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Monday, February 13, 2006

Self Portrait

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Anonymous Anonymous said...

Karim,
I stumbled upon ur blog by coincidence. I am fascinated. Ur work is stunning esp the photoshop work inspired by Sala7 Jaheen. I think the layers in the work, the color the stories they tell are so moving it gives me goosebumps. I've seen the diwan postcards and felt they were rather flat i feel urs are more layered with complexity and would be more successful. I'm an architect myself and was wondering if it's all photography that u use filtered in photoshop or is it a combination of photo and original artwork? Peices like ya2sak and life-death look like they incorprate hand-drawn media? Am i right? or is it just filtered work? Good luck with your work and experimentation with color. Your self-portrait is a great combination of both color and earthy toned techniques. I think its the most successful at using color. Good luck with your work and I'll keep looking here for more!

2/20/2006 08:46:00 am  
Blogger santakarim said...

Dear Anonymous,
thank you for your words, you really made my day :-)
i'm so glad you liked my visions and my artworks.
yes i sometimes use freehand sketch as a foundation for the artwork, like in "far", but not those you mentioned, "ya2sk we sabrk" based on a small photo that i've found on the internet, and sometimes i draw it with the mouse :-) like "life & death"...
my self portrait seems a bit crazy, i wanted to express some mad ideas about myself :-) i'm glad you liked it, many ppl felt it weird :-)
by the way i'm basicly an architect too, hope you keep coming and i'll be glad to read ur detailed feedback, & try to leave any nickname instead of Anonymous so i can recognize you:-)

2/20/2006 12:34:00 pm  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Dear Karim,

I surfed your snapshots many times and for all these minutes i spent with your pics i just start surfing my world. You think different karim, i know it. BUT KEEP SO. I commented with "Anonymous" and i want you to guess, Who is who ?!!

8/13/2006 05:20:00 pm  
Blogger santakarim said...

Dear Anonymous,
so we know each other as i thought, so u must know that i do not reveal easily :-)
so let me tell you i've a short list on my mind, but really it's easy to guess, so let me offer you something, you tell me who you are and i tell you honestly if i expected you or not :-)
have a nice day ...ananymous.. :-)

8/14/2006 11:30:00 am  

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