Art
Alpenliebe: Muối Ớt
As part of the sophomore Dos Pueblos Engineering Academy projects, I made a grid drawing based off of a candy wrapper, inspired by the pop art movement.
The candy depicted in the drawing is a popular candy in Vietnam, commonly found in convenience stores and grocery stores. It's a hard, mango-flavored lozenge filled with chili lime salt.
Colored pencil on paper. The paper is folded in half and a sticker LED circuit sits on the inside, lighting up the two candy pieces and the chili lime salt filling.
Word Art / Calligraphy / Lettering
Romeo and Juliet: Prologue by William Shakespeare (lettering by Nam-Anh Lê)
Despite not having received as much time and dedication as my other skills, I do love making words look cool.
After reading Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet in English class, I came to the conclusion that the language and its beauty makes up for what the story lacks. I loved how poetic Shakespeare's words were, and thought that I might have a try at making them come to life. I spent a month in total on the lettering to the left, first sketching it out on paper, then tracing it and adding finishing touches digitally.
Featuring nearly thirty different fonts, three of which are different forms of cursive, and one of which is my natural handwriting (as a kind of Easter egg), this is only a small example of what my classmates call my "plethora of fonts".
Goober Art
The Fellowship of the Ring
As the nine protagonists of my favourite fictional story ever, Frodo, Gandalf, Sam, Aragorn, Legolas, Gimli, Pippin, Boromir, and Merry have a special place in my heart.
I was really glad to have this opportunity to bring out the goofiness in these characters. Someday, I'd love to have them printed out as stickers.