The Doctrine of Creation

I initially explored botanical imagery as a way of representing creation through the natural world. While this communicated ideas of life and growth, I felt it didn't fully capture the theological focus of the book, so I began looking at imagery more directly associated with Christian understandings of creation.

This led me to explore depictions of Adam and Eve and Michelangelo's The Creation of Adam, alongside religious artwork, manuscripts and imagery of the natural world. I was interested in how creation has been represented visually across Christian art and history.

I brought these references together through a torn-paper collage, allowing different images and textures to appear around the edges while leaving a more restrained central space for the title. I chose a classical serif typeface to complement the historical references and communicate the theological and scholarly nature of the title.

Why Trust The Bible?

I developed the title using a mixture of typefaces and letterforms, creating a deliberately inconsistent typographic treatment that gives the words a sense of uncertainty and interrogation. This contrasts with the simple central composition, allowing the question itself to become the main visual focus of the cover.

I incorporated fragments of biblical text around the edges of the design to provide context without competing with the title. By fading and partially cropping the text, it becomes part of the visual texture of the cover while reinforcing the subject matter. I kept the overall palette monochrome and restrained so that the typography and question remain the strongest elements, while the distressed letterforms give the design a tactile, printed quality.