this not how we got into this mess...ignoring what God said?
Then after we messed up, we strive ignorantly, to fix it and get in worse trouble.
Service is the fruit of intimacy.
Service can not replace intimacy.
You wanna know if you are Mary or Martha?
Martha is concerned about what others aren't doing...Mary is doing what others aren't doing.

the Gospel of SCIENCE

What science is to nature, revelation is to God.
Just as science reveals the mysteries of nature, revelation reveals the mysteries of God.
God and science don't oppose one another, they tell on each other.
Man uses science to prove that God exist and doesn't exist.
It is true, science can tell you about God, but only the Spirit of God, through revelation, can allow you to KNOW God.
The only way God is known is through fellowship with His Son, Jesus Christ...science only explains the Masters skill, but never His heart.

Two faces

Lady comes to me and ask me to do a picture, for a "going away" gift to one of her soldiers.

The first picture she gave me was stunning, meaning, the girl was gorgeous and for those who don't know...people that don't have too many facial flaws is torture for a caricature artist.

I tried to draw this woman exaggerated, but the worst I could do was the picture right above.

I then begged the lady for another picture...one less model-ish.

She gave me a picture and it was as if the woman had two faces.

When she was serious, I saw a model...when she smiled...man, she was not as "model-ish."

I drew the second picture and the lady said, "No, she's sensitive about her appearance."

So I said, "So, why did you come to me, of all people, to draw a caricature? Ma'am, I draw what I see."

By this time I was a little upset, so I drew a third picture and pulled no punches to seal the deal...needless to say, I lost the contract, but I recovered.

RERUN!!!!

I went to YouTube and saw Mr. Fred Berry killin' it on an old episode of "What's Happening?"
I saw "Shabadoo" from "Breakin" too.
But when they showed Fred Berry and the "Lockers" do they thang on a 1974 Soul Train, man, I was gone, but now I'm back.
Lady's and gents, I present to you a childhood favorite...Freddy Stubs, aka Rerun, aka Fred Berry.

Fo' the ladies

While the family watched movies, I grabbed some random womens magazines and sketched the page full of diverse female faces.
I needed the exercise.

Dental Arts

That's right!
Ya boy use to practice the grimmy arts of "Enamel" combat.
My fighting style was the X-Ray technique.
I was the dude that stuck those hard "bitewing" films into your gums and shot large doses of radiation into your body. I was faster than a gag reflect.
True dental myth: There was this one dude that had dentures and for two years, he never took them out of his mouth.
When he came in and the doctors took the dentures out...this smell...punched everyone, within a one block radius, up the nose and on the base of their brain.
After the stanky mist settled, this dude had one tooth in his mouth and begged the doctors not to take it out...it was all he had.
The wind blew from the back door and it moved (not true, but it was that loose), there was nothing holding it there, but hope.
Now you see why I'd rather draw for a living.

The Gospel of Humanism

This is, by far, the most damaging message ever spoken into the ears of those who desire God. The message of: all things are for man's happiness, heaven is for man, blessings are for man, angels are for man, read the Bible to be a better man, preach the gospel to get man out of hell, every man creates his own truth, man is man's only hope, man can change the world, man can save himself, worship the children of man: culture, economy, technology, and entertainment...the universe revolves around man...Man is god.

Because out from Him and through Him and to Him are ALL THINGS. To Him (Jesus Christ) be glory from age to age (Rom. 11:36)

My Victory!

The life that is in this little girl cannot be measured.
I'm thankful for my daughter, Victoria.
It is amazing how God can use a 4 yr. old to teach you how to live life, in the moment your in, to the fullest.