About

Posted on: May 11th, 2011 /

Name: Dung “Donkey” Nguyen
Profession: Graphic Designer
Location: New Orleans, LA
Hardware:

  • Intel Quad-Core i5 PC w/ Windows 7
    (Also used for an insane amount of Starcraft II sessions)
  • 1st Generation Macbook w/ OS X (10.6) Snow Leopard
    (used for working off site and for airport check-ins when I’m out of town)

Skills:

  • Adobe Design Suite: Photoshop CS5, Illustrator CS5, InDesign CS5, Dreamweaver
  • CSS and XHTML (with some PHP for WordPress theme development)
  • Print processes
  • Traditional: Pencils, inks, NuPastels, markers, acrylic paint, vine charcoal

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A MORE DETAILED LOOK
My name is Dung Nguyen. Among my peers (even clients), I am better known as Donkey. Why? I have no idea. My cousin gave it to me when I was a wee little kid and it just stuck. Yes, pretty unfortunate. To this day, the reason is still unknown. I am a graphic designer and illustrator from New Orleans, LA. Currently, I am freelancing but I am also seeking for a full-time job in the field. Part-time is fine also if nothing else.

I know quite a bit about using the ol’ Photoshops and the Illustrators. More so Illustrator since I really enjoy sharp, scalable graphics. Which in turn, makes for awesome prints. CMYK? Yeah I know about those. Bleeds? You got it. Spot colors? Totally. Screen printing? I know about the process but have yet to experience it myself (I should really attend a workshop). What about typography? Of course. I also love designing custom type for projects. I also know a bit of Dreamweaver but really, what is there to know if you’re hand-coding everything all the time? I do appreciate some of the shortcuts though. When it comes to web design in general, I had to learn a lot of it on my own. Especially CSS and PHP (Since, you know, it’s essential to developing WordPress themes). Finally, for laying out pages and stuff, I use Quarkxpress (go ahead, laugh) and InDesign. Please take a look at my portfolio to view some of my work.

Oh yeah, I also DJ in my spare time. I mainly mix up a little genre known as Breakbeat or “Breaks”. I’ve been getting into mixing a bit of House lately but I don’t think I will put out any sets soon. You can download my latest mixes here. I currently use a Numark Mixtrack Pro to make my mixes. It’s a nice piece of hardware but the built in EQ is kinda janky but it gets the job done. But hey, its portable and it saves a ton of space!

CONNECT

  • Twitter — Follow me on Twitter
  • LinkedIn — Connect via LinkedIn
  • deviantART — View other works and download icon sets
  • projeqt — View my portfolio on projeqt.com
  • Pinterest — Follow me on Pinterest
  • last.fm — What I usually listen to when I work
  • XBOX Live — I’m rarely on anymore but if so, I’m usually playing Rock Band 3
  • Steam — Connect via Steam
  • Battle.net — I’m always down for some Starcraft II
  • donkeybeatz@gmail.com — Or you can just email me