I might have lied. This one might be my favorite image of the series. The narrator lady has lost her temper and is cussing at her friend. I really liked drawing the angry pose and the profanity symbols. I was particularly proud of that cartoony skull.
This is a full-page illustration for page 19, which puts it on the left side of the book with the quarter inch bleed along all edges except on the right.
This illustration depicts four villagers sharing a meal and chatting after Jesus has left their village.
Then Jesus hung around a few days…
This is the last illustration that actually has Jesus in it. The remaining images only show the villagers. As with the others, His face is intentionally not shown.
Page 14 has just one panel. It shows villagers walking out to the well where Jesus is standing and preaching to the crowd. Some villagers sit or kneel on the ground at His feet. I gave Jesus a slight halo because it seemed on theme. Notice the rope, abandoned vase, and empty box by the well? Those details came from earlier in the story.
This last panel on page 13 shows most of the people of the village abandoning whatever they were doing to go listen to what Jesus has to say.
I was careful to keep the inside layout of the village consistent with what it looks like from the outside.
This third panel on page 13 shows the woman telling the men of the village what Jesus said.
This second panel on page 13 shows her sharing Jesus’ Good News with the children of the village. Not much detail, because it’s such a small panel, but she’s clearly impressed those kids.
Pages 13 has four panels, and 14 has one panel. These two pages show the woman very excited to go back to the town and tell everyone about Jesus and what He told her. In this first panel, she is talking to the women of the village. This is a small panel, so it doesn’t need to be very detailed. It’s not important exactly what she tells them, just that she’s very excited about it.
Here on pages 11 and 12 we’re back to a two-page spread with a bleed around the edge. This illustration is where the penny drops. She says she knows that the Messiah is coming, and He responds with, “I am he!” Which, skeptical me, thinks would lead to a lot of questions to confirm such a claim, but this is a bible story, so she takes him at his word.
Remember how I’m not supposed to show Jesus’s face clearly? This scene comes the closest in the book to showing His face, but I gave Him shaggy hair to cover His eyes.
The second panel on page 10 shows people praying outdoors in nature near a tent. This represents another way Jesus says people will pray after they learn his teachings.
Karen B. Jones - Illustrator 