Hello, my name is Marco Roldan and Graphic Design is my burden. Born, but not raised in Texas, I’ve been pursuing art and design most of my life. 

My first experience with Graphic Design started when I was 11 or so with my aunt working as a Graphic Designer. She served as a huge inspiration to me, before she even decided to study Graphic Design, as a talented artist. Growing up I loved art and drawing, and seeing the direction she went in influenced me to become a designer as well. I did initially fumble deciding to study architecture due to parental pressure, but ultimately I didn’t love architecture enough to pursue it as a career.

With my start as an artist instead of a designer, a lot of my works tend to have hand drawn illustrations to supplement the designs. I feel like at the start of my design career it was crutch for my lack of experience using fonts, hierarchy, and layout, but as I’ve grown I feel like my foundations have gotten stronger alongside my understandings of color theory and illustration work. I only hope I continue to create more and grow as an artist and designer.