About Me

My name is Joshua A. Collins, and I am currently a senior in Georgia Southern University's Graphic Design program. I have experience working on a wide variety of projects, from website design, logo development, standards manual development, promotional product design, and video production. I have also worked on video and radio advertisements as the primary narrator or voice actor for a handful of different companies.

I need to bring this to your attention, it is not by chance that I selected a gas mask as my identifier, icon, and logo. Since 2014, I started using different gas masks as my online ID image. I go by the name Sir Gas Mask and still do to this day.

I am very passionate about the study of history, and I am aware of the cyclical aspect of time. The mask represents the adaptability under hostile circumstances, and the extent in which we as a people should go to protect our freedoms and liberties that were established by the Bill of Rights over 200 years ago. Now with a global pandemic upon us, we are starting to see certain freedoms under the camouflage of “safety" be removed. I am not saying that I disagree with all quarantine regulations, but I am concerned once the government establishes a precedent to remove our freedoms, we as a people must demand and ensure that they will be returned to us. What is designated as essential or non-essential is the perfect example. Everyone’s needs in life are different from one another, so how can an establishment, that has proven time and time again its disconnection with its constituents, arbitrarily label what is and what is not essential during this time of crises?

 I decided not to use typography in my logo because I believe type would not effectively represent the power the gas mask holds as a symbol. The gas mask represents not only myself, but the strive to preserve and ensure the freedoms and liberties that our founding fathers promised us in the establishment of this nation for all of its citizens.

As an artist, I strive to develop and publish content that serves the purpose of solving problems. I employ a variety of strategies in order to maximize the ability of my work to create the desired solutions. I work to elevate my audience to the same level of passion that I hold and to the same extent of my involvement.