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Posted at 05 Apr, 13:45h in Links by Stacy Nguyen 0 Comments

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What Does ‘Cultural Appropriation’ Actually Mean?

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Hangry bún riêu enamel pin. A collab with @onpoi

Hangry bún riêu enamel pin. A collab with @onpointpins. Available for purchase soooooon.
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I wanted to do a super fun, super cute, but also not-just-cute pin series that ppl can tell stories around. Bún riêu is one of my favorite things to eat and it's simultaneously punchy and flavorful, but also delicate and airy. I remember years ago I asked my mom why we didn't cook bún riêu at home as much as phở or bún bò soups. She told me it's cuz my dad was biased against it cuz it's not meaty enough and he's such a dude and all about meat. That convo stayed with me and I added aspects of it in here in the pin design. It's a softest, pinkest, most feminine-looking bowl in this series. It's also my favorite in the series. 😘
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For those who haven't yet experienced bún riêu, it's a pork-based noodle soup with vermicelli rice noodles, flavored by the sea. The "riêu" refers to a fluffy crabby eggy meatball that floats over a red broth of shrimpy and crabby flavors. 🤤🦀🦐🍜

A big myth about creativity that gets in my craw i

A big myth about creativity that gets in my craw is the belief that creativity is innate, a gift that is randomly bestowed on randos at birth while the rest of us aren't bestowed aptitude. This myth bugs me because it assumes we are unchanging, static people --- it's so pessimistic! I believe that we are always capable of change, of learning, and of growing.
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Science backs this up! Studies show that creativity is a process, a skill, and/or a behavior --- and if someone wants to further develop their creativity, they totally can. Flip through to read a ditty I wrote on this. TYTYTYTY

Here's something super cute illo that features my

Here's something super cute illo that features my dogs (@charlieluvsgeorgie) in a fantasy world where one is a vendor-cook for cha ca la vong and the other is a difficult customer.
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For those who aren't yet familiar, cha ca la vong is a delicioussssss dish from Northern Vietnam rarely seen around these parts. It's a marinated white fish that continues to pan fry at the table, rolled up with noodles, dill, peanuts, etc, and eaten with yummy-smelly fermented anchovy sauce.
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The best version I've ever had of this was in Hanoi. But we also had a tasty version in San Jose (swipe to photo 3!).

Here are some croissants I illustrated for my frie

Here are some croissants I illustrated for my friend, @sweetnothingsandmore. She's currently on hiatus (to have baby!) but will be back with September to make more delicious pastries.

We'd cannabis-inflused gummies logo (and packaging

Here are some cuties being a delicious mess. It's

Here are some cuties being a delicious mess. It's going to be a record breaking scorcher in Seattle this weekend. I'm ready to be tan AF. That has nothing to do with this illo. Just wanted you to know, I guess.
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#illustration #cuteanimals #foodillustration #sushiillustration #kawaiiillustration #dogillustration #fresco #adobefresco

Here's an autobiographical illustration I drew dur

Here's an autobiographical illustration I drew during a particularly exciting week when my work was underwhelming to a number of people! It happens sometimes because design work is pretty subjective, and it's hard to be a mind-reading wizard. I've since bounced back, but I appreciate that this self-portrait memorializes a particular moment.
Happy Friyay. Hope your week went well. 😘
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#illustration #selfportrait #drawingmyfeelings #drawingwomen #pinkillustration #adobefresco #ipadillustration #portraitillustration #vietnameseartist

Guyz, to be honest with you, before I accidentally

Guyz, to be honest with you, before I accidentally became a business owner myself, I was very intimidated by business owners and entrepreneurs. In my head, these visionaries always dressed nicer than me, drove nicer cars than I do, and they can energetically talk about their five-year business plan of synergistic growth and increase profit margins and go-to-market strategies.
That's totally not me! When I started my business, I pretty much spent the entire first year going, "Holy shit. How does money work? And what kind of TAXES are you supposed to pay on THIS MONEY?" I was adorably ignorant and underinformed and had no big strategic plan or vision for myself.
And guess what? That was enough to start a business!
READ MOAR about it in the slides. 😘
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#stacyshottips #businessowner #smallbiz #notabosslady #notabossbitch #notabossbabe #justababe #nojk #imjustwastinghashtags #andusingthemimproperly

Here is a WIP (work in progress) because it seems

Here is a WIP (work in progress) because it seems like you guys enjoy peeks into the process --- and I like it, too. Not having to always put out finished stuff is a great way to lessen the pressure of like, sharing work. I'm sharing the start of some line art. Swipe to see the original sketch.
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This is going to be an illustration of Hai Bà Trưng (The two Trung sisters), who were like badass Vietnamese feminists back in AD40 (the first century). I'm not a history buff, but I did find it fascinating to read that they came from a surprisingly egalitarian moment in Vietnam's long history of not being great to women. The Trung sisters were educated by their father, a lord, and these two women were set to take over his land and his titles before shit went bad for them and they led an uprising against Chinese rule/colonization of Vietnam. The sisters staved off Chinese dominion and ruled for three probably awesome years before, after another long and difficult series of battles against the Chinese, they were either murdered or committed suicide to avoid capture.
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Also, according to legend, they rode into battle on ELEPHANTS.