Who?
While growing up in a small town in North Dakota, I was always fascinated with corporate logos and advertising. My fascination with those things combined with my drawing, technical, and design skills drove me to pursue a career in Graphic Design. In September 2004, I acheived my Bachelor’s Degree in Graphic Design from the Art Institutes International Minnesota in Minneapolis, and it continues to be my life’s ambition. On the side, art history has become a great fascination of mine and I enjoy learning about art and design of the past. My long-term goal is to be a teacher, either passing on knowledge of art history some day, or simply teaching modern design.
What?
When not fiddling with Adobe Illustrator or debating on internet message boards how much the new UPS logo sucks, I enjoy long-distance running, hard rock music, movies, pretty much all forms of auto racing, video games, learning, reading murder mystery and suspense novels as well as political commentary from both sides of the political spectrum. My greatest interest in life is art, I enjoy drawing & sketching, digital art, and I have been known to be a regular patron of the arts and again - I love learning about art history.
Where?
The upper midwest is home - I grew up in North Dakota and I currently live in Minneapolis with my beloved girlfriend Elizabeth and our siamese cat Logan. Hopefully I won’t be here in Minnesota forever, and I certainly don’t intend to be, because I really like mountains, and there aren’t any mountains here.
Some Specifics
Full Name: Dustin A. Marson
Born on date: July 1983
Place of birth: Cooperstown, North Dakota
Hair color: Brown
Eye color: Blue
Height: 5′7″
Profession: Graphic Designer
Education: Bachelor’s in Graphic Design
Heritage: English, Norwegian
Zodiac sign: Cancer
Keywords: Ambitious, creative, shy, nervous
Child of: the late 80s / early 90s
Tools of the trade: Mac computer, Adobe Photoshop/Illustrator/InDesign, Macromedia Dreamweaver/Flash, graphite pencil
Favorite music: Hard rock / metal
Favorite bands: Old - Guns N Roses, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd; New - Linkin Park, Sevendust, Slipknot, Seether
Favorite color: Cyan
Favorite artist: M.C. Escher
Favorite film: The Big Lebowski
Favorite actress: Angelina Jolie
Favorite actor: Nicolas Cage
Favorite director: Ethan and Joel Coen
Favorite TV shows: Deadwood, Family Guy, Futurama, Law & Order, The Office, Doctor Who
Favorite book: Animal Farm by George Orwell
Favorite store: Target, Caribou Coffee
Favorite clothes: Not a name-brand kind of person, I usually get everything I need from Kohl’s (isn’t it cool how everything is always on sale there?) I usually just wear a flannel shirt and khakis or jeans.
Favorite food: Italian
Favorite alcoholic drink: Beer - Newcastle Brown Ale, Liquor - White Russian, or just plain Khalua and Cream
Favorite non-alcoholic drink: Coffee - particularly “Sumatra” from Caribou Coffee or most other dark roasts, when in the mood for something cold I’m a Mountain Dew guy.
Favorite toy(s): Apple Macintosh computer, Playstation 2
Favorite game(s): Sim City, Gran Turismo
Tons of useless knowledge about: Music, movies, auto racing
Areas of expertise: Drawing, graphic design, computers (especially Macintosh)
Motto: People often say that ‘beauty is in the eye of the beholder,’ and I say that the most liberating thing about beauty is realizing that you are the beholder. This empowers us to find beauty in places where others have not dared to look, including inside ourselves.