I thought of the importance of having a portfolio so I created a quick and temporary one. Although I was planning on taking my time on it but I urged myself to work on a short portfolio to give a general idea on my designs and style. Before establishing my small business, the first thing I created when I held the pen was a pattern design. I don't quite remember what was the very first pattern I drew but I remember myself drawing paisleys and flowers. Since then I knew what my speciality will be, it's patterns. I found it fun and interesting working with patterns.



Anyway, so I created a quick portfolio with about 20 pages and used flipbuilder to animate it and create it like a digital magazine. It looked clean and simple. I was truly happy with the result. Since I knew the basics of creating a portfolio, what I'll do next will be even better than this one.



I added a list of my current services which are not limited to those only. In my future blog posts I will showcase the different and variety applications of my designs especially the patterns.

For viewing my portfolio, you can visit the link below:
http://online.flipbuilder.com/iwoe/wpjo/

Since this month is dedicated to patients with breast cancer, I decided to create new designs to help support them. A percentage of this month's sales will be donated to Hayatt Breast Cancer Association: http://www.hayatt.org

You can visit our online store to check out our pink ribbon designs:
http://etsy.com/shop/ArtistaQ8

Doing a little search I noticed that the current trend is watercolor. It's heavily incorporated in the modern designs including art and graphic design. So, I decided to give it a try and watch the result.


Instead of using the brush I went for a sponge. It gave a very good result in my opinion since it added a slight texture to each stroke compared to the smooth stroke of the brush.

The last weekend was one of the busiest weekends in my life. In fact, the past few weeks were a little hectic for me. I had too much work on my hands but so happy that I was able to finish most of it.

Logo Design 

About a month ago,  I appeared on TV for the first time ever.
The preparations took about a week and during that time I was more than terrified!
I wasn't sure about the duration of the interview itself, but wasn't about to cancel my appearance no matter what. I think being on TV is the hardest thing one can experience. That's why I wanted to try it.


So, the interview went on about my hobbies and my business.
Will translate it to English on one of my future posts.

Here is the link to the original video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dt8ci1qc6fw

Our new section in 52degrees.

Since the beginning of this month I started displayed some of my printed products in a Kuwaiti department store called '52degrees'. I have a very long way to go especially that I'm obliged to create new designs every month that'll show my graphic designs skills. With this I believe I reached most of my goals which is truly great.



So far my items consist of mugs, t-shirts, party supply boxes, bags, pens, and stationery boxes. Lately, I displayed some cards for Ramadan designed by me using Ramadan Lamps (known as Fanous). Since I'll be away for three weeks I won't be able to design and print new creations. Once I'm back I will, though.

Since yesterday I was thinking of posting new pictures on my instagram account but couldn't find a good idea then. When I woke up this morning I had no clue on what I should do. Should I create a new design? Or take some shots with my Nikon camera? Even so, I was determined to do something.

That was when a simple thought crossed my mind. I was fiddling yesterday with some box templates and printed a quick one. After I was done, I cut it and closed the box. It looked really cute especially that I used pink for the design itself.

And this was the outcome of today's simple photo shoot.

My writing journey started when I was 18 years old. It's the latest skill I acquired. I got my art, crafts, and photography skills at a young age. I merely developed those old skills of mine to enable me to create modern and preppy designs.



When I first began writing, I got into writing lyrics. Although my writing was poor at that time (if I'm to read what I wrote back then I would tear the papers already), but I didn't stop. At first I thought of it as a hobby to practice whenever I had free time but then I got interested in bigger pieces of writing. That was when I tried online stories. I wrote a couple of stories but all of them were incomplete. I felt discouraged and demotivated.



After that, ideas swarmed through my mind inspiring me to write novels and short stories, which I did. Instead of writing few chapters, I got into writing full length novels and short stories. I was motivated enough to finish them for I fell in love with creating my own characters, plot, and storyline.




Then, I moved to writing short pieces like prose. I only got one prose published back when I was at the University. In 2009, I was at the library walking out when I saw this small journal book. I picked it up and looked at its content and noticed that it was an arts & literary journal. Since I already had my writing skill, I only had to think of a simple idea and turn it into a prose. I did that, sent my prose and got it published.


The last thing I got into was poems. They're the shortest pieces of writings I wrote so far. Once I started writing I just couldn't stop. Even if some time passed without me writing any piece I still thought of plots and storyline. From that time on I decided to continue writing until the day I am able to publish all of my writings. 

Almost forgot that Valentine is next month. I don't celebrate that day, but since I'm fond of hearts and pink I decided to incorporate the two in a Valentine themed digital patterns. 


This time I'm able to create 20 different designed digital scrapbook papers. Whenever I want to stop, I find myself creating more patterns. Once I reached the 20th design I decided to stop. I wonder if I should create another color from this digital paper pack. What do you think?