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Acknowledgements

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Id like to thank my amily, riends, and classmates or

providing me with helpul eedback on my projects and

to Proessor Barnes or all o his help and instruction

regarding the Adobe Creative Suite programs used to

create the portolio and the works in it.

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able o Contents 2

BiographyInographic

Poster

Flyer

ypography

Visual Identity

Statement o Intent

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Casey Miller

focusedgenuine

dependable

loyalI enjoy leading and developing close relationships with people.I am cautious, yet determined, and will analyze a situation ully

beore proceeding. And while I enjoy spending time with riends,

I always make sure to get my work done.

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Biography

My name is Casey Miller and I amcurrently a sophomore in the Universityo North Carolina School o Journalismand Mass Communication specializing inMultimedia. I love being a UNC studentand cant imagine my lie anywhere else.Tough Im here now, I didnt always knowwhere I wanted to go to college or whatkind o career I wanted to have. Figuringthis out has been a long, complicated, andconusing process. You know your lie isinteresting when you start at one collegeas a business major and end up at a com-pletely dierent school majoring injournalism.

I was born in Maryland, but spentmost o my childhood growing up inWake Forest, N.C. I loved the town (and

still do) and was sad to leave when myamily moved up to Erie, Pennsylvania inJanuary o 2006. Tere are certain thingsabout N.C. that Pennsylvania just cantoer. Not to mention all o the memoriesthat N.C. holds or me. Tis was the placewhere I learned to play cello, developed togreat soball skills, and earned my blackbelt in ae Kwon Do.

Despite all o these wonderulthings, we did have to move. Tus becamemy lie in Pa. I attended McDowell HighSchool rom the all o 2006 until spring o2010 when I nally graduated. Id alwaysbeen a great student, yet I still had no ideawhat I wanted to do with my lie. I applied,and was accepted to, a number o collegesmy senior year. Yet, being the indecisive

person that I am, I waited until the lastday beore nally committing to AmericanUniversity as a business major.

As my reshman year progressed, Iknew I wasnt happy so I decided to be

proactive. North Carolina had served mewell in my youth and UNC seemed to oereverything that I could possibly want in auniversity, so I decided to apply as atranser. I ound out a little over a year agothat Id been accepted and the rest, they sayis history. Ive switched to a more suit-able major and couldnt be happier withthe direction my lie is heading.

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InographicMy main goal in designing this inographic was or it to beinormative, yet engaging. I wanted to get the acts across, but

in a way that interests the viewer. Tis is why, in addition to

using bar and line graphs, I created the chart near the top right

o the inographic. Te chart presents the relationship between

rail ridership and segments o track slow zoned in an eective,

yet interesting way. In the end, I chose to use the Chicago L

rail map as a uniying theme or my inographic since the poster

relates inormation directly tied to the rail system.

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They're pursuing the American dream like

everyone else, but doing it their own way.

The two friends hope to get rich by mugging

people. Getting a reservation at an elite New

York restaurant becomes their symbol

for "making it".

Thursday, Feb 9th @ 8pm

Friday, Feb 10th @ 8pm

Saturday, Feb 11th @ 8pm

Sunday, Feb 12th @ 2pm & 8pm

Monday, Feb 13th @ 5pm

UNC student Sam Smith's original play Stick Up

Kids is the story of two best friends trying to

make it on their own in New York City.

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PosterWhen creating this poster, I

speciically wanted to represent two

things. I wanted to incorporate the

city and I wanted to incorporate the

two main characters. I decided early

on that I wanted to use the New York

City skyline as part o my posters

background, but it took me longer

to decide upon using silhouettes or

the characters. Since the play that Idesigned the poster or is about two

teenage brothers moving to New

York and mugging people, I wanted

the poster to depict the t ime o day

when most muggings occur, hence

the dusky gradient in the back-

ground. At irst I was set on plac-

ing the title at the top o the poster;

however, as the design evolved it

made sense or me to move the title

to the bottom where it could have

the greatest impact on the poster.

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Flyer9

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Given that this fyer is or a play based on a greek god and the

wrath he incurs on a modern Grecian city, I wanted to incorporate

both o those aspects into my fyer. Te atmosphere o the play

crosses between ancient and modern, thus the Renaissance themed

portrayal o Bacchus contrasts with the vibrant city in the bottom

le corner. I drew other inspiration rom Renaissance artwork as

well. Te fyers background presents a texture akin to that o some

Renaissance paintings and the gradient in the center o the poster

draws upon a visual idea used by many Renaissance artists.

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ypographySince Caslon is a seri ont, I elt that the design o

this composition should be elegant and reserved. I

chose to use dark, yet so colors as a way to display

this elegance. I at rst wanted to display the title

as engrave, but chose engrave my ligature instead.

Tis gave my title more pop and allowed my

ligature to become a background item, while still

remaining an important piece o the composition.

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Visual Identity

enigma

designs

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Statement oIntento be completely honest, I dont

know exactly what career I want to

have. I have a general idea o what Id

like to do, but nothing too speciic.

hat said, I am a motivated, hard work-

er and put my best eort into every-

thing I do. I want to become a valued

member o a team and I understandthat this takes time. Respect isnt given,

its earned.

Getting to work with a moti-vated company would be a dream come

true. While I can work alone, I eel

that working with others oten brings

out peoples best ideas. Whether it be

designing a logo, building a website,

or writing up a company inormation

page, I will put orth my best eort. Ihope that my motivation and deter-

mination will help me advance in the

workplace as my lie progresses.

Id love to hear rom you i you think wed be a good match.

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