Religion illustration

I'lll be the first one to confess (bad joke) I have trouble designing pages for religion stories. I guess because there is already so much art out there already and all the symbolism that is involved with religion can be overwhelming.

The story that goes with this page is about how different faiths deal with confessions and forgiveness. It's a very interesting story and you can read the story in Thursday's York Daily Record.

Here is my page design. The story was my main source for inspiration.

I used about 10 different brush strokes in Illustrator to give my illustration some texture. the edges of the illustration are ragged so when this package is finally placed on the page it will blend in with the other stories and that was my intention.