Heart to Hart: Set Apart
Being set apart is often seen through the lens of pain, which is not to be glossed over, but the greater joy and hope I discover every time I face set apart-ness, is that we are set apart TO and FOR Him, not FROM Him.
Integrating Digital Album Booklets into Spotify
The Very Best 100 Christian Album Covers of the 2010's
Reviewing and ranking Christian music album cover artwork for the decade 2010 - 2019. You won’t believe how much it’s changed.
Behind the Artwork: Faultlines - kalley
Heart to Hart: Emma Williams
Meet Emma Williams! A fantastic girl drummer, songwriter, and key member of the newly forming worship team at Expression 58 church in Glendale, CA.
Behind the Artwork: This Is A Move - Brandon Lake
The mark of good design at Bethel Music is about keeping all your designs malleable and soft in your hands and keeping a humble heart before both the Lord and those in charge over you, so that every concept has the ability to be molded and stretched to perfectly fit the canvas it was designed for.
Sexuality: Faith, Grace & Works
Behind the Artwork: En Español - Bethel Music
It’s all pointing to the rich legacy and heritage of revival and praise and worship in Latin America — and that no matter how hard religion might try and keep people inside a box, the Spirit of God is flowing outside the limitations we try and put on Him; beathing NEW life into hearts today!
Behind the Artwork: VICTORY - Bethel Music
Every newspaper article is either a testimony from someone in our community telling of God’s faithful goodness, or a scripture re-enforcing those timeless truths of provision and victory — after all, testimony (the re-telling of God-stories) is one of the most powerful prophetic acts we can do.
Behind the Artwork: Wild - Sean Feucht
In the creative direction for Wild, I knew that I wanted to portray the strength and honor of Sean’s amazing missional legacy, while somehow tying in the fact that this is a live worship album.
Heart to Hart: Tanner Cook
Meet Tanner Alex Cook! He's a masterful designer and artist with an ultra-modernist aesthetic and a knack for realistic texture and grit. I'm watching him closely to see where he goes, watch this space world -- this kid is going places. Mark my words.
Behind the Artwork: Living Hope (Single)
As I set out to design the art for "Living Hope", I wanted to base the concept on this 80s album artwork -- an honorable nod to the rich worship-warfare history of this era -- plus I felt it tied in strongly with the bold-gospel narrative of this single.
Behind the Artwork: Heaven Come 2019
The brief was simple enough, we decided to take conference on the road with the same simple message of "on Earth as in Heaven". For too long my branding efforts were minimalistic and clean, so I really wanted to experiment with an ultra modern feel whilst maintaining a little grunge and some 70s nostalgia.
Behind the Artwork: Moments: Mighty Sound
This album artwork was such a gift from God and it all came together in about 5 minutes. I love that the artwork came the same way these moments (songs) did - divinely curated by a loving Heavenly Father and gifted to His children freely.
Heart to Hart: Chris Perry
Meet Chris Perry from Sydney, Australia. He was the original designer for Hillsong Music from 1994-2001. He shares the stories behind their old album covers and how he designed their famed “Hillsong” handwritten logo!
Behind the Artwork: Bright Ones
I loved the challenge of designing for a generation that's not my own, taking so many different opinions from more generations that weren't my own, and creating a brand and visual language that truly represented the life, joy, freedom, and pop sound of this fantastic album!
Heart to Hart: Taylor Ostrom
Introducing Taylor Ostrom (Sabo) from Redding, California. She’s one of the designers at Bethel Music and is the brains and artistic talent behind Cory Asbury’s “Reckless Love” and Steffany Gretzinger’s “Blackout” album artwork. Here she shares her story and gives us a glimpse into what it’s like to make album art.
Behind the Artwork: Starlight - Bethel Music
I've found that 9 times out of 10, when you allow yourself to re-create aspects of a project based on your gut...leadership will fall in line with your vision and adjust their previous boundaries...
The Art of Hand Lettering
It takes a lot of time and practice to make it look effortless and messy.
The Story of "The Worship Project"
As you can imagine, this was a harsh word to hear and I grappled with it for days. However, I told God that I would give these things up in order to know Him better. My spirit and truth worship was actually not found in singing songs, but rather through creativity in design and hand lettering.