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		<title>Have graphics like Mars Hill</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the reasons why Mars Hill&#8217;s stuff looks so attractive and unified is the great imagery they make for all their sermon series&#8217;. They have some fantastic designers over there who make great graphics. But you know it&#8217;s not all beyond your reach. Many of them are quite simple, take these for example:

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>One of the reasons why <a href="http://www.marshillchurch.org/" target="_blank">Mars Hill&#8217;s</a> stuff looks so attractive and unified is the great imagery they make for all their sermon series&#8217;. They have some fantastic designers over there who make great graphics. But you know it&#8217;s not all beyond your reach. Many of them are quite simple, take these for example:</p>
<p><a href="http://check12.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/250647913118715.tif"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-146" title="250647913118715" src="http://check12.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/250647913118715.tif" alt="" /></a></p>
<p>There&#8217;s not much to them, just a few things you need:</p>
<p><strong>1. A sermon series to preach on with a cool name<br />
2. A nice texture to use as a background<br />
3. A good font</strong></p>
<p>So lets give it a go!</p>
<p>I think I&#8217;ll preach through Revelation. And I&#8217;ll call the series &#8216;What are you waiting for?&#8217; (inspired my <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Message-New-Testament-Promises-Kept/dp/1581347162" target="_blank">Mark Dever).</a></p>
<p>Now I need a background. Remember, this might have to work as the background to presentation slides so go either dark or light, not a bit of both.</p>
<p>Here&#8217;s a free image of a rusty bit of metal I found on <a href="http://www.textureking.com/" target="_blank">TextureKing.</a> I figure rust captures something of the passing-away nature of this world.</p>
<p><a href="http://check12.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/rust.jpg"  rel="lightbox[roadtrip]"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-151" title="rust" src="http://check12.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/rust.jpg" alt="" width="470" height="312" /></a></p>
<p>There are loads of places where you can get good, free textures and images like this one. Here&#8217;s a few:</p>
<p><a href="http://bgpatterns.com/">BgPatterns</a>, <a href="http://www.stripegenerator.com/">Stripe Generator</a>, <a href="http://www.lostandtaken.com/">Lost and Taken</a>, <a href="http://www.bittbox.com/freebies/free-hi-resolution-wood-textures/">Wood textures</a>, <a href="http://www.bittbox.com/freebies/24-free-high-res-textures/">BitBox textures</a>, <a href="http://www.bittbox.com/freebies/free-high-res-grungy-paper-textures/">paper textures</a>, <a href="http://www.textureking.com/">Texture King</a>, <a href="http://www.grungetextures.com/gallery/">Grunge Textures</a>, <a href="http://www.squidfingers.com/patterns/">Squidfingers</a>, <a href="http://www.colourlovers.com/patterns">Colour Lovers, </a><a href="http://urbandirty.com/gallery/">Urban Dirty</a>, <a href="http://free3dstextures.com/">Free 3Ds Textures</a>, <a href="http://designreviver.com/freebies/400-high-quality-patterns/">400+ High Quality Patterns</a>, <a href="http://www.tutorial9.net/resources/99-free-canvas-paper-paint-and-metal-textures/">99 Free Canvas, Paper, Paint and Metal Textures</a>, <a href="http://abduzeedo.com/36-cool-free-textures">36 Cool Free Textures</a>!</p>
<p>Now we find a font that works. The place to do that is <a href="http://www.dafont.com/" target="_blank">dafont.com</a>. You enter your text and it shows you a preview in thousands of different fonts. Most of them are free to download and install as well. The examples above are all standard Helvetica, so we&#8217;ll run with that.</p>
<p>All that remains is to put the two together with a touch of transparency on the background colour: </p>
<p><a href="http://check12.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/revelationa1.jpg"  rel="lightbox[roadtrip]"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-159" title="revelationa1" src="http://check12.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/revelationa1.jpg" alt="" width="469" height="430" /></a></p>
<p> You could do something like this for the powerpoint slide:</p>
<p><a href="http://check12.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/revelationppt.jpg"  rel="lightbox[roadtrip]"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-161" title="revelationppt" src="http://check12.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/revelationppt.jpg" alt="" width="470" height="313" /></a></p>
<p>It&#8217;s not quite up to Mars Hill standard, but it would do the job and it took me about 20 mins.</p>
<p>The trick is then to use your new artwork consistently and everywhere. On the website, on the sermon powerpoint slides, on the hand outs. Why not have a go for your next sermon series at your church?</p>
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