Doodle Books 1 (Seals, Farms and Hedgehogs)

Posted on April 26, 2016 by jesse norman bergstrom

I have been filling these doodle books with marker doodles for a couple years. They are pretty fun and I thought I would share.
I am working backwards on one I finished. Here are the first five pictures.

Hezekiah asked me to draw a seal… This is what happens.

Hez’s Seal – Apr 2015

I am pretty sure Abram asked for Pig!

Pig Farm – 2014

Having fun at swimming lessons…

Swim Lessons – Mar 2015

Riding in the car on the way home from Iowa.

Barn – Mar 2015

The boys asked for a giant hedgehog attacking a castle. What more could you ask for.

Giant Hedgehog on the Attack – Mar 2015

– jesse norman bergstrom

The Bread Box Logo Design

Posted on April 25, 2016 by jesse norman bergstrom

So some friends of ours, the Gerjets, have been working on opening a new bakery called ‘The Bread Box‘ in Minot, ND. They were kind enough to ask me if I would do their logo design! Below is the final product… and a little bit of the journey to reach it.

The Bread Box – Final Logo

We started with some inked sketch ideas to see where Brandy and Travis wanted to go.

Art Nouveau

Block

Open Box

Abram even sent them one of his own design!

Abram’s

They decided they wanted to work on the block design as it matched the type of bread better and they really wanted a logo they could use as a stamp. So, we did a couple variations around the block design to narrow it down.

3D Box with Wheat

Box with Wheat and Star

Box with Steam and Type

After that we did some minor tweaks with font, added color and voila!

The Bread Box – Final Logo

Hope you liked seeing the process.

I had a lot of fun working with Brandy and Travis on this logo. Hope they like it as much as I do.

Visit them on Facebook at “The Bread Box Minot” and like them too!

– jesse norman bergstrom

A Snail’s Slow Dance

Posted on February 6, 2014 by jesse norman bergstrom

Just got Jamie’s B-Day/Valentine’s Day desktop done for 2014!

For Christmas she got me a 365 art-a-day book. It has a page for each day describing something ‘Art-y’. Some pages are about specific paintings, some about artists and some are exercises. This is one of the exercises. I actually did it on my iPad instead of paper. It didn’t come out too bad…

Hope you all enjoy it.

Snail – Slow Dance – Feb 2014

Oh, and I did write the poem as well… not great but I got a chuckle from Jamie (as intended.)

Here are the previous desktops…

A Burning Thing (2013)
Roses (2012)
Sunflowers (2011)
Lady Bug (2010)

– jesse norman bergstrom

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