Filtered: GHCC Winter Camp 2022

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

Hosea Series

Project: Hosea Series and Study Guide
Client: Golden Hills Community Church
Details: 6x9", 180 page book

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

Our Father, His Glory, Our Prayer: A Series on the Lord's Prayer

The Church-wide Small Group study this year at Golden Hills is focused on the Lord's Prayer and titled Our Father, His Glory, Our Prayer.

The Lord's Prayer is Jesus' instructions on how to pray. I really wanted to convey the "instructions" idea and was very inspired by old nautical maps and navigational instruments. A map of the ocean is a guide for how to travel the ocean. The Lord's Prayer asks God for His will to be done. So just as we are dependent on God's will, a ship is dependent on the will of the wind and waves. We can open the sails, but the ship will only go as far and fast as the wind will take it. Nautical transportation also relies a lot on the stars, so I was able to put star fields into the artwork as an added texture. Combined with the beauty of the ocean and nautical themes, I thought this was the perfect way to capture my goal of leaning on the instruction idea in a visually interesting way.

I had a lot of fun researching old nautical maps and artwork. I was inspired also by the art of Bungie, the studio that produces the Destiny video game series. They use a lot of nautical inspirations to design their space exploration maps. I'm really happy with how this one turned out.

See some select spreads from the final project below:

We Are Free: Galatians Series

Project: Galatians Series and Study Guide
Client: Golden Hills Community Church
Details: 6x9", 212 page book

Ruth Series

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

Covenants Series

Golden Hills did a series on the major covenants in the Bible called Covenants: Experiencing the Unfolding Story of God's Love. It was a study of the promises God made from Genesis through Revelation and how they all pointed to Jesus as the fulfillment of those promises. The theme was difficult to sum up in a single image, so I decided to instead create collage imagery with symbols that represented the 6 covenants that were studied. Each week had its own unique collage and color of the rainbow (since the rainbow is part of the covenant God gave to Noah!). This was an extremely fun and educational project for me as I had to use techniques and styles that I never had before.

I have had a few people ask what the main infinity logo represents, so I thought I would explain what was going through my head. There are actually a few meanings behind it! 1) It is indeed a form of an infinity symbol to represent that the covenants of God are forever. They have no end. 2) The symbol is made up of 6 lines to represent the 6 covenants that were studied during the series. And 3) the symbol is made of two squares tied together to represent the definition of a covenant: two parties making a binding promise to each other. Now you know!

See some selected spreads from the final product below:

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.

Easter 2018: Victory

I'm a few months late in posting this, but this was our Easter art at GHCC this year. It was the culmination of our spring series, Victory.

Project: Easter Promotion
Client: Golden Hills Community Church

The Five Solas

Golden Hills' annual Small Group Campaign is all about the five Solas of the Protestant Reformation. These foundational truths define the Christian faith and are a great reminder of our history as a church. I designed the look after many hours of research into artwork and styles of the 16th century and added some modern influence. Even the typeface I used for the workbook, Adobe Garamond, is based on the original Garamond typeface from the time period of the Reformation (when printing presses were starting to become popular). I wanted the book to feel authentic to the source material and give it a sense of age and history. Below are a few select spreads of the workbook for you to see.

Sing Noel—Christmas 2017 Poster

This is GHCC's Christmas Musical, entitled Sing Noel. The musical has a woodsy, cabin lumberjack look so I tried to incorporate that feeling into the poster.

Project: Christmas Musical Promotion
Client: Celebration Singers
Details: 11"x17" Poster

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

Easter 2017: Triumph Over Death

Coming off a string of colorful Easter promotions I finally tried out something I have always wanted to do for Easter, which is use a mostly Black & White palette. The Triumph Over Death theme seemed like a good time to try out a "light over darkness" theme in my artwork.

Project: Easter Promotion
Client: Golden Hills Community Church
Details: 3.67" x 8.5" Double-Sided Flyer

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

The Abundant Life

It's been a long time! Still been busy working away, just haven't had much time to post. I'm going to try to do this more often and catch up a bit on the last few months of work. Currently at Golden Hills we are wrapping up our annual Small Group Campaign, which means workbooks! Here is what the cover looks like for this year. It's a study called The Abundant Life, exploring what it truly means to have life found in Christ.

I decided to give the study a vineyard theme for a few reasons. Vineyards are a great poster child for abundance. The culture around vineyards and wine-tasting is about the finer things in life; about embracing abundance. In this study we also spent a lot of time exploring Jesus' metaphor that He is the vine, we are the branches. He literally uses a vineyard example to make His point about how we only find true life when we are connected to Him. And lastly, vineyards are a big part of the area where I live. I see vineyards almost every day in the Bay Area, and they are a huge part of the culture here. Using the vineyard theme was a great way to communicate with and connect with the people of this area.

Client: Golden Hills Community Church
Details: 8.5"x11" Book

Let the World Rejoice — Christmas 2016

This is GHCC's Christmas Musical, Let the World Rejoice. With a global theme exploring how different cultures around the world celebrate Christmas, I knew I wanted this to have a different look than the typical "American Christmas" look we often see. The main ornament image incorporated landmarks from all over the earth, while the textures and colors incorporated the brightness and warm colors that are often seen in the celebrations of other cultures.

Project: Christmas Musical Promotion
Client: Celebration Singers
Details: 11"x17" Poster