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Cas
Marotta

tender
identity
sweet
flowy
expressive
figurative
people
atmosphere
texture
love
friends
sleepy
lgbt
organic
dreamlike
surreal
inclusive
comforting
abstraction
bodies
dynamic
longing
precarious

Cas stands facing the camera smiling, dramatic lighting, hands in pant pockets wearing a shirt that says Protect Trans Kids

Cas Marotta is an illustrator and Capricorn who goes to IKEA for fun. Inspired by love, Michigan, and his experience as a transgender person, he seeks to tackle complex narratives with organic shapes and bold colors. His favorite stories to tell are ones that focus on personal relationships in a strange & surreal world.

Cas stands facing the camera smiling, dramatic lighting, hands in pant pockets wearing a shirt that says Protect Trans Kids
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Cas stands facing the camera with gentle glance to the right, dramatic lighting, hands in jacket pockets, slightly obscuring shirt
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 Colorful illustration of two woman running out the door of a bar

What do you geek out about?

Cas: I love video games! I’m really bad at them though, and really only care about the plot and making my guy look cute. Naturally, my favorites are Animal Crossing, Legend of Zelda, and Final Fantasy XV.

Sweet or salty? Cake or pie? Coffee/tea?

Cas: Coffee out of all of them, for sure! In a perfect world I would constantly have a perfectly hot drink in hand. I started drinking tea so that this could be possible without becoming ridiculously over-caffeinated and jittery; it’s been good, but coffee is still my ride or die.

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I think there’s something so wonderful and unlikely about people meeting and becoming friends and falling in love that I can’t help but be a little obsessed with it.

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What is your favorite trick for “keeping it all together?”

Cas: I have a little bright yellow notebook that I keep everything in—my schedule, to-do lists, journals, notes, feelings, favorite artists, etc. I’m super forgetful so I have to write everything down, which really helps when I’ve got a lot of projects & thoughts going on all at once.

What or who inspires you?

Cas: The relationships and experiences I’ve had with other people inspire me the most. Anywhere from a guy I walked past three years ago who had a cool baseball cap on to a years-long romantic relationship. I think there’s something so wonderful and unlikely about people meeting and becoming friends and falling in love that I can’t help but be a little obsessed with it.

Bold blue and red illustration of two people tangled together with soap and toothpaste Bold colorful illustration of bathroom from ceiling perspective, person in tub Illustration of man lounging in room with a book in hand Illustration of two men sitting on the floor of a room reading books and holding mugs, top surgery Illustration of two men tangled in bed, one with a book the other holding a cellphone Colorful, bold illustration of a people on public transportation, woman in foreground holding cellphone smiling at messages Bright illustration of a disproportionately lemur walking through forest, long tail tangled in the tree branches of tree its walking past Illustration of night cityscape, buildings with human silhouettes in windows and a man floating, eyes closed in the relaxed posture in the blue sky Illustration of top down perspective looking down on a table with various hands holding phones, notebooks, beer, coffee and crafts Illustration with bold lighting of person tossing and turning in bed unable to sleep Black and white comic illustration of a person walking in the cold, hands in coat pocket with stern, angry look on his face. Illustration of two people back to back smoking cigarettes with On The Floor Lyrics by Perfume Genius

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