Joseph Sullivan

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Design Interests

Graphic Design has been a subject of interest to myself for quite some time. Ever since I was a child, I have been fascinated by some people’s ability (or inability) to create art. I was always someone who loved to draw and was often praised for it as well. I always believed that artistic ability was something that you had to be born with, and since I seemed to be blessed with this gift I thought that it would be wrong of me not to embrace such a unique trait in my future career. The problem was that I never really knew what to do with my talent, or how to commercialize it so I slowly stopped practicing what I loved so much.

Entering college, I decided that I would be doing myself a disservice if I were to not embrace my ability and I narrowed my goal down into two paths, art teaching or graphic design. The aspects of graphic design that have been of interest to me are publication and advertising design. These two types of design are of particular interest to me because people may not think or even realize how much work goes into those pages, that billboard, or even those commercials. I have never been one who likes to gloat so I feel as though the satisfying perfectionism , while still being able to not draw too much attention to my work, will be perfect for me.

I think that these 2 images are particularly powerful forms of advertisement, the message is quite clear and the images are simple yet aesthetically pleasing. People who see these images will clearly understand the severity of smoking, and that is exactly what graphic design is supposed to achieve, a clear message that is elegant yet powerful.