Life's New Chapter

For the past 5 years I’ve had the honor of serving alongside an amazing team at Palm Valley Church in Mission, Texas.  I first started here as “the web guy”. That quickly morphed into graphic designer and then to creative director.  When Lu and I first visited we fell in love with the church and wanted to attend. Working here was just the icing on the cake. I’m grateful for the leadership and teaching we’ve received here. These have certainly been foundation-building years for our family.

During the last couple months I’ve felt our season at PVC would be coming to an end. It was at this point that we started to pray for God’s direction and leaned heavily on this verse.

“Trust in the Lord God with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; In all your ways submit to Him, and He will make your paths straight.” Proverbs 3:5-6

This new adventure will take us to Dallas, Texas where I’ll be joining the team at RT Creative Group. Though I’ll miss my family at PVC, I know God has great things in store for Lu and me. I look forward to resourcing even more churches through this move and developing my skills with the great team at RT.

Edge of Technology - Article Illustration

This was a fun illustration piece I had the privilege of working on for Answers Magazine.  

The biggest challenge was making a 2D illustration feel like it had depth.  I used vector shapes stacked on eachother to give the feel that the man was standing in a tunnel.  Below is some of the vector shapes I started with.  

My Dribbble Playoff Submission

A couple of weeks back I came across a contest that Squarespace posted on Dribbble.  Being a huge Squarespace fan and having a itch to work on something "just for the fun of it," I took the challenge.  While I didn't come close to winning the grand prize I did manage to get on the honorable mention list, which landed me a free t-shirt and squarespace 6 for a year.  

It's truly an honor to get listed among these great designers and artist. Below is what I submitted. Be sure to check out the rest of the submissions.  

Ad designs for Orange Thread Media

I recently had the opportunity to hook up with the team over at Orange Tread Media and work on a couple designs for the launch of their new Playback 360 Drive.  This is a visual worship library that comes with a huge collection of motion backgrounds, still images, and countdowns.  

Most of my freelance work lately has been for clients that are in the process of turning big ideas/dreams into reality.  It's always a honor to be a part and look forward to more projects like this down the road. 

Summer Camp & Tough Questions

Here are a couple of freebies available for download on CreationSwap.com.  Enjoy and feel free to pass along.  

Download Summer Camp Ai Files. 

Download Tough Questions Series Art.

Sundaymag.tv July Cover Art

I had the privilege of designing the cover art for this month's issue of Sundaymag.tv.  The cover article was on, "Creating An Atmosphere Of Collaboration" by Blaine Hogan.  

I had a few ask for a wallpaper of the artwork so here it is.  There are two sets, one with the title and one without.  Enjoy

Andy Tallman – Hope Rise

Finished wrapping up this artwork for Andy Tallman's album, Hope Rise, a couple months back.  I can't say it enough, I love it when I have the oppourtinity to work with other artist.  

The most exciting part about the record is that it will be used to fund the building of a hospital in Central America. Next year they will be going down to Guatemala to partner with the group who run a nutrition hospital. The are looking to expand their operation by building a second hospital to allow more children to get care. 

Be sure to check out the album avaialable on iTunes.