Sunday, November 15, 2009

Do We Win? ahhh... Duy Nguyen

It's been a long time coming but I've finally decided to add a drop to the bucket that is blogging. It's like every animator/artist/human has one of these so I guess I'm a little late to the game but c'est la vie.

So let's get rolling. For my entire life, my name has always been a stuttering point in every introduction. Teachers would hit my name on the class list and freeze with panic. Often times I heard them call out "Die?", "Dee?", "Doy?", heck even "Doug?". I guess she must have thought my name was a typo or something. After a while, I'd just put my teachers out of their misery when I felt they got to my name.
This all brings me to the title of this blog "dowewin.blogspot.com". That's pretty much how you pronounce my name Do We or Dwee (actually I prefer this) = Duy and Win = Nguyen. Yes that's right, Win = Nguyen. Just trust me on this one.
Now that my name is outta the way, I'll be posting some sketches, animations, pictures, etc. in the near future. Hope you come back to visit.

Here's a caricature I got Stephen Silver to make of me at Fan Expo Toronto last year. Love it!

2 comments:

  1. Thanks for clarifying how to pronounce your name - had to call a guy in Sydney with the same name!

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  2. I'm reading some poems by Nguyen Duy with my English students. Now I know how to pronounce the man's name correctly!

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