Summer has started and have to admit I really had some fun with the design of this series. From art, stage, to atmosphere around the building. I believe this has to be one of the best series we've launched coming from the production team. I'm blessed to work along side some talented individuals that help make this all happen. Below is a break down of some of the key elements.
I've been wanting to post this art for a while and was able to get to it today. AXIS, is our high school ministry here at the church. They came to me at the beginning of the year wanting to give their meeting room a face lift. We agreed on doing some wall art that had the key principles that they would be touching on through out the year.
Here's a little time-lapse of the making of it along with a short clip oh how it looks installed in the room.
This was a sermon graphic for a stand alone message that got nixed because of the change of the sermon direction. Instead of letting it sit in a cold blue folder I though I'd bring it out and format it for my screen.
This question is a sobering reminder for me. Sometimes I find myself down and tired of life circumstance but soon realize that how much worst things would it be without Jesus. I can't imagine where I would be without Him.
"Este es el día" is "this is the day" in spanish. I was going through some photos from a missions trip to the Amazon Lu and I went to in 2007. Evey morning I was awaken by beautiful sunrises like this, which reminds me that every day is the day the Lord has made.
This piece was originally created to promote our Good Friday service here at PVC. Whenever I work on any graphics that subject is "Jesus" I put on Phil Wickham as the soundtrack. One song in particular, "True Love", makes me remember that the greatest love ever displayed was that of God giving up his on son for my sins.
This is a series design I did a while back for our High School dept. I had the opportunity to take my own photos for this piece, you can find out more about how this project came about here. The high-res PSD file is now available for download.
One of the many things that I love about my job is the opportunity to work with the different departments at the church. Student ministries is something that is close to my heart and I try to help out as much as I can in helping them visually communicate to their specific audiences.
The project above is a mail-out piece I did for our high school ministry. The computer time it took to finish this project was longer then most, but totaled out to about a days work, not including tweaks and changes during the proofing process.
I really enjoy seeing projects go from concept to finish piece. My favorite part is always the actual design work but in order for that to go smoothly there are several things that most happen outside of the computer.
I remember meeting with the high school staff and listening to them tell me why they wanted this piece. There first idea was to do a calendar of some sorts to hand out. While this was a good idea, we began to think of the events that would be this calendar. Some of the events didn't hadn't even been finalized and would have to push production back. With further dialogue we agreed that we didn't want this to be content heavy.
By the end of the meeting we both narrowed down the goal of this project which was: to create a save the date mail-out that would be cool enough to hang on a student's refrigerator at home.
The other key ingredient to this was time. Normally we have a two week turnaround. Which by most standards isn't very long. This was a project that could have been done quickly but I'm thankful they gave me plenty of time to finish it.
The whole project from start to finish took almost two months. It's not like we work on it everyday but this help to give me the freedom to experiment with the layout and time to let it sit. For me, I feel I can push a project more if I'm able to walk away from it and come back to it later.
The end result was great, they were happy and so was I. The projects that get me are the ones that I have regrets about, the ones that I wish I could go back and tweak some lighting or another element. With this one as soon as It rolled off the printer I was content.
Friday, July 9, 2010 at 07:10AM 
