A digital art piece that features a nonhuman woman in her 20s with pink skin, short platinum blonde hair, completely white eyes, pointed horns, and a pointed tail. She is wearing a black coat embroidered with silver geometric patterns, a red blouse, loose + Enlarge
Autonomy 2021 Digital
A digital art piece that features character designs for a nonhuman character with pink skin, completely white eyes, pointed horns, and a pointed tail, at different ages in her life. There are four different ages shown: child, teenager, and two different a + Enlarge
Autonomy detail 01 Digital
A digital art piece that features a bedroom interior. The walls have a diamond patterned green wallpaper. There are open windows with sunlight streaming into the room. On the right side of the room, there are two twin beds with metal frames and blue sheet + Enlarge
Autonomy Detail 02 Digital
A digital art piece that features two figures glancing at each other and sitting on a park bench in the sun. The figure on the left is sitting on the back of the bench. She has dark skin and dark hair done in a braid crown, and she is wearing a cream colo + Enlarge
Sanctuary 01 2020 Digital
A digital art piece that features three figures sitting in a park, in front of a stone gothic arched window with no glass. The figure on the left is sitting on the window sill. She has curly red chin length hair, and is wearing a beaded black dress and ja + Enlarge
Sanctuary 02 2020 Digital
A digital art piece that features two figures sitting on a brick railing in a sunny park. The figure on the left has light skin and long dark wavy hair. She is wearing a black jumpsuit and coat with white, green, and yellow floral embroidery and white and + Enlarge
Sanctuary 03 2020 Digital
A digital art piece that features a pair of twins, both young women with pale skin, straight dark hair, and dark eyes, who are standing underneath an overlapping concrete overpass. There is a woman crouching the foreground on the bottom right who is smirk + Enlarge
Gemini 2020 Digital
A series of four digital art pieces that depict three characters in various landscapes. The first character, Ko, has short dark hair and is wearing a sleeveless red crop top and loose black pants. The second character, Jerred, has darker skin with half ti + Enlarge
Road Trip 2020 Digital
A digital art piece featuring several figures positioned across an abstract background. In the top left corner, two women in swimsuits are on a beach right by the water, one sitting and one kneeling behind her with a hand on her shoulder. Their skin is te + Enlarge
City Pop 2020 Digital
Statement

Lucy Nguyen is a Vietnamese-American illustrator from the D.C. metro area with a passion for narrative illustration and visual development. Her character driven storytelling explores the complexities of personal identity and interpersonal relationships and how they exist in broader historical and cultural contexts, both real and fantastical. Her work is inspired by her interest in fashion history and costume design, contemplative filmmaking that focuses on the smaller details, and stories about life changing adventures and otherworldly encounters.

Illustration (BFA) Students