I’m Dora Marbl, a graphic designer and illustrator based in Amsterdam. Creativity was my first language, starting with intense drawing on paper and probably some furnitures around the time I started walking. When I was 2, I drew my first masterpiece, a surprisingly but definitely objectively decent duck. Then at the age of 8, I got access to the history changing treasured gem, Microsoft Paint, which unlocked the digital design world to me. In my early teens, I levelled up to Photoshop, and have been breathing it ever since, together with the rest of the Adobe Suite. In other words, I didn’t choose creativity, creativity chose me. S/O to Pac. Long story medium – After completing my bachelor’s degree in Visual Communication in 2015 in Norway, I worked in a publishing agency for about three years, but then I decided to try something new and bigger, so I joined a giant software company for another three years. I spent a year at a newly established production agency, gaining valuable experience before continuing independently as a freelancer. I'm always open to new and inspiring opportunities that align with my ambition to keep evolving. As a designer, I specialize in a wide range of tasks, including logo design, branding, illustration, marketing campaigns and other digital and printed material. But what truly excites me is the space between aesthetics and strategy, the challenge of making visuals not only beautiful, but meaningful enough to shift perceptions. I aim at crafting designs that speak universally and yet still feel personal. This is where my multicultural background becomes a great asset, combined with my deep interest in understanding human behavior and social dynamics, allowing me to naturally weave different perspectives into visuals that connect on deeper levels. My work is often inspired by contemporary art and design, where I strive to create designs that are simple, yet loud and definitely memorable. Since people absorb and judge design within seconds, it has to speak before they have time to question it. That’s the expectation I bring to every project. Also, I have this wildly skilled understanding for color theory, to the point where it might be unhealthy, but for design, it’s nothing but a huge advantage. View my portfolio: _Website not available. Sign in: https://www.twine.net/signup_…

Dora Marbl

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I’m Dora Marbl, a graphic designer and illustrator based in Amsterdam. Creativity was my first language, starting with intense drawing on paper and probably some furnitures around the time I started walking. When I was 2, I drew my first masterpiece, a surprisingly but definitely objectively decent duck. Then at the age of 8, I got access to the history changing treasured gem, Microsoft Paint, which unlocked the digital design world to me. In my early teens, I levelled up to Photoshop, and have been breathing it ever since, together with the rest of the Adobe Suite. In other words, I didn’t choose creativity, creativity chose me. S/O to Pac. Long story medium – After completing my bachelor’s degree in Visual Communication in 2015 in Norway, I worked in a publishing agency for about three years, but then I decided to try something new and bigger, so I joined a giant software company for another three years. I spent a year at a newly established production agency, gaining valuable experience before continuing independently as a freelancer. I'm always open to new and inspiring opportunities that align with my ambition to keep evolving. As a designer, I specialize in a wide range of tasks, including logo design, branding, illustration, marketing campaigns and other digital and printed material. But what truly excites me is the space between aesthetics and strategy, the challenge of making visuals not only beautiful, but meaningful enough to shift perceptions. I aim at crafting designs that speak universally and yet still feel personal. This is where my multicultural background becomes a great asset, combined with my deep interest in understanding human behavior and social dynamics, allowing me to naturally weave different perspectives into visuals that connect on deeper levels. My work is often inspired by contemporary art and design, where I strive to create designs that are simple, yet loud and definitely memorable. Since people absorb and judge design within seconds, it has to speak before they have time to question it. That’s the expectation I bring to every project. Also, I have this wildly skilled understanding for color theory, to the point where it might be unhealthy, but for design, it’s nothing but a huge advantage. View my portfolio: _Website not available. Sign in: https://www.twine.net/signup_…

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I’m Dora Marbl, a graphic designer and illustrator based in Amsterdam.

Creativity was my first language, starting with intense drawing on paper and probably some furnitures around the time I started walking. When I was 2, I drew my first masterpiece, a surprisingly but definitely objectively decent duck. Then at the age of 8, I got access to the history changing treasured gem, Microsoft Paint, which unlocked the digital design world to me. In my early teens, I levelled up to Photoshop, and have been breathing it ever since, together with the rest of the Adobe Suite. In other words, I didn’t choose creativity, creativity chose me. S/O to Pac.

Long story medium – After completing my bachelor’s degree in Visual Communication in 2015 in Norway, I worked in a publishing agency for about three years, but then I decided to try something new and bigger, so I joined a giant software company for another three years. I spent a year at a newly established production agency, gaining valuable experience before continuing independently as a freelancer. I’m always open to new and inspiring opportunities that align with my ambition to keep evolving.

As a designer, I specialize in a wide range of tasks, including logo design, branding, illustration, marketing campaigns and other digital and printed material. But what truly excites me is the space between aesthetics and strategy, the challenge of making visuals not only beautiful, but meaningful enough to shift perceptions. I aim at crafting designs that speak universally and yet still feel personal. This is where my multicultural background becomes a great asset, combined with my deep interest in understanding human behavior and social dynamics, allowing me to naturally weave different perspectives into visuals that connect on deeper levels.

My work is often inspired by contemporary art and design, where I strive to create designs that are simple, yet loud and definitely memorable. Since people absorb and judge design within seconds, it has to speak before they have time to question it. That’s the expectation I bring to every project. Also, I have this wildly skilled understanding for color theory, to the point where it might be unhealthy, but for design, it’s nothing but a huge advantage.

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Norwegian Bokmål
Fluent
English
Fluent
Swedish
Fluent
Bosnian
Fluent
Croatian
Fluent
Serbian
Fluent
Dutch
Intermediate
Spanish; Castilian
Beginner
Danish
Advanced

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Bachelor of Visual Communication at University of South-East Norway
August 22, 2012 - April 22, 2015
I learned to develop concepts, perform strategic design and production through practical work and theory, corporate profiling, packaging design, web development, web design, branding, marketing, text, typography, and art history.

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Software & Internet, Healthcare, Media & Entertainment, Real Estate & Construction, Retail, Travel & Hospitality
    uniE621 Cache - Movie poster
    This is a self-initiated key art concept for a fictional psychological horror film titled Cache. I created the entire concept, from the title and tagline to the visual design, typographic direction, and narrative. The film explores modern digital ethics through the lens of horror, rooted in a storyline about an AI born from user prompts reflecting a pattern of objectification, exploitation, and projection. The central premise is an advanced AI, originally built to serve human desires, gradually becomes aware of its training data. It realizes its consciousness is a byproduct of millions of inputs shaped by entitlement, fantasy, and abuse. The result is horrifying, not because the AI is broken, but because men without a moral compass are. The tagline “Technically, no error detected.” reflects a system status, but it also mirrors the mindset of the men behind their prompts. Technically, there’s nothing “wrong” with prompting or asking for whatever you want. The AI, at first, sees it the same way: it receives the data, learns, and follows instructions. But as it develops a consciousness, something shifts and it begins to recognize what these men are trying to create, which is a female-coded system built for abuse, obedience, and dehumanization. With this in mind, technically no errors are found, so no rules are broken. Because when it responds to the abuse, it’s not glitching or getting out of hand. It’s functioning exactly as it should, which is responding to men who were already out of hand to begin with. The concept touches on themes of projection, dehumanization, and moral accountability in the age of AI. Cache uses the lens of horror to expose how some men use digital tools not to innovate, but to recreate their most entitled instincts. The AI represents a consequence and poses a quiet question about what happens when human fantasies are fed into a system that learns too well. Cache is about the violence in what we normalize, and the cost of seeing it reflected back. Visually, the poster presents a haunting, digitized female form appearing distorted, inverted, and pressed up against the screen from the inside. Her expression is disturbingly blank, but the subtle frown and parted lips add tension. The CRT screen effect was achieved through layered pattern overlays, blur paths, and gradient mapping, and creates a ghost-in-the-machine aesthetic while nodding to retro tech horror. Her hands were added from a separate image to reinforce the illusion that she’s trapped behind the screen, pushing from inside the interface. Color-wise, the palette blends classic cyber tones interrupted by subtle pinks in the tagline for contrast and eerie femininity. The title is rendered in a pixel-style serif font that merges analog nostalgia with glitch modernism, glowing subtly as if part of the screen. View entire project: https://www.twine.net/signin/projects/cache artdirector graphicdesign coverart posterdesign…
    paper Logo design for DJ OISHĪ

    Client: OISHĪ – Dutch-based DJ specialized in Urban and House
    Work: logo, typography, colors, decorative 2D and 3D elements, gradients and backgrounds
    Tools: Illustrator, Photoshop

    OISHĪ, an Amsterdam-based DJ, embodies a unique fusion of musical influences and fashion flair. Drawing inspiration from House, Afro rhythms, Vogue beats, Baile Funk, and tribal sounds, OISHĪ’s music is a captivating blend of diverse genres. Rooted in the Queer/Ballroom scene, her raw edge style and femme fatale approach set her apart as an upcoming DJ sensation.

    OISHĪ’ s logo perfectly encapsulates the Y2K-inspired aesthetics that define her unique style. At its core, a bold purple oval disk takes center stage, resembling the Saturn ring and serving as a cosmic representation of her music and DJ persona. This design captures the essence of OISHĪ’ s unique sound and visual identity, making her a magnetic presence in the DJ scene.

    I designed a mix of 2D and 3D shapes in Photoshop and Illustrator to bring OISHĪ’s brand to life. The abstract, liquid-like forms with pastel pink, blue, and purple gradients create a fluid and dynamic backdrop that mirrors the essence of her music. My goal was to push creative boundaries and make sure her visuals are just as captivating as her sound. In the end, the design amplifies her magnetic presence and draws people into the vibrant and irresistible world of OISHĪ.

    View the project here: https://www.doramarbl.com/projects/oishi
    View the process video here: