MIDNIGHT ROMANCE IN HAGWON - Korean Drama 2024

 Another kdrama which aired on May 11 to June 30, 2024.

Seo Hye-Jin (played by Jung Ryeo-Won) who has worked as a Korean language teacher at a private educational institute in the Daechi-neighborhood of Gangnam for the past 14 years. The neighborhood is known as the most competitive private education area in south korea. Until recently, Seo Hye-Jin has agonized over her future post-teaching career and what she wants in her past dream. At that time, her ex-student Lee Joon-Ho (played Wi Ha-Joon) appears in front of her again for the first time in 10 years. When Seo Hye-Jin taught him, she did her best to teach him and he finally made it into a prestigious university. That helped her gained fame as an instructor. Lee Joon-Ho then quit working for a big company and begins work as a rookie instructor at the same private educational where Seo Hye-Jin teaches which she didn't approve at first. This is where the conflict, romance and problems arise in her life. 

 

Well, that's for the short spoiler. The pace in this drama is quite slow and perhaps would be boring for some viewers who only watch for the romance and didn't enjoy educational perspective and competitiveness in Korean education system. Because it will not show as much. They said it as slow-burn romance. It was heavily reminded me to the drama 'Something in the rain' with the red umbrella and color tones in this drama. I can say this drama was good but not that great. Lets say 7 out of 10 for me. And this is my fan art drawing again based on the opening of each episode.One thing for sure, the couple fashion was good as shown in this article. The photos belong to the rightful owners.

WONDERFUL WORLD (Korean Drama 2024) - Cha eun woo's drama with tragic revenge theme

 Wonderful world is a 2024 kdrama which Aired on March 1 until April 13. The drama revolved around Eun Soo-Hyun (played by senior actress Kim Nam-Joo) she is a psychology professor and a famous writer, but one day perfect her life is completely changed. Her young son died unjustly due to hit and run. Making things worse, the person who responsible for her son’s death isn’t punished by the law and unwilling to even apologize for his action. Eun Soo-Hyun loses hope with this world and out of despair, decided to punish the man by herself. Her life is still in vain after years. One day, Eun Soo-Hyun gets involved with a young man (played by the handsome idol Cha Eun Woo) who suffer from similar pain as her and together solved their entangled life mystery. 

That's basically the short spoiler. However, the drama itself was getting me on my nerve somehow. At some parts, I got so annoyed with the plot and the main characters, especially the female lead. it should've been much better since it has the potential to be a good drama and I cant help to compare it after I've watched another famous revenge drama like the glory last year. The main characters should've been smarter since she's a professor and he is a bright medical student. If only who play the lead is someone like Song Hye Kyo's age for the woman, then it would also be more proper for the character and many more reasons for me to feel dissatisfied with this drama although the premise was actually interesting and we can learn some moral values from this story and to be honest, the title itself would be the sarcastic term of whats really going on inside it. 

And if I have to put some plausible factors would be seeing Cha Eun Woo's face here and main characters' sense of fashion, especially Cha Eun Woo's as I displayed here from some references found on Google which belong to the original owners and not mine. It would be like 6.8 out of 10 for me for this drama rating. This is my fan art drawing based on the opening art from each episode in this drama.

Music Cover's illustration/Design Concept for Musician JB

This was a design or illustration concept that I made for one musician although in the end they chose other design by other people. Nonetheless, I'm still proud of it because I came up with the idea and adjusted it with their current status and also being differed from the original concept they've shown from the previous cover. 

I will use it as part of my portfolios and as a showcase of what I can do in illustration/design. Feel free to contact me through email: thedreamernoodlemie@gmail.com for any design or illustration inquiry/commission. For portfolio purpose only. Any use/copy/share/re-post is not allowed. No AI used in the process.