انا ما عندي تلفزيون
بس مبارح حضرت شي عند اهلي
شي اسمو مايك فغالي، السلام ع إسمو
وين بعدنا
Buzz - Na3eem B3ayneh
Name: Na3eem B3ayneh
Problem : Na3eem can no longer look into the eyes of his friends (Ma 2elo 3ein). His girlfriend is taking up all his time and he can't stand it anymore!
Advice: Drink Buzz :)
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Agency: Tony Khoueiry & Nathalie Masri
Client: Kassatly Chtaura Buzz
Character Modeling & Animation: Ashley Phebe Choukeir
Layout Design & Animation : David Habchy
Audio: Amadeus Awad
check a lower resolution movie here on Youtube.
Buzz - Giselle Nasale
Name: Gizelle Nasale
Age : 20 to 30 years
Number of plastic surgeries: Unlimited
Nationality: Lebanese
Sex: yes
Problem : Gizelle is extremely pissed off because despite the numerous surgeries she's done, she can't seem to find a guy!
Advice: Drink Buzz :)
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Agency: Tony Khoueiry & Nathalie Masri
Client: Kassatly Chtaura Buzz
Character Modeling & Animation: Ashley Phebe Choukeir
Layout Design & Animation : David Habchy
Audio: Amadeus Awad
check a lower resolution movie here on Youtube
Beyroutes - A Guide To Beirut
"Beyroutes", the intimate guide book for Beirut, is the result of a one week workshop that involved illustrators, photographers, journalists and architects from Lebanon and Holland. the project was initiated by Studio Beirut and supported by Partizian Publik, Archis and Pearl Foundation. We worked in groups to cover 4 geographical areas in Beirut; Hamra, Ashrafieh, Bourj Hammoud and Dahye.
Dahye in 2006.
“Ahlan wa Sahlan” to Dahyeh: Welcome to Dahyeh… to you and was for me too, my very own first time, a Lebanese animator and illustrator, never acquainted with the actual reality of Dahyeh, a tourist in my own land. Once down there, I would say Dahyeh resembles the playfield inside a Flipper game… This being said, of course I related myself to that little shiny ball, that is in constant movement, propelled back and forth by any encounter with the switches and buttons! You as a tourist, are the same in Dahyeh, you are as shiny and glowing as an intruder could be!! You are of course lost, with no notion of direction, bumping back and forth from one checkpoint and landmark to another, which of course fill this field up… Being in Dahyeh is being in a state of constant agitation and activity, for you can never settle in one place. But no matter how lost you will be, by the end of the day you are out, merely because there are no hotels to house you here!
an illustration for a story we heard about a nude photographer in Dahye. strange job in a conservative region.
جونيه ٢١-٤-٢٠١٠
a walk in Jounieh, Lebanon in the early morning. it was raining during the night, the morning looks so fresh.
حلم ٤-٣-٢٠١٠
a dream 4-3-10
وضعوا لها يد زوجها في صوفٍ حاكته بنفسها، بيدها ثم لبست معطفاً استعارته من رونيه اللتي وصلت الآن
Letter from Jad
for all those who loved Jad, this is a letter i got from him yesterday. isn't he extremely sweet ? :)
25
Today is my birthday. i m 25 years old now. the last two years were full of extreme moments & emotions. things changed in my life, my work, people surrounding me. i met a lot of new people that i admire and i want to thank them for their beautiful energy and for the happiness we shared. lately, everyone is searching for his own path, i believe at this age, many people are experiencing the same. i want to tell all my friends that i think about them every day even if they see me overloaded with projects and tasks. thanks for accepting the David you know and i love you all :)
ok, i consider this beautiful drawing the best birthday gift. i got this email two weeks ago from a friend :
"Jad is 9 years old, he is not a big fan of books...
today, we had a fight before reading the book while working in the session, and we agreed to read the first two pages and if he doesn't like it, we'll stop...
needless to say, he decided to read it all...
He was very sad when lamees married "3arnous el dora"...
and I asked him: Isn't it a fun book?
and he said: it IS fun, but I'm sad that 7altabees is not feeling ok now :(
then he got his smile back when 7altabees travelled to planet zouranees, and remained between earth and zouranees and started writing poetry...
I then asked him to draw the part he liked the most...
He first wanted to draw 7altabees kicking the 3arnous' ass...
but then he said, No no wait, this didn't happen...
the part I liked the most was when he travelled to zouraneess...
and we closed the book, put it back in the library and he did the attached drawing...
the planet in multicolor is zouranees...
7altabees is colored in blue and red cos he is touching a blue and red star...
and he said to me: this star will make him feel better, and will color him to look prettier, maybe lamees would love him now... :)
I thought you should take a look at this :)
Greetings..."
today, we had a fight before reading the book while working in the session, and we agreed to read the first two pages and if he doesn't like it, we'll stop...
needless to say, he decided to read it all...
He was very sad when lamees married "3arnous el dora"...
and I asked him: Isn't it a fun book?
and he said: it IS fun, but I'm sad that 7altabees is not feeling ok now :(
then he got his smile back when 7altabees travelled to planet zouranees, and remained between earth and zouranees and started writing poetry...
I then asked him to draw the part he liked the most...
He first wanted to draw 7altabees kicking the 3arnous' ass...
but then he said, No no wait, this didn't happen...
the part I liked the most was when he travelled to zouraneess...
and we closed the book, put it back in the library and he did the attached drawing...
the planet in multicolor is zouranees...
7altabees is colored in blue and red cos he is touching a blue and red star...
and he said to me: this star will make him feel better, and will color him to look prettier, maybe lamees would love him now... :)
I thought you should take a look at this :)
Greetings..."
Thanks Wissam for sharing this with me and million thanks for you Jad ! you are beautiful :)
now let me share with you some recent interviews. Maroun Kassab from Lebrecord interviewed me and here is the link. i love this article bass ma ba3ref lei :)
The beautiful Farah Alame did many interviews with me before but this recent segment is about klekeesh. i love the way she works ! thanks Farah for everything! note: click on the 15-3-10 episode on this website .
Natasha Dirany from Timeout Beirut chose me for the "in the studio" section in the last magazine issue. thanks Natasha and here is the link.
Kassatly Chtaura apple juice TVC
Nathalie Masri & Tony Khoueiry, a fresh young energetic team ;) that worked a lot in advertising, created an independent agency and this is one of their first projects. they did the concept of this campaign and asked me to do the animation. let me say it was really fun working with them !
this year, i decided to focus more on the group work, specially in the illustration part. Ghadi Ghosn, or "king of ogres" helped me in the visuals; he drew the elements and inked them. i did the color rendering, the composition and character design and prepared them for animation. Ashley Choukeir , akid, took all the thousand layers and animated them with a smile on her face :) she s amazing ! we finished the animation and we moved to the music part. Karim Khneisser, a talented young composer, did the music in his studio somewhere in the streets of Achrafieh :) Christelle Franca, assisted in the process and we thank her for her positive energy always !
wbass ! I hope u like it.
za second Book
the second book for "Haltabees" is now OUT :) it s entitled "حلتبيس حلتبيس : أشعار من سمسم وخيار" and it s a poetry book for children about Love written by Rania Zaghir and published by al Khayyat al saghir. it s available in Arche de Noe library in Hamra and soon will be available in other libraries. I attached some photos of the book and illustrations. enjoy :)
Making of Haltabees Poetry Book
as usual, the best part for me, is to share the making of the book with you :)
this book is the second book in the series "Haltabees" so i used the same mixed media technique that i used in the first book. however, the color palette is brighter and less contrasty.
a basic version of spread 1 inside the book. later, i changed the hierarchy of the elements to give more importance to the "Kebbe", a traditional lebanese food item. i added more depth to the illustration by adding the blurred background and the light with uniform shadows on all other elements.
in spread 2, "Abd l Halim Hafez" was mentioned in the text and i was lucky to have bought before this disc from an old library in Hamra so i took a photo with the sesame background. however, i was not happy with the foam effect.
chasing balloons in the studio was hectic. but at the end, i managed to avoid blurry photos. tx Kevin :)
spread 2 done & dedicated to mOmO and Egypt :)
i wanted to illustrate a telephone so i used this vintage phonebook that i bought for free from Jounieh, where i live :) i changed the original latin numbers into arabic numbers with a twist of love.
taking photos of Haltabees was a main step in the process, but it was harder this time coz Haltabees, the clay character is getting older so the clay is becoming dryer :s
i used different patterns from gift wrapping for the background of the illustrations.
some Luxury objects found in a shop called "Tansa" in Jounieh. the owner of this shop was not sure about my interest in Dentelles :)
to the right, the making of the castle done from cardboard and clay.
za parents checking the printed book but it seems they are more happy with the camera than the book.
the biggest assistant ever Mr. Pierre Boutros.
a BIG thank you for Hanane Kai who assisted me in the research and illustrations for this book. i love u Hannouch !
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