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|  Throughout the process of developing my portfolio and gathering experiments in my personal padlet, I have chances to discover myself more in-depth and once again reinforce my core values within my artworks. My whole dream is to empower and inspire people, trigger their trains of thought and ignite a wide range of perceptions when they enjoy my artworks. By putting my intention in centered, I will have purposes when designing to create more valuable and remarkable products while still be able to spread my mantra amongst audiences. The four adjectives that go best with me are vigorous, resistant, determined, and outstanding, and I believe that this interferes with all my design progress and also my achievements. I am a sedulous person who tends to sit with the tasks and implement several prototypes until I am happy with my final results, that’s why I believe resistance and determination are two of my core values. I also want people to believe that, at the end of the day, what matters is my effort and not just solely the outcomes. There is a range of stylistic influences when it comes down to the portfolio elements as well as the overall design. My mood board is made up of photos from Pinterest and I also refer to some of my favorite artists, designers, photographers whom I enjoy their work, such as Sydney Michuda, Jaden Smith, X.Lan, KAA Illustrations, Jean Michel-Basquiat,… After seeking all references as well as inspirations, I narrowed down some of the key ideas revolving around my style that I wish to pursue, including mixed media, collage art, elegant and energetic illustrations with a mixture of abruptness and craziness. That is also why my self map is kind of complicated when first looking at, and I strongly believe that the more abstract the painting is, the more time the audiences have to spend time interpreting.

Because of that, I believe my best-intended audience are individuals who are willing to explore different perspectives within my design and clients who wish to have their brands stand out from the crowd. That is entirely aligned with my manifesto and my design aims.

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"By applying industrial knowledge and personal experiences, I will create works that will leave positive, unique, memorable impressions on people while still achieve my own level of satisfaction without being judged. Moreover, my accomplishments offer multi-perspective views, contrasting elements so that people can see the world in a more objective way."
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Co Loa Citadel is a fortified settlement and archeological site in Hanoi. In the past, Thuc Phan of the Au Viet People chose this site as the capital of the nation.

The reason why I chose this map is because of the shape of the citadel. Co Loa is shaped like a conch, reflecting the citadel's multi-layered structure with concentric ramparts and moats (Wikipedia). The architecture sparks an image of consistency and vigor, always ready to be armor against the enemies. Because of that, my personality and keywords are also represented through the Co Loa citadel site.

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I did not manage to capture the whole process of making my logo.

But my steps were: selected all the typefaces that I like --> experimenting them in both low caps and all caps + different thickness of the letters --> picked some of the best --> combine with illustrations --> shortlisted.

My original name in Vietnamese is "Pham Hoang Duong", meaning the golden sun. That's why I choose the sun as my main illustration in my logo.

All these logos are the ones I shortlisted. I havent color it yet since I want to try with B&W first to see the overall composition.

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After putting up all elements into one complete page, this is my final version of my brand identity.

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A Milwaukee-based freelance designer who focuses mainly on designing brand identity for small entrepreneurs.

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This is the space where I keep all my ideas flow. I looked into several compositions and tried to focus on my 4 keywords in order to convey my best representation. I quickly sketched a number of drawings so that I could look back and choose what I prefer the most later.

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My primary ideas are to merge three portraits of mine into one big picture, meaning that my works provide a multi-perspective look to the audience. I also try have as much curves as possible, representing the unstable work-flow that creative individuals experience within their progress. This means that at some point they might enjoy their very peaks, having enjoyable moments when creativity sparks; but there will also be times when they have to suffer creative blocks and self-doubts,etc..

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This is my final draft with some basic colors in it in order to help me picture my self map more clearly. I also noted down some of the materials that I may use. Since my style is somewhat complicated and abstract, I try to combine as many materials as possible to pursue a mixed media artwork.

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This is drawings of 3 of my favorite everyday objects, including a camera, a piece of cake and a color pallete using only continuous lines.

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I attempted to sketch a cockathoo using geometrical blocks before translating into Adobe Illustrator.

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This is a quick sketch during Week 7 Workshop.

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A day in my life (resolved digital version)

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A day in my life (resolved digital version)

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After getting feedback from Jillian to reduce the form from the icons, I decided to minimise all extra details and only focus on main subjects. For each activity during the day, I tried to keep it as simple as possible.
However, I am still not sure whether shadows and lightings are okay in icons, however, I have already looked at Apple emojis. The result was that they created the shadows very brief and at a small exposure. As a result, during the illustrating progress, I still drop down both of the elements in the icons.

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Final in illustrator using vector

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Korean multi-genre group

DPR Live
DPR Ian
DPR Cream
DPR Rem

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Taken by Canon EOS Kiss Digital X
And a tripod :)

During 40 minutes in Workshop Week 9

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The kind of pattern I try to fit in the faces of the self map.
Will not stop at triangles and will try to cut out multiple shapes in small sizes.

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Mixed media artist Hollie Chastain explores the narrative potential of found objects in her energetic collages. These textured pieces are created from layers of old photographs, books, and scraps of paper that the artist binds together in new stories of her own invention. Chastain states that she is an "illustrator at heart," which is what motivates her creative decision making in these dextrous compositions.

Based in Chattanooga, Tennesse, Chastain has both graphic design and classical art backgrounds. In fact, the artist did not begin making collages until 2008. "I was looking for a fresh start in the studio and I had never experimented with collage at all," she explains to My Modern Met. Chastain used her pre-existing collection of paper ephemera and vintage books as the base materials for her creations. As she continued to create collages, the artist fell in love with the visual history latent in particularly old books-like stamps as library and school identification-which she repurposes in her artwork.

Chastain finds the "characters" for her collages through the image-heavy supplies of National Geographic magazines from the 60s and 70s. Due to the strong storytelling drive in her pieces, however, it can take a while for them to be used. "I have a stack of cut out characters on my desk waiting for their perfect scene to come along," says Chastain.

The artist is constantly finding new ways to create her collages. Some of her standout pieces include utilizing the library card pocket as a balcony for characters and the ripped edges of torn papers as abstract mountains or waves. Recently, Chastain has also taken up weaving to unite her various paper elements with thread.

For those interested in learning the art of collage, Chastain has recently published an instructional book about collage-making, called If You Can Cut, You Can Collage. You can also keep up to date with the artist's latest creations by following her on Instagram.

Mixed media artist Hollie Chastain creates dynamic collages using found photographs and books.

Chastain utilizes her various vintage materials to create new narratives.
Hollie Chastain: Website | Instagram | Twitter
My Modern Met granted permission to feature photos by Hollie Chastain.

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Mixed Media Artist Creates Dynamic Collages Using Found Photographs and Books

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Mixed media artist Hollie Chastain explores the narrative potential of found objects in her energetic collages. These textured pieces are created from layers of old photographs, books, and scraps of paper that the artist binds together in new stories of her own invention.

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Three keywords: outstanding, persistent, determined

Color pallete: mosaic blue, classic blue, sunlight, flame scarlet, coral pink

Font: ransom, tenez, tagerine

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Vietnamese Photographer
Focused mainly on film photography

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Phung Nguyen Quang
Huynh Kim Lien

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Published by Kim Dong Publishing House in 2018

Early 2018, Kim Dong Publishing House have raised a project that brings together sixteen illustrators to create an art book named "Thien Ac va Co Tich", which means "The Good, the Evil and Fairy Tales".

In this book, we illustrate the cover and the story "The Legend of Watermelon".

Hope you like it.

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THE GOOD, THE EVIL and THE FAIRY TALES | kaaillustration

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Published by Kim Dong Publishing House in 2018 Early 2018, Kim Dong Publishing House have raised a project that brings together sixteen illustrators to create an art book named "Thien Ac va Co Tich", which means "The Good, the Evil and Fairy Tales". In this book, we illustrate the cover and the story "The Legend of Watermelon".

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singer
rapper

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Lithuanian Artist and Illustrator

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VILNIUS - Loftas Festival - Egle Zvirblyte

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I have been commissioned to paint a wall for Loftas Festival 2019 in Vilnius, Lithuania. It's a music festival that curates a street art program in parallel, inviting local and international artists.

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Spanish
llustrations/ Murals/ Art

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American artist
A part of Neo-expressionism movement

His artworks are complicated, vibrant, colorful, iconic and sometimes constroversial since he often tried to input his views towards social issues/ problems during the time.

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vigorous
persistent
determined
outstanding

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Vietnamese illustrator

Her works revolve around daily life events, which are familiar with people.
-> a sense of closeness, welcomness when seeing her art

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A form of creating and executing things or events that can be beneficial in terms of solving problems/ enhance the quality of life/ to have purposes.

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Why: to improve social problems, to enhance the quality of life, to adapt the challenges
How: by learning, understanding the roots of the problems and innovate solutions that can be beneficial in order to solve issues
What: develop ways to inniate and conceptualize further plans, branching out ideas
For whom: for anyone, for the society

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Spanish surrealist artist

Most of his arts are absurd, which go along with his personality: wild, different, breaking the rules.