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Step B

2010-07-28T10:50:00.003+03:00

Step A

vacation hands, rusty hands

2010-07-27T17:43:00.004+03:00

u take a break from painting u pay for it. :(

* work in progress

ترخيم 3

2010-04-09T22:56:00.006+03:00

obsession continues. todays washed out dose.

never the less i did learn something new today. there's potenial for texture!

this ofcouse was a happy accident apple fall in ur hand sort of learning, im far from making the apple fall at will!
Ah,what i wouldn't give for a few days in turkey with a proper ebru master....

ترخيم 2

2010-04-09T01:07:00.002+03:00

zoom

*

my water solution from yesterday was a mess today, paint- acrylic- is no good for this, need something not so... water solube!.

time to hit the books.

ترخيم

2010-04-07T22:16:00.007+03:00

had a go at marbling paper today. marbling or ebru is a artisitque technique that used alot on book interior binding -it's turkish if im not mistaken- will definatly look forward to learning more, im hooked.

as i don't know the "traditional" techniques/solutions, I had to improvise. yes i jump both feet in then look! :p

be warned, it's extremely addictive.

*actual colors are paler & more flourescent -weird combination i know!- than in photos

ساعة لقلبك يا جميل

2010-04-06T16:41:00.002+03:00

يا طير

2010-04-05T23:57:00.000+03:00

الست

2010-04-04T20:51:00.003+03:00

الحكواتي

2010-04-04T01:31:00.006+03:00

on April 2nd, the world celebrated the 205 th birthday of an all time favorite, master story crafter, Hans Christian Anderson.

were he living that would have been pretty darn cool!

For the love of his work, The little mermaid, The Wild Swans, The emporers new clothes, which are but a few of his stories. For the love of childhood & bigger than life imagination, for the love of fairy tales, the stuff dreams are made of, I share in these celebrations.

يا بوي

2010-04-03T09:46:00.002+03:00

صلي ع النبي

2010-04-02T23:43:00.001+03:00

السلام أمانة

2010-04-02T11:39:00.002+03:00

ya lail

2010-02-14T10:52:00.002+03:00

blog, you've been missed!

I think it's time I revived this blog. Title must go i think as it will not be all kids art.

Contained ..... IF

2009-01-15T21:37:00.001+03:00

Save... IF

2008-04-11T11:22:00.003+03:00

Rapunzel Rapunzel let down your hair! :p

*sorry about the color quality, the scanner takes no prisoners. :s

Multiple.... IF

2008-02-29T13:52:00.004+03:00

I didn't get a chance to give this one more time cause i just thought of it :p

has to be last minute everytime!

Medusa

Theory.... IF

2008-02-22T01:34:00.003+03:00

this one was murder, my hand's killing me.

just barely got it finished though i started it satureday! darn mouse :(

ok enough whinning.

* Here fox is contemplating how to get his hands on that cheese...

Choose.... IF

2008-02-10T10:38:00.001+03:00

choose a pet ;)

Tales and Legends... IF

2008-02-01T12:12:00.000+03:00

100 %.... IF

2008-01-11T12:12:00.000+03:00

last minute as always.

the 100% reminded me of this old cartoon about an elephent and a bird.

where a bird decides to go on vacation and asks her friend the elephent to nest her eggs. long story short, bird likes her vacation and elephent is stuck with the eggs.

the elephent kept saying "i said what i meant and i meant what i said, an elephent is faithful 100%.

Soar.... IF

2008-01-04T11:24:00.000+03:00

photoshop

superstition..... IF

2007-11-22T22:02:00.000+03:00

meow ;)

Scale.... IF

2007-11-14T20:02:00.000+03:00

been a while ;)

IF.... Moon

2007-07-27T23:31:00.000+03:00

poem...... IF

2007-07-21T08:04:00.000+03:00

IF... Discovery

2007-07-16T01:44:00.000+03:00

I pulled this out of my dusty folders and touched it up.

*From 'Arabian nights' : discovering there is life outside the castle ;)

IF.... Sign- arabian nights

2007-05-19T12:25:00.001+03:00

This illustration's from 'Arabian Nights'.

The part where the gangs hiding in great oil jars waiting for their leaders sign to attack Ali-babas' house.

Ink sketch+ PS.

more N more N more.... Citrus

2007-05-15T00:31:00.000+03:00

IF's Citrus.

citrus... take 2

2007-05-12T05:06:00.000+03:00

my previous citrus

IF.... Citrus

2007-05-11T21:57:00.000+03:00

girls

2007-05-09T09:58:00.000+03:00

Been trying to get my self to sketch more, of course I've the attention span of a goldfish.

quick is an under-statement.

still I'm sketching; so there!

touched it up with a bit of color in PS. not too satisfied. correction not satisfied at all.

IF..... Silent Neighbour

2007-05-09T08:13:00.000+03:00

I've not got around to doing a new one this week.

This is a "kids its play time!" kind of doodle. ;)

Not today?

2007-05-03T01:02:00.000+03:00

an earlier sketch I just colored for IF's "Remember".

hmmm, is it ok to post twice?

this is my earlier remember

IF... Remember

2007-04-30T10:07:00.000+03:00

This ink sketch i did a while back.

I just added a trasparent paint layer and voila.

Jasmine.... Arabian Nights

2007-04-27T23:18:00.000+03:00

finally!

darn mouse, my fingers are killing me :(

*earlier In process post here

IF...... Polar

2007-04-23T17:21:00.002+03:00

family portrait ;)

Pinocchio

2007-04-20T23:22:00.000+03:00

Jasmine... Arabian Nights

2007-04-18T15:35:00.000+03:00

I'm thinking Jasmine rushing off to meet Alibaba or was it Aladdin? anyway.lol

so many twists and turns with this one, choices are endless!
had a lot of detail ended up discarding it all. down to two.

I'm thinking minus the khol & lips? fresher look.

(never mind the clouds in # 2, fogot to fix it :p)

IF.... Forutne

2007-04-15T19:45:00.000+03:00

Started this a couple of hours ago with a charcoal drawing, a very crude one.

then colored it in PS.

I've got a second drawing for this IF -yea been a busy bee these couple of hours- but a more cartoony one.

Will color it later on and post.

Come back and peek. (no not today ;) )

IF............. Green

2007-04-11T23:42:00.000+03:00

IF.... Snap

2007-03-31T14:21:00.000+03:00

IF.... Spy

2007-03-28T20:05:00.000+03:00

little wrestler...

2007-03-13T14:52:00.000+03:00

still wired with IF.

here's the 1st wired.

one more go i think!

IF- Wired

2007-03-13T11:48:00.000+03:00

first of several i think...

brings back school day nightmares. lol

IF..... Hide.....# 2

2007-03-06T10:18:00.000+03:00

ink+ ps

IF.... Hide...

2007-03-06T10:16:00.000+03:00

ink+ ps

* I did a second "hide" here.

I don't want to hog "IF" so i'll not post it there.

Communication...IF

2007-02-27T13:49:00.000+03:00

a hand sketch with PS coloring.

mouse is a killer! my hand hurts like hell from this.

nope, still no wacom

Gravity... IF

2007-02-23T14:46:00.001+03:00

a quick ink/wc, a last minute IF.

it's a bit less saturated than it looks her though.

my Spooky Bunnies

2007-02-08T02:22:00.000+03:00

OK , so i can't seem to get out of this bunny trap.

THIS is the LAST coloring for this sketch.

it's not finished though (details,lots of details to go). i'll post the "grand finale" when i get a chance to finish it.

my spooky bunnies.lol. Halloween style.

IF - SPROUT- Take 2

2007-02-05T15:41:00.000+03:00

ok, this is a bit of more PS on the bunnies i posted for IFs' "sprout".

not done i think! a 3rd post maybe? :p

IF- Sprout

2007-02-03T01:42:00.000+03:00

i'll probably add more detail to this later, i'm beat.

i'll repost when done.

*pencil sketch + ps.

little red...

2007-01-30T03:24:00.000+03:00

still playing around with the red theme. probably more to come.

*watercolor.

IF- RED

2007-01-29T13:48:00.000+03:00

this i want to do in wc,

i'm posting the digi coloring in case i miss the deadline .

last IF- super heros

2007-01-28T05:39:00.000+03:00

pc's been terrotizing me. could not post this in time

superheros.

musical & mystical.

Beethove & a Unicorn. ;)

IF - Buzz

2007-01-06T12:22:00.000+03:00

early start with my IF this time ;)

*watercolor

IF - PHOENIX

2007-01-04T19:23:00.000+03:00

been off the wagon too long. jumping back in!
just barely in time with my phoenix.

watercolor.

ouch! missed IF.

IF- might X2

2006-12-06T22:40:00.000+03:00

a quickie in ink, as it happens also an elephent. different prespective.

should have worked on it a bit more.

IF- might

2006-12-03T09:59:00.000+03:00

this is an old one, though i'll probably post a new one later one.

It's from a indian literature about a mighty elephent and a little -smart-bird.

* ink + photoshop.

IF- invention

2006-11-29T04:55:00.000+03:00

pods...

a way out :p

IF flash back -- smoke---

2006-11-15T16:18:00.000+03:00

I don't know how my smoke illustration post from the previous week got deleted, so i'm reposting it.

illustration friday---- Clear

2006-11-12T05:05:00.000+03:00

this weeks IF i did in ink. it was a quickie. then i thought i'd color it a bit in ps, which took... well quite a bit of time. :p.

Illustration friday-wind

2006-11-03T23:47:00.000+03:00

this is a gouache i did a bit back. entered it in illustration friday (wind) with a bit of ps work in the background. i prefer this though.

i think i'll try to keep up with them.

little mermaid

2006-08-07T03:50:00.000+03:00

one of my first illustrations. (or was The first? someone needs memory pills)

Did this in gouache, touched up the backgrounds blue in ps. (is that cheating?:p)