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Original English version and new cover of Polish version.
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Updates are given at end of this post!
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CEF has a 16-page evangelistic booklet entitled, Do You Wonder Why? – Answers to Tough Questions. This booklet is distributed in specific areas of the world immediately following a tragedy whether it be a natural disaster or, in this case a country in mourning after the tragic accident where a plane carrying the Polish president, First Lady and other top Gov't officials, crashed enroute to a memorial service in Russia remembering another tragic event in Poland's history.
CEF Poland is planning to distribute this Gospel booklet in Poland this coming weekend and the following days to coincide with other events (funeral of the president, etc.). 40,000 are planned for the first printing and a second printing is planned. We had to act quickly to get the book printed in time. A print shop in Poland is ready to print the booklets. There is still a few more details to be completed before the files are ready to print ... in four hours from now!
Here are examples of the illustrations I needed to complete – in one day. It was important to replace some of the visuals with illustrations that directly relate to the plane crash in Poland. These changes will give more impact and make it more applicable to the Polish children (and adults) at this time. The photo I took of the boy was from a previous project and I was able to "tweek" it for use with the cover theme. Besides the time constraints to get it done, there was the challenge of how to sensitively illustrate the tragedy.
There is a window of opportunity now as the people are looking for answers. Pray that this booklet will be used to provide answers from the Bible and introduce many children (and adults) to the Saviour.
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Above is the original English version and new page spread showing the plane crash site. This page talks about fears and questions children may have.
Questions addressed in the booklet include:
- Does God know and care about me?
- Why do so many bad things happen in the world?
- Why did God allow this to happen?
- How can I get through this terrible time?
This shows the original English version and the page with an image inserted, relating to the plane crash. The challenge here was taking a digitally drawn image and having it match the original artwork (traditional media) done by another artist several years ago.
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(4/15) update:
40,000 booklets are being printed now in Poland. 60 churches are taking part in distributing the booklets. On Saturday, about one million people are expected in Warszawa for a memorial service. There is also plans to distribute booklets on Sunday in Kraków as several hundred thousand are expected to gather for the funeral of the President & First Lady. On Saturday there is a pastor's conference and the booklets will be offered to the pastors for their congregations to distribute across Poland.
(4/20) update:
In Warsaw on Saturday several thousand booklets were distributed in a couple hours. Several thousand more were distribute on Sunday in Kraków. Children, adults, and elderly people eagerly received a copy. The distribution continues with a second printing planned. Pray for the follow-up.
(4/15) update:
40,000 booklets are being printed now in Poland. 60 churches are taking part in distributing the booklets. On Saturday, about one million people are expected in Warszawa for a memorial service. There is also plans to distribute booklets on Sunday in Kraków as several hundred thousand are expected to gather for the funeral of the President & First Lady. On Saturday there is a pastor's conference and the booklets will be offered to the pastors for their congregations to distribute across Poland.
(4/20) update:
In Warsaw on Saturday several thousand booklets were distributed in a couple hours. Several thousand more were distribute on Sunday in Kraków. Children, adults, and elderly people eagerly received a copy. The distribution continues with a second printing planned. Pray for the follow-up.
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Looks great Tim, good work! Long night but worth it, eh? God gives special grace when it's needed. Get some rest!
We saw the Lord provide in several ways the last few days w/this project.
...and I'm glad you (re)introduced me to Painter program. That was a BIG help and timesaver with the illustration. I did the layout and piecing together of the drawing and all color correction in Photoshop, brought it into Painter for illustrating, then back into PS for final image.
I was excited to check out the new Adobe CS5 and the natural media blending brushes in PS (finally!)! It's not quite as good (yet...) as Painter's natural media brush blending but this will be soooo nice to have the speed increase of PS, the upgrade cost of one less program and no more export/import/export of a file between Painter to finish an illustration in PS.
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