About

Marcus Dickerson is a writer, artist and illustrator of children’s picture books.This blog was born out of a personal goal to explore creativity and stretch the balloon of imagination. He has written 3 children’s books and is currently working on getting his first book published.

Professionally, Marcus Dickerson is a senior art director of an interactive agency in Dallas, Texas. He has worked for some of Dallas’s most reputable design and advertising firms on projects ranging from annual reports, branding, corporate identity, traditional advertising, book design, website design, multimedia, outdoor advertising, and television.

His work has been recognized in some of the industry’s most noted publications including Print, Graphis, Critique, Communication Arts, Black Book AR100, and has won awards from The Dallas Society of Visual Communications, the American Advertising Federation, Houston Art Directors Club to name a few. And his graphic design work has been published in numerous design books, including the International Logos and Trademarks 5, Letterhead + Logo Design 5, Large Scale Design book, Third Big Book of Logos, The New Book of Color, Logo Lounge 1, 2, 6. LogoLounge Master Library, Initials & Crest Logos,

Along with his professional work in the field, Marcus also has experience teaching University level design. From 1999 to 2001, he was Adjunct Professor at the University of North Texas School of Visual Art, teaching publication design and served as adjunct professor at Texas Christian University School of Art, teaching computer graphics from 2010 to 2012.

Feel free to contact me at: bird.a.day@gmail.com

6 Responses to “About”

joetowey December 3, 2012 at 9:49 pm #

I love all the different materials that you use. I’ll be visiting and browsing when ever I need a little boost of inspiration.

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- mkdickerson December 4, 2012 at 7:45 pm #
  
  Thanks for the compliment. Please hang out here whenever you feel like it.
  
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jav3d December 2, 2012 at 12:20 pm #

Thank You for dropping by and liking my arft Marcus!

Awesome blog here, I like your birds : )

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- mkdickerson December 2, 2012 at 2:49 pm #
  
  I really like your most recent experimentation with the circle patterns. Reminds me of looking out the window of an airplane. Thank you for dropping by my blog also.
  
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The Lilia Project March 25, 2012 at 6:38 pm #

I’ve nominated you for the Genuine Blogger Award you can find all the details here: http://theliliaproject.wordpress.com/2012/03/25/genuine-blogger-award-thank-you/

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- mkdickerson March 26, 2012 at 9:41 am #
  
  Thank you so much. I appreciate the nomination. Keep up the good blogging yourself.
  
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