Liverpool:: Graphic Design Exhibition.

I'm taking part in an exhibition this month, June 7th till the 29th, in Liverpool. If you're there by any chance it would be nice to go check it out (and send over photos, of course!).

You can read more about it and the participating designers/illustrators here.  

Toot toot.

 

Last week I was asked to design a tshirt for a bride and her friends. The bride will be leaving to Beirut after she gets married, so, toot toot ala Beirut!
    And for her friends...     

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"Portrait" exhibit at The Studio

Mark your calendar, this Friday is the opening night at The Studio for their Portrait exhibit.

When? October 16th
What time? 7:00 pm
Where? The Studio


I am really excited about that one (especially after hardly finishing my painting on time).

 

Yislamoo online store.

Yislamoo just got their own online store. That's where you can grab your own little piece of me. Just go here.

The look-alike.

He's always being stopped on the street and mistaken for Ghawaar himself. He secretly likes it, but pretends to be annoyed by it. He works at the local fish market, and eats his knafeh with Turkish tea everyday after lunch. Meet Muhsin.

Genie in a finjaan.

A blue creature that usually lives in a lamp, grants you three wishes unconditionally, hoping that one day someone's final wish will be to set him free... Meet genie Sameer.

 

This painting, and this, this and this, are available for purchase at the PinkDust boutique in Abdoun.

Tima.

My hair stylist Tima is such a sweetheart and a tough cookie. She has a  black belt in taekwondo and no body dares to mess with her except... 

Balloons, wigs, and mustaches.

Two years ago, the gals at The Studio opened up their own art space for other artists, yesterday we celebrated their 2nd year anniversary, it was one heck of an event. 

I'll let the photos do the talking after the jump...

Umm... yea.

My Illustration for Yislamoo.

I was over the moon when my illustration showed up on one of Yislamoo's cards!

Check out Yislamoo's facebook page on where to find their card stands.

Ghawaar and Fatoom.

Remember this painting? Well, obviously I haven't had enough of drawing Ghawaar's mustache, so this time I added Fatoom, Ghawaar's love interest, who unfortunately doesn't share back his feelings, and loves Hussni Borazaan instead.

P.S. This is one of my ultimate favorite paintings!

Pardon, pardon.

One of the songs that's currently on my playlist (and has been for a while now) is Imm el Jacket, by Mashrou' Leila (again).

Words I have always believed in.

Translation: Do not ask for goodness from starved then satiated souls; because the scarcity in them remains... But ask for goodness from satiated then starved souls; because the good in them remains.

Look familiar?

One more quote.

Translation: Never have I wished to weep, but the burdens of my time made
me weep. I have wished to live as my self desired, but my self lived as my time desired.

باتمان و روبن

An American millionaire who made an oath to fight criminals after witnessing the murder of both his parents as a child. And his faithful crime-fighting partner. Meet the Arab version of Batman and Robin.

This painting is currently for sale at the walls of PinkDust.

***This is for you Hajjo***

That fear.

أبو عواد

A kind father with a temper. Always wears his trusty suit with his neck tie dangling below his waist, and a well-loved Jordanian personality from the nineties, meet Abu Awwad.

Cab wisdom.

And then...awkward silence filled the cab.