academy of art fashion show-may 2012 /
a non-finished project /
just like a lot of things on this planet, another non-finished project .. i'm not proud of that although its a tiny project but i've always said its not about the beginners its always about the finishers ..
lets be positive and wish that this is the last non finished project in my life.. although i can still finish it bs 2afalt minnou.
me and few more artists started creating/taking pictures of arabic letters, each day one letter, and we had this hashtag #29dlc .. i didnt finish it but here's some photos.
ميم -مُسدس
راء - رماد
ألف - اصبع
باء- بريتزلز
غين - غريب
take me to cairo. /
I struggle .. I improve /
My struggle with my self portrait. /
so i had a portrait assignment, and for some reason i decided to make it a SELF portrait, what i didnt know that its so freaking hard to draw yourself, because you're not just checking the photo reference you're checking the mirror as well and it drove me insane.
its hard enough to choose and perfect a technique and
even harder to make it look like me.
i kept changing and changing until i reached
semi satisfaction. i hope you love it.
and finally
photo reference by the amazing photographer Fahad Ayyad
كتير. /
NEW YORK /
so i just got back from nyc, i was spring breaking
and it was beyond amazing, i picked some random images to
share my indescribable trip with you guys.
lovely book by the awesome Nada Seet
a spread from the awesome book by Tim Walker
Pastis- french love
typography love
I participated in Nada's project and i drew
an octopus as my ideal dinner
and I met Steven Heller <3 - school of visuals art-NYC,Steven Heller is author and co author of many works on the history of illustration, typography, and many subjects related to graphic design.
i LOVED new york but ...
i wouldnt wanna live there...
عزمي /
في احد ضحك عليا و قللي اني اعرف اكتب .. و ساعات برضو اكتب من غير سبب .. كده بس احس انو لازم شوية اتكلم من غير ما احد يرد عليا .. يعني من الاخر لما ابغى اكلم نفسي لازم اكتب.... و احب اكتب في مدونتي زي ما ابغى ساعات عامي و سااعات فصيح و كده يعني
.. ما علينا
.. ما علينا
استيقظت في يوم من الايام و انا ماشية ل التلاتة و عشرين .. و اتخذت قرار .. انا سوف اتغير .. "مش عايزة اعرف ناس كتير" سوف امحي كلمة "توقع" من قاموسي.. نعم لن اتوقع "شيء".. حدوث شيء .. او شيء من شخص ما ..و النتيجة سوف تكون "مش بطالة" اي شيء جميل و بسيط جداً سيسعدني لانني لم اتوقع الكثير .. واي شي تعيس سيحزنني قليلاً فقط لانني لم اتوقع العكس تماماً .. و هكذا .. " وبكده الحالة حتبقى عال العال" .. ياللسعادة
تسائلت كثيراً لماذا كل ما تحدثت الى نفسي .. تحدثت بالهجة المصرية .. و اخيرا بعد سنين من البحث و تحاليل البول و كده .. اكتشفت السبب .. السبب هو "عزمي" شخصية صغيرة حجمه اشبه بحجم حبة الفصفص البلدي .. يسكن مع كريات الدم الحمراء .. مصري و بيموت في مصر و بينتشر في جسدي كله .. زحاليق
يتبع .. يمكن
هوا ده عزمي
Sotra & Lace /
I wish im in Jeddah to make it to this event.
Sotra and Lace collaborated together and brought to us
" a state of Lemonade " ..
check the adorable video and dont forget to bring
ur family and friends.
When: Sunday, March 25th @ 6pm
Where: Sotra (Ana Special Mall) on Prince Sultan St. Jeddah
How: RSVP facebook.com/events/131764070283235/
Did you check destination jeddah's last issue? /
if you didnt see destination jeddah magazine- march issue which
i designed its cover :D, go check it now because theres some pages about me and my book "junk" :)
the cover
lovely words by the lovely Rayyan Khayyat:
"Going through Sarah Taibi’s Junk
It's a pleasant thing when someone from our community has written and published their own book, especially when it's from someone as young and creative as Ms. Sarah Taiba, *ahem* I mean Lastika. "Kinda bilingual" and wholly composed of her own illustrations, Junk is a messy collage-scrapbook of a diary to be shared. Part autobiography and part a letter to the world around her, Ms. Taiba uses clever expressions and black ball-point sketches to create this book of scattered ponderings and bittersweet musings.
On a special Saturday over Turkish coffee with a skeptical friend, Ms. Taiba’s “brain was working in a sweet way…[she] could eat it.” She remembered some of her old scanned illustrations and decided to draw some more and maybe, just maybe, she could create a book *WHOA.* Her friend laughed, “Make a book?” Taiba said “Fine. I’ll make a book” Unfortunately, she sometimes finds her doodles in the trash and once in the kitchen garbage can. “MAMA WHY?!!!” Her wonderful mother replied “Sorry baby, I thought it was just junk.” That’s pretty much when Ms. Taiba realized she must fix and organize all of these penned thoughts and ideas. And although named Junk, to appropriately umbrella all of the randomness, the result is a disorderly harmonious and composed piece of work.
The comical illustrations in Junk are visually striking, with a style that’s half political cartoon and half school-day doodles, but as the book progresses we gain more of an insight into what these stories are trying to tell us. Her quirky little characters seem to be fed up with the frivolities and contradictions of their society and are attempting to live through the perplexities of modernity and matters of questioning and understanding. It’s as if they’re caught between a supposedly *real* but bizzare world and their own imaginary sensible one. Some of those one would meet along the way include the Lonely Ice-Cream Cone, Octopus Girl and a thieving ninja. Ms. Taiba also reconciles these illustrated conflicts with musical lyrics brightly come to life, whimsically detailed food recipes and more of what truly holds all of this clutter together.
In the introduction, Ms. Taiba recounts the story of a girl who used to live in this curious purple bubble where everything seemed to be almost too special and ideal. She had some really colorful and feathery friends with her but somehow it just didn’t quite work out. And even though she now has to make her way through a bleak and thorny wasteland, far from the purple perspective she’s familiar with, she’s able to share some of the wonderful things she saw in there with some in what turns out! even better and *realer* friends. And her so-called junk is some of what she brought with her."
layout design by cutie basma filimban
like Junk's page on facebook by clicking here
one of my favorite songs-A TOO COOL version /
and then this is the original song which is already really cool as well
not anymore :) /
Amishka doing her thing /
it all started end of 2011 in al balad when Sarah Mohanna Alabdali AKA Amishka called Nahla and I and said: lets go spray... we're all crazy so yeah we went there..
and she sprayed for the first time her amazing piece
of work which a lot of you might recognize ...
then finally in early 2012 she participated in Edge of Arabia
with her artwork.
i just love it .. and love her even more :D
click here to check her craziness
and now i just saw this video and couldnt be happier <3
click here to check it NOW
illustration is all i see /
أحِنُ إلى أُمِّي /
Joe Ciardiello is brilliant. /
I'm in love with Joe Ciardiello. the way he illustrates and the way he colors his illustrations and how he suddenly decides to leave uncolored areas .. its unbelievably cool .. he inspires me .. and i love him for real.
he attended The High School of Art and Design and college at Parsons where he earned a BFA degree. Over his 35 plus year career he has worked for most major magazines and newspapers as well as for corporate and advertising clients, book publishers and record companies.
some of his amazing work
check his website.. click here
Fahad, you are awesome. /
this is how i cheer up my friends and make them smile.
i let random people tell'em how awesome they are.
كيفو هالحلو؟ /
this is my favorite song. ever. /
Gotye- Hearts A Mess
... Let me occupy your mind