Digital designer making complex things clear

web design & development,
brand identity

web design & development,
brand identity

Marcus Kelly: the Portfolio

Learn how I planned and taught myself to build this site – yes, the one you are viewing right now.

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Web Design,
Brand Identity,
Motion Graphics

MKVL 5 News

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Find out about my role + the broader collaborative effort behind creating MKVL 5 News’ brand and interface.

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Event poster designs created for Union and Involvement Services at Truman State University

Team lead, design,
Web Management

Team lead, design,
Web Management

Union & Involvement Services

Event poster designs created for Union and Involvement Services at Truman State University

Check out my work for Union & Involvement Services, the office that supports the educational mission of Truman State University.

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More works

In the Spirit of Competition photographic feature — In the Spirit of Competition
25 Images

In the Spirit of Competition

The Shape I'm In photographic feature — the shape i’m in
5 Images

<div class="fb-transcript__body">vigils</div> — vigils

<div class="fb-transcript__body">passages</div> — passages

<div class="fb-transcript__body">sessions</div> — sessions

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<p>"Am I finally okay with who I am now? I have discovered that recovery is a nonlinear process lived in a quiet grey. Tiptoeing in that greyness is an experience wrought with tension and tenderness. I have lived on two extremes, only to find that both left me fractured. The war still persists. This work is a quiet reflection of where I am now."</p>
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“Am I finally okay with who I am now? I have discovered that recovery is a nonlinear process lived in a quiet grey. Tiptoeing in that greyness is an experience wrought with tension and tenderness. I have lived on two extremes, only to find that both left me fractured. The war still persists. This work is a quiet reflection of where I am now.”

the shape i’m in

The Hunger Games book covers mockup — The Hunger Games
4 Images

<div class="fb-transcript__body">Redesigned cover for The Hunger Games, featuring a blue-purple palette, layered silhouettes, sharp framing, and a futuristic Panem-inspired visual system.</div> — Redesigned cover for The Hunger Games, featuring a blue-purple palette, layered silhouettes, sharp framing, and a futuristic Panem-inspired visual system.

<div class="fb-transcript__body">Redesigned cover for Catching Fire, featuring a fiery orange palette, layered architectural imagery, radial light forms, and a structured vertical composition.</div> — Redesigned cover for Catching Fire, featuring a fiery orange palette, layered architectural imagery, radial light forms, and a structured vertical composition.

<div class="fb-transcript__body">Redesigned cover for Mockingjay, featuring a pale blue palette, mirrored architectural imagery, fragmented vertical forms, and a colder, more restrained visual tone.</div> — Redesigned cover for Mockingjay, featuring a pale blue palette, mirrored architectural imagery, fragmented vertical forms, and a colder, more restrained visual tone.

The Hunger Games

Little Women poster design — Little Women
4 Images

<div class="fb-transcript__body">Geometric illustration for a local production of Little Women, intentionally departing from Broadway references and stereotypical feminine imagery.</div> — Geometric illustration for a local production of Little Women, intentionally departing from Broadway references and stereotypical feminine imagery.

<div class="fb-transcript__body">Custom wordmark for a local production of Little Women, adapted from TT Modernoir for use across multiple color variations.<div> — Custom wordmark for a local production of Little Women, adapted from TT Modernoir for use across multiple color variations.

<div class="fb-transcript__body">Greyscale illustration for a local production of Little Women, developed to retain clarity and contrast in black-and-white ephemera.</div> — Greyscale illustration for a local production of Little Women, developed to retain clarity and contrast in black-and-white ephemera.

Little Women

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