Series Cover - Promises - His Generation Youth Group

Hey everyone! I know it's been a while since I have shared much but I've been pretty busy lately. Hopefully, I will be able to post more soon. Here is a series cover for the His Generation Youth series, "Promises". We finished that a while back and I know it really encouraged me to really dive into the word of God and stand on a promise for my future.

In other news, my blog has reached over a 1000 views! I am super stoked about it. It's taken me a long time to get here but I can't wait to reach more people around the world. I really appreciate all my friends and family, who encourage me and continue to read my blog. The goal of my blog is to show you guys a little bit of behind the scenes of some of my projects. If it inspires you guys to create some of your own projects, I'd love to hear from you and see your work!

This series cover was used for Power Points mostly but it was also used on Facebook to advertise the series. The goal of the, "Promises" cover was to look like something a student might have created on their own notebook because students are our target audience. To create it, I started with a solid, bright green. Then, to get the paper look, I added two different layers and faded them slightly. I added one with black wrinkles and one with white to achieve a shadows look. I chose not to change the layer settings to overlay because it blended it too smooth. I wanted to see the wrinkles clearly.

Last, I added the series name and some promises on the side. There are actually a combinations of fonts. First, the solid block font for the word, "Promises" is called Post Office and I chose this font because it creates contrast between the green and gives the image almost a 3-D look. The promises in the bubbles have two fonts. The first font is the actual words and the font name is Sketch Block. The exclamation point is a different font, which is called Colleged. Sketch Block's exclamation points were too solid for my taste so I used a similar font, which actually sketchy.

Creating this image was quite easy and I hope some of my readers can recreate it in their own way for their own projects. This type of imagery is really fun to play with and create all kinds of posters and different projects. If this inspired you to create your own wrinkly poster or project, share it in the comments!

Literature from Plato - PowerPoint Backgrounds

Recently, I had to create a PowerPoint for my literature class. Our topic was literature from Plato. You can scroll down to the end of the post to see the backgrounds for the PowerPoints. These two images were composed of several different images edited to fit my purpose. Working with greens is always refreshing to me.

We had to analyze the Symposium by Plato. The Symposium is an interesting story. According to the story, Plato did not actually attend the party the story references. The story matches it's name's Greek meaning because it was a famous drinking party between distinguished Athenian men. The men decided in the Symposium, to give speeches praising Eros, love, instead of drinking more that night. Each character had their own pagan opinion on love. Overall, it is quite an interesting story and encourage mature readers to take a peak at it if they have not. 

In class, my professor contrasted their opinion's on Eros type of love to the more modern, "Ladder of Love".  He stated that the ladder begins with Eros, physical desire. Eros is the most shallow form of love because it is not based on anything but fleshly desire. Next is the love of friendship. Some might call this love the love of companionship as well. Less shallow than Eros because the two have begun to care for each other but it is not completely selfless. Family love is the next level in the love ladder. The love shared within a family is deeper than either Eros or the love of friendship. Blood is thicker than water, after all. The last love on the love ladder is Agape love. Of course, this is another Greek word and not a wrong use of the word agape. Naturally, God is completely unselfish. He gives everything to those he loves. Even to the point of giving His own/His Son's life for mankind. As we grow throughout our life, we work up the love ladder and strive to be more and more loving like God. 

Hearing so many different opinions on love was interesting. Each member of the class was able to give their input and share their opinions. Some people's views matched the Greek versions of love, others agreed with the Ladder of Love, and a few had different opinions. Each person was able to express their view on society's look on love as well, which was interesting because the consensus was that our society has become much like Athens. Overall, this was one of my favorite class sessions this semester.

And, yes, Platonic love was mentioned. Ironic. 

Words of Encouragement - Romans 5:8

Last post of the year! A poster for your encouragement! Romans 5:8 - "But God showed his great love for us by sending Christ to die for us while we were still sinners."

Just wanted to thank you all for reading my blog. You all are such a blessing. Just in the first year of my blog running, I have had over 300 views. What a blessing!