James Series

Project: James Series (2022)
Client: Golden Hills Community Church

Beatitudes Series

Project: Beatitudes Series and Icons
Client: Golden Hills Community Church

Easter 2022: Raised Into Inseparable Love

Project: Resurrection Sunday Sermon Art
Client: Golden Hills Community Church

Filtered: GHCC Winter Camp 2022

Project: Winter Camp Theme Promo
Client: Golden Hills Student Ministries
Details: 5x15" brochure, T-Shirt and Hooded Sweatshirt Design

The Church Series

Project: The Church Series, Study Guide, and Lobby Stained Glass Design
Client: Golden Hills Community Church
Details: 6x9", 196 page book

Habakkuk Series

Project: Habakkuk Series and Study Guide
Client: Golden Hills Community Church
Details: 6x9", 112 page book

Regalia: Samuel Series

Regalia: The Rise of the Kingdom is a 13-week study through the books of 1 & 2 Samuel. I wanted this study to have a royal/regal look so I used purple and gold throughout the book with fabric, gold, and marble textures. I created and collected maps of Israel during the biblical eras we were studying. This was a great study on two of my favorite books in the Bible.

Devoted: The Gospel & Good Works—Titus Series

Devoted: The Gospel & Good Works was GHCC's study through Titus this year. I designed the logo/branding and devotional look/layout once again. This was probably my most ambitious devotional book ever. Early on in the branding process, I decided I wanted the visual theme of this book to be beautiful, but also bring up thoughts of devotion and hard work. Mountain climbing became a subject that allowed me to accomplish both. The Christian walk is not easy. You have to be in it for the long haul, through many storms and tough climbs. You can't just show up and expect it to be easy. I kept having the same thoughts about mountain climbing. While I am not a pro mountain climber by any means, I just know that you can't show up in flip-flops and expect to climb the tallest peaks in the world. It takes planning, dedication, preparation, training, and a strong desire to see the top. This imagery became a natural fit and I tried to mold the look of the book to be more of a climbing journal. I made a each week a different step in the process of climbing up the mountain. Week 1 was the Base Camp and the final week was the mountain peak. I'm really happy with how this one turned out and it has become one of my favorite projects.

In Accord: 1 Timothy Series

This is the artwork for the 1 Timothy series at Golden Hills called In Accord. A 9-week study guide book was produced to go along with the series (see samples after the jump!). The main idea was to show various shapes merging to represent the idea of the gospel and grace being in accord with each other. We had a lot of fun with the promotion and stage design to make it all work together.

5 Solas: Winter Camp 2018

GHCC's Winter Camp 2018 is tied into the church's Small Group Study for the Winter on the 5 Solas, but they wanted their own style and visual theme to distinguish it as a separate event. The direction became a Roman theme (so we could use the 5 as a Roman Numeral V) with Centurians vs. Gladiators as the main teams. It was very enjoyable researching this time period and culture. I have always had a fascination with Roman culture, so it was fun to explore it in an artistic way.

Project: GHCC Winter Camp 2018 Promo
Client: Golden Hills Community Church Student Ministries
Details: 5x16" Brochure, T-Shirts, and Crew-neck Sweatshirt

We Are Witnesses Book

In addition to the regular design of the branding for the current sermon series, this time I also designed a book for We Are Witnesses. It is an eleven-week study guide, and each week coincides with the message given the previous Sunday.

Project: Acts Series Study Guide
Client: Golden Hills Community Church
Details: 8.5x11", 74 page Book

We Are Witnesses

The current series at GHCC is "We Are Witnesses", a series in the Book of Acts. With a main emphasis on reaching the nations with the Gospel, I wanted the look of this to be a global background with icons to represent the basic message we are witnesses of: The death of Jesus, the resurrection of Jesus, and the coming of the Holy Spirit to all believers.

Project: Acts Series Branding
Client: Golden Hills Community Church

Vitals: GHCC Winter Camp 2017

This year's theme for Golden Hills Winter Camp was Vitals, with a tribal/Survivor style. I really wanted the colors to be warm for this theme, despite it being a winter camp. Exploring the things that are vital for life, warmth is one of them, and warm colors also seem to be incorporated into many tribal designs and clothing. The two teams for camp were Bios (representing physical needs) and Zoe (representing Spiritual needs). For Bios I made the logo a tiki statue to represent the physical in a tribal way, and for Zoe I made the symbol a flame to represent the spiritual in a tribal way. Had a lot of fun with this theme that visually is a lot different than what we've done for Winter Camps in the past.

Project: GHCC Winter Camp Promo
Client: Golden Hills Community Church Student Ministries
Details: 5x16" tri-fold brochure, T-Shirts, and Hooded Sweatshirt

Fynyshd: GHCC Winter Camp 2016

GHCC's Winter Camp this year had a Vikings theme with the title, Fynyshd (pronounced "finished"), and explores the story of the Gospel and Christ's finished work on the Cross. I love Vikings history so this was a fun project for me to explore and create.

For the apparel, I illustrated logos for the two teams (Dragons and Vikings) based on Norse carvings and artwork.

Project: GHCC Winter Camp Promo
Client: Golden Hills Community Church Student Ministries
Details: 5x16" tri-fold brochure, T-Shirts, and Hooded Sweatshirt

Who Do You Say I AM? (Knowing the True Jesus) Series

The new series at GHCC is titled Who Do You Say I AM? (Knowing the True Jesus) and is a study into the many facets and ideas that revolve around this person. My first thought when I heard the title was of a mosaic. There are so many ideas about who Jesus is/was that people thoughout history have had, but there are so many aspects of who Jesus is that he himself gave us descriptions of. This series is going to explore both: who others say Jesus is and who Jesus says he is. A mosaic seemed like a logical way to communicate this. All the pieces come together to form a picture.

So then the question became: What should that picture be? I started with an image of Jesus because I wanted it to be very clear who this series was about. I chose a traditional Jesus look so that it would be obvious it was Jesus. But I didn't want to just have a picture of Jesus be the main image because I felt the image needed to communicate more. I decided to infuse the image with a lion because it allowed me to express so many of the ideas I had in my head. Now the image of Jesus had both a gentle and a ferocious side. It had a mysterious and abstract quality.

Jesus is called the Lion of Judah in Scripture and lions are kings. And of course, CS Lewis used the image of a lion to represent Jesus and I have always loved that imagery. The quote from Mr. Beaver in Lewis' The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe came to my mind. When asked if it was safe to meet Aslan the lion, Mr. Beaver replied, "Who said anything about safe? ‘Course he isn’t safe. But he’s good. He’s the King, I tell you.” I wanted this image to try and capture that idea.

I also decided to use only triangles in the mosaic as a subtle nod to the Trinity. So the whole image is made of triangles forming the face design. I've never tried drawing in this style before so I did a lot of research on the process and it was really fun and challenging.

I'm really excited to see where this series goes. My whole Creative Team at GHCC worked hard to put together a stage design that incorporates the artwork, which you can see below.

GHCC Winter Camp 2015

GHCC's Winter Camp begins this weekend, so I thought this was a good time to post the logo and promo materials for it. The theme this year is The Kingdom, with an emphasis on making God's Kingdom our top priority. To illustrate this, the idea of pirates searching for treasure will be the theme for the weekend. It was fun researching nautical symbols, sketching out different ships, and trying to get a rustic pirate feel for all the materials. This was a great project to work on.

The brochure was designed to resemble a treasure chest that opens up from the center to reveal all the info about the camp.

The ship illustration I made was used throughout, but really is displayed on the shirts and sweatshirt.

Project: GHCC Winter Camp Promo
Client: Golden Hills Community Church Student Ministries
Details: 6x16" Gate-fold brochure, T-Shirts, and Hooded Sweatshirt

Minor Prophets Sermon Series

This week Golden Hills Community Church is beginning a new sermon series called The Prophetable Church: Major Lessons from the Minor Prophets. Designing for this series presented some challenges. How do you come up with one image to encompass 12 different prophets, each telling their message in a different way, with mountains of symbolism in each book, and all tying it together to the modern church?

Instead of coming up with one image to represent those things, I just decided to show all those things. I had this picture in my head of 12 icons (one representing each prophet) grouped together to form the image of a church. So we finally were able to nail down 12 images to represent each prophet. Whether it was an important symbol from their book, a theme, or a key image, we settled on 12. I spent some time drawing out the symbols until I felt they all had a similar look and style. I then placed them sporadically throughout the shape of a church and I had my image!

Summer Squeeze Poster

 Here's a fun poster I designed for the 3rd annual Summer Squeeze. Every year I have used these fruit characters and drawn them in different humorous scenarios. It gives me a chance to go back to my first art love, cartooning. And it always gets people talking about the event, which is the goal. This family BBQ, summer hangout time for all middle school and high school families is a great time as the school year winds down. I always try to give this a light, summer feel.

Project: Summer Squeeze promo
Client: GHCC Youth Department
Details: 11x15" poster

Women's Bible Study Brochure 2013

This is up a few weeks late, but this is the design for GHCC's Women's Spring Bible Studies brochure and registration card. The hand holding the Bible was drawn to match the style of the art on their other print materials. The design is simple, acting as a guide calendar that can be hung on a fridge so the ladies can see what the topic is week by week. The card opens up vertically with a registration card attached.

Project: Women's Bible Study Brochure
Client: Women's Network of Golden Hills Community Church
Details: 4"x5.25" (folded)

Wunderfest Fundraiser Promo

This is a set of promo materials I just developed for a fundraiser coming up to support the work of GHCC missionaries, Marty & Carol Pelton. Since they are returning home from Germany, and the fundraiser features an authentic German meal, I tried to develop the look based on old German-style posters with bright, bold colors and simplistic illustration. I wanted the illustrations to invite thoughts of spring countryside picnics where people enjoy God's creation and a good time.

Project: Fundraiser Promo Materials
Client: Golden Hills Community Church
Details: 11x17" Poster, 5.5x8.5" Flyer, Ticket