Redesign. Redesign. Redesign.
We just worked on a series for a church in Southern California (EastLake Church) called “No Perfect People”. This is one of those series that can’t seem to find it’s place in design, and we ended up with three completely different looks. In the moment redesigns can be so frustrating, but in retrospect it is kind of fun to see the message in all three. Each series seems to have it’s own personality, and speaks something different to me. This series wanted to communicate that none of us are perfect, and none of us can be good enough for God. God takes and loves us as is. Just look at Paul, he was arresting and terrorizing early Christians. But God still used him and loved him even though he was stained and broken.
- The top series was the first and my concept was simple. Every man (and woman) is truly stained. No matter how we look, what kind of car we drive, or how people see us, we are covered with sin. I wanted the graphic to be simple with that message.
- The middles series had a different approach, it attacked the stereotype we place on each other. The quest for perfection and beauty. To God that is nothing without him. (It was just brought to my attention that this concept has already been designed. I never knew about this one, but it will make a good blog post—always search series titles first!)
- And the last is about how we see ourselves. We look in the mirror and can see every sin we have ever committed. We see the shattered life that we live, and think there is no way to repair it—but God can.
This series taught me to look at a message from different angles and different points of view. I won’t say that I did not get frustrated having to change it three times, but I am glad that I did.
Filed under design, series | Comment (1)simplicity screams
In our world of buzz words, marketing trends and relevance, we can lose the simplicity of the biblical illustrations that we have been given. The bible uses 2 contrasting ideas to describe christian life—darkness and light, and death and life. These ideas can be understood by any culture, sex, race, or age at any period of time.
We were given the task to come up with a series design called “Come Alive” that focused on “ identity, freedom from sin, and power in Christ”. When we started reading the description of each week the image of Lazarus and the Widow’s Son came to our minds. When Jesus commanded Lazarus to “Come Alive” it was nonnegotiable, his eye’s were opened. When Christ calls us our eyes are opened, and we now live in the light. That was what inspired us with this art. The visual of a dead man opening his eyes again in world of darkness to see the light. We wanted the art to be so simple that the message would scream though it. The bible is filled with powerful, challenging, beautiful and simple messages that are sometimes best to be keep as is. Let the simplicity of scripture scream.
