Hi, I'm Kathy Nguyen.
I'm 18, Vietnamese, and a High School senior.
I want to be an illustrator/designer/concept artist.
I love digital painting and watercolor.
Kathy Nguyen
Re-Creation
Pencil drawing + Digital edits for colors.

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Re-Creation

Pencil drawing + Digital edits for colors.

Apr 23rd at 11PM / tagged: art. illustration. kathy nguyen. / reblog / 72 notes
OC  Sascha
Okay… so this is my entry for Color Palettes’ Contest! Basically, you have to design your own human/animal using only the colors provided from the palette of your choice, taken from color-palettes.tumblr.com, of course. However, you can’t use transparency or make a new color by mixing the colors provided, hence the cartoony, flat-looking doodle. 
I didn’t enter this for the prize, but this is actually kinda fun and… doable, so I thought why not? So if you’re interested, you can click on the first link to get more info.
The palette used here is called So Close. It wasn’t my favorite, but it definitely caught my eyes (and my mood at the time).

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OC  Sascha

Okay… so this is my entry for Color Palettes’ Contest! Basically, you have to design your own human/animal using only the colors provided from the palette of your choice, taken from color-palettes.tumblr.com, of course. However, you can’t use transparency or make a new color by mixing the colors provided, hence the cartoony, flat-looking doodle. 

I didn’t enter this for the prize, but this is actually kinda fun and… doable, so I thought why not? So if you’re interested, you can click on the first link to get more info.

The palette used here is called So Close. It wasn’t my favorite, but it definitely caught my eyes (and my mood at the time).

Self-portrait
Not my first attempt at a self portrait, but definitely the first in this style and digitally! It was hard but really fun to try out something I’ve never done before. Maybe I should practice painting more. This is the first time I ever got so close to painting a realistic looking piece so it’s undoubtedly a big step for me!

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Self-portrait


Not my first attempt at a self portrait, but definitely the first in this style and digitally! It was hard but really fun to try out something I’ve never done before. Maybe I should practice painting more. This is the first time I ever got so close to painting a realistic looking piece so it’s undoubtedly a big step for me!

Mulan
One of my favorite Disney girls!

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Mulan

One of my favorite Disney girls!

Apr 19th at 11AM / tagged: art. kathy nguyen. illustration. / reblog / 2 notes
Experimenting with a new wonderful watercolor brush I found on the internet.

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Experimenting with a new wonderful watercolor brush I found on the internet.

Blutterflies
One of my watercolor pieces that I had a lot of fun working on!

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Blutterflies

One of my watercolor pieces that I had a lot of fun working on!

Leo
First piece I did after I got my second tablet. Before this I didn’t paint (digitally) for a long time. 

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Leo

First piece I did after I got my second tablet. Before this I didn’t paint (digitally) for a long time. 

Fly
‘I love the free in thee, my bird,The lure of freedom drew;The light you fly toward, my bird,I fly with thee unto.’

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Fly

‘I love the free in thee, my bird,
The lure of freedom drew;
The light you fly toward, my bird,
I fly with thee unto.’

Apr 19th at 9AM / tagged: art. kathy nguyen. illustration. / reblog / 2 notes