Anyway, I'm feeling very hopeful right now. And hope is a powerful feeling. And an important one.
There isn't a whole lot of hope in our industry right now. There really hasn't been since the economy took that nasty turn for the worse. Budgets are small. Projects are straightforward and seem to lack creativity. People are frustrated. The only hope we grasp onto is knowing that eventually this will pass and things will get better.
That just isn't enough for me. So I took on a side project. One that I love. One that provides me a great deal of hope. Hope for creativity. Hope for a breakthrough. Hope for the future.
One of my oldest and closest friends is an incredibly talented musician. And I decided to spend my spare time helping him realize his dreams, which in turn is helping me stay focused on mine. So now I'm Art Director by day, Band Manager by night. And I'm having a blast.
I'm having to teach myself a lot in this new role, which is fine by me. We just launched www.marcuswords.com, which took a lot of learning on my part. And as I keep learning new web stuff, the site will keep evolving. I'm learning the art of promotion, which really isn't my strong suit but something that should be. And I'm getting to be the artist I wish I could be at my day job. There's a really cool poster series in the works that I'll post here soon.
It's good to be hopeful. Hopeful that talent and passion might actually pay off. Hopeful that there's something bigger out there to be a part of. And hopeful that at the end of the day, somehow, somewhere you made a difference.
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The new logo:
The poster series (as it stands now):
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