[Green Party 2010]
Green Party Graphics
I designed these graphics for the Green Party Calendar in 2008, with the help of (then) Green Communications Director Alison Coleman.
The MPs decided how they wanted to be depicted and Wellington Photographer Victoria Mitchel took the MPs pictures at Green Parliamentary HQ in Wellington.
Click on the images below to see larger versions of the 2009 poster and 6 pictures on the 2008 calendar. The calendar originals were all printed on 180gsm card stock, but the source files are big enough for A1 or A2 paper.
2009 Ocean Day Card
The 2009 Ocean Day card is an offshoot from my 2nd Gallery Exhibition Art Nouveau concept. The spiral swirl motif is a Fibonnaci curve. The school of Hector's dolphins were modelled in Maya 3D. The undersea background was generated in Photoshop. The sparkles represent the Pleiades star cluster which signifies Matariki - Maori New Year.
The 2009 Ocean Day card is an offshoot from my 2nd Gallery Exhibition Art Nouveau concept. The spiral swirl motif is a Fibonnaci curve. The school of Hector's dolphins were modelled in Maya 3D. The undersea background was generated in Photoshop. The sparkles represent the Pleiades star cluster which signifies Matariki - Maori New Year. 2008 Matariki Calendar
1 Sue Bradford
Sue Bradford said she wanted to be be depicted in a fern forest. The birdsnest ferns surrounding her come from Pukaha Mt Bruce.
Sue's since left the Green Party.
1 Sue Bradford
Sue Bradford said she wanted to be be depicted in a fern forest. The birdsnest ferns surrounding her come from Pukaha Mt Bruce.
Sue's since left the Green Party.
2 Sue Kedgeley
Sue Kedgeley had just won a budget bid for apple tree and organic seed funding, and wanted to be depicted as part of an apple tree. This proved a bit of a tall order as apples weren't in season. The background sky was shot at Lake Ferry and the ivy comes from a telephone pole in my driveway: art is where you find it.
Sue Kedgeley had just won a budget bid for apple tree and organic seed funding, and wanted to be depicted as part of an apple tree. This proved a bit of a tall order as apples weren't in season. The background sky was shot at Lake Ferry and the ivy comes from a telephone pole in my driveway: art is where you find it.
3 Jeanette Fitzsimons
Green Co-leader Jeanette Fitzsimons' primary interest is alternate energy sources, principally tidal power.
Hence the water theme. The source rock is off the coast of Cape Palliser. Jeanette has since resigned as co-leader.
Green Co-leader Jeanette Fitzsimons' primary interest is alternate energy sources, principally tidal power.
Hence the water theme. The source rock is off the coast of Cape Palliser. Jeanette has since resigned as co-leader.
4 Nandor Tanczos
Nandor wanted to be depicted as a water spirit, a bit like the taniwha in Maori mythology. The water in this shot flows under the ANZAC bridge a few k's north of of Pukaha Mt Bruce Bird Sanctuary, where the surrounding foliage was sourced from.
Nandor wanted to be depicted as a water spirit, a bit like the taniwha in Maori mythology. The water in this shot flows under the ANZAC bridge a few k's north of of Pukaha Mt Bruce Bird Sanctuary, where the surrounding foliage was sourced from.
5 Keith Locke
Here we see Keith Locke chiselled out of the rock face at the mouth of Lake Ferry. People were quick to draw comparisons between my depiction and the far more grandiose Mt Rushmore but there isn't one really. Rushmore is deliberate and man made. I wanted this to look like an accidental work of nature
, like the rock sculptures of David Bowie in the movie Labyrinth.
Here we see Keith Locke chiselled out of the rock face at the mouth of Lake Ferry. People were quick to draw comparisons between my depiction and the far more grandiose Mt Rushmore but there isn't one really. Rushmore is deliberate and man made. I wanted this to look like an accidental work of nature
, like the rock sculptures of David Bowie in the movie Labyrinth.
6 Metiria
My friend, Green Party MP Metiria Turei. The composite background imagery came from Mt Bruce Bird Sanctuary. The kaka that owns the feathers is still very much alive.
All source images by Victoria Mitchel
My friend, Green Party MP Metiria Turei. The composite background imagery came from Mt Bruce Bird Sanctuary. The kaka that owns the feathers is still very much alive.All source images by Victoria Mitchel