The first thing any good designer learns is to not get thier feelings hurt. The problem with this reality is the amount of passion we put into some of our projects. It's hard not to take it personal when a client wants the font bigger, or they don't understand the symbolic meaning of your creation. To top it all off I believe that God inspires all creativity, so when someone doesn't like your art, they are insulting God...right?

All that being said, we have decided rather than to harbor this tension deep inside the core of our being, we would start a gallery of 'Unapproved Art. ' The Left Overs, for lack of a better name.

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One of my favorite things to design is sermon series artwork. It has the challenge of a custom logo, targeted audience, and most importantly a clear, yet meaningful message. This is a fairly new phenomenon over the past 20 years via the ever evolving mega church.  In fact the mega church has created a bit of an animal when it comes to the modern worship service. It is now commonplace to have the perfect walk-in music, a countdown video, fog machines, and laser lights all before the service even starts. Lifechurch.tv just recently launched there series At The Movies. Some of the campuses had themed out their foyers in such a way that might...

Every week I have the privilege of working with different churches and non-profit organizations, helping them find ways to raise awareness, increase effectiveness, and ultimately further the mission of their organization. I cannot tell you how many times our conversations begin with, 'I want to do what they are doing?' As a father of 4 kids under the age of 7, I am very familiar with this statement. My typical response is, 'Well Son, our family does things a little different, Bobby's parents may let him ride his bike in the middle of the street, but we'd rather you not die, so stay on the sidewalk.' Its sad to say, we never really outgrow the...