Black and White book -

Black and White book - The Art of Hatem Aly

I just realized that the last #sketch is so cheerful for the story! (kidding) #kidlitart..working on a B&W book!..exciting :)

Fairies - The Art of Hatem Aly

Fairies - The Art of Hatem Aly

Some character sketches :D

Mawardi -and a new blog

If you think I stopped blogging it's because I've been more active on my other blog on my website

I'll try to share a notion every time I post there with an image and link for more ...

Let me know if you think my migration to a subdirectory blog within my website is a good idea or not..

Please update your feed to my new blog

Rss feed is: http://www.metahatem.com/4/feed

Thanks!

So check this out and go for much more on that link :

 Mawardi - The Art of Hatem Aly

Pria's First Day

In this September issue of Chirp Magazine you can find so many amazing things . take a closer look at the story I illustrated titled "Pria's First Day" :) So excited to contribute to this wonderful magazine and work with such talented people.

Story: Pria's First Day
Written by : Lana button
Illustrated by : Hatem Aly

Some character sketches..it's a part I enjoy when how they look is still a thought full of potential :)

NEWS I am on Chirp Magazine

NEWS!! HeY! I'm on Chirp Magazine ! How exciting! go get your own copy ...I haven't got mine yet but my cousin Stef was nice enough to take a picture of it..thanks Stef  ...Excited to be published via Bayard Jeunesse Canada and Owlkids 

I will share more pictures when I get my copy ..

some character sketches

#kidlitart #illustration I am working on a project now ..still thinking of the characters though..Here is some of my thinking process..

Majid Magazine Cover

I made this week’s #cover of Majid magazine 31st July 2013 :)

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Egypt Today

As I follow events in #Egypt I get a burst of a severe existential crisis ..universes are born and others die..

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Robot

Robot

For illustration Friday 

Working on: a cover

Working on A #cover… :) #wip #kidlitart #illustration

Monsters Vs Calvin and Hobbes

Pixartimes.com had made this super fun call to artists to make a Monsters Mash-Up with another world.. Here is this one paying tribute to Bill Watterson and his fantastic Calvin & Hobbes comics accompanied with some process:)..

check the work of other contributors on:
http://pixartimes.com/2013/06/21/pixart-monsters-mash-up-round-4-mixes-with-the-worlds-of-calvin-and-hobbes-harry-potter-batman-marvel-more/

I don’t do much fanart but sometimes it’s fun to do :D

Pixar's Monsters vs Amélie

One of my contributions in Pixartimes.com Mashup fun thread is a Mash-Up Between Celia of Pixar's Monsters, Inc and Amélie :)
View 16 more Monsters, Inc mash-ups here!

follow : http://pixartimes.tumblr.com/

On sorrow

A one page illustration of a poem for Majid Children’s Magazine ..
about a boy seeing too much sorrow and suffering to enjoy his time..note that that’s the case in the middle east often 

israa

عن الإسراء..لفتاة اسمها إسراء
Illustration about Israa (night journey of Prophet Muhammad
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inspired by islamic art of central and west Asia :)

16 paws

Last week was my cousin Stefanie’s birthday..here is her cats caught  having fun celebration the occasion :)

Stef’s Cats :)

Stella-Scudsie-Dax-Roo

put a smile on the moon

My 3 year old son Khaled was taking a bath and he asked me to sketch his boats in the bathtub.." draw the moon..and stars...put a smile on the moon" he said.. I like his imagination :)

The future

for illustrationfriday.com :)
late submission but whatever..I had the sketch done last Saturday and never got to finish it till today..
hope you like

Character sketches

These are character sketches from a book I illustrated last year ..I ‘ll wait till publication to reveal more :)..