Kara leanne McMurray
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Hi!
My name is
Kara McMurray, and I am a senior
Visualization major at Texas A&M University. My passion is to design and explore the arts, and my goal is to have the opportunity to continue my passions in the career field.
typography
re-designs
logos & layout
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Graphic Design typography
Meagan Whitney
McKellar
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Gilbert Goss
Sawtelle IV
together with their parents Janeen and Don Wood Anne and Art McKellar Nancy and Gilbert Goss Sawtelle III
invite you to share in the joy of
wedding on
the twenty-sixth of April
two thousand and fourteen at Five o’clock
Avant Garden, Houston, Texas
wedding program and invitation for freelance work.
Graphic Design typography
iphone App mockup for 3 Day Startup where I participated as a designer. 3 Day Start up is an entrepreneurship program to jumpstart a business in three days with other people from different skill sets.
Graphic Design Kinetic Typography
using after effects, I created a kinetic typography project using 3d space and movement. I chose a quote on attitude by Charles Swindoll and used a textured background of a sky to complete the look.
Graphic Design Book Re-design
this project was a complete redesign of the book Ink Exchange by Melissa Mar. Illustrations were done digitally in adobe illustrator. Deep colors were used to foreshadow the books dark tone.
Graphic Design pac kage re-design
package redesign for Palmer’s soap. I used nature-inspired colors to give a soothing appeal. “Palmer’s” written by hand digitally in illustrator.
Graphic Design logo/poster
KEEP BEAUTIFUL
this project involved choosing a nonprofit to redesign the logo and create an advertisement for the organization. I chose the non-profit Keep Texas Beautiful. the poster design (right page) I wanted to emphasize Texas fully by starting off the official state song and photographing our state flower. 18”x24.” for the logo (left page) I wanted to visually interpret the organization’s main focus of clean Texas highways, land preservation, and recycling programs. The green colors were to emphasize the idea of “going green” and leaf and star design to mesh Texas with nature in a subtle and simple way. The leaf also symbollically represents a “clean” pathway and countryside. Also included are process work for the logos.
KEEP BEAUTIFUL
Graphic Design logo/layout
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this project involved creating a logo and business set for a nonprofit organization benefitting an endangered species. I chose the myotis cave bat, and used the name MR. BAT to be an acronym for myotis rescue, bat alliance team. I also created a bat icon that looked friendly and approachable since many people are afraid of bats. Layout not at full scale
Graphic Design logo
Logo design for business Hex Tactical Resources. The 6 hexagons are to represent a bee hive’s honeycombs. This is to symbolize the strength and ambition a bee represents. The coloring is to correlate with the tactics of the business dealing with gun holsters, supplies, and handling lessons.
resume (254) 227-0716 karaleannemcmurray@gmail.com
Texas A&M University
Visualization, Graphic Design Focus Class of 2014
STUDENT TECHNICIAN Graphic Designer Texas A&M University Office of the Provost | Public Partnership & Outreach January 2013 - Present
STUDENT WORKER i
Texas A&M University Billing Office Customer Service Representative February 2011–May 2012
AIGA
National and Local Contributing Member
AGGIES SUPPORT U.S.O.
Vice President first USO student chapter, Spring 2012
STUDY ABROAD ITALY
Printmaking, black and white photography Fall 2012
(254) 227-0716 karaleannemcmurray@gmail.com
Texas A&M University
Visualization, Graphic Design Focus Class of 2014
Texas A&M University
Visualization, Graphic Design Focus Class of 2014
STUDENT TECHNICIAN Graphic Designer
Texas A&M University Office of the Provost | Public Partnership & Outreach STUDENT JanuaryTECHNICIAN 2013 - Present Graphic Designer Texas A&M University Office of the Provost | Public Partnership & Outreach January 2013 - Present
STUDENT WORKER i
Texas A&M University Billing Office
STUDENT WORKER i Customer Service Representative Texas A&M University Billing Office February 2011–May 2012 Customer Service Representative February 2011–May 2012
AIGA
AIGANational and Local Contributing Member National and Local Contributing Member
AGGIES SUPPORT U.S.O.
AGGIES SUPPORT U.S.O. Vice President
Vice President first USO student chapter, Spring 2012 first USO student chapter, Spring 2012
STUDY ABROAD ITALY ITALY STUDY ABROAD
Printmaking, black and white photography Printmaking, black and white photography Fall 2012 Fall 2012
ADOBE
ADOBE Photoshop Photoshop Indesign Illustrator Indesign After effects Illustrator
After effects
MICROSOFT OFFICE
Outlook MICROSOFT Outlook Word Excel Word PowerpointExcel
CUSTOMER SERVICE TRAINED
Powerpoint
PROFICIENT WITH MAC/PC PROFICIENT
CUSTOMER SERVICE TRAINED HTML WEBHTML EXPERIENCE CSS5
WEB EXPERIENCE CSS5
OFFICE
WITH MAC/PC
3D/INTERACTIVE
AutoCAD
Blender 3D/INTERACTIVE Maya
AutoCAD Blender Maya