Bringing "Jesus, Our True Friend" to Life with Illustrator Jago Silver

In this special bonus episode, illustrator of The Jesus Storybook Bible and Jesus, Our True Friend Jago Silver shares his journey to becoming an artist, and the impact of his work on generations of children.

Quotes

"I just think it's a beautiful thing when the words and the pictures can work together. It's a lovely partnership that I've had with Jago all these years." - Sally Lloyd-Jones

"In this new book [Jesus, Our True Friend] both my writing and Jago's art has changed quite a bit, but you can still see traces of what we were, what we were doing when our first book, Jesus Storybook Bible [released]. It has developed, and that's what Jago is so great at." - Sally Lloyd-Jones

"I've always enjoyed the idea that illustrations—good illustrations, if you look at the picture on its own, they should kind of make you wonder what's going on and what's going to happen next." - Jago Silver

"When I'm doing my illustrations, I try to remember what it was like as a child to look at the pictures." - Jago Silver

"I do find it quite kind of overwhelming, when you sort of step back and think that there's a whole generation—multiple generations, I guess—of children who've grown up with [The Jesus Storybook Bible] as their version of all of these stories. It's quite a strange feeling, really, as an illustrator to realize that somebody's whole idea of what Jonah and the giant fish looks like is based on a picture that I drew fifteen years ago." - Jago Silver

Guest's Links
Website

Jago's Twitter

Jago's Facebook

Jago's Instagram

Resources Mentioned in This Episode

Jesus, Our True Friend

The Jesus Storybook Bible

The Story of God's Great Love collection

Connect with Sally Lloyd-Jones
The Story of God's Great Love Instagram

The Story of God's Great Love Facebook

The Story of God's Great Love YouTube

Sally's website

Sally's Facebook

Sally's Instagram

*Episode produced by Four Eyes Media*