My name's Hien and you have stumbled upon my 'for my autobiographer' box (kudos if you get the ref!).
I'm a 18-year-old student inspired to be a painter, an animator and possibly a dog trainer. I'm originally from Vietnam but in September 2011, I moved to Perth, Western Australia. Drawing people and painting strange things are what I do best.
I am currently saving up for a trip to London to meet the two people whose honesty and artistry have influenced my life in such enormous ways. More info on them and my London fund progress can be found here.
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As expected neither my Math Specialist test nor my Media test went well. I would love to say that I did enough to get an A but this time I think just passing would make me happy.
Anyway, I’ve recently learned that wisdom teeth are fricken’ painful. Both literally painful and as in they’re like permanent little line-cutters that constantly push, stab and shove the sides of your mouth into oblivion.
And that was only 2 of them, the ones at the bottom haven’t even showed up yet.
Religion and Gay Marriage (x)
If I were to give an advice to anyone who’s about to take exams the next day it would be to never do anything creative like drawing or painting.
Odds are that you will have trouble drawing and painting and when you can’t draw or paint you’ll get upset. When you’re upset you’ll feel the urge to just roll into a corner and die inside and then go watch How I Met Your Mother or Modern Family while eating chocolate spread until 2:00 in the morning with little revision for the tests later in the day.
The only good thing to look forward to at the moment is to see if I’ve placed at all in the Shaun Tan’s Award for Young Artists I entered back in April. They said finalists will be notified by mail in June so I’ll be on my toes this whole month.
On a different and very important note, I would like to take this time to really thank everyone who have liked, reblogged and/or are currently following me here. Even though I may not follow you back for one reason or another, believe me when I say I go on your blogs very often to see what you’re up to. Because you guys are all great people. Lovely people. My favorite people.
Please do talk to me every once in a while through means on my contact page or through my ask box! It could be about literally anything.
Tabletop | 1.04 Ticket to Ride
ALL of the reaction GIFs!
Guys, I introduce to you, the amazing Tabletop!
It could not have come out at a better time as my math teacher (in case anyone remembers him from the other post, Mr. Miln) is a huge nerd who brings a whole bunch of nerd games into the class. Next week I’m playing BattleLore with him!
Also in the following days I’ll be posting a buttload of stuff that fascinates me to make up for my inactivity so be prepared for some awesomeness!
Today, I made some calming manatees, but most of them are the wrong size to go on the site.
Oh well. Would you like them?
Oh my god this is BEAUTIFUL
hold me manatee. hold me tight and never let go
Aw, I love Calming Manatee.
wubuguubughg
The best manatees.
Guys my dad just raised my haircut salary up to $20.
I think it’s time to invest in the longest possible blade for his hair clipper.
I drew something today and to my friends who’ve read that certain post I’ve already made private about the break down I had on Monday, this is a happier occasion than you might think it is.
Anyway, to be more in context, I have this one habit of ‘staying the welcome’ for too long. Which means that sometimes I bombard people with thanks and attention and it annoys the hell out of them. It’s something of a character flaw that I need to learn how to control.
In a sense it’s like the details in this little pattern practice, imagine the small lines being scribbled all over the place. Even though it might look pretty, it no longer bears the special and unique place in the painting, therefore, it loses all of its weight and values.
Nevertheless, I still think honest gratitude should be wholeheartedly expressed as long as it’s kept short, sweet and straight to the point.
On an ending note it’s great to finally have that motivation to draw again. It’s so, so great. It’s something I’ve been missing and even though I might lose inspiration right after this post. I’m glad I could go back to that one thing that I enjoy doing so much, as cheesy as it sounds.
This weather is too cold for someone who came from a country hot year-round.
And I haven’t even seen snow yet.
At the time, my definition of a ‘good impression’ was a painting dedicated to the two of them. I didn’t have the faintest idea of what the painting will be about, maybe an interaction between them of some sort. That’s why I mentioned I’ve been practicing drawing both David and Louis quite a few times.
As of now, though, it seems my ‘first impression’ turned out be something completely different.
If I ever meet any of you guys and suddenly squeal like a little girl while looking at my laptop, it’s safe to assume I’ve just seen a new update either on Louis’ blog, his Flickr account or David’s. A couple that is very much in love with each other sharing a mutual affection for their dog, what’s not to love?
This photo is entitled No Matter What taken by Louis Kwong Jr. and it is undeniably my newest favorite of Brusky and his owners. I know there are tons of pictures out there depicting dogs and their caring parents but I could never deviate from Louis’ and David’s photographs of the same subject. Maybe it’s because of how gorgeous Brusky is. Maybe it’s because of the admiration I have for the guys. Maybe it’s because of the sheer genius in their amazing talents of photography or maybe it’s because of the warm and loving feeling that I never fail to get whenever I look at their works, which kind of comes back to the last point.
One way or another, I really hope you guys could understand why I enjoy Louis’ and David’s works so much. This same strange feeling was the one thing that pulled me out of the rut I was in several years ago. Amazing how clear I can still feel it now. Geez, I really should start working. The trip can’t come soon enough.
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Animal Arithmetic- Jonsi
The past two days have not been very productive.
I swear there were moments I had more than 5 ideas bouncing around in my head but I could not properly visualize and/or draw any of them down on paper. Then I figured I would try doing a piece on my frustration of not being able to jot anything down but then I failed that one all the same.
This heart thing was one of the few things I managed to draw. Sadly, it’s incomplete and I have no intent to finish it. It was supposed to be this thing that illustrates over-flowing emotions, then I changed it into something that portrays my impression of introverted people then the whole thing just kinda sucked. I might try my hands on the latter later though, for now I’m just gonna do my homework.
The good thing is that the whole deal of trying to make money to contribute to my London fund is that it’s making my brain active all the time. Literally all I think about at night before I get seduced by my pillow is coming up with new concepts and how awkward it would be if I hysterically burst into tears with David and Louis sitting across the table.
siotime replied to your photo: This was supposed to be a T-shirt design, then it…
omg i would seriously wear anything you draw on my chest. I WILL BUY ALL THE TAEKON SHIRTS.
LOL Thanks Sio! I shall send you free shirts provided any ever gets printed or I have spare money to buy one off RedBubble!
sketcherdoodledoo replied to your photo: This was supposed to be a T-shirt design, then it…
This looks FABULOUS! I love your intricate designs and I’m sure other people do to! You might want to try CafePress as well! They do tshirts, as well as mugs, magnets, keychains, and even phone cases!
Thanks Tiff! Patterns and details are so fun and horribly tiring mostly horribly tiring. CafePress doesn’t appeal to me for some reason. I don’t know, there are so many products offered I don’t know what to choose >8U. I’ll just stick with RedBubble for now.
Today my Media teacher Mr. Sims (who is the most supportive person I know in real life when it comes to my art and one other thing, also the best hugger) suggested I should try to dig deeper into my frustration and sadness and things of that sort to turn into an artwork or something. Apparently my stuff are almost always too happy (?).
Ever since I moved here, I have been seeing beards everywhere. For instance, Mr. Sims has a kick-ass goatee and Mr. Foote who is currently practicing teaching at our school has a friggin’ full beard.
It’s like Australia is mocking my beardlessness.
