About Craig Petersen

Craig began his career by creating his own self-published comic book series, which he scripted, illustrated and marketed around New Zealand.

In the late 1990s, Craig worked as a tele-operator for 0900 video gameslines providing customer support to the public.

In 2000, Craig became a web designer at DMD. Craig then went on to become a freelance designer, creating storyboard illustrations for television commercials and music videos; comic book scripts and illustrations; plus numerous websites and Flash animations.

Craig worked on two series of the bro'Town animated TV show for Firehorse Films. In those two years, Craig worked as a character and prop designer, a Key and In-Between clean-up artist, digitally coloured production backgrounds and created vector art for merchandise.

As a freelance illustrator, Craig created illustrations for the Exodus role-playing game manual in the US. Craig's other freelance commissions include: cartoon characters for business cards, illustrated covers for student diaries, newspaper advertisements for Air NZ, a 2-page comic book for a Canadian teaching magazine and pin-up art for other NZ comic creators.

In 2008 and 2009 Craig created the comic strip “Close to Midnight” for Rip It Up Magazine. At Satellite Media he has scripted, illustrated and animated several Flash comic strips.

During his time as a designer, Craig has developed very good client management and negotiation skills. He can manage his time effectively to work to deadlines and his experience enables him to provide accurate quotes.

Work Experience:

September 2007 - Current
Satellite Media
Full-time Web Designer / Illustrator

January 2007 - September 2007
Firehorse Films
Full-time Designer / Digital Artist for bro'Town animation studio

December 2005 - September 2006
Firehorse Films
Full-time Designer / Clean-Up Artist for bro'Town animation studio

March 2005 - December 2005
Outer Aspect
Full-time Designer for lenticular printing

September 2002 - March 2005
Freelance Web Designer / Illustrator / Comic Book Artist

July 2000 - September 2002
Digital Media Design
Full-time Web Designer, Client Manager for the SKY TV website.

March 1997 - July 2000
Datacom Services
Part-time Tele-Operator for various 0900 Gameslines, Account Manager for Electronic Arts Gamesline.

January 1997 - March 1997
Sega Ozisoft
Part-time Tele-Operator for the Sega Hotline.

January 1995 - December 1996
Self-Employed Business
Comic-Book Creator