Very rarely will I work on a design apart from a specific project request. In other words, I typically don’t design anything unless I have a specific reason for doing so.  However, this is one instance when I had an idea pop into my head that I really wanted to try developing further. In Revelation 19:16 Jesus is referred to as the “KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS.” As I was thinking about this idea of Jesus being “King of kings”, I had a picture in my mind of a bunch of little crowns all lined up under one large crown.

What I ultimately ended up with was a face made entirely out of crown shapes. I also knew I wanted to create a ring of 12 crowns around the head (a reference to the 12 disciples that followed Jesus), so I started with a line of crowns then dragged and dropped them into my Brushes Palette in Adobe Illustrator. This launched a “New Brush” dialogue box where I selected “New Art Brush” from the available options. Once I created the 12 crown art brush, I simply applied it as a “Stroke” to a circle shape and voilà! a perfect 12 crown circle. The final touch was when I added a 6 pt. stroke with the rounded caps/joins selected to soften everything up a bit.

Here is how the final design looks with a bit of color applied. I figured some royal colors like purple, gold, and silver would be most appropriate.