Erin E. Sullivan's Blog

For my Advanced Graphic Design class I am directing a branding project of a made up wine company in which I have named “Snŏbb”. This project involves logo design, package design, and a web site. I am currently finishing up the logo, but I need a designer’s anal perspective on which is the better of the two I am presenting. The only contrast of the two is a one point stroke thickness difference in the stuck-up nose that I have merged in with the breve of the “o”. I want the breve to be able to stick out but I also want the nose to be noticeable, and I cannot make up my mind. Which would you prefer? Continue reading

Ever since I created this blog about three weeks ago I have been approached by a couple of people who told me that they do not have much of a grasp in graphic design. However, they do have interest in learning about it. My previous post was based around typography which is a very important element of graphic design. With this post I would like to give you a little bit of a crash course on typography. Continue reading

I am currently taking a class that is labeled “Experimental and Illustrative Typography” which explores the creation of typefaces and using type to create dynamic work. For one of the assignments, I had to create a design concept that is influenced by a typographic style movement that dates before the year 1980. This was the perfect opportunity for me to explore a very difficult typographic style that I have always had interest in creating ever since reading Dan Brown’s Angels & Demons: Ambigrams. This project obviously was not easy. Continue reading