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Sketch: Grotesque

April 20, 2010 Blog
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Was in the mood for some Schiele-inspired grotesque portraits. Below are a few quick samples: Tools used: Scribbler, Adobe Photoshop.

Design: “Thirst for Survival” Event

April 12, 2010 Art
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I was approached last month to create T-Shirt designs and graphic elements for the upcoming “Thirst for Survival” Battle of the Bands event, which will take place at the Hub on 4/18 and 4/25, and being a charity event for a good cause and organized by the local Wellspring for the World organisation, I simply couldn’t refuse. [...]

Design: Just Code It.

February 1, 2010 Art
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A quick motivational poster design for my fellow programmers and coders: Just Code it!

2010: New Year’s Dawn

January 1, 2010 Art
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In the dawn of this year, may you conquer and prosper!

Design: Typographic World Map

August 22, 2009 Art
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Here’s another cool project from my Design vaults: the typographic world map! I started this project initially in late 2002, with the intentions to mark each world nation with its national flag, few iterations later and I thought “wouldn’t it be cool to have their actual names displayed instead?” Bingo! I spent a couple of [...]

Sketch: College Friends

August 18, 2009 Art
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College years are certainly some of the best I’ve ever had, and not the least for all the wonderful people and friends I met there. I have a habit of drawing those who touched my life in one way or another in a little black sketch book, as evident here and there. Below are some [...]

Photography: Aqua Lilies

June 30, 2009 Art
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I’ve been experimenting with artificial HDR effects lately, combining regular photos with effect layers in Photoshop, and here are a couple of samples using our Aqua Lilies as a test subject: Tools: Kodak DX6490, Photoshop

Photography: Birdy

June 19, 2009 Art
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Sometimes when the conditions are just right, and the subject matter, lighting conditions and setting align, you can get a perfect shot. Here’s a couple lucky shots of a bird that suddenly landed on our balcony for a few minutes, and I managed to snap it through the door frame and screen. The dark and [...]

Caricature: Tribute to Naji al-Ali

August 29, 2007 Art
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My interest in the art of caricatures was sparked in the early 90s when I noticed this interesting little scrawny cartoon guy in an old al-Safeer newspaper. It was Palestinian artist Naji al-Ali’s daily caricature depicting the ravages of the Lebanese war with his signature Handala character. That drawing with its simple lines and minimalist [...]

Illustration: Lebanation

August 11, 2006 Art
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If you’ve ever heard of Lebanon, chances are you’re familiar with this country’s contentious history. To describe Lebanon in few words, I would say it’s a boiling cauldron of sour soup with sweet bits floating all over it. There is plenty of good here and there, but it’s all surrounded by hate, bigotry, vengeance and [...]

Caricature: Middle East Blues

March 18, 2006 Art
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2006 was a tough year, on personal and global level, notwithstanding the Israel-Hezbollah War and the resulting carnage and destruction, and in these dark times I did several caricature drawings releasing my feelings towards the Middle-East and the never-ending conflicts there. Here are six of those focusing on the Iraqi invasion and its infighting, Gaza [...]

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