Howdy!
My name is Marina, and I ♥ to wear many Creative Hats.
I graduated with an Honours Degree in Fine Arts at York University (Toronto). In my first few years of education, I focused heavily on Visual Arts, Art History, Typography and the mandatory Nude Drawing sessions in studio. In my last year, desktop publishing and the internet were just emerging and I switched my focus to this medium.
I started designing way back sitting at a lighted drafting table, cutting ruby film, typesetting, and getting layouts camera ready. I advanced later to Microsoft Front Page, Dreamweaver, animated Gifs and Photoshop 2.0! If you don’t know what these are, that’s ok, you can find these things at your next museum visit!
Fast forward 20 years, I have helped many companies with their branding, designed hundreds of websites, and probably tens of thousands of graphics. Currently, I will never take on more than 2 web projects at once. This is so that I can dedicate and my focus all of my attention on you!
Besides being a personal chauffeur to 2 kids, in my spare time, I love drawing, home renovations, architecture and baking. Follow me for more on Instagram!
ELEMENTARY
By the age of 7, my right brain had taken over.
My days were spent hovering over a sketchbook with some 2B pencils, pounding some notes on the piano, or knitting sweaters for my Cabbage Patch dolls.
HIGH SCHOOL
I found myself in the Graphics Department of a leading bank where Corel 3.0 was the choice software fueled by the 486 Computer.
Stock photos were ordered via snail mail. Letters were typeset with specific computer codes. Artwork was rendered on a drafting table through mechanical paste-up, ruby film, and Xacto knife to be made camera-ready. What are these even you ask? Well, these items belong in a museum.
UNIVERSITY
I became infatuated with “Desktop Publishing” and when the “Information Superhighway” came to be, I chose a more technical aspect to design and pursued design and typography vs. traditional art in University.
I graduated with a Bachelors Degree in Fine Arts (Hons) from York University in Toronto.
YOUNG ADULT
Over the next several years, I worked for several companies ranging from Photo/Video Studios, Children’s Publishing, IT, Print Houses and Multimedia + Interactive Design Studios.
I started building websites with Microsoft FrontPage, old fashioned HTML, Macromedia DreamWeaver and Animated GIFS. The Horror!
NOW
Marina Duque Creative Direction | Brand Strategy | Web Design | Graphic Design | Illustration
Draw with Marina ~ A YouTube channel where I teach beginners how to draw in Procreate
Type Maven ~ Modern and functional Digital Planners
