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Let There Be Light

Services: Illustration · Children's Book Illustration

Eleven finished spreads illustrating the Genesis creation account for a children's picture book, each carrying its own rhyming verse text: sky and stars, gardens, birds and sea creatures, land animals, flowers, the seas, and finally people made "to be His friend".

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Children rowing a boat and snorkelling among sea creatures, birds flying overhead — "God made You and Me. His BEST CREATION for the world to see!"

Birds soaring through pink clouds beside bioluminescent deep-sea creatures — "From high above where birds Soar, To creatures DEEP on the ocean floor."

A figure crouched among Arctic sea creatures, and a whale facing a small red creature — "God made each creature in the SKY and Sea, From the BIGGEST WHALE to the smallest FLEA."

Jungle animals in green foliage, and desert animals among camels and cacti — "God made every animal, He covered the lands, Some settled in Jungles, others dessert sands."

The Brief

No written brief exists for this project. The 11 spreads are presented here exactly as found, with copy drawn only from the rhyming verse text visible on the artwork itself.

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A giant hand releasing stars toward Earth and the moon, and a glowing figure at sunset — "God SPOKE and set the sun and moon in place; With His hands, He hung EVERY star in space."

A swirling night sky wrapped around a sleeping Earth — "God spoke and STRETCHED out the sky, The heavens above, and the CLOUDS up high."

Illustrated flowers with faces, singing among green leaves — "With GREAT BEAUTY He dressed every flower, And the whole earth SANG of His mighty power."

A savannah scene with a giraffe, elephant, zebra, tiger and other animals running together — "He made them with STRIPES, SPOTS, FURRY, with trunks, HOOVES, and tails, and SCALES."

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Icebergs with faces in calling water, and a robed figure calming a large wave — "The oceans spilled over as HE CALLED water forth. The RUMBLE of His voice stirred up the waves."

Root vegetables and a smiling tree with acorn characters growing from the earth — "God's Voice commanded gardens to grow, Every tree and fruit with Seed to sow."

Two figures asleep inside glowing swirls of light — "Six days after He had begun, He said it was good but HE STILL WASN'T DONE! GOD MADE PEOPLE to be HIS FRIEND."