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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Email: marieward0731@gmail.com
Instagram: @mawzartt
Muniward:
Typeface Creation
2025
Adobe Illustrator, Glyphs Mini, Adobe InDesign
The more time I spent on various projects on Adobe Creative Platforms, the more I began to especially love the finetuning aspects of working with typefaces. This is my first typeface I have created; Muniward.
Originally inspired by the fluid, avante-garde, and altogether fun aesthetic of the MUNI logo, this typeface was birthed. Eventually, the letters and stylistic choices began taking on lives of their own and ultimately becoming a unique form when all together. As the designer, I recommend using tight leading to emphasize the connectivity of the letters to resemble one continuous form. Predominately made as a decorative display font, Muniward is designed to be appealing at large-scale and legible on a small-scale.
This was a ton of fun to make as I started from complete scratch, and having total freedom to shape each character was both a challenge and a reward. I first worked on Adobe Illustrator with just the “M”, “U”, “N”, “I” rough outlines from the original logo, then taking it to Glyphs Mini to imagine every letter’s inspiration from the former letters, and finally ensuring each letter fits the motif of connecting to the next with equal descenders, ascenders, and curves.
Type Specimen:
Visit the Publication Design I used Muniward in