Andrew Kelsall | Graphic Designer

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Pure Christian Graphic Design (or PCGD for short) has been a side-project of mine now for a few months. Having a wife and two kids and all, I have very little time to pursue my ambitions. However, bit-by-bit I always seem to get there in the end with determination…and coffee.

A few years back, I started a web site that was a cross between a Christian design service and a ’secular’ design service. It didn’t work out, but I learned much from the experience and moved on. I then tried to run a ‘generic design service’ based on moral principles, but again, I didn’t feel this was working for me. Whilst I support and commend designers such as Kyle Steed and Doug Cloud―who inject their Christian thoughts and experiences into their blog format, I feel this isn’t the direction for myself.

I want AndrewKelsall.com to be a place where I can discuss graphic and creative issues, delving into technicalities and discussion. I don’t believe this blog is the place where I should suddenly write about the difference between 200gsm and 400gsm paper stock then state “I’m a Christian!”

So, I decided a few month back to separate general design issues and Christian-design issues into two separate blogs. I have done this for another reason also. On my Pure Christian Graphic Design blog, I not only want to talk on Christian design, but also discuss non-design subject matter in general―and the AK blog isn’t the place to do this.

If you think you may be interested in articles about Christian design issues and living, you are welcome to visit. I’ve got some elements on the design to tweak, but overall, it’s 95% complete. You will notice I have used a very similar design for the blog. I have done this so both my blogs look coherent and unified, as I have typed the strap-line “Authored by Creative Design Andrew Kelsall” along the banner with my logo.

I plan to write about one article per week to get started―about the same as this blog. I hope it works out well…and I’m looking forward to my new venture. If you have any thoughts on my plans, please leave them in the comments section below…