An Original Cartoon A Day

Davey Do

Davey Do

Art is a gift from God, and I wish to not keep my light under a bushel by sharing it with you, so I plan to submit a cartoon a day, from spontaneous drawings, seeing things in scribbles, quick ideas, esoteric references, or what have you, with no intention whatsoever, except to be expressive and self-entertaining.




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Art is a gift from God, and I wish to not keep my light under a bushel by sharing it with you, so I plan to submit a cartoon a day, from spontaneous drawings, seeing things in scribbles, quick ideas, esoteric references, or what have you, with no intention whatsoever, except to be expressive and self-entertaining.
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Happy New Year, Davey D0!

Before I log on each day at CFS I say a little prayer to the Lord, helping me to focus on Him with all that I read, and asking Him to guard my heart and tongue. I'm not ashamed to say this in the name of Jesus.

The Lord works! There is no darkened spirit of "indirect, direct, or speculative" thoughts. Just a fresh sense of purity from my heart.

Moving on, I agree and enjoyed what you just posted and displayed. Keep sharing in 2025, Dave.

I have a question. What does the expression, "Let's Go Worming" mean? I don't know why but it reminded me of another saying, "Keep on Trucking!"

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God bless you, Davey D0, and your entire family.
Bob
 
And, oh yes, the Lord works in all ways, and sometimes mysteriously!

You know, bobinfaith, asking an artist about their work is like asking a parent about their children- we love to discuss the topic!

You made an interesting observation and equation with "Keep on Trucking!" and although R. Crumb is an inspiration to my style, he is not to my art topics. Generally, too gritty for me.

The story behind "Keep on Worming" comes from the 1980's while visiting with my little brother who was an avid bowler. He had drawn a cartoon on the fridge's eraser board of his wife, pregnant and bowling, but with a worm. I thought this hilarious, and while doing some random scratching with a pencil and finding images in them, I recalled that 40-year-old memory, so I put my character in, "worming".

Thank you for your interest & support, Bob, and the next few days of cartoons will also display scratching with a pencil & then seeing images within them.
 
And a good afternoon to you also, Bob!

As I mentioned in my initial post, sometimes I just scribble on a page and then try to find an image in it. As I find the image, something will come to me, like a quote, or a phrase, and this time a line to the song "Inherit the Wind" popped into my head. The blue scribbles appeared as wind, and the figure was walking, so my Inner Artist associated it with the "wandering man" in the song.

I also mentioned these are typically esoteric references, so I am the only one who knows to what they directly pertain. One of the great things about a relatively abstract piece of art, is that the viewer can put in their own interpretation, what it means to them.

Would you like to share how the image and word balloon affected you, how you took it?
 
bobinfaith: I was thinking over your post, the song, the old movie, and then I thought, wait a minute: That saying comes from the Bible, Proverbs 11:29!

Looking at the image again, I see that it has more meaning than I initially gave to it, as the figure has a frown upon its face, a lost look, the feet are large, like a clown's shoes, and it has no hands. It's as if the figure has been cast from its home due to its clownish act of denying God and has no hands with which to do His work.

Thanks for your question, Bob, for now I have had my consciousness uplifted!
 
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And a good afternoon to you also, Bob! As I mentioned in my initial post, sometimes I just scribble on a page and then try to find an image in it. As I find the image, something will come to me, like a quote, or a phrase, and this time a line to the song "Inherit the Wind" popped into my head. The blue scribbles appeared as wind, and the figure was walking, so my Inner Artist associated it with the "wandering man" in the song. I also mentioned these are typically esoteric references, so I am the only one who knows to what they directly pertain. One of the great things about a relatively abstract piece of art, is that the viewer can put in their own interpretation, what it means to them. Would you like to share how the image and word balloon affected you, how you took it?
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Hello Davey D0;

The Bible has several references of the North Wind in the Old Testament. It describes a negative tone such as anger, or a positive cleansing and change.

To me I think of the North Wind as something I can't see but feel it has revealing effects like our faith in John 3:8.

As a 7 year old I shared how my child therapist told my parents I had a vivid imagination and it seems to have carried through in my life today. I can sit on a train for hours and make the time go by, thinking of things that don't exist.

The same thing goes when I listen to a song or look at art, for example, when I look at the Mona Lisa she looks like Leonardo da Vinci. (I've heard this somewhere along the way in theory.)

When I listen to songs I can imagine other thoughts contraire to the musician's lyrics.

God created and knows each of us better than we know ourselves. One day I'm sure He'll reveal this to me.

God bless you, Davey D0.
 
At first, bobinfaith, I sensed concern in your enquiry of my Jan 3rd cartoon, but with your last post, I now sense it's the artist in you wanting to make a connection with another artust.

Art and the process thereof is s very holy act- when I do art, which is almost constantly, I feel a connection to God, which is why I do it constantly: "Pray without ceasing".

Last Sunday, the wife did not attend church service due to insomnia. Before retiring from nursing, we both worked 12-hour midnight shifts for about 20 years, stayed on a midnight schedule, and sometimes our bodies want to be up at night. After years of working sleep deprived, I fault no one for wanting to sleep t their heart's content. Anyway, when I went to service alone, I felt a little freer to let loose so to speak, sitting in an area off of the congregational area at a table with my drawing pad and pen, sketching whatever came to mind, like the vestibule area, the Pastor, and the visions resulting from his sermon.

At work as a nurse, any break would be an opportunity to do art. As I sat in classes, listening to the lecture, I would doodle thoughts. And now, in church, I connect with God through my art. Others sing His praises; I draw His praises.

Again, thank you for this discussion and your input, Bob. You are truly blessed.
 
Thank you bobinfaith and Marilyn C for your comments.

Yeah, Bob you guessed the inspiration for the character, and I also stole the caption from a magazine interview with Jerry Seinfeld back in the
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Yes, Marilyn, I am a hardcore introvert. and always have been. For example, I was snowed in a cabin in the Winter of '81, didn't see or talk to anyone for a week at a time and was okay with that. Fact is, I'm snowed in my rural home presently, with my wife, and am in the process attempting this:







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I have spent the past two days working on making a homemade snow blade to pull behind my Jeep and the initial run went satisfactorily. There are bugs to be worked out, but even with a ten I inch snowfall, the Jeep went through the Winter wonderland without problem, so this snow blade is essentially superfluous, however the planning and execution was an enjoyable process!






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Good morning Davey D0 ... as someone who has supplies to begin drawing... and feels so intimidated by the process.... I really appreciate your humour and talent.

Keep those drawings coming!!!!
 
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