Portraiture & Illustration

Chien Nguyen

Realism rooted in likeness, illustration rooted in fantasy — a Minneapolis artist bringing portraiture into everything he draws.

View Portraits Commission Work

Colored pencil portrait, part of the Chienchilla Arts collection

From the Sketchbook

Colored pencil portrait of a K-pop idol against a pink and purple background

Charcoal portrait of a smiling woman with a bob haircut

Colored pencil group portrait of seven band members

Graphite illustration of the masked villain Bane

Painted illustration of a man with a hellhound looming behind him

Silvered haired man looking distressed