Became (John 1) Series

Kairos just launched a new summer series to study John 1. The series is titled Became and a lot of thought went into the artwork to match it up with many of the themes that will be explored over the course of the series. I spent a lot of time looking at the Bible text and figuring out some ways to express it visually. The final version appears simple, but there are actually some very complex hidden meanings:

The verb "to be" is similar to the "I AM" statement that God makes about Himself. The name "Became" is split up so that it could read "I AM CAME". In John 1, Jesus is described as the Word. The red letters are used in the Bible whenever Jesus talks, so the red "be" signifies that "the Word came". The flesh texture signifies that God became flesh and the red color throughout signifies the blood that the Word came to shed. Very complex ideas that definitely are not apparent upon first glance, but the goal is for these ideas and themes to be explored over the course of the series.

Project: Became Series Art
Client: Kairos, GHCC Young Adult Ministry
Details: 6x16" Poster

Men of the Master Flyer

Inspired by the campaign workbook cover I designed for The Eternal Word, this men's group asked that I create a flyer for their discipleship group that would have a similar flavor. Here's the final result! I really like this image I found of a knight holding his sword up, fitting for a Bible Study. I did some photo editing and the final result had the colors and textures I was hoping for.

Project: Men's Discipleship Flyer
Client: Community men's small group
Details: 7x10" Flyer

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)

Easter Banner

This year for Easter, GHCC asked me to design a 6 foot by 40 foot banner that would stretch across the choir risers on their stage. I was thrilled to be able to design something this big. I was able to incorporate the title I came up with for this year's Easter message, When Empty Means Full, and a cool tomb image. I spent some time playing around combining some sunrise imagery to come up with the final banner. I turned the final image into a vector to make the image quality look really sharp. Combined with the excellent lighting skills of the tech guys, the banner really popped on Sunday.

Project: Easter Banner
Client: Golden Hills Community Church
Details: 6'x40' Vinyl Banner

New Hope Group Menu

New Hope is all about the journey. It is a recovery and support group ministry that helps people on their journey towards healing. Recently I re-designed their group "menu", a brochure that lists all the available groups and classes that could appeal to a large variety of people on different stages of their own journey. I created the simple brochure to have a travel journal feel to it, where the focus is on the journey together and how we can help each other get to the place we want to get to.

Project: New Hope Group Menu
Client: New Hope
Details: 5.25"x8.25" brochure

GHCC Easter Flyer 2013

Here is this year's Easter flyers for GHCC. I came up with the title of the theme for this year, When Empty Means Full, sometime back in November and I stored it away as an idea for a future Easter theme. It just so happened that it fit perfectly with the direction of the message for this year's Easter service. I wanted to make this year's artwork really different from the previous years I have done it for GHCC, so that meant a more illustrative style rather than a photograph. Because the look and theme are a bit different from what people are used to for Easter, I kept the focus on the empty tomb and a bright green to help make it clear what this was all about. If you're free Easter Sunday, come check it out!

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