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Cartooning
Ella the Gorilla is Out on Amazon (and Kindle)
When Rama Alshareef and Mawya Alfadda contacted me to illustrate a children’s book on science, I was not super fascinated. I didn’t think the story, any science-oriented story, would be fun. Also, with a gorilla and a bee as protagonists, I did not want to tackle the scale problem. The young writers had a dream, but they didn’t have the vision. They were not ready at the time. So I asked them to work on a detailed briefing which they shared a month later. When I read it, I jumped in without a second thought.
Why? I’ll tell you in future blog posts . I’ll write about the creative process, character design, thumbnail sketches, color design, the actual painting process and the different methods I followed, and I’ll tell you also about the visual storytelling approaches I adapted working on the scenes: how I thought about composition, perspective, visual effects, the use of blur, hiding in the story, appeal, relatability, the passage of time, mood, and other concepts that I really enjoyed playing with consciously as I worked on the book.
Get Your Copy
For now, I’ll leave you with some of the illustrations and a link to the book on Amazon. Get your copy here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/603039553X.
Seeking a freelance children’s book illustrator to hire? Contact me today: https://www.alhyari.art/quote-form
“Muhammad at-Tayieb” al-Hyari
Freelance Digital Artist & Illustrator
Another artwork for Ella the Gorilla, a children’s book I’ve illustrated recently.
The room was built around the character of the protagonist, a she gorilla who loves science.
The details on this page include, amongst what the include, my car plate’s number!
TIME: …
Me:
I painted this personalized digital cartoon portrait for a client from the United States.
During the process I got to know each member of the family better (their expressions, gestures, hobbies, likes and dislikes, eye color, …), one stroke at a time.
This is a large-canvas, high-DPI painting which my patron printed on a 60x60 cm canvas (Giclee print) and is now, as I’m writing these lines, looking for a place to hang it!
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This artwork was painted digitally in Procreate for iPad Pro.
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“Muhammad at-Tayieb” al-Hyari
Freelance Digital Artist & Illustrator | Khobar, Saudi Arabia
www.alhyari.art
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This digital painting is inspired, sadly, by the explosion which hit Beirut on 4 August and, proudly, by the Beirutis and their resilience.
Painted digitally in Procreate.
This artworks is one of three I made for Eid al-Adha cards of a Khaliji concept store.
(Khaleejirefers to the countries of the Arabian Peninsula, especially those associated with the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states. Eid al-Adha is the last of the two Islamic holidays celebrated worldwide each year.)
The traditional Eid cards in GCC countries have banknotes attached to them and they’re used as gifts for children on the fest days. In these designs, the banknotes are placed over the floating hearts.
This cartoon was painted digitally in Procreate.
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“Muhammad at-Tayieb” al-Hyari
Freelance Digital Artist & Illustrator, Khobar, Saudi Arabia
www.alhyari.art
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This artworks is one of three I made for Eid al-Adha cards of a Khaliji concept store.
(Khaleejirefers to the countries of the Arabian Peninsula, especially those associated with the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states. Eid al-Adha is the last of the two Islamic holidays celebrated worldwide each year.)
The traditional Eid cards in GCC countries have banknotes attached to them and they’re used as gifts for children on the fest days. In these designs, the banknotes are placed over the floating hearts.
This cartoon was painted digitally in Procreate.
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“Muhammad at-Tayieb” al-Hyari
Freelance Digital Artist & Illustrator, Khobar, Saudi Arabia
www.alhyari.art
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This artworks is one of three I made for Eid al-Adha cards of a Khaliji concept store.
(Khaleejirefers to the countries of the Arabian Peninsula, especially those associated with the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states. Eid al-Adha is the last of the two Islamic holidays celebrated worldwide each year.)
The traditional Eid cards in GCC countries have banknotes attached to them and they’re used as gifts for children on the fest days. In these designs, the banknotes are placed over the floating hearts.
This cartoon was painted digitally in Procreate.
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“Muhammad at-Tayieb” al-Hyari
Freelance Digital Artist & Illustrator, Khobar, Saudi Arabia
www.alhyari.art
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The Terminal | Narrative Digital Painting | by Alhyari
When his pouch was run through the X-ray scanner, a bottle of frozen liquid was shouting for attention. Since the flight was not due before 2 hours, he was calm when he untied the knot for the alert officials in black uniforms. They inspected the olive oil bottle carefully, knocked on the eggs he separated in socks one by one and argued if the sound was natural, and they seized one Kilogram of grape leaves stuffed with rice, that was all his supply.
On the look for a quiet corner to wait until his flight was called, he was reflecting about life. Two things crossed his mind, but I’m not entitled to share them. The place, though bursting with infinite vistas of exploration, was narrow and dark. He just wanted to leave it behind, to get as far away from it as he could.
Details:
This artwork was painted digitally in Procreate.
“Muhammad at-Tayieb” al-Hyari
Freelance Digital Artist & Illustrator
www.alhyari.art
Sketch of the day - 220515
Sketching in Procreate.
I’m thinking of turning today’s #sketch into a finished narrative piece
Watch the process time-lapse video on my Twitter,Instagramor website: www.alhyari.art.
Daily Sketches (Cartoon Characters, Stylized Portraits, …) | Week 19, 2022
This week I’ve been trying to do a sketch a day. I have enjoyed this so far, and I am pleased with how my drawing speed has improved since I had to take faster decisions in order to fit that target into my busy schedule. Here are the sketches.
You can see me struggling with the drawing as you watch the time-lapse drawing process videos on my website (www.alhyari.art),TwitterorInstagram. Enjoy!
“Muhammad at-Tayieb” al-Hyari Freelance Digital Artist & Illustrator | Khobar, Saudi Arabia https://www.alhyari.art
Cartoon character sketching time-lapse video.
The first black girl to ever attend an all-white school in the United States was Dorothy Count. This sketch was inspired by a famous photo of her being mocked and taunted by her peers at Charlotte’s Harry Harding’s School in 1957.
لوحات للرسام الإيطالي ماريو ريدولا Mario Ridola (نابولي 1890 - كاتانزارو 1973). ريدولا تدرب في أكاديمية الفنون الجميلة في نابولي وعاش في ليبيا في في العشرينات من القرن الماضي.
لوحـة “ فتـاة بالـزي التقليـدي "
by : الفنان الليبي عبد الرزاق الرياني - Libyan artist Abdurrezagh Alryani
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لوحـة “ شـارب النرجيلـة ”
by : الفنان الليبي عبد الرزاق الرياني - Libyan artist Abdurrezagh Alryani
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