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

Loving God With All Your Mind Promo

There is a new class at GHCC, called Loving God with All Your Mind. I really wanted to show an image of a brain because that is not something you often see hanging up on a church bulletin board. But I also wanted to do it in a unique way. I was inspired by the images that use a heart as the O or the V in the word LOVE on so many things. I used that idea to create a similar effect, but able to incorporate the brain to express the same concept.

Project: Loving God With All Your Mind Promo
Client: Golden Hills Community Church
Details: 8.5x11" Poster

GHCC December Calendar Postcards

I designed these postcards for GHCC to advertise the events for this Christmas season. The topics for each Sunday as well as all the info for the annual Christmas musical are all on one nice card for display on the fridge or bulletin board. These also make great invites for friends and relatives.

I wanted the cards to have a very classic Christmas feel but without traditional reds and greens. I went with blues and tans and let the imagery communicate Christmas.

Project: December Postcards
Client: Golden Hills Community Church
Details: 5.5"x8.5" Postcards

Psalms Series

The current series at GHCC is on the book of Psalms, titled People of Praise: Blessings from the Psalter. The book of Psalms is so huge and has so many themes and subjects. That, along with the fact that the title of the series is a bit longer, made me want to keep the image simple. I really like and appreciate the musical aspect of Psalms. I decided to use an image of guitar strings and overlay it on a sky image. It creates a kind of jet stream effect that I thought made a nice texture for the title to rest on. The blue and orange colors I thought represented both the calm and the violent themes in the collection of Psalms. It has the music represented, the nature and wonder represented, and the range of calm and active themes represented.

The type I chose and designed to look musical. The "People of Praise" type is flowing and beautiful. The calligraphy type is to represent the words being handwritten by the authors of the Psalms. The horizontal lines throughout the title bring to mind a music sheet.

This is a series that will go on for a while, and the simple, yet deep meanings behind the imagery and type will allow it to be used for a long time.

Project: Book of Psalms Series
Client: Golden Hills Community Church

Restored

Restored is the Fall theme for Kairos this year. We really wanted to show construction or a work in progress in the artwork so I went very literal with the design since we have not done anything like that for Kairos before. The type is called Roughwork, a font I have always really liked. I thought it was a great fit for this project as it was. However, I ended up drawing the letters by hand over the top of it to bring them out more with a different color. I think the effect really helps the title to stand out.

Project: Restored Theme
Client: Kairos, GHCC Young Adult Ministry
Details: 11x17" Poster

GHCC Girls' Conferences 2014

Long time no post! I'll try to get back to being more regular about posting. It's been a rough summer personally, so I haven't been putting work up here. Which means I have a nice build up of projects that I haven't shared yet, so stay tuned!

To start it off again, I am sharing one of my favorite projects that I did over the summer. Here is the poster for the recent GHCC Girls' Conferences. The theme was A Worthy Ambition.

Client: Golden Hills Student Ministries
Details: 8.5x14" Poster

Declutter & Delight Event Promo

Declutter & Delight is a women's event coming to GHCC. They want it to be a laid back, coffeehouse-style hang out where women can come together to relax and hear about how to abide in Christ. The brochures are printed on cardstock so that they can stand and resemble the standing chalkboard menus that you often see in a coffee shop.

Project: Declutter & Delight Women's Event
Client: Women's Ministries of GHCC
Details: 10.5"x10.5" Poster and 4"x5.25" (folded) Brochure