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		<title>Making the Peasant Princess</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2008 05:18:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 2nd post in the Making the Peasant Princess series is up on the Resurgence. This one includes some interesting notes on how the graphics and video intro were put together. Of particular interest to me is some detail on how they run their SMS Q&#038;A.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The 2nd post in the <a href="http://www.theresurgence.com/Peasant_Princess">Making the Peasant Princess</a> series is up on <a href="http://www.theresurgence.com/">the Resurgence</a>. This one includes some interesting notes on how the graphics and video intro were put together. Of particular interest to me is some detail on how they run their SMS Q&#038;A.</p>
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		<title>Have graphics like Mars Hill</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2008 01:36:21 +0000</pubDate>
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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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