The Many Lives of Lee Miller

This project translated my research on Lee Miller into a fully designed, publication-ready magazine that demonstrated editorial structure, typographic discipline, and visual hierarchy. The process began by organizing the written content into a clear narrative sequence and developing a custom typographic logo through hand-tracing and vector refinement. I established a controlled type system using proportional scales and a consistent heading–body pairing, which set the foundation for layout decisions across all spreads.

The magazine’s visual architecture relied on rigorous grid systems—column, modular, hierarchical, and manuscript—each chosen based on the content of the spread. I balanced text, imagery, captions, and white space while maintaining APA accuracy and brand consistency. After integrating high-resolution images, refining pacing, and applying disciplined alignment, I packaged the full InDesign project and produced a polished, print-ready publication that showcases a complete editorial workflow from research to final layout.

This project transformed Charlie Chaplin’s The Great Dictator speech into a fully typographic portrait built entirely from text. Working in Adobe Illustrator, I began by mapping the facial structure using simplified vector shapes to establish light, shadow, and form. From there, I constructed the portrait exclusively with typography—adjusting scale, weight, spacing, and orientation to create dimensionality while maintaining legibility. The speech served as both the visual texture and conceptual backbone, grounding the portrait in the historical and emotional power of Chaplin’s words.

The final composition demonstrates controlled type manipulation, precise vector construction, and disciplined value planning. I relied on grayscale hierarchies, text-density modeling, and clean layer organization to build a portrait that functions both as an illustration and as a structured typographic system. The result is a polished, print-ready piece that showcases my ability to translate narrative text into visual form through typographic craft and compositional intent.