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Get to Know Graphic Designer

Andre Cardamone

by Kaleigh Compton Communication • 2020

B luefield College senior Andre Cardamone may have come to Bluefield College to play sports, but he’s leaving with a passion and proficiency for graphic design. Originally fromWasco, California, Cardamone came to Bluefield after being recruited to play men’s volleyball for the Rams. Now a senior majoring in graphic communication, he says he was not always actually interested in graphic design. “When I first came to Bluefield I was an art education major,” Cardamone said. “Then one of my friends, Lex Mocarski, was the one who kind of changed my mind.” Mocarski was a graphic communication major and encouraged Cardamone to make the switch. He quickly realized

previous career choice. So Cardamone switched to graphic communication after his freshman year. “My favorite thing is probably being able to do what I want and to create my own take on things,” he said about the art of graphic design. “When someone sees it and says ‘oh that’s really good,’ it’s like ‘yeah I did that all by hand on the computer.’”

Cardamone says he finds himself sticking to certain fonts and colors for his work, but would not say he has a particular style. His least favorite part about the job is dealing with some of his clients—not in with dealing with them as a client, but dealing with their choices of design. Their vision, he said, sometimes contradicts what he believes to be the best version of their vision. For example, it can be difficult when his clients ask for colors or a design that he thinks do not go well together. Even so, Cardamone listens to his

that he was very interested in the major, as well, and liked that it paid more than his

Andre Cardamone