31.1.08

The city of Sidon





Source: Jupiter Images
Sidon, Lebanon: Late 19th century Illustration of Sidon, Lebanon,
showing the ancient fortifications.
Found on About.com

29.1.08

Curiosity kills the cat



A little violence by Maher Diab. We suggest you take a look to his blog.

27.1.08

Muriel rocks!



Profile picture on face book for Lebanese illustrator Muriel Abi Chaker.

26.1.08

Feminine side



Almost perfect symmetry for a feminine vision, by Salem Beiruti.

24.1.08

Marc Geahchan




Marc Geahchan is a young Lebanese animator working in the Video Games industry in England, in a Nintendo Wii Studio as a 3D Artist.

23.1.08

Ain el Helwe every day



"Ain el Helwe every day" was an exhibit that took place in april 2007.
It featured poetic texts by the Ain el Helwe kids illustrated by
sister and brother Sandra and Ghadi Ghosn.

21.1.08

Homo Sapien



"A great gift for women" he says!
A keen sense of sarcasm for Jo Baaklini.

19.1.08

Penguins



Graffiti on Hamra street, near the intersection with Sadat street. Picture found on the Photo Beirut blog.

18.1.08

Absolutely!



"Absolut Beiruti" by photographer and artist Joe Kesrouani.
Mixed medias on canvas. 170 x 130 cm.

17.1.08

A cowgirl at heart



Here is the new banner of Sirine Matta's webpage. Check it out.

15.1.08

Sexy storyboard ?





This is what seems to be a storyboard requested by leo burnett.
Why does anything Yasmina Baz draws looks kinky? I bet there is nothing sexy to the story. We want more!

13.1.08

Lana Khayat



Lana Khayat is an illustrator, a designer and recently the co-founder of the Al Khayat Al Saghir publishing house.
Above are samples of her drawings for "THE MOON AND THE BIRD" a picture book written by Nadine touma and published by Dar Onboz.

Take care of your spiritual self



Poster illustrated by Karim Al Dahdah.

12.1.08

Lamia Ziade







Lamia Ziade moved to Paris when she was 18 to study graphic art at Penninghen. She gained a solid reputation in design for CD covers, movie posters, illustrated fabrics for prestigious names like Jean-Paul Gaultier and Issey Miyake, and in magazine illustration throughout France and Japan including Vogue, Jalouse, Spur, Libération, Beaux-Arts, Aden , Nova magazine, and artpress.
Above: a series for Spur, Japan.

11.1.08

Le miserable



Le miserablog is the blog of a cartoon and illustration magazine called "le misérable" launched by two young illustrators of Lebanon; Ghadi Ghosn and Ralph Doumit. The first issue of the fanzine was out by the end of December.
New stories coming soon: The fish and Thor. Waiting impatiently! Keep up the good work boys!

10.1.08

VTR



Oriental style VTR press ad illustrated by Michel Dani.
Dani used poser and 3Dmax for the setting of the scene and completed his image with heavy photoshop rendering.

7.1.08

A cool job?



Comic strip by Mazen Kerbaj, in the October 07 issue of L'Orient Littéraire.
The least we can say is that discipline is definitely an issue in an illustrator's life!

6.1.08

Nya2!



"Stepped in Shit" by designer Rami Naayem.

5.1.08

"La chauve-souris"




The bat, a picture-book by Francis Imbs, illustrated by Michèle Standjofski.
Published at Samir in the "petits secrets de la nature" collection.

4.1.08

West hall side



Novel cover. Personal work by Karim El-Dahdah.

3.1.08

Blue eyes... like a deep blue sea



The beauty in blue by Nadine Feghaly. Found on her deviant art page.

2.1.08

Guy Asmar



Collage type illustration by Guy Asmar.