Her ramblings and unpredictable actions have become overwhelming, and I've even experienced moments of despair where I've considered drastic measures.
Tuan Nini has lived in Bucharest, Romania , for 18 years, having moved there to pursue a fine arts degree at the Bucharest National University of Arts. Photo: The Star/Azlina Abdullah, or just Nini) believes that it’s her job to “fill in the blanks” and enrich the story that’s being told.bestselling author Alison McGhee and illustrated by Nini, she got the chance to do that and more, exercising her visual storytelling muscles.
“It’s quite rare for a book illustrator to be able to come in and suggest making some changes to the text, so I’m glad that the team I worked with was open to that,” she adds. “People often ask me what informed my decision to study there, but honestly, nothing informed my decision – I was just a young and restless 19-year old,” says Nini, when she tells the story of how she ended up in Romania.
“I did work at an ad agency for a short time before I graduated, but it’s too short to count,” she waves off with a laugh. In a recent commissioned work, Nini was tasked with condensing an anthropological research paper about the New York City practice of giving tap water for free. “Compared to Malaysians, Romanians tend to have their guard up a little when meeting new people, but once you get close to them, they can be very friendly!”
The workshop was organised to help counter the gender imbalance in the animation industry after a study revealed that while the ratio of female and male students studying animation in university was balanced, it quickly changed after graduation, where 90% of those who went on to pursue a career were male.
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