About Project

Working with the Bible Project was a bucket list item for me, especially when discussing dragons in the bible.

“CHAOS DRAGON explores how biblical authors use dragon imagery to describe the forces that pull creation into disorder and death.”

Really—DRAGONS in the Bible?

—Bible Project

Year
2023

Client
BibleProject

Project
CHAOS DRAGON

My Role
Visual Development
& Illustration

Writers
Jon Collins, Tim Mackie

Director
Patrick Murphy

Creative Directors
Robert Perez, Allan Rosenow

Producer
Patrick Ramos

Art Directors
Patrick Murphy, Robert Perez

Story Artists
Patrick Murphy, Robert Perez, Allan Rosenow

2D Artists
Rommel Ruiz, Amber Kenneson, Robert Perez, Alex Lay,
Laura Swalley

Animators
Brian Covalt, Christopher Vela, Patrick Murphy, Jonathan Rooney, Allan Rosenow

Title Designer
Dylan Menges

Recording Engineer
Tyler Bailey

Sound Designer
Reed Harvey

Styleframes & Development

My role was to support the Bible Project art team with visual development and illustration for this project. But I couldn’t join the fun alone, so I asked my good friend and fantastic artist, Amber Kenneson, to join us.

The art direction for Chaos Dragon builds on the visual idea that to understand chaos truly, one must first realize order. To achieve this, we used visual metaphors to identify chaos and order.

For the dragon, representing chaos, we used moving textures and distorted images to create a blurry or incomplete effect, much like in dreams where reality and imagination become hard to distinguish. Additionally, we employed a desaturated and darker color palette to convey the sense of chaos.

Our approach to the design was to fully illustrate each "chaotic" frame and then distort it, much like finishing an oil painting and purposefully brushing it off to ruin the image. This concept and process led us to an appropriate aesthetic and an interesting metaphor in the action itself.

For Jesus, we used gently curved shapes and warmer, brighter colors—partially inspired by the light in the darkness generated by bioluminescence—to create a sense of clarity and stillness. Through these visual metaphors, we aimed to convey a sense of harmony.

“And the gospel authors show Jesus confronting the dragon when he walks over the stormy sea, overcomes the tempter in the wilderness, and confronts death and sickness in others. Even when the power of the dragon is at its greatest, Jesus doesn’t back down.”

Working with the Bible Project was a bucket list item for me, especially when discussing dragons in the bible.

“CHAOS DRAGON explores how biblical authors use dragon imagery to describe the forces that pull creation into disorder and death.”

Really—DRAGONS in the Bible?

—Bible Project

Styleframes & Development

My role was to support the Bible Project art team with visual development and illustration for this project. But I couldn’t join the fun alone, so I asked my good friend and fantastic artist, Amber Kenneson, to join us.

The art direction for Chaos Dragon builds on the visual idea that to understand chaos truly, one must first realize order. To achieve this, we used visual metaphors to identify chaos and order.

For the dragon, representing chaos, we used moving textures and distorted images to create a blurry or incomplete effect, much like in dreams where reality and imagination become hard to distinguish. Additionally, we employed a desaturated and darker color palette to convey the sense of chaos.

Our approach to the design was to fully illustrate each "chaotic" frame and then distort it, much like finishing an oil painting and purposefully brushing it off to ruin the image. This concept and process led us to an appropriate aesthetic and an interesting metaphor in the action itself.

For Jesus, we used gently curved shapes and warmer, brighter colors—partially inspired by the light in the darkness generated by bioluminescence—to create a sense of clarity and stillness. Through these visual metaphors, we aimed to convey a sense of harmony.

“And the gospel authors show Jesus confronting the dragon when he walks over the stormy sea, overcomes the tempter in the wilderness, and confronts death and sickness in others. Even when the power of the dragon is at its greatest, Jesus doesn’t back down.”

—Bible Project (Chaos Dragon)

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Working with the Bible Project was a bucket list item for me, especially when discussing dragons in the bible.

“CHAOS DRAGON explores how biblical authors use dragon imagery to describe the forces that pull creation into disorder and death.”

Really—DRAGONS in the Bible?

—Bible Project

Styleframes & Development

My role was to support the Bible Project art team with visual development and illustration for this project. But I couldn’t join the fun alone, so I asked my good friend and fantastic artist, Amber Kenneson, to join us.

The art direction for Chaos Dragon builds on the visual idea that to understand chaos truly, one must first realize order. To achieve this, we used visual metaphors to identify chaos and order.

For the dragon, representing chaos, we used moving textures and distorted images to create a blurry or incomplete effect, much like in dreams where reality and imagination become hard to distinguish. Additionally, we employed a desaturated and darker color palette to convey the sense of chaos.

Our approach to the design was to fully illustrate each "chaotic" frame and then distort it, much like finishing an oil painting and purposefully brushing it off to ruin the image. This concept and process led us to an appropriate aesthetic and an interesting metaphor in the action itself.

For Jesus, we used gently curved shapes and warmer, brighter colors—partially inspired by the light in the darkness generated by bioluminescence—to create a sense of clarity and stillness. Through these visual metaphors, we aimed to convey a sense of harmony.

“And the gospel authors show Jesus confronting the dragon when he walks over the stormy sea, overcomes the tempter in the wilderness, and confronts death and sickness in others. Even when the power of the dragon is at its greatest, Jesus doesn’t back down.”

—Bible Project (Chaos Dragon)

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