/christian/ - Christian Discussion and Fellowship

>>776482

It's definitely "absurdist", I'll give you that.

>showcasing God as literal bread & a toaster

>monk holding fuzzy dice

>looks like a kinder gardner scribbled all over it

>flying spaghetti monster in the backround

>incomprehensible writing above said FSM

>mfw

>>776507

>>776538

I understand that I have no right to call myself a devout theologian or an expert in Iconography, but I have a enough of a familiarity of it to incorporate what I know into both this and more serious works like pic related.

While I understand it's definitely bordering on the cringe-worthy territory of the emoji bible if not blasphemous parody, the idea was to address the criticisms and stereotypes of Christianity from secular eye, and try to make the viewer see past that. I wanted to get to a point of "so what?" with how ridiculous the call to faith can seem, and how the will and workings of God can exceeded common sense; to be able to appreciate the religious content of the image in spite of the atheistic motifs sprinkled throughout.

Of course, I have no real control over people getting that; the interpretation becomes whatever is reflected back into the mind of the viewer, and he can read to whatever suits his interests. If it is blasphemy, forgive me for what my hands have made; if it is of any value, then thank God.

>>776575

Tbh, fam, I like these better than your OP. You should have posted these instead.

>>776594

I'll be honest; its hard to motivate myself to realize the more serious pieces because I want to put every ounce of my love of sweat into them, and thus cannot be satisfied with how they become realized. Pic related was an attempt at that Eucharist one, which I've been utterly unsatisfied with for various reasons.

>>776600 (dubs dubs dubs)

Fret not friend. Just remember the famous phrase regarding artists:

>Art is never finished only abandoned

And that is perfectly normal.

Seriously though this is bloody magnificent, never stop using your talent to give Glory to God.

>>776647

Its based on an account of vision St.Francis had while receiving the Stigmata, during which he saw a Sephiram of God (or in an alternate account, Christ himself upon the cross) and shared in the Agony of Jesus's wounds. Paintings of the event often combine the two accounts together to make Christ appear as an angelic being, with St. Francis being binded to the sufferings of Christ at his hands and feet like a puppet on strings.

I did a watercolor study for that piece, but opted not to realize it yet in return for the last pic, which was a recreation of a bleak and nihilistic drawing a made as a agnostic teenager, and wanted to breathe some hope into.