Advisory: As Halifax Water is currently undertaking work at the Fountain campus, we ask our community to not drink the water at the Fountain campus. We will update you as soon as the work has been completed.
My name is Clarke MacDonald. I graduated from NSCAD in 1999. Since then, I have been a practicing designer and illustrator, primarily freelance. The nature of my work is that of an interdisciplinary designer. Big projects, small projects, team projects, and individual ones. Each, often requiring specific skills and outcomes. I鈥檓 a published illustrator. I鈥檝e designed book covers. I鈥檝e built displays and floats. I鈥檝e worked on trade shows, coded websites, shot videos, and developed marketing campaigns. I鈥檝e provided a full range of design services to a variety of businesses, large and small, throughout Atlantic Canada and beyond. It鈥檚 been a fun career so far. Plenty of variety, learning curves, and technical challenges along the way. Illustration has always played an important role in the way I鈥檝e approached my work. With children鈥檚 books, the illustrations are the final outcome. With other projects, illustration has been a valuable tool in the development of concepts, visual approaches, planning, and communicating ideas. As an instructor at NSCAD, I try to bring to my classes both the experience of being a practicing designer/illustrator and an overall enthusiasm for the creative process.
