MARIE WARD
GRAPHIC DESIGNER | ILLUSTRATOR
Hi!
I'm Marie Ward, a designer and illustrator that loves both digital graphics and classic analog creation. I have experience working with a range of clients from branding for start ups, interning at corporate companies, and freelance design and illustration that has helped me evolve my artistic style.
I am passionate about typography and love to use it as the primary (if not only) design element in creating book covers, logos, web banners, posters, branding, magazine spreads, and more. Alongside typography I enjoy getting technical with graphics and illustrations to compliment my designs.
In my spare time, I design tattoos, create detailed pen drawings, and experiment with Adobe. Being a photo-realism pen artist has made me integrate immense attention to detail into all varieties of my work.
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Lonely Crowd
2026
Pen on Paper and Layout in Adobe InDesign
Lonely Crowd explores the question, “Are we choosing to be alone, or are we lonely?” While there is an abundance of external factors that influence generational mental health, this project specifically draws attention to the individual experience of perceiving one’s life as more lonely than it may actually be. It considers the psychological responses to social interactions that often build self-imposed barriers, pushing individuals into isolation. The underlying tone of this piece draws on the universal emotion of loneliness, embodying a sense of understanding when it comes to feeling isolated.
Presented as a two-part installation, the work features original drawings on a large canvas and an accordion book. Each drawing depicts an individual found in a park, cafe, walking on the street, sitting, or generally engaged in a mundane activity. The common factor across all the drawings is that each individual was alone at the time they were drawn. Through these pen drawings, the goal is to display the distortion of loneliness through perspective. The large canvas presents these figures as a seemingly separated crowd, symbolizing the self-imposed barriers that hinder social connection. The accordion book introduces a more literal barrier between each individual, while also allowing the viewer to engage with each drawing as a stand-alone piece.