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ARTIST: Tuna Dunn
COUNTRY: Thailand
EMAIL: tuna.dunn@gmail.com
CONTACT: www.cargocollective.com/tunlayadunn
www.facebook.com/tunadunn
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Bangkok-based visual designer. Area of work includes illustration, comics, graphic design, and animation. Goes by the artist name "Tuna Dunn".

The Dream

Illustration for Limited Education, an organization that raises money in order to provide education for kids in need. This piece is inspired by the familiar student desks we keep our belongings and books under which represents our dream and our future.

Cats are liquids

Cats are liquids
T-shirt design for CatRadio T-shirt festival 2018. Playing with the classic observation that cats can fit into any container just like water.

A beacon of hope in the most delicate of forms

A personal piece reflecting on the student protest around August 2020. Inspired by the white ribbon, a surprising symbol of rebellion.

The Smoker

An experiment on negative and positive space within a comics page. Loosely called "silhouette comics", the smoke acts as frames and consume the smoker by the end. RISO printing technique.

Sunset Scrolling

Illustration for Art4D magazine special issue on COVID. In this strange time, we can not escape stress or boredom by traveling somewhere else. The only thing we can do is relive our memories through the screen. Sometimes the places can feel unreal.

Thursday's Child

A piece from a series of abstract vases of flowers. All intuitively drawn over a perspective grid creating oddly shaped floral arrangements. Usually drawn on Thursday and Friday

Draught Beer

Digital print from 'Tipsy', a series of illustration inspired by various feelings while drinking. Displayed at The Jam Factory gallery.

Dog Days

A piece from a series of everyday scenes showing the playfulness of the dog and its owner. A lighthearted and positive depiction despite the true meaning of "Dog Days".

Looping comic

An experiment on looping narratives in comics. The story has no ending and repeats itself in response to the shape of the paper.

London Rage

A GIF animation about the weird weather in London.

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More Artwork/Merchandise:

Forward!

Poster design as part of Bangkok Through Poster 2020 exhibition. Together, the three-finger salutes create a pathway to democracy. We can no longer look back. The only way is forward.

The Mingus Table

From doodle to animated illustration. Drawn with the soundtrack of Charles Mingus.

Pull Yourself Together

Something that was meant for a flip book. The animation represents being overwhelmed by thoughts and exploding.

A minimalist painter and his 6-year-old

Wondering if any minimalist painters with kids ever had this moment.

Priorities

An illustration at the beginning of the pandemic. Making fun of how alcohol ran out so fast during lockdown.

Common People comic strip

Comic strip from the 'Common People' monthly section for A day bulletin. This story is a joke on the absurdity of contemporary art.

Flower no.02

A part of abstract doodles of flower vases which I called my children.
A3 Risograph print. Two colors on Colorplan Bright White 135 gsm.
Printed by Haptic Editions. Available for order (and inquiry for other prints) : tuna.dunn@gmail.com

Eat

Your thoughts are hungry. A comic.
A3 Risograph print. Two colors on Colorplan Bright White 135 gsm.
Printed by Haptic Editions. Available for order (and inquiry for other prints) : tuna.dunn@gmail.com

Online Love

Editorial illustration for A day bulletin magazine on the topic of digital/online romance. Using the loading wheel as the flower petals to represent how many romantic gestures have to be downloaded in this modern age.

JINS illustration

One of 8 illustrations for JINS online exhibition. Each image represents the glasses' features. This one conveys lightness. This project is managed by Vision Track (Japanese agency)

WFH

A GIF illustration portraying the various emotions we have while working from home during the pandemic, mostly on our couches and sofas.