What is this Trickery?

The art blog of My Nguyen. Here, you'll find progress shots and sketches as well as finished works.

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More studies of my crane character for my Children's Book assignment. I had a lot of fun with this character. I played around with it's character and sadly, most of the sketches didn't make the cut.

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I went to the zoo a couple times last year to grab some reference for my Children's Book assignment. It's also fun to draw animals since I usually never take the initiative to do so.

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Some travel sketches in Vietnam.

The first was at a temple in Hoi An. The ceilings were covered in coiling incense.

The second (actually 2 separate images but it looks nice as a pan) is at a cafe that my parents and I like to sit at.

I'll try to post more but my camera's battery is dead and I forgot to pack the charger.

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Here's a few sketches I made to understand the shape of a wolf.

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For Children's Book class, we had to choose a story in the public domain and create a picture book for it. I chose Aesop's Wolf and the Crane because it was a simple piece and I wanted to challenge myself with drawing animals.

I decided to upload all of the pieces here because I like how Tumblr arranges them so nicely.

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CONTACT: Roughs 4/4

Motion Comic Plans

Check out my Assassin’s Creed x Watch Dogs interactive fan comic here!

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CONTACT: Roughs 3/4

Aiden Sketches

Yeahhh.... I needed to draw Aiden a lot to get the hang of him.

Check out my Assassin’s Creed x Watch Dogs interactive fan comic here!

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CONTACT: Roughs 2/4

Pose and Expression Exploration

Check out my Assassin's Creed x Watch Dogs interactive fan comic here!

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CONTACT: Roughs 1/4

Page and Panel Compositions

Check out my Assassin's Creed x Watch Dogs interactive fan comic here! 

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Hey guys!

Check out my interactive fan comic. It was coded in Adobe Flash so you can click on it and it makes sounds/animations! The comic is basically a "What if"-scenario if Desmond Miles and Aiden Pearce ever met.

You can find it here!

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Hey! It's been a while. School has been whipping me in the butt but at least I'm working on some fun assignments like this comic!

I've got big plans for it...

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Here's an old kurtjmac fanart that I did! This one was inspired by his marvelous performance during UHCX.

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I admit that I'm an avid watcher of Mindcraft letsplayers. One of my favorite letsplayers goes by the name of kurtjmac and recently, he made an episode where he played Mindcraft with his nephew Goober.

Materials: ball-point pen, Copic marker, brush pen

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Here's some sketches for a sculpture that I'll have to create for class

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RL Bastion Drinks Part 1: Mender Mead

"Folks say Mender Mead's good for you. It's like an herb garden in full bloom."

Here's the first bottle of the 2 spirits that I've planned to bring to life. I made some miscalculations with the Bastion Bourbon label so that one will be released a little later.

The white bow is an homage to the original drawing with the bandages. I referred to the Bullhead Shield's design for the label because of Mender Mead's effect of you gaining health when you counter-block with the shield. 

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Well, my project isn't turning out as I hoped. I have to change some things for the Bastion Bourbon label and the Mender Mead label doesn't work on the bottle at all (I stuck it on an Arizona Green Tea bottle instead).

It's gonna be a little more time and money but I have a clear solution for both problems so I have my fingers crossed that things will turn out well.

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For my advertising class, I have to design a label for an alcoholic drink. I decided to use two of Bastion's spirits and bring them to life. They are Bastion Bourbon and Mender Mead. These are still works in progress.