About The Artist
Danh Nguyen is a student at The Ohio State University from Ohio (United States, 2000). With an emphasis on Art and Technology, working primarily in 3D design and moving image media, his work explores the relationship between technology, nature, and popular culture.
Danh Nguyen is currently pursuing B.F.A. in Art and Technology and was awarded the Fergus Portfolio Review Merit-Based Scholarship in 2021. Nguyen's future involves entering the gaming or film industry with a focus on 3D asset creation and animation.
Harold's Adventure
I created the piece to illustrate my personal idea about what it would be like to move to a new city. Surviving on your very own, without a soul to help you. Harold represents a departure from family and familiarity. I make Harold go through these different situations to weave humility and hilarity into what would usually be mundane everyday situations. Without that element of humor, each page would fade into the background, with monotony dominating the page.
Harold's Adventure illustrates this feeling of unwavering determination in the face of numerous setbacks and overwhelming bad luck. Perseverance and learning from failure are the key lessons vested within the bullet-shaped frame of a plucky, down-on-his luck penguin.