Meaghan Casey

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Design Interests

Why graphic design?

I grew up loving art; my grandpa was a painter so he was a big influence on me when i was younger and is probably the reason i really got into drawing and painting. I never really knew graphic design was an option for me until i took a class my sophomore year in high school. I loved everything about it. I love working on the computer and being able to be creative with the things that i make. Both of my brothers are in the design field as well, so I’ve learned a lot from them. I don’t really know what part of graphic design i want to go into but I think i’m leaning towards advertising because that is what i have the most experience in. I’m hoping to be able to figure it out soon!

One area of graphic design that i’m interested in would have to be package design. Products need presentation. I have to admit that when I’m shopping, I want to purchase some things because of the cool package design. I feel like if the way the product is packaged is boring, it’ll be less popular, even if it’s a good product. When something is a product for kids, you can really tell because of the color scheme and designs compared to if something is more for adults. I love looking at the boxes some products come in and the detail that’s put into it. I feel like designing that would be fun because you can take a bit of the product but also put some of your own ideas into it.

The next area of design that I’m interested in is definitely have to be advertising design. I’ve had the most experience in this part of the field and i really love doing it. No matter where you go, you see advertisements. There are so many creative and fun ways to get the message out to the public that can really catch their attention. There’s so much you can do with it as well. Some ads have many colors and pictures, which can really help sell a product or an idea to people. Others can be very simple, which can be just as effective. With this coke ad is really cute and i like how straight forward it is. You can clearly see that it’s an ad for coke but it also kind of makes you smile. There aren’t anythings popping out at you but sometimes less is more in advertising. This ad for glasses i think is very cleaver because you can clearly see what they’re trying to get at. I also think it’s kind of funny because the painting looks blurry because of the painting style and now it look “clear” because of the glasses. I just really love that there are so many things you can do with this area of design.