The Blog Archive

A while back I posted in the WELS Intersections Facebook group offering to critique/improve a logo. I had a lot of interest, so THANK YOU if you submitted yours. If this newsletter gets a positive response, I hope to do more in the coming months. Our subject today is the logo for St. Mark Ministries in De […]

Do you struggle when you sit down to design a social media post?The blank page can be intimidating. You might know what you want to say, but you don’t know how to make it look. Take some time to do a little work up-front and move forward knowing you’ll always have a design to sit […]

I love Canva and I feel no shame about that fact. The professional graphic design community loves to make fun of Canva users. I, on the other hand, think Canva is a great tool: an accessible alternative to expensive softwares. If everyone could be a pro at Adobe Illustrator, that would be great! But that’s just […]

I came across an article that excellently describes the relationship between designing a brand and gaining your audience’s trust. If you have time, it’s worth a read. Read it here If not, save it for later and browse 5 takeaways in my own words: ​ 1) A good brand designer will give you more than a […]

Let’s use your logo to make a functional color palette. Pastor John Qualmann in Crossville, TN gave me permission to use his logo as an example. Thank you! If Pastor Qualmann only used the colors in his logo to create graphics, those graphics wouldn’t pass the contrast test. Why does contrast matter? Besides making things hard on the […]