Come Alive
Graphic (in progress) for an upcoming sermon series. I’d love some feedback on it.
6 comments
Beth wrote...
I think the vine looks like barbed wire. Not the look you were going for I assume.
There is enough inspiration floating around out there with all the emphasis on going green, try looking at things with that theme to give you a better idea of what to aim for.
Carrie "Cuhry" Schrepfer wrote...
I see this contrast in tattoos a lot (the dead and alive thing). Something along the lines of I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live but Christ lives in me. If the green/growth/grass/plant isn't giving you enough options, you can always go back to other things that indicate life or livelihood.
Chris Huff wrote...
pastorbuhro: I've thought about that. That's why I tried to kind of do a "layered" look, with the "Come" behind slightly behind the "Alive," instead of on top of it. My wife suggested that I make the bottom half of "Alive" the dirt part, which gradually fades into green, and the word "Come" could be growth/flowers growing out of "Alive." The problem I see with that is that we read it top to bottom (not bottom to top), so it would kind of look like the text becomes more dead as you read it down. I could make the text side-by-side, but it wouldn't fit on the bulletin so well.
Will Phillips wrote...
I like the where you're going with this. I'd add some leaves to the vines to make sure people understand it's a vine - maybe have a small sprout making it's way to the "COME."
I'd add in some texture to the type in addition to what you've got, especially on the "ALIVE," as you can see the patern repeating and that's killing me!
I agree with bruhho's first impression. Desaturate that brown and/or maybe use some sort of concrete or brick texture.
I'm guessing the color contrast is supposed to communicate something dead (brown and cracked) coming alive (green and growing). And on reflection I can see that. But my first reaction when looking at it was "Why is the dirt above the plant?"