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Drawings and Sketches

Drawings and Sketches

Drawings and Sketches

A showcase from the Drawing class I took with Professor Emily Tyman in the Spring semester of 2025

A showcase from the Drawing class I took with Professor Emily Tyman in the Spring semester of 2025

A showcase from the Drawing class I took with Professor Emily Tyman in the Spring semester of 2025

A showcase from the Drawing class I took with Professor Emily Tyman in the Spring semester of 2025

Role

Role

Role

Role

Artist

Artist

Artist

Artist

Tools

Tools

Tools

Tools

Charcoal / Graphite / Paper

Charcoal / Graphite / Paper

Charcoal / Graphite / Paper

Charcoal / Graphite

  1. My favorite objects
  1. My favorite objects

For this still-life project, I brought a few favorite objects from my dorm room and used graphite to study their form and presence. While the objects aren’t obviously related, the composition feels intentional. I was drawn to how their varying heights and scales play off one another, creating a quiet balance that makes the arrangement feel cohesive and visually satisfying.

For this still-life project, I brought a few favorite objects from my dorm room and used graphite to study their form and presence. While the objects aren’t obviously related, the composition feels intentional. I was drawn to how their varying heights and scales play off one another, creating a quiet balance that makes the arrangement feel cohesive and visually satisfying.

  1. My favorite objects

For this still-life project, I brought a few favorite objects from my dorm room and used graphite to study their form and presence. While the objects aren’t obviously related, the composition feels intentional. I was drawn to how their varying heights and scales play off one another, creating a quiet balance that makes the arrangement feel cohesive and visually satisfying.

  1. My favorite objects

For this still-life project, I brought a few favorite objects from my dorm room and used graphite to study their form and presence. While the objects aren’t obviously related, the composition feels intentional. I was drawn to how their varying heights and scales play off one another, creating a quiet balance that makes the arrangement feel cohesive and visually satisfying.

  1. Longing
  1. Longing

For the second project, I worked with charcoal to portray an emotion I’ve been carrying lately. I chose to press my face against a printer and capture the distortion that came from that moment. The final piece feels like looking through a glass window, with my eyes fixed on something distant. It could be memories from my childhood, or maybe an imagined future.

For the second project, I worked with charcoal to portray an emotion I’ve been carrying lately. I chose to press my face against a printer and capture the distortion that came from that moment. The final piece feels like looking through a glass window, with my eyes fixed on something distant. It could be memories from my childhood, or maybe an imagined future.

  1. Longing

For the second project, I worked with charcoal to portray an emotion I’ve been carrying lately. I chose to press my face against a printer and capture the distortion that came from that moment. The final piece feels like looking through a glass window, with my eyes fixed on something distant. It could be memories from my childhood, or maybe an imagined future.

  1. Longing

For the second project, I worked with charcoal to portray an emotion I’ve been carrying lately. I chose to press my face against a printer and capture the distortion that came from that moment. The final piece feels like looking through a glass window, with my eyes fixed on something distant. It could be memories from my childhood, or maybe an imagined future.

Last but not least, we were assigned to use graphite to interview someone significant in our lives and create a portrait of them. I chose my mom. I wanted the drawing to feel like fragments of memory, showing her across three phases of her life as a teenager, a bride, and a mother. Working on this piece made me feel closer to her, and it pushed me to slow down and really notice her facial features and quiet beauty in a deeper way.

  1. Mom
  1. Mom
  1. Mom
  1. Mom

Last but not least, we were assigned to use graphite to interview someone significant in our lives and create a portrait of them. I chose my mom. I wanted the drawing to feel like fragments of memory, showing her across three phases of her life as a teenager, a bride, and a mother. Working on this piece made me feel closer to her, and it pushed me to slow down and really notice her facial features and quiet beauty in a deeper way.

Last but not least, we were assigned to use graphite to interview someone significant in our lives and create a portrait of them. I chose my mom. I wanted the drawing to feel like fragments of memory, showing her across three phases of her life as a teenager, a bride, and a mother. Working on this piece made me feel closer to her, and it pushed me to slow down and really notice her facial features and quiet beauty in a deeper way.

Last but not least, we were assigned to use graphite to interview someone significant in our lives and create a portrait of them. I chose my mom. I wanted the drawing to feel like fragments of memory, showing her across three phases of her life as a teenager, a bride, and a mother. Working on this piece made me feel closer to her, and it pushed me to slow down and really notice her facial features and quiet beauty in a deeper way.

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Nice to meet you :)
Nice to meet you :)
Nice to meet you :)

ntran8@u.rochester.edu

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Made with love @2024 Tran Khoi Nguyen

Made with love @2024 Tran Khoi Nguyen

Made with love @2024 Tran Khoi Nguyen

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Nice to meet you :)

ntran8@u.rochester.edu

This website is best viewed on Laptop

Made with love @2024 Tran Khoi Nguyen

Linkedin

Youtube

Instagram

OHTER PROJECTS

OHTER PROJECTS

January 2022

Who Counts as Asian?

A multimedia series highlighting the diversity of Asian identities and challenging how the American Media defines “Asian”.

May 2020

Lucid Pictures - The History of Cinema

I collaborated with artists, designed and filmed 20 social media posts about cinema history. The page achieved over 3,000 followers on Facebook.

May 2022

Sunshine Love Trailer

A musical short film portraying the love of two persons in the middle of Old Quarters, Hanoi