Alive WC2014 Brochure

And, as promised, here's the brochure for GHCC Winter Camp 2014. I carried the tree theme and the "X" arrangement from the logo throughout the design. I also used the diamond shape around the "I" of Alive and expanded it to almost pulse from the center of the brochure all the way to the edges. We went with a vertical arrangement to play on the alive theme as well. The tall shape gives more of a sense of growth and movement.

Project: Winter Camp Brochure
Client: GHCC Student Ministries
Details: 5"x16" tri-fold brochure

Alive Logo

Here is the logo for GHCC's Winter Camps in 2014. The theme is Alive and it ties in with our church-wide small group campaign about The Living Church. The guys in the Youth Department really wanted a tree to be a main focus so I made sure to use one that was very full and obviously alive. I'll be sharing the brochure design soon, so stay tuned!

Project: Winter Camp 2014 Logo Design
Client: Golden Hills Student Ministries

Kairos Winter Retreat 2014

This is the design to promote the Kairos Winter Retreat coming up. We really wanted this to have a similar look and feel to the Kairos Camping Trip materials and I think they go together nicely. I found this great illustration of this cabin on a winter lake, made a few modifications, and it's ready to go!

Project: Kairos Winter Retreat Promotion
Client: Kairos, GHCC Young Adult Ministry

JDK Real Estate Flyer & Postcard

Here is a project for a real estate agent working through JDK & Associates Realty. The smaller piece is a postcard mailer and the larger piece is a flyer to handout for an open house. Even though they have different purposes, they both maintain a consistent look that ties them together.

Client: JDK & Associates Realty
Details: 4x6" Postcard and 8x10.5" Flyer

The Flat Trend

Graphic Design goes through trends, much like any other avenue of society. Fashion, movies, shows, language, music...it all goes through trends regularly. Design is no different.

The trend right now is being called "The Flat Trend". No drastic gradients, no chisels, no drop shadows...just clean typography and imagery. You can see it in the redesign of many large corporations' logos. It's been going on for some time, but I wanted to bring it up to see what people prefer.

Here are some notable examples:

Transformation in a Man's Life Poster

This is the poster for the current Men's Breakfast at GHCC. With a theme about being transformed, I decided to go with the imagery of a blacksmith working with metal. It's a great picture of the process of transformation. I gave the title the "Transformers" treatment to have some fun with it, catch people's eye with a recognizable logotype, and because it tied in great to the metal-worker image I was using.

Client: Core, GHCC Men's Ministries
Details: 11x17" Poster

The Witness (Study of John)

Here's the theme art for the new study at Kairos. It is called The Witness and is a study of the book of John, chapters 1–12. When discussing the look we wanted for this series, we wanted to play on iconic witness themes from movies and TV. One specific movie that came up was The Usual Suspects and the famous line-up scene. I found these great silhouettes of people and I drew modifications on them to make them appear to be wearing clothing from Bible times and be specific Bible characters (ie. John the Baptist, the woman at the well). Putting these characters in a modern day setting was a lot of fun to explore.

Project: Book of John Series Promo
Client: Kairos, GHCC Young Adult Ministry
Details: 5"x15" Poster