Miranda Rahn
Informatics / Design
Hello! My name is Miranda Rahn, and I a recent graduate from Indiana University with a Bachelor of Science in Informatics with a
cognate in Graphic Design and minors in Web Design, Human-Centered Computing, and Creative Technology
Art &
Design. I am eager to begin my professional career and am looking for opportunities in web design, UX design, or graphic design.
I have a strong technical background with experience in Python, SQL, PHP, JavaScript, HTML, and CSS. On
the
design side, I am proficient in Adobe InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, Premiere, and After Effects.
Additionally, I have worked with 3D and interactive art tools such as Blender, TouchDesigner, and Unity.
In
web development, I have experience coding websites from scratch and working with platforms like
WordPress,
Squarespace, and Wix.
Some of my favorite projects involve building websites in HTML and designing the graphical elements that
bring them to life. My portfolio showcases a selection of my best work—scroll down to explore featured
projects or browse my archives for a comprehensive look at what I’ve created throughout my studies.
Featured Projects
Robot Dog
As part of my Prototyping with Arduino class, a team of myself and my peers created this robot dog made out of wood, 3D printed materials, Servo moters, and Arduino Unos. We wired the entire thing ourselves, constructed the materials, assembled it, and programmed it to shake hands and move it's head. As part of our assignment, we had to make a silly video from the perspective of the robot, which we named "Unit".
Untitled Party Scene
For my 3D Computer Graphics class, I made a 360 panoramic video that walks through a party with abstract characters. As the player walks through the room and enters a second, more erie room, the tone shifts and becomes distorted. Everything in the video was modeled and made by me in Blender, and then animated to move slightly as the camera moves through the room. I then took 900 panoramic screen shots and put them together in Adobe Premier to create a 360 video.
Northern Legends
For one of my graphic design classes, we were tasked with going through the steps of a mock freelance project where we had to create an entire brand idenity for a business that we came up with. My fake business was a cryptid museum in Juneau, Alaska that specilizes in Alaskan legends. The name of the musuem is Northern Legends, and each image you see is a mockup of potential merch the museum could sell with the logo and brand patterns on it. The logo and patterns were made in Adobe Illustrator and the mockups were made with Adobe Photoshop.