As a kid growing up, Viet could be found drawing Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles when he wasn’t riding his bike or lighting things on fire around the neighborhood. In high school, his art teacher nurtured his creativity, and Viet worked to finish all of his requirements early so that he could just do art classes all day by his senior year. He earned several scholarships so that he could pursue his BFA at Otis College of Art and Design, and lived out of his car in the school’s parking garage to save what he could. In his last year, Viet won third place in a Mattel-sponsored competition for a girls’ toy line, and went on to work for Mattel for almost nine years. After Mattel, he joined Spin Master Toys and lead as a Design Director managing a team of action figure toy designers before moving over to work on the Advanced Concepts Team as an individual contributor. After 21 years in the Toy industry Viet is now freelancing and pursuing a career as a tattoo artist.
When he’s not designing toys or creating artwork, Viet nurses an avid motorcycle habit. He also likes to regularly increase his risk of mortality via motorcycles, mountain biking, climbing, racing, and consuming abnormal amounts of pork belly.