August Nguyen

Nanyang Chronicle Illustrations

A collection of illustrations commissioned for the Nanyang Chronicle, a newspaper run by Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information. All of them have been published in the print edition.

 

FANTASTIC FLOP

The “Fantastic Four” movie is anything but fantastic. The illustration depicts how confused and embarrassed the casts were, just like how the audience felt.
This illustration was published in issue 22.2.
 

WHEN LIFE IMITATES ART

The story of a photographer struggling to balance between work and personal life that found himself in the Broadway musicals he loved.
This illustration was published in issue 22.3.
 

PAPER CHASE

Academic success is not the key to everything you should achieve in life. When one looks back on life, nothing can make up for time we spent striving for success, at the expense of our loved ones.
This illustration was published in issue 22.5.
 

THE RECESS WEEK EVOLUTION

The recess week is a (supposed to be) seven-day break for students to lepak from school. It’s wonderful, except that it escalates so quickly and vanishes before one can even realise.
This illustration was published in issue 22.4, and was awarded “Best Graphic” of volume 22.