ALISTAIRCRAIG
‌to a selection of works from my portfolio of graphic design. Take a break from whatever important thing it is you are doing, grab a mug of coffee and some artery clogging donut goodness and have a browse. Feel free to contact me via my website: seriousmedicine.co.nz to encourage me, castigate me or gainfully employ me.
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Post Grad. Dip. Computer Publishing & Design Post. Grad. Dip Peace & Confliuct Studies (Distinction)
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2 Magazines
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3 Advertising
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4 Newsprint
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5 DVD’s
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6 Banners
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8 Logos
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Books are by far my favourite design projects with the balance of creative cover design/illustration and the challenges of typography.
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Title: 2Graphic4Words Description: A selection of poetry and images. Client: Self. Work: All text, illustration and graphic design.
Title: Serious Medicine in India & Serious Medicine in Cambodia. Description: Photographic/poetry essays. Client: Self. Work: All text, originating photographs and graphic design.
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Title: The Third Portal
Title: The Sound of Worlds Colliding
Description: A novel.
Description: A collection of true stories.
Client: Jonny Boom.
Client: Kristin Jack.
Work: Cover design and typesetting.
Work: Book layout and typesetting.
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Title: Poetry and Prophecy Description: A collection of poems and images. Client: Kristin Jack. Work: Cover design, book layout and typesetting.
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Title: Keys to God’s Healing & Deliverance Description: A Theology Book. Client: Bill Subritzky. Work: Cover and typesetting.
Title: Magnificent Description: A childrens book Client: Self
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TOP GUN REFRESH , REFOCUS , RELOAD
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Description: Annual Handbook and study guides for conference delegates. Client: Promise Keepers NZ. Work: Full design, illustration and typesetting.
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Like books magazines provide a great palette for expressing design utilising image and type.
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Title: Harvest / Running with Fire Description: A biannual inhouse magazine and an international missions magazine. Client: West City Christian Centre. Work: All illustration and graphic design. Spread
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Advertising requires good negotiating skills clients usually desire to much content and designers want more simplicity...
Description: Logo design & mail out card. Client: Office Gopher.
Description: Landscaping business print ad. Client: Pure Landscape Construction.
Description: Poster, advert & Annual report. Client: Bibles in Action.
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Description: Various point of sale posters. Client: SleepMaker.
Description: Swing tags. Client: SleepMaker.
Description: Brochures. Client: SleepMaker.
Description: Banner. Client: SleepMaker.
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Description: Poster.
Description: Youth event poster.
Client: Community Group.
Client: Promise Keepers NZ.
Description: Poster & brochure. Client: Promise Keepers NZ.
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For 5 years I have worked as an editorial artist for the Otago Daily Times, mainly producing information graphics, tabloid covers & feature illustrations.
Description: Montage for illustrating a motorcycle rally. Client: Otago Daily Times.
Description: Posters Client: Community Group
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During Hitler’s fire -bombing blitz on London during World War II my family wer e bombed out of their hom e and they moved to a council estate in Dagenh am, where I was born. Down the road lived Twi ggy, the world fam ous fashion model, and round the corner was the comedian Dudley Moore. Terry Venables, who became a well known foot ball manager, was “one of the boys”. My family were not Christians and I grew up being told that “seeing is believing”. So anyt hing relating to God or the supernat ural was not part of our worl dview. Some years later when I became a Christian, it neve dawned on me that r the Bible was tellin g me something quite different. I assumed that whe n Jesu s walk ed on water there must have been a sand bar under His feet.
Brian France When He fed the 5,00 0, the loaves and fishe s must have I was provoked the peop now responsible for le to get out their the security of the sand wich es. When City of He restored sight Walled Londonderry. It was to the blind, well, early March, the weat I never worked that one out and I neve her was cold and damp, r thought the day but I felt no sympathy for my wou ld come when I would receive a mira men who were on the streets providing cle. mobile and standing I was serving as a patr ols. The y sear Platoon Commander ched cars and pede stria in Northern look ns alike , Irela nd in the earl ing for weapons and y 1970 s duri ng the explosives, whilst time of the runn all the time “Tro uble s” whe n ing the risk of snip the Irish Rep ubli er fire, petrol bom can Arm y (IRA ) bs and was endeavouring stonethrowing mobs. They by force of terrorism were on duty twel to have the six hour ve to fourteen Northern Countie s a day in all weat s reunited with the hers and stoically rest of Ireland. did everything Two -thir ds of the that was asked of peop le didn ’t wan them . t reun ifica tion and so the terrorism Saturday morning with its bombings, dawned fine and clear snipers, petrol in . The city was bombs, sectarian mur the process of comi ders, kneecappings ng to life, shops were and bloo dshe starting to continued. d open, people were beginning to move around, and then The Royal Air Forc the bom bs started to explode. e Regiment had been By the time depl the third bomb oyed in had deto Northern Ireland nated and three build as part of the peac ings had been dest ekeeping forces for some years and this royed, leaving a number was my t of casu
Description: Tabloid newspaper Client: Promise Keepers NZ
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Description: Feature illustrations & information graphics. Client: Otago Daily Times.
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I seem to have done a myriad of DVD and CD covers. Here is a small selection.
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Like the other stuff - only larger.
Description: 3 panel backdrop display Client: Sleepmaker
Description: Pop up banner for conference displays. Client: Bibles in Action NZ.
Description: Pop up banners to advertise various fund-raisers for overseas projects. Client: Dunedin Lions Club.
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Fun to craft, logos are an exercise in refinement.
Description: Logo for Promise Keepers Represnttatives
Description: Logo for an architectural firm.
Client: Promise Keepers NZ
Client: Morrison Architects
Description: Logo for a softwarel firm.
Description: Logo for a product
Client: Geddes Software
Client: SleepMaker
Description: Logos for bed models Client: SleepMaker
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ALISTAIRCRAIG Alistair Craig is a freelance graphic designer based in Dunedin, New Zealand.
View his website: www.seriousmedicine.co.nz