Mona Trad Dabaji is a lebanese painter and teacher.
She collects old doors & windows, saved from demolition wreckages, and uses them as a support for her paintings, granting them a chance of rebirth inside new interiors.
31.10.07
Complicity
Category: Paintings
30.10.07
...and the dog
Hamra, near AUB; the stencil of the three people we've been seeing around.
And the dog!
Picture taken from "Photo Beirut" blog.
Category: Graffiti
28.10.07
"Mourir partir revenir c'est le jeu des hirondelles"
Zeina Abi Rached's new comic book, published by Cambourakis.
The book tells a part of the author's story during the 80's war in Lebanon.
Category: Comic books, Comics
27.10.07
Mur du Sang
"Mur du sang", literally "wall of blood" depicting the 1982
invasion of Israel over Lebanon. By caricaturist Stavro Jabra.
Category: Caricature, Comic books, Retro
26.10.07
Vintage Vog
Advertising illustration by John Raidy.
In 1985, Raidy instructed Advertising Design at The American University of
Beirut (AUB) and introduced airbrush Illustration courses at "Académie Libanaise
des Beaux Arts" (ALBA).
John Raidy is the person behind Retouch agency
Category: Retro
25.10.07
Singing in the rain
Found on Benoit Debbane's website.
Advertising and logos section.
Category: Illustrations we like
23.10.07
22.10.07
21.10.07
Le Desert
Wassim Maouad and Danielle Kattar animated this short for a textbook series;
Palmito MS, published by Samir Editeur.
Category: Animation
18.10.07
Marwan Kanaan
3D modeling illustrator Marwan Kanaan is using new technology software
such as "modo" to paint and render his visuals. You can see his 3D works
gallery here.
Category: 3D graphics, Illustrators
17.10.07
Kerbaj and Copenhagen
- "The dark skin and the blue butterflies"
- "You cannot know that you are an arab if you never walked in the streets of Copenhagen."
- "I HAVE BLACK HAIR"
Mazen Kerbaj was obviously in Copenhagen!
Category: Illustrations we like
16.10.07
Cupid
Sticker graffiti, on a phone booth in front of AUB
(American University of Beirut), Bliss street.
Picture taken from Leb Graffiti.
We would love to meet the author of these "cupid" characters!
Category: Graffiti
15.10.07
Mini Fu
Mini Fu Reloaded icon set, by Joumana Medlej
60 icons of Wushu and Taiji Quan techniques.
you can download it on her website!
Category: Icons, Vector graphics
13.10.07
Laure Ghorayeb
- To marry, again and again and again.
September 15, 2006.
Mixed visual with original drawing of 1988.
Excerpt from her book "33 jours" published in January 2007 by Amers Editions.
Category: books, Illustrations we like, Illustrators
10.10.07
9.10.07
Do I imagine all that?
A series on Beirut, illustrated by Adonis Massad,
a young graphic designer living in Beirut, Lebanon.
Category: Illustrations we like
5.10.07
Joumana Medlej
Freelance illustrator and a graphic designer graduated from AUB
(American University of Beirut). Joumana medlej is also a story-boarder and a writer.
Category: Illustrators