Berry Role Model No.1 – Artist/Freelance Designer – Kendrick Ng
December 7, 2009
Despite the proliferation of the Internet which allows the rapid dissemination of information, students remained largely uninformed regarding the career choices. Hence, Berry Berry Easy is starting a series called “Berry Role Models” where real people in various different fields will be giving advices to our Young Berries who would be making decisions regarding their career choices. We intend to make this more of a light-reading, so it will be in an “Q&A format“.
First off, we have with us, Mr Kendrick Ng, a talented young artist/freelance designer (his job scope is ever-expanding). He is the person behind Kendrick’s Art Blog, which has many excellent designs. (His blog was also featured in the Berry Friends section prior to this interview) Without further adieu, let us soak in the experience of Kendrick, the artist/freelance designer:
Role Model #1 – Artist/Freelance Designer – Kendrick Ng
Kendrick Ng
1) Who are you?
I am Kendrick Ng Tiong Heng. I came from a small town of Sipitang at the west coast of Sabah, Malaysia. I am currently enrolled in Computing Science majoring in Multimedia.
2) Why did you enter the field? Who/What was/is your inspiration?
I choose this field because I loved it and I really enjoyed it. In the beginning, I only helped my friends to solve web design problems…it started from Friendster layout, then slowly I decided to design wallpapers for my friends and finally an active blogger which I posted my designed wallpapers and I wanted to improve it and this is how I choose this field. By the same time I was also the official Student Council photographer, designer and multimedia/creative director for my University and sometimes you could see my designs in blogs, web pages, advertisements,magazines, newspapers or even tickets!
My inspiration dates back to when I was 4 years old…..this inspiration came from a Japanese animation “Doraemon”. He has been my idol even till today, whenever I want to design something, I will think of him and he really inspires me a lot.
3) So what do you do daily as an artist/freelance designer” ?
Because I am still a university student, being a freelance designer is always my first option to earn some income and also to build my port folio before I could work as a full timer. Everyday, there are e-mail requests from many customers. All I have to do is to accept it or not based on their offer.
4) What satisfaction do you gain from your job?
Hmm….In my opinion, my greatest satisfaction is to see the smiles and satisfaction of my customers, friends, family and colleagues. Their support, satisfaction towards my designs is what keeps me going.
5) Words of advice for our readers who wish to enter your field.
Dear readers, this is a very interesting field and all you need is creativity and passion in art, as simple as that. If you love capturing photos, or like to edit photos, or even love to draw and design. I recommend you to enroll in photography, designing, web designing-related course. My course, in fact is a little different because it’s a mix course because it consists of science and art. But no matter what university or institute you are enrolled in, as long as your love in arts and creativity is strong, this is the field for you!
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The following designs are a small portion of his work thus far. Picture paints a thousand words, and the following pictures scream talent:
If you want to see more of his design, please visit Kendrick’s Art Blog
Berry Berry Easy comments: It seemed that the key to be successful in the field of arts and designing are having the passion in art and also the creativity in expressing yourself. So if you have these qualities, you might want to consider a career in this field.
Berry Berry Easy wishes Kendrick all the best in his future undertakings.
[If you know of anybody who could be a Berry Role Model (could also be yourself) and wants to share some career advices and experiences, please drop us a line]
Please also view the other berry related posts:
- Berry Role Model No.5 – Aspiring Designer – Cheryl Chu
- Berry Berry Easy has a new header designed by Berry Role Model #1 – Kendrick Ng
- Berry Role Model No.4 – Dedicated Nurse – Judy Goh
- Berry Role Model No.3 – Bowling Champion/Future EE Engineer – Low Wooi Kit
- Berry Role Model No.2 – Budding Scientist/A-Level Student – Yvonne Choo
9 Responses to “Berry Role Model No.1 – Artist/Freelance Designer – Kendrick Ng”
@ Kendrick – thanks once again for agreeing to be featured as a Berry Role Model. Also much gratitudes for agreeing to show case your work on the site.
By BerryBerryTeacher on Dec 7, 2009
Wonderful design
By DonFrank on Dec 7, 2009
Hello, I am from Tokyo Japan and I’ve been a fan of Kendrick’s since he started his art blog!
He is such as wonderful person….taking psychology, computer science and other courses but his passion in arts does not fade out. Combining his life with science and art is hard but I really thinks he has done it!
Thanks Berry for interviewing him!
Regards,
Catherine
By Catherine Lim on Apr 8, 2010
cool!! kend! u’re awesome bro!! ><
By J@K OBLIVION on Apr 8, 2010
@ J@K OBLIVION – We at BerryBerryEasy would have to ‘disagree’ with you. We think ‘awesome’ is an understatement to use. He’s beyond awesome
– His design output alone makes him beyond awesome. Not to mention he’s a great guy too, in our opinion. But yeah, since we cannot find a better word than awesome, we do think he is awesome… haha.. Thanks for commenting J@K
By BerryBerryTeacher on Apr 9, 2010
@ Catherine Lim – Great to hear from you in Tokyo. It is the dream place to be for all of us in the Berry Team.
Unfortunately we have not been there for Kendrick when he started out… but nonetheless we’ve converted into fans of his since we started to follow his art blog.
We would like to thank Kendrick for agreeing to our interview rather than the other way round. And would like to thank him for inspriring young readers to follow their dreams and excel in what they have passion in.
Anyway, thanks to you Catherine for commenting. Your comments further reinforce our views on Kendrick.
By BerryBerryTeacher on Apr 9, 2010
Hi there!
I am Lisa, I am working at a printing company.
I was one of Kendrick’s clients when I was looking for a freelance designer where I bumped into him. He was talented indeed, despite of his age (he was 18 when i first saw him). I was deeply impressed on his artistic skills and he did not even enrolled in any courses related in arts. I will continue to support him and thanks for featuring him for us!
Thank you!
By Lisa on Apr 14, 2010
@ Lisa – Thanks for shedding more light on Kendrick for our readers. Seemed like Kendrick is quite a prodigy himself working as a freelance designer at the age of 18 (or even earlier).
Anybody else who has any experience with Kendrick the designer or person , can also share with us your stories. Our readers will be happy to read about it. – Meanwhile do visit his blog to look at his newer designs.
By BerryBerryTeacher on Apr 16, 2010