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Upcoming Sermon Series Graphics

Thursday, September 2nd, 2010

I recently put together graphics for two different series of teachings coming up at Grace Gathering. The first one is a two-part series called Hospitality: How to Welcome Others and will begin on Sunday, September 26th. I thought the image of a golden door worked well to represent the rich blessings of hospitality. “…remembering the words the Lord Jesus himself said: ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.” -Acts 20:35

A second teaching series will begin on October 1oth and is called Come and Follow Me: Engaging Jesus Through Luke’s Gospel.

Tags: Christianity, freelance, graphic design, illustration, sermon series graphics, typography, vector art
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Messy Illustration

Friday, December 4th, 2009

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There are all kinds of illustration styles out there; clean, messy, modern, retro, etc… I’ve been experimenting lately with taking photos of common objects, then hand-inking them in a “messy” sort of style, and then scanning, vectorizing, and coloring them. Above is the original picture of an old 3-IN-ONE can, followed by the the hand-inked version, and finally the vectorized/colored version.

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Here are a few more random items I experimented with using the “messy style”.

Tags: drawing, graphic design, illustration, pen and ink, vector art
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Design for Y’all

Thursday, August 20th, 2009

I recently re-designed the cover for a book titled Christ In Y’all: Following Jesus into Community by Neil Carter. The main idea behind the book states:

Following Jesus is not a solitary activity. It is meant to be done in a community of believers. When the New Testament declares that “Christ in you” is the “hope of glory,” the Greek word for “you” is plural. So a better translation would be “Christ in Y’all, the hope of glory.” Christ in Y’all explains that the gospel, when fully understood, leads to community. It leads to the intimate fellowship of believers in Christ.

The new cover maintains the same core concept from the old book design, with Jesus at the center of community, but now has a cleaner and more professional style to it. In addition to re-designing the cover, I also created a new header image for the clients’ website and blog. The new vector-based design also translates well into a logo/icon for other print and web applications.

During the design process, I also presented this cover design as an option to the client and was pretty excited about it’s possibilities. However, it was not selected to go any further because while Christ is at the center of the word “Y’all”, He is not literally at the center of a community of people, which is more clearly represented by the final cover design.

Tags: book cover, Christianity, graphic design, illustration, logo
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The Beauty of “SimpliCity”

Monday, August 17th, 2009

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“Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication”, Leonardo da Vinci

HUGO Create is a global design contest from HUGO fragrances by HUGO BOSS. 10 winners are selected each round. The theme for round 10 is “SimpliCity”. Here are the details:

Today’s world is a fairly complicated place, and this can make life pretty stressful. Get rid of the noise, stress, density, chaos, cost of living and limits of space and focus on the uncomplicated parts of city life. The quiet wilderness within the urban jungle. We want you to show us how you imagine an urban universe where the focus is on clarity, purity, freedom and beauty.

I chose to use a fun/simple illustration style to fit with the “SimpliCity” theme.

Tags: graphic design, illustration
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Grace Gets Some Wings

Monday, May 4th, 2009

Grace Gathering’s softball team in New Haven, IN will be sporting this new shirt design for the 2009 season. If you’re not looking for it, you might miss the subliminal “bat” in the middle of the “A”. (Kinda like the arrow between the E and the x in the FedEx logo). You gotta love negative space.

Tags: graphic design, illustration, logo, t-shirt, typography
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Acrylic Painting Flashback

Saturday, February 21st, 2009

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Goliath [60" tall x 36" wide acrylic on canvas]

I do not consider myself to be a true “painter”, but once in a while I do get a burst of energy to put something on canvas. And for some reason, I like to paint big. And I usually build my own frames and stretch my own canvases. There’s just something about the satisfaction of putting the canvas together (not to mention the fact that it costs about 1/2 as much as buying a ready-made canvas).

I did these four paintings back in the Winter of ‘06. They were all derived from photographs that I imported into Illustrator, vectorized, and minimized the layers into just a few colors. I then drew the images onto the canvas with pencil, mixed up the paint colors, and painted away. I still have one more blank canvas hanging on the wall in my office …waiting. Maybe I’ll get another burst of energy and put something on it someday.

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Man of Sorrows [40" tall x 48" wide acrylic on canvas]

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Nathan [24" tall x 24" wide acrylic on canvas]

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Natalie [24" tall x 24" wide acrylic on canvas]

Tags: acrylic, illustration, Jesus, painting
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Two New Designs For Vessel

Monday, February 16th, 2009

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Vessel “Tree of Life” T-shirt design based on Revelation 22:1-2.

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Vessel “Butterfly” girls T-shirt design.

Tags: Bible, Christianity, graphic design, illustration, pen and ink, t-shirt, tree of life
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Optimus Prime

Monday, February 16th, 2009

Optimus Prime [40″ tall x 48″ wide acrylic on canvas]

I painted this portrait of the leader of the heroic Autobots back in October of 2006. I originally planned to paint Optimus Prime and Megatron as a set. However, poor Megatron has yet to find his way onto canvas. Here’s a look at the process…

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Tags: acrylic, illustration, Optimus Prime, painting
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The Office T-Shirt Contest

Monday, February 16th, 2009

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I couldn’t resist coming up with a design for The Office T-Shirt contest. Below is the actual dialogue from the 2006 episode that inspired the Classic Trans Am Vintage American Muscle design:

Andy: I saw your dork mobile in the parking lot. What does it get, like 4 miles to the gallon?

Dwight Schrute: Uh, try doubled that? Classic Trans Am vintage American muscle?

Andy: Yeah, my Xterra’s pretty sweet. Luxurious yet rugged. Leave it to the Japanese.

Dwight Schrute: Xterra isn’t even a real word.

Andy: Actually, it is. It’s Latin for “earth.”

Dwight Schrute: Oh, so you drive an Xearth? That makes sense. I’d rather drive a classic Trans Am than an “Xearth.”

Andy: Yeah, I bet you would. Oh, by the way, 1985 called. It wants its car back.

Dwight Schrute: Well I hope 1985 has a time machine because I drive an ‘87.

Andy: Oh, speaking of time machines, I just got back from the future and I went to your funeral, and guess what? Nobody came.

Dwight Schrute: Speaking of funerals, why don’t you go ahead and go die?

Andy: Oh, that was a really well-constructed sentence. You should be an English professor at “or not” University.

Dwight Schrute: Idiot.

Andy: If I were an idiot, I’d be driving a Trans Am.

Dwight Schrute: If you were driving a Trans Am, you would be the smartest idiot in the whole world.

Andy: *Coughs* An idiot.

Dwight Schrute: *Coughs* You’re the idiot.

Andy: *Coughs* Nice comeback.

Dwight Schrute: *Coughing* I was making fun of your comeback. That’s why it worked.

Tags: graphic design, illustration, t-shirt
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