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Some pages from a book I finished last month for Rubicon publishing house

Frozen [IF]

For illustrationfriday

Mother and Daughter

some samples from a book I did for a wonderful publisher in UAE, Will share more information when the time is right :)

Glad to be still able to make  books in Arabic for kids :)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fiona's sneeze

ok so I decided to get back to posting some stuff on the blog again ..
I've been wanting to post some of the work I did for Rubicon Publishing and now is the time, there, some pages from the book "Fiona's sneeze".
You can even find it on chapters :)
I'll be putting a button later!

and these are some sketches from the same book..

more work to Fusion Multimedia :)

being good

A story I illustrated for Basim magazine, about a messy boy who was taugh to put importance in having a system and order to make his life easier.
note: read from right to left :)
يا مصر !
عاملين إيه.. حد متابع الكلام دة :)
عاوز رأيكم ديماً ..

more animals..for FUSION this time :)

A couple of pages I did for Fusion multimedia based in Egypt, this is a part of a 12 pages book that teaches a letter from the Arabic alphabet, obviously it's a part of a series that covers all the letters of the alphabet, a book for each letter made by different authors and wonderful illustrators, I am so happy to be a part of such project and to get to work with some dear friends that I haven't seen in a while now.
I'm working on more books, so I'll try to share more stuff later :)
salam

some animals I found in my sketches :)

Kalliope's Little princess

here is an update, the third Cover I did for Kalliope Audiobook for the book A Little Princess
I'll share more stuff soon :)

with Kalliope

I think it's time for me to update this blog, and have been looking forward to share these covers that I made for the wonderful Kalliope Audiobook, I have also included some sketches for 2 covers and the Kalliope character that you can find on the website..

This is for the book "Seven Little Australians" by "Ethel Turner"


This is for the book "Five Little Peppers" by "Margaret Sidney"
These are some character sketches from "5 little peppers" :)

Kalliope sketches :)
Oh, this is just a teaser to one more cover, I will post the ful cover when they put it on the website, so check up later :)

don't forget to check the website http://www.kalliope-audiobooks.com/

I will try to reply comments if there is any as fast as I can so let me know what you think

Ninjanimals Kidz

These are some of the work I am doing for Ninjanimals Kidz , check out the website to see all the goodies :) , I'll make sure to reply your comments and forward your questions.

good old Basim magazine

since I just did some work for Basim magazine I was looking at my old work there and decided to share some old unshared illustrations :)
these probably have been published between 2005 and 2007 and was mostly for puzzles in the magazine.
these posts also has work thet I have done for Basim magazine:
http://metahatem.blogspot.com/2008/08/some-of-my-earlier-work.html
http://metahatem.blogspot.com/2007/07/thanks-and-some-updates.html

anyway, I have some work in progress that I'll try to share as soon as I can..
...

Introducing Mohsen

this is some of the work i've done recently for Basim magazine, the script is by Wael Sa'd , and illustration by me of course :)
this is the first sketch of the main character "Mohsen"






now some sequential art :)





again .. storytelling is from right to left :)

introducing NAZEEF

I thought I'd share some of my work since I've been busy and lazy putting anything online recently, this was for nona magazine in Egypt. Nazeef is a little boy obsessed by cleaning and he always invent some funny machines to help cleaning something but always mess it up even more..
I have more stuff to share, I will try to post them sooner than soon :)

note: storytelling goes from right to left here :)

اصدقائي وزملائي إلي بقالي كتير مكلمتهمش .. أنا أسف جداً و هحاول أبقى على إتصال .. الحياه لسة صعبة و ديماً مشغول ..
اعذروني و يا ريت نفضل على إتصال ..و لو حد عند أخبار يبعتلي ايميل و يقولي :)

سلام

the little ones

I thought I'd share...

more earlier work

yes..
I'll try to share more and more..

some of my earlier work

I thought I'd share these :)

IF-detach

this week's illustration friday subject is "detach"..

joaquim( AKA wakeem)

I did this comic strip last winter and thought I'd share it now hehe
anyway.. I am sorry about the long absence, so much is happening since I moved to Canada and we recently bought a house and just had internet connection not so long ago at all.
I will try to keep the blog updated as much as I can.
thanks for everybody who had left a comment here and keep me informed about how i'm doing :)
oh one last thing I just joined childrensillustrators.com , you can take a look at this link http://www.childrensillustrators.com/hatem and let me know what you think,

ciao

spring cleaning surprise

this was for a contest for the SCBWI website but I didn't win.. I thought I'd share.
hope you like! :)

wrinkles

this week's illustration friday theme

homage

to childhood.
for illustrationfriday.com

heavy

this is for illustrationfriday.com
let me know what you think. :)

Illustration Friday : Garden

for IF
let me know what you think :)

for those who are asking : I am still looking for a job as an illustrator in Canada( seems harder than i thought), but it's ok, I'll get something eventually, just wish me luck :D

Illustration Friday : Multiple

for illustration friday
subject is "Multiple"
hope you like!

looking forward for spring

hey, winter is cold here !!!!

I am still alive

hello there..
I just wanted to confirm that i am still living.. I am sorry I was absent all that time.. just trying to organize myself in Canada since I moved here..
trying to get into the illustration business in Canada ..so wish me luck ;)

I'll try to keep in touch and update often..
here is some stuff :)

some disney princesses

my last job in egypt was a mural for a bookshop full of characters that children likes..the deadline was tight and i was able just to draw and ink them..didn't have the chance to color them..
i'll try to share a couple of characters before i leave :D
for now..those are some quick sketches i did between tasks ..
i was lazy to scan them all..just picked the disney princesses thing..
for me jasmine is the hardest to draw for some reason..a little mistake and she's not pretty anymore
i hope you like it :)

Thanks and some updates :)

thanks a lot fr those who wish me luck...i'm sorry i'm so busy to reply..i hope i'll be more available soon...
i'm leaving to canada tomorrow night ..
here is some updates in case if i was away for a while..i'll try to post again tomorrow moring :)

off to CANADA(edited)

this is an illustration i did for basim magazine for kids..

so..hello..
i've said this on my deviantart page..and i'll say it here too
so please read :)

i'm sorry i don't thank everybody at their page like i used to..and that i don't comment often on your work..

but i hope this will get better by time..things have been a mess and it's getting organized now..i've been really busy with some stuff and now i'm ready to share some news and may be ask for guidance too!

i'm moving to Canada later this month..i'll be leaving on the 26th..and this is going to be a huge change in my life that i'm excited about

i still have no idea where or what or how i'm going to work there..or even where to look..what's the best or not..and stuff like that.. i'm still clueless and worried financially but i think it will be ok.. i can wash dishes after all hehehe!

if anyone here have any advice work(and life) in canada..and where i might look for a job that have something to do with drawing i'd be so grateful!

probably i'm going to be living in vancouver BC or toronto ON ..but i'll go to my wife at NB first..and i'll stay there to finish some papers and make some visits for a couple of months then we're moving after!..i'm thinking toronto ..hmmm..

right now i'm working a lot to collect some funds before i leave..and spending time with family and friends..god knows when i'm going to see them again and that i really will miss them so much..

i'll make another journal before i leave..i just wanted to share my news and if you have any advice i'll be thankful ..

or you can just wish me luck

so..wish me luck guys!

Cheers!

the illustration just in case if you don't care :D

the rabbit and the hedgehog

yes.."the"
as simple as that hehe!!
..
an illustration for basim magazine for children!

hope you like!

some illustrations

hello..
i've been busy..and i have news..i'll share it soon
for now ..
i'll just share these illustrations hehe..and i'll try to post more..so check the blog often then!
cheers :)

more..sequential pirates

.............bléh!

some pirates of the caribbean stuff

it has been a while since my last post
there are some silly stuff related to or inspired by pirates of the caribbean the world's end is some way or another
note: still haven't watched the movie hehehe
let me know what you think!
cheers!

thanks to the ganzeerian ters!

many thanks to the Mohammad A. Fahmy and all the ganzeer niceness and those pretty words about me in the "ters" blog..
as said:
Ganzeer is Experimental Arts Unit is a multi-disciplinary art studio working out of Cairo, Egypt
so go there to get a boost of creativity !
cheers ;)

colored!!

so first sorry for the long absense and not leaving comments to your art lately.. and god knows how much i love to look at your work..well..let's just say i'm really busy..work and personal life ..

well i'll try to post more ..but i promise i'll be more active by next month :)

so this is the colored version..it's all done with adobe illustrator.. and by the way it's my first attempt ever with a vector based software and it took me long time to get used to it ..would've taken me 1/10 th of time if done in photoshop..it might need more work ..but i'm happy with it...so have mercy :D
hopefully i'll get better :)

some sketches

well.. these are sketches for something that was kind of rejected..not totally..
so.. i'll post the colored ones when i'm calm! grrrrrrr!
frustrating i must say... duh!

G R E E N (illustration friday)

this is for illustration friday "green" theme!
hope you like it..:)
it was fun!

around the world

i found some old stuff ..i'll be posting some every now and then :D (along with the new stuff)
this was a series of puzzles were you have to guess what country those 2 boys are visiting each issue.. the backgrounds are edited photos..
done last year for "basem" magazine for kids!

the timeline of sham el niseem

شم النسيم عبر التاريخ
شم النسيم دا حكايته حكاية..أكتر عيد تم اقتباسه و تعديله و تغيير مواعيده و رابط بين كذا ثقافة بشكل ما مبهم و غير مباشر..
انا كنت بفكر في أصل اليوم ده و نتائجه لقيت في تفاصيل صعبة جدا ..
الموضوع بدايته من زمان جدا ..(انا معتمد تماما على معلومات عبر قرائات و سمع و حوارات من الطفولة و حتى الأن.. فا لو غلطت ياريت تصلحلولي المعلومة ! )


- العيد هو عيد الربيع المصري من ايام الفراعنة(أكتر من 5000 سنة و كان من الأعياد المهمة لأنه كان حسب أعتقادهم يوم بدأ الخلق و ميلاد العالم.

- كانوا بيحتفلوا بأكل الأسماك المملحة و البيض واللذي منه زي دلوقتي كدا..بس مع رموز و دلالات دينية و نقش الأماني على البيض رمز بداية الحياة.

- زي ما احنا عارفين بني اسرائيل يوم ما خرجوا من مصر كان يوم مصر عندها عيد و بني أسرائيل هربوا في اليوم ده و ربنا نجاهم من فرعون و جنوده ففرحوا و خلوه يوم عيد برضه. فا بقى عيد الربيع المصري نفس يوم عيد " Pesach أو الفصح بكسر الصاد ..أو عيد العبور بتاعهم يعني..

- مرت سنين و كان احتفالهم صوم و عبادة و بيض و خس و بصل الى اخره..و أختلاف التقويم ملخبطني بس كان كل سنة يجي في وقت مختلف شأن التقويمات المختلفة و دخلت عليه طقوس من ثقافات تانية.

- حسب الأعتقاد المسيحي ان أحداث الصلب و القيامة كانت في الأيام المفترجة دي.. و المسيحيين الأوائل ما حبوش يحتفلوا بيه عشان بيرتبط بأحداث مفجعة.. لغاية ما تم الأتفاق على انها ذكرى يجب الأحتفال بيها مع صبغ البيض لون أحمر رمزا لدم المسيح و يكون دايما يوم الأحد..لأسباب كتيرة منها مخالفة اليهود حسب أراء و أراء شايفة انه "لأ طبعا الموضوع غير كدا"

-و لما دخلت المسيحية مصر كان المصريين طبعا "الله ؟..دا عيد الربيع بتاعنا"..فا السوفت وير كان متسطب بس اتعمله تحديث..بما انه يوم صوم و لازم يبقى فيه رنجة و بصل و الذي منه..خلوا الأحتفال بالربيع تاني يوم عيد القيامة أو الفصح (يوم الأثنين ...و المصريين مش هايغلبو.

-في الأسلام بعد كدا كان أحتفال المسلمين بصيام عاشوراء الذي قيل انه يوم نجى الله بني اسرائيل من فرعون و جنوده.. و كان العاشر من شهر المحرم ..مش عارف هل تصادف أن يهود بني قينقاع و اليهود تبعهم في يثرب كانوا صايمين يومها و لا دا تم بعد وحي الهي..المهم في ناس بتقول ان العيد ده هو الفصح و ناس بتقول أن دا يوم كيبور بتاع حرب اكتوبر.و الله اعلم.. بس برضو الصوم مستحب مع يوم تاني فبله او بعده مخالفة لليهود.

-بعد كدا حصلت معركة كربلاء في نفس اليوم دا بعد 60 سنة .. في عاشوراء..و قتل الحسين بن علي حفيد الرسول صلى الله عليه و سلم...وكانت مأساه و فاجعة و أنقسمت الأمة بسببها.

- يري الأخوة الشيعة ان صيام عشوراء بدعة و ضلالة و لا يجب الأحتفال و الأحتفاء به .. و عملو نسخة عنيفة جدا لذكرى مقتل الحسين رضي الله عنه!

-دلوقتي في مصر شم النسيم هو ببساطة عيد بييجي فيه الربيع و بناكل فيه رنجه و فسيخ (مش بحبه و بصل.و انتهاء صيام للمسيحيين و تلوين بيض ..و شكولاتة و ارانب وهدايا في الغرب و في عاشورا بناكل بليلة. و محدش فكر ان لولا ان اليوم دا كان عيد كانت الدنيا شكلها بقى ايه!؟

لو حد عاوز يصلح او يضيف حاجة عن اصل يوم عاشوراء يبقى يا ريت!
طبعا لو حد مسيحي أو يهودي يقدر يصلحلي معلوماتي أكون شاكر جدا .. و لو في قدماء مصريين يبقى هايل!

ودمتم..

So it's easter..
Well here in Egypt we celebrate "sham el niseem" which means "sniffing the breeze" or "smelling the breeze" well it's really dusty out there .. nothing to sniff except dust I guess ! .
Well it was meant to be spring.. I think you get it hehe~
I was thinking of this day and it's origin and results and it's really complicated and plotted strangely!
So the timeline of easter or Passover or resurrection or spring or shimo..or sham el niseem! Could be described as following :
(note: this is total general knowledge..lot of things is just the common! I don't claim being write or wrong here..just what I know through time)


- it began in ancient Egypt ..some say more than 5000 years ago where people celebrated that day as it was sacred and represents the day where life started and the origin of everything.
- They had feasts of salted fish, lettuce, eggs, which meant some metaphors and signs .
- Then it happened that the day of exodus were prophet moses(pbuh) lead the Israelites out of Egypt was that day and they celebrated this day as the Passover day or " Pesach" …easter later (have no idea about the origin of the word easter.may be goddess ishtar)
- And then according to the Christian beliefs jesus the Christ was crucified and resurrected on this range of days..some of them even didn't like the idea of celebrating the day..but it was celebrated later and they coloured the eggs red representing the blood of christ
- When Christianity came to Egypt the Egyptians already had the software of Passover day.. just needed an upgrade and made it the next day to resurrection day and it always comes on Monday
- And in islam muslims celebrate and fast on the "ashura" day it's the day were God saved the believers from the pharaoh and his soldiers..but it's some other day in the year..the 10th day of the first month of the hijri calendar .
- One ashura day happened to have a famous fight named "karbilaa'" where al hussein ibn ali the grandson of prophet mohamad (pbuh) was murdered.. that incident had major impact on the the Islamic nation because it teared it apart to groups.
- Shi'a muslims consider celebrating and fasting this day a hoax and inappropriate and instead have a very violent celebration of the memory of al hussien murder
- Suddenly there was easter bunnies and colourful eggs and chocolates..
- In Egypt it simply "oh..the spring!" and it's usually dusty and with eye burns haha!..but we still eat ringa(salted fish) and fiseekh (smelly salted fish..yugh! )..onions..tahina.. and in ashura we fast and eat whole wheat with milk!


I wonder if it hadn't been of this day since the old days how would the world be like?

Anyway.. whoever finds anything I'm saying wrong please correct me..i'd be happy to know..if anyone knows more about the origin of "ashura day" please let me know..
If any Christians or jews that can correct me I'd be willing to know..
And it would be graet if there are any ancient Egyptians on DA..could use a hand hehehe!
Anyway
Happy sham el niseem ..or easter..or resurrection day or Passover day..or spring day
to whoever or whatever your beliefs are
.. just be happy!
Or try!

the clean house painterالنقاش النضيف

something i did last month and still waiting for rejection hehehe!.. kidding.. well..never heard form the client anyway..may be still thinking!
you think 2 weeks is 2 much? :D

النقاش أو البوهيجي النضيف..
طلع من غير قصد شبه واحد صاحبنا و هو شاب شوية.. ربك يستر و مايفهمنيش غلط !

russian ballerina

i never got the chance to watch ballet live on a stage.. well i'm trying my best here, this is a part of an illustration for some article about russian film making..it was urgent and i didn't read the article..they needed anything that is a stereotype ..well i thought ballet and kalinka song/dance and balalaika and many others.. anyway... i really wish i knew more..would've researched if i had time.. so no offence for russians .. i really wish i knew more..respect!
well still not totally satisfied of the pose and proportions and some anatomy problems..i'm satisfied of it overall!
so there..my first quick sketch ,then a part of the illustartion..then some details for no good reason haha!
cheers

انا عمري ما رحت حفلة باليه في حياتي!.بس لقيت نفسي برسم راقصة باليه لما طلب مني رسم ليه علاقة بصناعة السينما في روسيا .. كان نفسي يكون عندي وقت أكبر و الاقي معلومات تفيدني لأفكار تانية.. بس اهو اللي حصل !!

الرسم ممكن يكون فيه عيوب بس انا راضي عنها ككل..نظرا ل "زنقة" الوقت!
سعدنا بكم و نرجو أن نكون قد أسعدناكم!

mousegirl ....just one more time

...it's just another girl- sketch- drawn- only- using- a -mouse- thingie.. for the drawing board..
tools used.. photoshop , mouse, patience, nervousness, lots of work that i don't feel like finishing and obviuosly will miss the deadline so "what the heck" kinna mood!
time : 30 to 40 min
..that's all about it!
is it strange that i enjoy it just because i'm too lazy to scan? :D
i should get a wacom someday!

absurd (محدش فاهم حاجة)

نفسي أفهم اذا كان مافيش حد الا و بيقول انه أستهبال.. مطلوب مننا ايه بالظبط بكرة!!؟
كل ما اسأل حد يقول هانخرج بدري من الشغل بس ما يمنعش ان ربنا ينتقم منهم!!
و في الغالب مش رايحين الأستفتاء و اللي بيحصل دا حرام واللهّّّ و أشياء من هذا القبيل بس محدش عارف ولا فاهم حاجة غير انه هايبقى في هووم ديليفاري سيرفيس لقوات الأمن دلوقتي.. مش هتحتاج تخرج عشان يتعرفوا عليك!
طب حد فاهم حاجة؟..يفهمني أرجوكم!
هابي نيو تعديل
شوكالاتة جيرسي واكلة الجو
العبث متجسدا في شكل جرندايزاراوي معدني خارق.. ينطلق الذراع الحديدي ليفتك بالأعداء و يدهس المارة و يصرخ دوق فليد "أصله مولع ناري..وأعمللك ال لالي. ساساساساساساسا سيد يا سيد!"
!
اوكي..دي مرشداية قديمة أفتكرتها
...

welcome to the new system.. the updates were installed and ready to use..please restart your life..
(ok / later) ?

last december's sketchcrawl

i'm sharing these because i miss sketching in cafes and streets..i'm just so busy nowadays to do so.. i was at "cilantro" cafe in zamalek (om kolthom barnch) :D when i sketched those..i was with a friend to make myself less suspicious ..or ourselves..he was sketching too haha... it's a good tip! well.. i did some quick photoshop coloring! ..and you can always read the notes if you want!
this was for the enrico casarosa's infamous sketchcrawl event...






and this was an attempt to digital inking of one of the sketches above!..was so intense and hurts my hand!..

the last sketchcrawl was 4 days ago and i missed it.. i was really busy... it's always fun to sketch ..i'll try to focus on more things next sketchcrawl event.. i focus more on people..may be i'll try to add some other stuff...
please go read this blog! ... it would be nice if people would do what's said!
and would be great if we could "steal" (pardon me) the idea ..every group for their own people and country!
cheers! :)

2B or not 2B ..you'll be erased!!

does anyone else like to use "milan"? hehe!

i'm warning ya!

just a quick sketch while i was thinking of a character .. might turn out to be something totally different
he's supposed to be the good guy but he looks like he's a little problematic :)
the text says "i'm warning ya".. no deep thoughts or symbols haha.. total mind fart!
cheers! :D

le petit prince ...again!

it has been a year since i made this.. and it's related to special times and occasions i had last year..and that i hope will still be special till reincarnate into a slow turtle who will live longer than i did haha!,
anyway.. this is supposed to be "le petit prince" or "the little prince" , written and originally written by french aviator Antoine de Saint-Exupéry , his words and drawings were so simple and you can relate to it as a kid and as an adult too , it's kind of magical , and i just made my version because of personal reasons, to my rose and planet if you can understand :)
so there is how i did it..step by step.. or just 4 steps :)
there is a slightly bigger one of the final here!

mouse girls

done for the drawing board jam about drawing girls only using a mouse..
done with photoshop..

same thing (different feelings)

well i'll started out as a simple brush sketch and i wanted to try out different versions...
which one do you like? (whenever you see this post ,there is no deadline :))

grumpy girl on fire

that was an old sketch i did about 3 years ago..may be more...i just thought i'd try to color it..

يا ماما!!!!

الرعب!

L-rahina 2 "the theme song"

another part...same as the previous .. :)
storytelling is from right to left..as "the hand" says! hehehe
masr masr masr masr masr masr!!!! hey..can any egyptians name these characters? hehe 3arfeen koll dool walla la2?

L-rahina 1

this is a part of a page i did this week.. it's supposed to be an egyptian movie parody..i won't be surprised if you don't like it that much..haha..
c&c would be great!..just note i never focus on resemblance of the actor as much as i focus on the character they play..anyway..
i'll post another part later..

oh..storytelling is from right to left..as "the hand" says! haha!

القرصان قال أقفوا كويس

و قطط رومي وديك فيومي

وأنا وأنتم قاعدين نتنأور
......................

ملحوظة: الولد أبو شنب ده مرعب جدا......دا غير ان القطة كانت مقلقة من المخلوقات البشرية الشريرة..
بس كان في حالة حب في البلاتوه هيهيهيهيهي!

haBBy new eid!!!

haha
happy new eid
and happy new year!!
it's all confusing!!
anyway.. i know my wishes for both occasions!
i wish soon enough it will come true!!
i don't know about you!
i hope we all get what we want !

happy holidays

as a start..i'd like to say happy holidays to everybody!
i wish everything goes peacefully in the new year!
cheers!