(Dec. 19, 2010) I've been working on more concept art for private clients. Painted all in Photoshop!

(Oct. 7, 2010) Thanks Bob for reminding me to update my portfolio. I SHOULD do it more often. Here are a few things I've been working on. Surprisingly, I've been putting together more websites and album covers then anything else--not as much illustration. I guess I won't be illustrating much until I land my dream job, my chances are as good as winning the lotto... sometimes... that's why they call it a dream job. But you just watch me. Someday this Dumbo will fly.

(Oct. 7, 2010) Phil Hamilton Music, website design/layout/coding. visit the site.

(Oct. 1, 2010) Backstage & Outdoors, website design/layout/coding/wordpress integrated, all photos of Brian Doty. visit the site.

(Sept. 19, 2010) Matt KIMBROW, album layout/design/photography. You can find his album at Best Buy, Hastings, Barnes & Nobles.

(Sept. 7, 2010) Painted in Photoshop, just for fun.

(Aug. 13, 2010) Concept design and execution for ad campaign. The above piece illustrates the finished product of a handful of final photographs. The stages as illustrated began with 1) concept design, presentation to client. 2) Photoshoot with model and props. 3) Final integration with Photoshop.

This was much more difficult then it looked because of having to get the correct angle, because of perspective on a micro and macro scale, and also acheiving the correct lighting for both life size and miniature objects.

Some photos worth mentioning. 1) First photo, I just enjoy painting light with a single light source. It's always been the same with my paintings or any other piece of art I've done. There's usually one main light source and one other light for rim lighting. 2)Second photo, purely accidental. I held my camera completely still on burst and my client just walked across the street. A couple hours later with Photoshop and there you have it. 3)Third photo, a faux-HDR of my client using Photoshop.

(Mar. 17, 2010) Come out to give myself and 3 fellow artists support for a mind numbing, art exhibit on April 3rd from 7:11pm to 9:02pm. Don't question the odd time becuase you should never question Teresa Nguyen of Red iD Agency who is putting this together. She is brilliant. The event is presented by Red iD Agency. Location: 215 Henry Street, Dallas Tx, 75226

Mótus - the first movement of underground art exhibits. Four distinct artists cultivate their artistic passions to create dynamic, unique and inspiring visual experiences, that is sure to quench your every inner artist's thirst while stirring an undeniable lust for more. It's that intense. Cameras not allowed. Entry cover: .50 or $50 Print this invitation & present at the door to allow you & a guest entry.

(Oct. 17, 2009) Shot on the fly. Setup: Canon 40D, 1 wireless softbox. ISO 450, shutter 100, f5.6
Photoshop color correction. Used fast shutter rate combined with off camera flash to achieve optimal black background. Thanks Sheleen Dee. Visit her site!

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You've found Juiceworx on the world wide web, your home for GREAT GRAPHIC DESIGN, ILLUSTRATION, PRODUCT PHOTOGRAPHY, AND WITTY ONE-LINERS, and also the digital home of the very real, very sexy, and very substantial, both in physical matter and ego, Tuan Vu. Everything on this site, well almost everything is all Tuan--all art, photography, design, coding, etc...

Tuan has no reservations in telling the world the joy he has in working with people and sometimes forgets to send out invoices to collect payment because his joy is so great. And, he also is pretty darn snazzy at what he does because, he is not only a highly skilled illustrator, he is also a top notch graphic designer, and, not too shabby, photographer. Look at this website for example, all the details, from the coding, to the hand drawn background and right down to all the photos, are precision-executed by this kid, who's going through a quarter life crisis.

His skills with nunchucks rival that of Chuck Norris, but are not as great as his skills with a pencil and paintbrush. If asked how long have you been drawing, he will humbly respond by a lightning quick chop to the side of the head and say, "Time is irrelevant, only the here and now are important", which means he has been drawing since the age of 3, or as far as he can remember.

Yes, if you are one of the following, Tuan would like a word with you.

• A design company with great pay, benefits, filled with nice people.
• A big company with deep pockets.
• Starting up a business with shallow pockets.
• An individual with deep pockets.
• A big company with shallow pockets.
• A church group, because tax shelters work too.
• Keira Knightly

His experience in graphic design spans more than 10 years, having designed and worked for small companies, and churches to big Nashville bands like Cross Canadian Ragweed and Disney ®.