Hi! My name is Maxwell Dalton! I’m in my fourth year attending Michigan State University in the College of Arts and Letters. I’m getting my bachelor's in fine arts in graphic design. I’m minoring in Entrepreneurship and innovation. I enjoy the outdoors and gardening in my free time. I also like to wake surf, hang out with friends, and spend time with my dogs and family.
I look at graphic design as an escape route for the creative mind. It is where I can release my creativity without any limits. Growing up with dyslexia was not easy for me. I always knew I had more of a creative mind, but I was never involved with art until my late teens. When I took my first graphic design class in high school, I knew I found my passion. After learning the Adobe software for a few years, I noticed my creativity taking control and my workflow becoming consistent. I also noticed the world around us is made up of graphic design. From the little icons on your phone to the billboards you drive by. It opened up to me how much remains to be created. When designing my goal is to create unique designs that have not yet been seen before by using different color pallets and organic line work. I like to start my design by thinking of what I want the outcome to be and then I start sketching. I work in three stages of the design process. The first stage is line art where I create my composition. The second, which is the most important, is color. Color can change the way you want your audience to feel about your design, therefore I take my time when it comes to this stage. Lastly is line detail, which helps create more texture in the design. One thing I enjoy the most about designing is that it is an endless route and every day I continue to grow my skills by becoming a better graphic designer.