DANU MARCHE
Welcome.
I’ve been creating art for over 30 years. For a long time, I thought I needed to settle on a specific art style to truly define myself—but about 15 years ago, I let that go. I discovered that I thrive on variety. My work now leans into concept-driven portraiture, often exploring the female form, but I don’t limit myself creatively. Change keeps me inspired.
Professionally, I’ve worn many hats—graphic designer for both agencies and freelance clients, web developer, UI/UX designer, videographer, and even a Flash developer back when Flash ruled the digital streets. No matter the job, I’ve always kept one foot in the world of personal art and commission work. That’s the creative pulse that never stops beating.
On the writing side, I’ve been active for about 17 years. It’s a younger branch of my creative life, but one I enjoy deeply. You’ll find short stories, blog posts, and a few published poems on my Creative and Logbook pages. I post sporadically and organically—whenever the words strike.
Art and music have always been foundational for me. My lifelong mission has been to explore as many corners of the fine and performing arts as I can reach. I proudly live by the phrase, “Jack of all trades, master of none.” I’m not interested in being pinned down by a single title. “Writer” and “Commission Artist” may be the formal labels, but I view them more as channels through which I support my broader creative journey.
This site serves as a kind of visual calling card—a glimpse into what I do and how I think. It’s not optimized for search engines or designed for mass traffic. If you landed here from curiosity or a social link, welcome! You won’t find my contact info on the pages—it’s intentionally kept on my business card to protect my privacy. As for the site itself, it’s still under gradual construction,
Lego-style—being built piece by piece over time.
If you’re curious about the names hagabaudr8 and gentelxc, they’re digital relics—handles from the early internet and late Phreaking era. Gentelxc is a blend of “Generation X” and “Telecommunications,” loosely nodding to Artemisia Gentileschi, an artist I’ve always admired. Hagabaudr8, originally styled in Leetspeak, merges “Haga” (slang for poor quality) with “Baud Rate”—a term from data transmission. It means, “an old computer.” A lot of us back then liked to coin terms of self-deprecation. That era—especially the 80s and 90s—was a chaotic and beautiful time of underground art, exploration, and rebellion.
I’m still very much an underground artist… just a quieter one now.
