Truung _ CV & Portfolio

TRUUNG Illustrator Graphic Designer

trungnguyen10292@gmail.com (+84) 0902973122

www.instagram.com/truung_art/ www.linkedin.com/in/truung/ www.behance.net/truung

Portfolio.

2021

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Hi, Iʼm Truung, an illustrator & graphic designer based in Vietnam. I love to tell stories and meaningful messages through visual art.

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EDUCATION

Adobe Suite (Pts, Ai,Ind, Ae, Dw, Au,Pr,Lr) Rhino

2011 - 2015 | Bachelor of Multimedia Design GPA 3.5/4

WORK EXPERIENCE 1

Starting Nov 2014 | license 12695203 Golden Key International Honour Society

AWARDS

Vietnam (Native) English (Fluent)

2016 | Third-prized Illustration Category

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cowan.com

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Focus on illustration, photography & design.

20115 | Photography Finalist

2019 | Project “The Instagram Kids”

Packaging design intern for FMCG products.

typhoonclub.com

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Childrenʼs illustrator in charge of notebook covers & stationery packaging design.

Cute 2D Art Minimal Design Color-Grading

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UX/UI (Sketch, Principle, Protopie)

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futurebook.vn

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CAREER GOALS

2D Art Lead for Zavatar - sticker app.

2D Artist & UI Designer for Labankey - keyboard app.

UI/UX Designer for Kiki - AI assistant app.

(Praticing)

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UI/UX Design

Develop art style suited for children.

2D to 3D Art

Team lead for illustrator team of pop-up cards.

Develop skill to design for many platforms.

lovepopcards.com

Pop-up card

(Practicing)

(Practicing)

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My Works.

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Contents •Illustrations •Graphic Design •Photography

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Pop-up card ideas

POP-UP CARD Planning Sheets

Iʼm in charge of doing card ideas for the next quarterʼs card plan. These approved planning sheets later will be moved to design & engineering stage.

Pop-up card ideas

POP-UP CARD Planning Sheets

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https://www.lovepopcards.com

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Pop-up card ideas

POP-UP CARD Planning Sheets

Once moved to Design & Engineering stage, illustrator will support paper engineer to develop and adjust the assets based on the Rhino cut file the paper engineers provide.

Pop-up card ideas

POP-UP CARD Planning Sheets

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https://www.lovepopcards.com

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Pop-up card ideas

POP-UP CARD Planning Sheets

This card is one of those that get approved but the process of making it a feasibke pop-up card is difficult, especially in quality control check.

Pop-up card ideas

POP-UP CARD Planning Sheets

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https://www.lovepopcards.com

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Pop-up card ideas

WINTER JAR CARD

The process of making this card is special because I was in charge from the very beginning to the end, from illustrating and making it pop-up (with lots of support from liason), and went to many rounds of QC.

Pop-up card ideas

WINTER JAR CARD

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https://www.lovepopcards.com

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Pop-up card ideas

NATIVITY DECOR

At the beginning, it was a decor developed as an alternative to “Winter Jar”. However, art directors are fond of the idea of making this a full decor as shown in the next page.

Pop-up card ideas

NATIVITY DECOR

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https://www.lovepopcards.com

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Pop-up card ideas

VALENTINE CARD

This is the card structure still in development. But I support a paper engineer in US to develope the theme and concept of the structure to test in reality.

Pop-up card ideas

VALENTINE CARD

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https://www.lovepopcards.com

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Childrenʼs illustrated book

“When I grow up, I want to be happy.”

I illustrated a childrenʼs book about childrenʼs ambitions. The book features many kids that bravely show what they want to achieve in life, regardless of cultures, genders and races.

Childrenʼs illustrated book

“When I grow up, I want to be happy.”

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https://www.uniunladins.it

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Promotional Campaign

WHY FIT IN?

A promotional campaign for ILA, English Institute in Childrenʼs day. ILA wants to take the International Childrenʼs Day to inspire children to be beautiful in anyway that they imagine.

Promotional Campaign

WHY FIT IN?

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https://www.ila.edu.vn

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Notebook Covers

PEACEFUL DAYS Client site: https://www.futurebook.vn

First started as a personal project, the artworks depict my mind in peaceful scenes which I want to be a part of. These later are bought and produced as notebook covers for FUTUREBOOK.

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Personal Project

THINGS TO REMEMBER https://www.behance.net/gallery/29637777/Thingsto-remember-drawings

My experimental style to express my thinking about Vietnamese cultural value in an abstract way. The project helped me earn prizes in local contest and these are later purchased by local publisher.

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Personal Project

THE INSTAGRAM KIDS

The project is like a small diary featuring imaginary kids to tell my memories and my thoughts. It's also inspired by the current trend of modern Instagram photo look which pays lots of attention to ideas and

Personal Project

THE INSTAGRAM KIDS

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https://www.behance.net/gallery/47464149/The-Instagram-Kids

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Book covers

HECTOR MALOT’S CLASSICS

I designed and illustrated book covers for HECTOR MALOTʼS CLASSIC BOOKS, “Sans Famille” and “En Famille”. The books are published.

Book covers

HECTOR MALOT’S CLASSICS

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https://www.dinhtibooks.com.vn

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Articlesʼ illustrations

CHILDHOOD MEMORIES

Two of the pictures in a collaborated series which portrait unforgettable memories of Vietnamese children, especially those born in early 90s.

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Label tags

FOUR SEASONS Client site: https://www.futurebook.vn

Label/ Name tag used for notebooks that I designed layout and drew for Futurebook.

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Childrenʼs books

HELLO FROM ME 1 Client site: https://www.typhoonclub.com

The first book of the English-teaching series that features Tim Tang. A Hongkong boy that goes into many adventures from which he learns himself valuable lessons.

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Childrenʼs books

HELLO FROM ME 2 Client site: https://www.typhoonclub.com

The second book of the English-teaching series that features Tim Tang.

This time, he goes into another venture with his cousin Bernie.

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Childrenʼs books

THE LITTLE BIRD IN THE CAGE

My first freelance book project which gave me chance to learn a lot about illustrating process. This is a bilingual book which received positive feedbacks on Amazon.

Childrenʼs books

THE LITTLE BIRD IN THE CAGE

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https://abcmulticultural.com/

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Postcards

THE SCENT OF HOMETOWN

This is a series of postcards portraiting Vietnamese cuisine, which later transformed into notebook covers by Futurebook. I like this series a lot.

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Postcards

THE CHILDHOOD DREAMS

Kids do dream big. This notebook collection aimed to depict how beautiful our children dreams all are.

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Notebook covers

I SCORE AN A+ Client site: https://www.futurebook.vn

Notebook covers that make use of Vector Art rather than Rastor Art. This is one of the few times I do this style.

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Book covers

SELF-HELP BOOK COVERS

I also got the chance to illustrate for self-help book covers for Dinh Ti Books Publisher. One book is about family meditation. Another is about how to talk with babies.

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Random illustrations

RANDOM ILLUSTRATIONS

Some random illustrations which I like about how I use color combinations, compositions & the messages behind.

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Random illustrations

RANDOM ILLUSTRATIONS

Some random illustrations which I like about how I use color combinations, compositions & the messages behind.

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Sticker app

ZAVATAR

Zavatar is a very special project. I was creative lead for Zavatar - a sticker app that allows people to create their own characters. My tasks were very broad being from artist, content creator and also UI/UX designer.

Sticker app

ZAVATAR

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https://www.zavatar.vn

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Illustrations for app keyboard

KEYBOARD THEMES

I am in charge of creating themes for the keyboard stores on LABANKEY _the most successful keyboard app in Vietnam which belongs to Zalo Group.

Illustrations for app keyboard

KEYBOARD THEMES

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https://www.app.laban.vn

Design.

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Label tags

LABANKEY ONBOARDING SCREENS

I am in charge of creating onboarding screens for Labankey to excite new users the first time they see the app on app store.

Label tags

LABANKEY ONBOARDING SCREENS

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https://www.app.laban.vn

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FMCG packaging

ANKA PEAK FRESH KINH DO BAKERY

I did this in my internship at Cowan. Although the final look went through many feedback rounds, I had chances to follow through all the process, including graphic design and color grading.

FMCG packaging

KINH DO BAKERY PROMOTIONAL IMAGES

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https://www.cowan.com

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Packaging design

TR COSMETIC

2 options of package design for a Spa based in HCM. What is interesting is that the package can be repetitive at any sides when you put two boxes close to each other, creating interesting pattern when put on shelves.

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Notebook box

NOTEBOOK BOX Client site: https://www.futurebook.vn

New product wrapping 10 notebooks as a box present which aims to gift students with high academic perfomance at special occasions during a school year in Vietnam.

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Graphic notebook covers

COLOR POP

Graphic notebook covers that play around with shapes, colors, layouts, repetitiveness and patterns.

Graphic notebook covers

COLOR POP

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https://www.futurebook.vn

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Branding

FUTUREBOOK BRANDING

New pictorial logo that goes along with existing word mark logo to refresh branding identity for Futurebook. It also aims to focus more on the purple color, which is the existing prominent color of the brand.

Branding

FUTUREBOOK BRANDING

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https://www.futurebook.vn

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Stationery packaging design

STATIONERY DESIGN

Label tag design for a highlighter and a set of name tag that I also designed and illustrated.

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App screenshots

GOOGLE PLAY SCREENSHOTS

Laban Key screenshots on google playstore which introduces the appʼs strong advantages.

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Keyboard themes

LABANKEY THEMES

Some of the Labankey keyboard themes that I designed using graphic skill more than illustration skill. These are still usable on Labankey store available through Android and iOS.

Keyboard themes

LABANKEY THEMES

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https://app.laban.vn

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Keyboard themes

LABANKEY THEMES (Continued)

Some of the Labankey keyboard themes that I designed using graphic skill more than illustration skill. These are still usable on Labankey store available through Android and iOS.

Keyboard themes

LABANKEY THEMES (Continued)

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https://app.laban.vn

UI Design

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KI-KI APP (Basic app flow)

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This is the very big project I have put much effort for almost one year and a half. Here are some of the review of how Ki-Ki was developed in the first stage, including sitemap, wireframes, etc...) to its current stage.

UI Design

KI-KI APP (More answered outputs)

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https://kiki.zalo.ai

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UI Design

KI-KI APP (Account & settings)

Some screens of the account page and Ki-Ki home settings - which is used to connect the app with Ki-Ki speaker

UI Design

KI-KI APP (Intergration on ZingMP3)

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https://kiki.zalo.ai

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UI Design

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KI-KI APP (Marketing)

Ki-Ki also comes with hardware product. I am also in charged of website design and user manuals ready to market and publish for use.

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UI Design

KI-KI APP (Ki-Ki speaker website)

Some screens of the account page and Ki-Ki home settings - which is used to connect the app with Ki-Ki speaker

Fotos.

FLOAT

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Photo manipulation

This project earned me some prizes while I was still at university.

I enjoyed the brainstorming process to the production stage. That was happy time.

FLOAT

Photo manipulation

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https://www.behance.net/gallery/22506317/Float

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Photo retouch

MAX DORIAN FOOTWEAR

I followed the minimal style to retouch photos for an American female footwear brand. Everything had to be perfect: Skin, Shoes textures, etc...

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Photo retouch

RANDOM PHOTOS

Some photos I took throughout the years that sometimes I decided to spice them up with color-grading.