Coloring book page

Posted on October 24, 2013 by jesse norman bergstrom

Doodler’s Anonymous is doing another coloring book!

So, as my wife, my 3 boys and my brother-in-law all went to visit my brother’s (who is deployed to Afghanistan) wife and their 2 kids.

I asked each of them what they would most like to color and here is what I got…

Hezekiah (3yrs) – A baby (carriage)
Matthias (7yrs) – A tank
Jason (32yrs) – A giraffe
Abram (5yrs) – Fighter jets
Jamie (32yrs) – Rainbow
Jody (37yrs) – Fairies
Samantha (8yrs) – Monkey
Morgan (10yrs)- Cobra

I added for my own pleasure : A castle, Mount Fuji, the Sun, a bird with nest and a picnic on a hill.

Color Me Please! – Oct 2013 (Click for BIG version)

Enjoy…

- jesse norman bergstrom

Jamie’s 2013 B-Day & V-Day Burning Bush Desktop

Posted on February 3, 2013 by jesse norman bergstrom

Some of you may have seen a couple of the desktops I have made for Jamie over the years.

Got to say I have not quoted Johnny Cash before. So, this year is special! Hope you like it I enjoyed making it.

Love is a burning thing… (Feb 2013)

- jesse norman bergstrom

Gimli, Leglolas and Eowyn

Posted on January 27, 2013 by jesse norman bergstrom

I have been sketching a few LOTR characters in a cartoony look. I started with Gimli and Leglolas and Jamie requested I do Eowyn. It took me as long to do her as both the other two. I have determined drawing women is harder than men…

This is what I get for breaking out the Lord of the Rings DVDs (Extended Edition). 9-12 hours (over 4 weeks) of watching plus a few hours of drawing sucked up…

I left some of my construction lines on Gimli (thought some of you might like to see more of a work in progress). The other two are really just sketches (not finished yet).

Hope you enjoy.

Gimli – Just standing proud.

Gimli Sketch (Jan 2013)
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Legolas – Shooting down an orc?

Legolas Sketch (Jan 2013)
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Eowyn – Getting ready to be smashed by the Witch King!

Eowyn Sketch (Jan 2013)
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Jamie was thinking I should have gone ‘princess’ instead of ‘warrior’ on Eowyn. But she approved anyway.

- jesse norman bergstrom

Eldorado – Verse 4 (Page 7 & 8)

Posted on January 5, 2013 by jesse norman bergstrom

Well here is the last Verse and final illustration for Eldorado by Edgar Allen Poe.

I know it has been a little while since the last post… I was not 100% happy with the final page. But I did some final color tweaks and am now satisfied.

”Over the Mountains
  Of the Moon,
Down the Valley of the Shadow,
  Ride, boldly ride,”
  The shade replied-
“If you seek for Eldorado!”

Eldorado – Verse Four (Jan 2013)
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Here is some detail on the boy…

Eldorado – Page 8 – Detail (Jan 2013)

This page may change slightly in the finished product. I am planning on doing this together with Annabel Lee also by Poe. This illustration will tie the two poems together. We will see as I work on Annabel Lee.

Check out the whole poem:

-jesse norman bergstrom