Chuan Ming Ong

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“In this phial,” she said, “is caught the light of Eärendil’s star, set amid the waters of my fountain. It will shine still brighter when night is about you. May it be a light to you in dark places, when all other lights go out.”

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Rewatched his acceptance speech and kinda bawled my eyes out.  

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Had my annual Jurassic Park rewatch last weekend

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Floating

Personal work from 2020

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Jimmy

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An old illustration from way back in 2020 (seems like ages ago now!), on loneliness during the holiday season, for Dutch newspaper NRC.

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Some more music-related spot illustrations from this year and last, for VPRO Gids.

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Cover illustration from last year for Dutch newspaper De Volkskrant in celebration of the 50th edition of the International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR).

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Cover illustration for VPRO Gids (2021): De Oost (The East) directed by Jim Taihuttu.

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Illustration from last year on trauma therapy, for Dutch newspaper Trouw.

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Quick illustrations for The Japan Times (from August 2022), for a long-read on “How faith and spirituality shape modern Japan“

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2022/08/29/lifestyle/religion-perception-japan/

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John Lithgow (2019)

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Finnish conductor Klaus Mäkelä, affiliated with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, and Jean Sibelius. For VPRO Gids (September 2022).

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Portrait study of Natsume Sōseki + rough block-in

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Portrait study of Maxine Hong Kingston (from March this year, I think?)

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Portrait of the Dutch author Alfred Birney

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“Ukrainian Dreams,” cover illustration for Dutch newspaper NRC, accompanying an essay by the Ukrainian author Andrey Kurkov. (From July this year)