“Your cartoons are colorful and detailed. The characters look more lively and affable than those in other cartoons, which can tend to look rigid and uninteresting, or in some cases goofy or villainous.
“Your cartoons (Mark 02 – Jesus heals a paralyzed man) helped tell the story really well, especially the facial expressions of the religious leaders, plus they were appealing to all ages. There was nothing else out there like this that I could find and I thought they were perfect. I have never actually purchased anything like this before but felt they were so perfect I wanted to buy them!
“I was looking for the classic “bridge illustration”. What drew me to your pictures in particular was the quality of the cartoon illustrations; facial expressions and believe it or not, theological content. That one is hard to explain but the harmony of life in the garden, pre sin; the separation of sin; the love of Christ and the necessity of the cross and finally, “reunited” with God. This was communicated very well through the components of each cartoon, as well as the facial expressions ie tears, joy etc.
“Your Bible Cartoons are clear, well-drawn and manage to pack a tremendous amount into one illustration. E.g. the last one I used – that of the appointment of Deacons in Acts 6 manages to show the whole story, from the need of the widow to the response by the Apostles in one picture. The various facial expressions are also appropriate. They add a depth that, say, illustrations from The Brick Bible do not. I think your illustrations along with those of Henry Martin fill a particular gap.
“I think your cartoons are true to the story, and have great facial expressions. They fitted with the way we had told the story emotionally, and look more contemporary than many others! The colour was a bonus, we would have liked/used them even if they were black and white.
The website was fine – found what I wanted straight away. Great that you advised what size to go for, which was very helpful. I guess the site could be prettier, but the attraction was to the content, rather than the site itself.
Appreciate your statement of beliefs being on there – which gives confidence that the drawings are done faithfully recognising God’s word as truth!
Also it’s great that you offer so many options for a search – makes my life much easier, and I came across lots I’d not thought of before.
“I am involved in aid/missions work in a third world country where I use Bible stories to teach English. I do voluntary teaching at a Christian school which cares for children who have come out of extremely disadvantaged backgrounds.
I have never before considered buying images, but the quality of your work was so high and the pictures were exactly what I was looking for, so I decided that it was worth paying you for your work. I needed resolution quality to be able to project onto a screen as I teach 40 children in a large room and I need good image quality.
The pictures are absolutely delightful representations of Bible stories. They are colourful, the expressions are lovely and there is nice detail in the pictures. They would be very attractive to children as they do not portray the traditional images that are used. They are very cute yet tell what is happening without being too intimidating. There is also originality in how you have depicted what has happened in the story eg, fish swimming over the tops of houses in Noah’s flood – very clever! We generally look for free stuff as we are doing voluntary work and funds are limited, but the quality of your cartoons was so impressive that I was prepared to pay for them.
[Writing about my whirlpool dream illustration – Link to my blog about the whirlpool dream ] “Awesome drawing and that interpretation, made sense. In fact I read the initial description of the dream, my thoughts of what those things symbolized pretty much matched your latter explanation… and I think it applies not only to your art, but also in your relationship to God, to let Him take you for a ride, on wild journey, and to trust Him to promote you!
I will pray for you to have strength. It is not unusual to get attacked when heading in the right direction. Don’t let it stop you. Rely on the Ultimate Creative Artists of our souls and everything ever created…and you will come out the other side stronger.
“I purchased about 50 cartoons this weekend. I showed the pictures to the children at the Sunday school this week as we were waiting for others to arrive. They really liked the drawings. As a person who enjoys cartoon art, I like them for their coloring and lighting. As a teacher what I liked was that the cartoons provoked questions from the kids. “Why is he crying?” “Can God do that?” etc.
“Hi Martin, just written that your art work is some of the best I have come across. Actually that should be edited! It is without doubt the best.
In the past, I have spent a fair bit of money buying clip art as Illustrate almost every sermon. I do believe in honouring people who do such excellent work.
I absolutely loved the drawing of Jonah being launched onto the beach and I am almost certain I will have to use the Jonah story soon, simply to use that.