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Bam! I've been working on this between character illustrations, and spent yesterday on the home stretch, finishing flatting and lighting.

This is an "update" on my featured deviation, "Hold On to Jesus" . So many people have been marking it as a favourite, and it's "outdated" - style wise, I've developed a lot further since then. But, it was that original piece that got me onto the composited CG process. I wanted something that matched my current ability level, something that I could pour my technique into all over again. I really enjoyed working on this. It's the same room, but a year and three months later. The scenery has changed, my looks and outfit have changed, and my heart has changed.

I've moved away from the basics. No more, "Aw, God, I screwed up... I suck..." then the next night, "Aw, God, I screwed up again, I really suck..." over and over again. I'm getting past self-centeredness and pursuing depth in my relationship with God. The battle is far from over... it's gotten more intense. I hit even lower lows, but I find even more ecstasy in the saturating presence of Jesus. I'm challenging the demons that lurk in my living space and in my mind, and they're stepping up attacks. But I find joy in my injury... when I am weak, He is strong. It's when I feel like a piece of crap that I can see the breathtaking rush of Jesus sweeping into my mind. It's more real to me now than it ever has been before, and I've only just begun. There is so much more to learn! I can never be deep enough iinto him! God is a person, not a cosmic robotic force, and he begs for intimacy with my heart.

This time around... now that there's more depth in the overall picture, I put more emphasis on me holding the Bible (my new charcoal-colored ESV, I love it...). This time... am I just closing it, meditating on God's influence in my heart, or about to open it and dive into the Word becoming reality?

My perspective on the Bible has changed drastically as well. I still see it as the same book, a collection of letters, historical accounts, essays, and poetry kept for us who follow Jesus years after He left the earth. But it's more than assigned reading now... so much more. It's how God talks to me. Now I crave it. I'm not satisfied to read a cryptic passage and leave it cryptic. There is something God intended for me to learn from this! And it's when you take the time to really figure something out that it really sticks. That's when the Bible changes from an archaic guidebook to life into a goldmine of wisdom.

Description
Bam! I've been working on this between character illustrations, and spent yesterday on the home stretch, finishing flatting and lighting.

This is an "update" on my featured deviation, "Hold On to Jesus" . So many people have been marking it as a favourite, and it's "outdated" - style wise, I've developed a lot further since then. But, it was that original piece that got me onto the composited CG process. I wanted something that matched my current ability level, something that I could pour my technique into all over again. I really enjoyed working on this. It's the same room, but a year and three months later. The scenery has changed, my looks and outfit have changed, and my heart has changed.

I've moved away from the basics. No more, "Aw, God, I screwed up... I suck..." then the next night, "Aw, God, I screwed up again, I really suck..." over and over again. I'm getting past self-centeredness and pursuing depth in my relationship with God. The battle is far from over... it's gotten more intense. I hit even lower lows, but I find even more ecstasy in the saturating presence of Jesus. I'm challenging the demons that lurk in my living space and in my mind, and they're stepping up attacks. But I find joy in my injury... when I am weak, He is strong. It's when I feel like a piece of crap that I can see the breathtaking rush of Jesus sweeping into my mind. It's more real to me now than it ever has been before, and I've only just begun. There is so much more to learn! I can never be deep enough iinto him! God is a person, not a cosmic robotic force, and he begs for intimacy with my heart.

This time around... now that there's more depth in the overall picture, I put more emphasis on me holding the Bible (my new charcoal-colored ESV, I love it...). This time... am I just closing it, meditating on God's influence in my heart, or about to open it and dive into the Word becoming reality?

My perspective on the Bible has changed drastically as well. I still see it as the same book, a collection of letters, historical accounts, essays, and poetry kept for us who follow Jesus years after He left the earth. But it's more than assigned reading now... so much more. It's how God talks to me. Now I crave it. I'm not satisfied to read a cryptic passage and leave it cryptic. There is something God intended for me to learn from this! And it's when you take the time to really figure something out that it really sticks. That's when the Bible changes from an archaic guidebook to life into a goldmine of wisdom.