Marcie

So yeah I'm revisiting all of my character designs, I thought I was done but I guess not. This is the revisit of Marcie. Her original design was a little too

standard, their was nothing really making her stand out. So I made her a little bit thicker, Gave her way more freckles, added the boots, and finally I made her face a little more recognizably Asian, which was a real point of frustration for me for a while.

Returning to pencil

It's been a while since I've used pencil as a finished piece media, this marks my return. I first used a blue line and then went over it with a smooth dark 4B. I'm so happy God saw fit to give me this talent.

Wendy Corduroy

I realize now that my Wendy pic may have come off as a little sexist, that was not my intent, so in an attempt to counter that I give you this pic.

The Batman

Wendy Corduroy

Just me having some fun, I don't do fan art all that often.

Where has all the Thinking Gone

The Church seems to have fallen into two schools as of late; the critical thinkers and the sentimentalists. Critical thinkers have a drive to find out why something is the way it is, often times needing a concrete rational answer for their questions. These are the people who take a scripture, dissect it and make connections between it and the human condition.
Sentimentalists have a tendency to be more spiritual, taking scriptures at face value. Often times more concerned with how they feel, and how that is involved with their faith.
My Christian Conservative Liberal Arts School, seems to consist primarily of sentimentalists. I noticed as of late that I found myself resenting them. Me being the type of person that I am, asked myself why I felt that way. My frustration came from, what I believed, a lack of critical thinking on their part. It seemed to me that the reason they worshiped, or raised their hands, or came to church or chapel at all was because it made them "feel good".
This kind of thinking seems very prevalent in the church today. This is why most of the people I have come in contact with say that they want to have nothing to do with the church. They see it all in the service of making someone feel good. This frustrates me, because their was a time when it was impossible to be involved in the church and not be a critical thinker. What I find even more frustrating is that Christians, especially students, are afraid to really put Biblical teaching to the test because of some fear that it won't stand up to scrutiny, or more importantly they'll get an answer they don't want.
This is the school of thought that causes violence against homosexuals, muslims, and any other group of people that don't quite fit within the morality that christianity proclaims (which I believe in whole heartedly by the way, barring old levitical law).
Don't live in your little bubble constantly afraid that something is going to pop it. Ask questions, God can take it.

Cosmic Girl