Sunday, December 11, 2005

Monday, December 05, 2005

old illustration...















this one i did for a fashion designer... for his catalog... which never got approved because I didn't have the time to finish it and the guy didn't have enough money to pay me :)

new motion graphics piece



















inspiration:
so high on the waves you made for us...
- deftones Posted by Picasa

Sunday, December 04, 2005

Saturday, December 03, 2005

Money Saver

This would be quite surprising to hear this from me
but I speak the right.

Don’t buy an Apple computer for the next 2 years.

The reason?

Apples decision to get its processors from Intel.

This means that for an Apple to be efficient in
running its systems both hardware and software would
undergo changes and lots of things will be goner,
which have so far been a part of Apple pre-Intel.

Buying the reliable products that Apple makes is
always good but what good is the reliability when your
machine goes void after 2 years? Since all new OS will
be designed to work with Intel the computers available
now with IBM chips will we obsolete.


An apple a day keeps the doctor away but this time
around
Abstinence from buying for 2 years an apple will keep
your money at bay

Message for Apple INC.
Being the freebie addict I am >>Oh Marketing people of
Apple, I will remove this post if you decide to give
me a piece of computing hardware for free. This post
spells big danger for your Christmas sales.

Thursday, December 01, 2005

Sufism

















For the final project here at Vancouver Film School. I am working on the complex topic of "Sufism"... currently the idea is to design a primer interactive website for seeking visitors... it is going to introduce Sufism, provide some insight into the teachings of Sufi Poets and Philosophers and some further exploration paths for people to follow... recommended publications...
It is just going to be an enlightning invitation to all to get inspired to seek more knowledge about the world they live in and in a way I want to address my generation who is particularly a victim of media... and only understands what is given... so it is one small attempt towards opening their hearts towards the journey of the self.

beautiful music

some of the other work in PDF files








hey farhan and all... here are the files... please download them by right click and save target as...

1. ark_designer_work.pdf is collection of my work themed as "designbysoil.com" it contains my earlier work and some work that I have done during my three years in Pakistan.

2. rocksalt.pdf was a brochure that I did for an American-Pakistani company that launched Rock Salt Lamps in some state in America...

3. atlantis_brochure.pdf was a brochure I did as an Assistant Art Director/Designer at Agency in Lahore... for Atlantis water purification technology...

4. lakecity.pdf
was basically a pitch the agency developed to win this real estate project

sigur ros music videos from the album takk...









glósóli music video
the music video to 'glósóli' from 'takk...'
windows media format: low quality | high quality
real media format: low quality | high quality
quicktime format: high quality




from http://sigur-ros.co.uk/news/

hoppípolla video

we are happy to provide links to the new video to hoppípolla (which translates to “jumping into puddles”), which was shot in reykjavík last month. keep your eyes open for “cameos” by each of the band members.windows media: low res | high res. real media player: low res | high res.
all other videos

http://sigur-ros.co.uk/media/dldvideo.php

Wednesday, November 30, 2005

Monday, November 28, 2005

Sunday, November 27, 2005

working on 15 second animation...


















last week:
good: played with water colors, ink, and scanned stuff... (happy about the work)
got my books from amazon... david carson's 3 books, paul rand's, naville broody's and others... ordered two fashion illustration books will get it after chrismas... and yeah sagmeister;s book too... and watched "revolver" by guy ritchie... was great... listening to the likes of the album leaf... a little progress in the final project about SUFISM... met this new guy will work on a shopping cart skinning... farhan latif started his own company called "strategic inspirations" in michigan... and i might do his graphic work... too...


bad: missed couple of classes (a long tradition of mine)... hmm what else... Posted by Picasa

Friday, November 25, 2005

maria be collection 2006










Initial comps for a 15 seconds motion graphics piece... finally after a lot of experimentation got the look I wanted... Posted by Picasa

Wednesday, November 23, 2005

Nail Biting Sessions

Exam results are due any day now and its time for being anxious.
The anxiety only strikes when I think to feel the actual results in front
of me, the rest of the day I stay cool.
As per my exam taking was concerned it was pretty smooth and if the exam
taking is to be taken as a measure for getting marks then I should be
getting good enough.

The person who I speak to regarding the matters of the university kept on
saying “this week, this week” and now it is nearing to be one month. One day
he shifted from this week this week to today or tomorrow. He said the result
is prepared they are making a list of the result which they will be faxing
in a day or two.
(if you are thinking 2 days+2 days =4days,then you are wrong.
I went to the university’s website and they had a link for the results.
Enter your registration number it said, and I entered what it had said
selected my course B.B.A and clicked enter.


The page where I was lead

Name: Hani Aref

And all 5-subject codes had 0’s in front of them.

I panicked and entered consecutive registration numbers all turning out
0’s.So It wasn’t what I thought it was, I hadn’t scored zeros in all my
papers.

But could it be that all these students had scored zeros?

The two girls in class, the ones that are going to score the most.I had to
know what the website showed with their results, but every registration
number I tried didn’t lead me to their names, and the website didn’t have
the feature for the name to be entered to get to the results …………

I called the matter-of-university guy and asked for one of the girls
registration numbers, he did give me an excuse for not giving it but decided
against the excuse, I ran back entered her registration number and all zeros
again…phew
And then I said to myself when the results come,he will let me know himself.
Having said that, I have good and bad news for you.

The bad news is that whatever you read above is all void because my result
came.

Which leads me to the good news that I passed but not with those colors(that fly around).

The result came after I had started writing this post so I couldn't waste the work I had put in gathering the post together so forgive me, if you please.

Tuesday, November 22, 2005

Sunday, November 20, 2005

poster for free
























if anybody wishes to print this out... on A3 size paper... you can mail me... i will send you the original file... Posted by Picasa

illustrations


















working... working... making some new stuff for some tee shirt and snow board competitions... also making the logo and look for the new portfolio site... ww.designbysoul.com

designbysoil.com some losers registered it... its a long story anyways... so the past month i have been thinking about changing my design name... so after a lot of iterations it came down to designbysoul.com... Posted by Picasa

snowboard designs


















which one do you like? Posted by Picasa

ahh.

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