Dustin Nguyen is living many artists’ dreams. Having grown up enthralled by characters like Batman and Superman, he turned this passion into a career that’s seen him illustrate his favourite superheroes for DC Comics.
As if that wasn’t impressive enough, he also co-created the groundbreaking sci-fi comic Descender with graphic novel royalty Jeff Lemire. We caught up with Dustin to learn more about his work and hear how he balances his many amazing achievements.
Tell us a little about your background as an artist. How did you get started and what has your career been like?
I liked drawing as a kid, just like every other artist I think. I was never that into actual art classes or art schools themselves, but I put a lot of time and energy into my art. I was even voted ‘most artistic’ in elementary school.
I worked as a 3D designer for HVAC systems, and for the aerospace and commercial architecture industries because high school also led to my love for mechanics and figuring out how things work.
I left those industries to pursue a
