Claire Chong
INTRODUCTION
I'm a Creative Artist & Animation Expert
ABOUT
Being creative takes work
When being creative, it makes you think "out of the box" and it's not easy to think out of the box sometimes, and That's alright. It might be a struggle at first, but I try and try to push myself to think about all of the things That could stick out and be creative and cool for myself and for others who view my artworks. I love art because you can show what your artistic skills can do. I don't believe that there is such a thing as "bad" art, because everyone has their own style and can improve with a lot of effort. Art is just so fun I do it everyday, and sometimes I'm unaware I'm creating a piece of art in my daily life. Meaning, art can really be anything.
AWARDS
Achievements
FEBRUARY2024
Plaza Pacifica Youth Diversity Art Competition
2nd Place Winner
AUGUST2022
OC Fair Art Contest
Judges' Award Winner | Painting(ages 9-12)
AUGUST2021
OC Fair Art Contest
Most Creative Winner | Drawing(ages 9-12)
Judges' Award Winner | Painting(ages 9-12)
Best of Class Winner | Rock Art Critters(ages 11-12)
JUNE2021
Joong-Ang Ilbo Student Art Contest
M&L Hong Foundation Award
2nd Place Winner(3rd-5th Grade)
SEPTEMBER2021
Celebrating Art
High Merit Winner
OCTOBER2019
2019 REFLECTIONS
Honorable Mention
JUNE2019
Celebrate Success Art Contest(F3 Student Awards Program)
1st Place
FEBUARY2019
Global Canvas 2019 art competition(Group project)
10 highly commended certificates
MAY2019
34th Annual Imagination Celebration
Outstanding Artwork and Creativity Winner
DECEMBER2018
29th Annual John Wayne Airport Student Art Contest
First Place Winner(Grade3)
SKILLS
Skills I have collected
over the years and days.
PORTFOLIO
Selected Work
Illustration | Happy Art
Illustration | Marker
Juicy Juice Happy Artist Contest
Grand Prize Winner
The details about my drawing are all from my mind. My mind always made me happy, so I tried to express them with my drawings. The drawing shows fruits, the ocean, art supplies, and more. All of those objects are the things that make me 100% happy! That's why I decided to make my happiness into drawings.
Illustration | The Boy’s Point of View
Illustration | Color Pencil
2021 OC Fair Art Contest
Most Creative Winner
This artwork shows a boy and his homeroom teacher. The teacher has a test paper that was marked as an F. The boy feels ashamed and feels despair for his non-hard work on the test. Instead of studying, he decided to slack off when the test was going to be tomorrow. He hesitates after the test seeing what he got on the test score, he feels like his mother would be really disappointed in him. He never worked hard. This story is something that relates to me, I procrastinated and slacked off myself, I had a big problem with studying. My mom always scolded me for slacking-off and not doing anything. She told me I should stop using my valuable time on useless things.
Illustration | Youth Diversity Art Competition
Illustration | Marker
The artwork that I have created features different cultural foods and people with different ethnicities and races while also adding the Orange County historical landmark, the Santa Ana water tower. There are also minor details in the background including, a lighthouse, some palm trees, a surfboard, and a sun with some cool sunglasses, showing that Orange County is a tropical area, most of the time being really sunny. I also inserted some different cultural foods and Orange County agriculture onto the artwork. If you also look closely, there is a large orange circle which can be a sun, but is actually an orange symbolizing the hot air balloon from the Great Park.
Illustration | My Best Friend
Illustration | Color pencil and Water color
This image shows a Lion, who is hugging the man. The man is the lion’s best friend which made them hug. I saw this image and decided to draw it because the way that the lion hugs the man is like the lion was an infant. It was one of the most heartwarming videos I've ever seen. This also made me remember when I hung out with my dad when I didn’t go to school and still was a toddler. These two things resemble in my opinion because the bonding between the lion’s made me think about the relationship with not just my dad, but sometimes my mom.
Digital Illustration | Yearbook Cover
Digital Illustration | Pencil and Photoshop
This art I submit my school yearbook cover competition, My concept was the getting together which makes us happy.
Collage | Act Now
Collage | Recycled materials
Joong-Ang Ilbo Student Art Contest
2nd Place Winner(3rd-5th Grade)
As a citizen of the Earth who has been fortunate to receive numerous vital benefits from nature, I am dedicated to "plogging" with the aim of making the smallest possible impact on the environment. I plan to continue this practice indefinitely, for as long as I remain on this planet. It is the responsibility of all Earth citizens to take even the smallest actions to show gratitude and care for our natural world.
Vans Custom Shoes Design
Vans Custom Shoes Design | Marker
I made these shoes with no context which makes it harder to explain but, I can tell you why I thought of making it. When I am bored, my mind is filled with weird-ish wacky images that I can’t explain. This art style I do is with my mind and imagination. Without the power of creativity, I wouldn’t be able to make something creative, or something original.
Character Design | Cortana
Character Design | Pencil
Cortana is the main character that I use to make scenery and fun things with her. She lives in the clouds. Not heaven, but it’s a similar place that is filled with people who have been forgotten or have been mistreated. In the world she lives in, the ages are way bigger than the overworld age. She is currently 11,000 years old. As I said, the age in the world she lives in is different from the world we live in. This may not be heaven in the world she exists in, but she is still alive. She can go to the overworld if she wanted to. She has a human form when she goes to the human world. She was abandoned in the playground. We don’t know how Cortana got abandoned in the playground for no specific reason. She got introduced into the world by a black man, and when I mean black I mean a hallucinative shadow man. You can’t see it unless you’re a kid. Long story short, she’s 11 years old in the overworld.
Self Portrait
Self Portrait | Pencil
My self portrait has a face that I don’t really use unless I get annoyed with my mom and dad for what I've done. I’ve done many things that would make my parents feel crazy. When I get scolded, my mom and dad say things that I never wanted. I already knew this was my fault but then later on I forgive myself and apologize to my parents later when I feel like it. In my opinion, I still am a very disrespectful person sometimes. I am changing through my mistakes. This face was fun to draw because of the shading, the line art, and the basic shapes.
Still life Drawing
Still life Drawing | Pencil
Still life Painting
Still life Painting | Water Color and Color Pencil
Self Portrait Painting
Self Portrait Painting | Acrylic
ANIMATIONS
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