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Hi, my name is Phillip Nievera Retuta, and welcome to my personal website. I'm a digital designer, artist, and art director by career, living in Brooklyn, NY. I was born in Chicago to two very wonderful immigrant, Filipino parents. For undergrad, I went to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to study English Literature, and for graduate school, Parsons the New School for Design to study Design + Technology. I'm currently employed as the graphic and lead web designer at The New York Institute of Technology. I have an awesome dog named Nico, who will one day be Instagram famous. I also draw comics on my spare time. I love cooking, typography, and polaroid film. I hate loud clubs, crowded subways, and phonies.
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Man’s Best Friend.
My dog, Nico Doggerton, has been by my side since 2007. I named her (yes, "her") after Nico of The Velvet Underground and of Andy Warhol fame. When she was about a year old, I adopted her during my senior year of college from a shelter in Urbana-Champaign. Since then, the husky-labrador (or "huskador") mix has moved with me from rural Illinois, to back home in Chicago, to New Jersey, to now New York City. I love my pet very much, and Nico is incredibly patient for a dog -- as evident of all the goddamned photographs and videos I take of her. She hates brooms and hides in the bathtub when fireworks go off, but Nico thoroughly enjoys belly rubs, fabric squeaky toys, and pizza crusts.
Creativity Is Key.
Portfolio.
Check out my work over here.
I Like To Write.
Latest Tweet.
#365 2021.03.05: Made a Chicken Pot Pie. pic.twitter.com/xVKCeGL7Uh
Latest Blog Post.
- Done With This Apartment.Day 323 of self-isolation and day 184 without gas/heat. I loved my apartment — at least, until 6 months ago. The past few days have been the coldest New York has experienced this season, and even with 4 space heaters constantly running, my apartment has dipped to a low of 52 degrees. It’s been very […]