Something Wrong

Yesterday I garden-hosed my car since she was a little dirty birdy. To my dismay, earlier today there was a tiny flash of rain for half a minute and I was dreading seeing another nasty film of spotty dirt and dust too soon. She was untouched actually - so, blessed? Jokes aside…

In reality, I haven’t been in a good place. I’ve been MIA here since January ’23 - though I had kept myself pretty busy and was looking forward with pride to making a post in March talking about all that I have been doing, life yeeted at me the biggest wrench(es) I’ve had to face yet.

Now, I no longer know where to begin. It’s been a year since I had a full-time position, and since wrapping up my recent semester as a teacher at ArtCenter in April I’ve been out of work. Those only added on to the multitudes of struggles I was facing. I wanted to do a storied blog post, but sandwiched between depression and indignation, I just couldn’t bring myself to share my trauma. I’m a not-so-pretty burnt-out mess of a human right now. I know I’m not saying enough now (I will soon, I’m going to try), but it boils down to this:
I desperately could use your help. If you could spare any contribution, I would greatly appreciate it as it would help me on this long road of recovery.

I feel like I suffered significant ideological deaths - my hope for the self and for the world at large is just at an all-time low. I’ve just been stretched so thin, mentally and physically, and unable to do a lot as of late. But I really am trying. Though it’s been hard, I’m trying to work without having actual work. I’ve been quietly updating some of the other pages for a while now, and also working on a new twenty-paged portfolio. It’s complicated, and maybe a bit much, but considering how much pressure I’m facing, I have to hail Mary this and try to knock it out of the park. For now, I’ll share this teaser of the culmination of my professional work.

Going to leave the site at this for now. I’ll eventually be back, sooner than later, with more to show off, and to tell the rest of my story. If you read through all this, and/or you are willing to spare any expense to help me keep my head up, please know I appreciate your kindness and generosity.

Hope you are all faring better! I’ll talk to you again soon.
- Wilson Huang

Post-Term Spring Update

Hey there!

Before I say anything else! I hope more than anything that you are well and safe! I think we can all agree 2020 can use a breather; moving furiously and quickly, it’s like life itself has been upset for the past four months.

If I haven’t lived it I wouldn’t have believed that four months have gone by so quick. Another semester at ArtCenter has come and gone, and I have the fruits of my recent labor to share!

If you mosey on over to the Coureworks section of the site you’ll find a the new row of content from each of the recent studio classes I’ve taken - below and to the right you can see at a glance at some of what’s added: like my completed presentation deck for Entertainment Graphics, and a page grab from Costume Design. The content’s password locked, but feel free to reach out to me for access - I want nothing more on this site than to share the work I create in my life, and if I could hear from you and your interest to see it that in itself would mean absolute the world to me!

Design for the Wolf from The Three Little Pigs

Design for the Wolf from The Three Little Pigs

Imaginary Landscape Painting “Picking Flowers”

I’m just really happy my loved ones are well and that we still have a roof overhead and food to consume. Quarantine hit right after the spring midterms at ArtCenter, and it really knocked me off my game. I think getting cut off from the outside world and being relegated to a digital screen cause me some mental duress, among other things. Casually broke my back from overworking. (lul what?!) I hit 29 last Tuesday during finals though. And I was really thankful to be able to celebrate it over hot pot with just my parents and girlfriend. She bought me an ice cream cake too. I haven’t had a slice of those since middle school! What I’d like to say is this - really be careful about how you want to approach life, so you can keep guarded, and also just really appreciate all the things you can be thankful for. Cause lawd knows shit can really hit the fan sometimes.

I’m rambling. Come back around sometime. Again, I hope you continue to stay well and safe.
Cheers!

Post-FA19: Happy Holidays!

Oh gosh I know, I know, I’m terrible at this! Before I knew it another semester has come and gone, and I haven’t given any word on the development on the site. ArtCenter’s curriculum put me through the wringer as usual, and by the time term came to a close my sleeping and eating schedule has never been more messed up! I ended up spending the last week recovering from sickness just well enough to make it through the holidays. But even though I was worse for wear, I spent a significant amount of time compiling much of the work I’ve done for work and for school throughout the decade, and I’m pleased to announce that a large majority of that is now up for viewing on this site! Those of you who were familiar with my site might remember a smaller body of work through my Personal and the Works page sections listed up top; I have since filled the latter’s content, and have also given the Coursework some much-needed love. Here below are some sample screengrabs of what pages you can peruse!

Courseworks and Stylization 1

Garage Life and Kado Vapor

Those of you with keen minds and active eyes may notice that I have intentionally locked most of the work I’ve done in classes, as it is a resource representative of ArtCenter’s collegiate entertainment and industrial design programs. As such, it is opened primarily to friends, family, professional contacts, and benefactors. It should go without saying that attending ACCD is both financially taxing and time-consuming. I’ve also had to upgrade my Squarespace membership to allow for the amount and fidelity of work that I want to share, and so I hope that you would be considerate in supporting what I can bring to the table!

Workspace

I’ll be speaking to you again very soon! In the meantime, much love, merry Christmas, and happy holidays to you all!

- Wilson