Was commissioned by Citibank to do a calendar design on Korea. I thought of the traditional Korean drum to represent Korea and strangely, starry night as the background. It was only as I was halfway done that I realized that the design contradicts. starry night represents Rhone, a complete different country that I was commissioned to work on. My teacher arrived soon after and we both agreed that my work cannot be submitted and I offered to complete a new piece of work regardless the deadline because I know the commissioned funds will be used to help children who have an interest towards the arts but are unable to learn them due to their financial status. I badly wanted to help those children because 6 years ago, I was one of them and others helped me to arrive at where I am today, hence I would gladly do the same.although I felt a sense of melancholy as I stretched and primed a new canvas, I was motivated to do better.
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