Malaysian illustrator Tuan Nini, based in Romania, shares her art journey


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

As an illustrator, Tuan Ninifarhana Tuan Kob (who prefers to go by Tuan Nini, or just Nini) believes that it’s her job to “fill in the blanks” and enrich the story that’s being told.

In Dear Brother, a middle-grade graphic novel written by New York Times bestselling author Alison McGhee and illustrated by Nini, she got the chance to do that and more, exercising her visual storytelling muscles.

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