Short Story Illustration

Illustrations for a version of the creation story written by my grandfather. Done using Pencil and watercolour.

'he collected all the dust together and moulded it into a big ball'

'He took the ball and with one blow of his hand he shattered it into small pieces'

'He spun the cold pieces around the burning ones, and spread them out like a map'

'gathered water into pools ... set plants like a lovely garden'

'He put fish in the water, lions, giraffes, elephants, monkeys on the land ... a great variety of birds, butterflies and other insects in the air'

'He took some dust from the ground and moulded it inot the shape of a man, and blew on it'

'he laid the man down to sleep, took a rib and kneaded it with dust ... blew on it, and there appeared a woman'

'this servant took on the shape of one of the animals, sought out the woman'

'he selected a special nation ... and called many men to lead them in his ways'

'he called his only son and asked him to go and meet the people personally'

'he sent his son again to fetch the bad servant and lock him up ... he made a super city for the son to live in and look after the world from there'