#HearHim

Hello!~ My name is Jessica, and I am a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. I understand that not everyone will like this fact and may have their own beliefs and opinions regarding members and/or the organization itself. I hold onto the doctrine of the Church of Jesus Christ which most of the world opposes. I am not claiming to be a prophet by any means; I am simply one of the millions baptized into The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. This blog will contain art that is spiritually related drawn by me as well as quotes from the Church of Jesus Christ prophets and other church officials/leaders. I acknowledge that not all members of the Church of Jesus Christ act the same I do, in fact many may not live the Latter Day Saint standard. That is simply part of God’s plan, that being the freedom of choice. I hope this blog can spiritually uplift others and that it can help someone, regardless of religion or lack there of. The two quotes pictured above are only a few of my favorite. I know that God is not only real, He is also very neccissary in our lives! I have seen God’s hand in my life many times and continue to reconize all the ways He has taught and blessed me. Thank you for viewing this post!~ 

(I’ll delete this post once I post the next art piece) I have been working on some art projects though I’ve had to cut back time on here because I’ve been working two jobs. I’m going to try and balance things out and find time to be on here so I can keep contributing to inspirational works. 

Presenting the new mascot of this blog: Jessi Bo Besser! (or just Bo Besser for short). Jessica is a very awesome yet common name so to keep things unique I decided for this persona of mine to go by ‘Bo Besser’, a silly nickname my father called me by. The mascot representing myself will be used when I post spiritual topics I plan to do in the future, such as why modesty matters and a summary of The Word of Wisdom as described by the Church of Jesus Christ, etc. It will be a visual representation of what many would call a ‘talk’. I want to be able to share my beliefs and help others understand why I may live in a way that is contrary to most of the world. I know that Jesus Christ is our Savior, and He lives! You’ll be seeing more of Bo Besser in future posts :D

I know I didn’t go as good with the hands as intended ^^’ this was originally supposed to be for Easter, but I got behind on other things. I’ll do better in the future. Anyhow, I decided to do something simple with a very clear message from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Something I noticed as a older teen/young adult was the fact that although Christ was resurrected, he still had the marks on His hands and wrists. And it was then that I realized that He doesn’t want to forget us. He died for us. Each of us, individually. It really touched me and I really like this Isaiah scripture because it’s proof that Jesus has not forgotten us, and we should never forget Him for what he did all those 2,000+ years ago. 

I haven’t been as diligent with keeping up with my prophet in Windwaker style project. Yikes. I’ll try to do better. This is Abraham’s son, Issac. The one who almost got sacrificed as part of God’s test. I actually used Beetle from the Zelda series as a reference as well as a couple of Google results from looking Issac up. I like to think he was tall and muscular. And that’s really crazy to me is how for YEARS I thought Issac was a child when Abraham prepped him as a sacrifice, but actually he was an adult! Anyhow, I enjoyed drawing him.

Here is Abraham! This is part of my Windwaker style project where I draw prophets down from Adam all the way to the present time. I really like how this turned out because it looks like he’s looking up to God, as though he’s praying about having a son. Generally I’m just proud of myself for how good it turned out :)

I slept in on Wednesday for my draw Jesus day so I decided to draw Him today (Thursday). In this picture, he’s hugging me. I drew this while listening to Ezra Taft Bensen’s talk ‘Beware of Pride’ and Elder Holland’s BYU talk about Lot’s Wife. Essentially, Jesus Christ, the Lamb of God is the only One who can help me move on from my past and overcome pride. I never thought I’d draw this though it helped me a lot. If you are an artist, draw yourself with Jesus Christ because you will feel His love for you. 

I Noah guy XD as I was drawing Noah, I was imagining how he felt after going forty days and nights without seeing land. I decided to draw him being emotional and sorta looking up toward God. For some reason he was the hardest to draw but I did it! 

Next up in Enoc! Originally I had colored his hair brown, but my mom speculates that he actually had red hair, so I made the change. I really tried not to stick to the same facial features and eyes because in the past I’ve done with with alot of my art. Hopefully as I go on with this project I can make each prophet look unique. I am grateful once again for the references. 

One of my many art projects is to draw the prophets-from Adam all the way to modern prophets-in the Windwaker style that originated with the videogame The Legend of Zelda The Windwaker. I thought what better way to practice a style and draw prophets. It’s a win win! First up is Adam. I kinda like how he turned out and I am grateful for the reference I used cuz I would not have had any idea how to draw Adam. As I complete each prophet I’ll be sure to post them and tag them appropriatly. 

I really need to do better at doing my studies. This is only my second picture of Jesus Christ I’ve done on a Wednesday. This time only somewhat used a reference, though I did try to draw him in the well known Windwaker style. I have mixed feelings about how it turned out, but I am proad of how I did the eyes :)

One of the goals I made for 2022 was to get up extra early and give an hour to the Lord. Each day of the week I am studying something different. On Wednesdays I chose to practice drawing pictures of Christ. This one is my first. It’s so much easier when I use a reference, though in the future I may try not do it by memory and spiritual inspiration.

I colored an old picture of Nephi that I had drawn years ago (probably in 2018). It was sitting as a sketch for a long time and I finally got it done. I do like how it turned out given I had never drawn Nephi before, though if I do draw him again it’ll be when my art has improved. Still, I am proud of myself. He is one of my top favorite prophets from the Book of Mormon.