islamic miricles stories

A long ago, prophet Muhammad (Peace and blessings be upon him) and his companion Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him), were traveling to the city of Al-Madinah. The prophet (Peace and blessings be upon him) had been invited to become the leader of the people in the city of Al-Madinah. The prophet had been invited there due to his wisdom, trustworthiness and faith in Allah. While traveling, the prophet and his companion were told that some men from Mecca were after them to harm them. These man who were looking for the prophet believed in Many Gods and Images and were known as polytheists. They were very upset at the prophet because the prophet taught the people that there was only one God worthy of worship, Allah. The prophet and his companion took shelter in the Cave of Thawr. While inside the cave, a spider had spun a web across the entrance of the cave. At that time the men from Mecca were getting closer and closer to the cave. When they arrived at the cave they only saw the spider's web at the entrance of the cave. They thought that no one could have entered the cave because the spider's web had not been broken. At that time the prophet was standing in prayer while Abu Bakr watched. Abu Bakr then said to the Prophet (Peace and blessings be upon him), "Those are your people searching for you. It's not for myself I am sad, but because I might see something terrible might happen to you". The prophet Replied "Abu Bakr don't be afraid God is with us". The people from Mecca then left without causing harm to the prophet (Peace and blessings be upon him). Allah had protected our prophet and his companion from harm once again. Afterwards our prophet arrived at the city of Al-Madinah where he and Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him), were welcomed by all the people there. This journey that prophet Muhammad (Peace and blessings be upon him) took is known as the Hijrah. 

sketchbook work

For my major project I wanted to carry on a similar theme from my let project 'Hidden Issues'. I decided I wanted to recreated prince of Egypt as it is a Islamic Miracle that had happened many years ago. Using that in mind I wanted to create other miracles that had happened but using arabic writing to create the images, as in Islam you are limited on what you can draw as its against the religion. I decided to use calligraphy too create my Islamic Miracle Stories and them stencil them on to a mix media painting. These are the first parts of my calligraphy stories and how I've created them black and white. 

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PDF Portfolio review

PDF Portfolio review

I spoke too a landscape architecture designer named Kiera D'Costa, she was nice enough too look at my work and give me some feed back on my physical portfolio. 

''Brooke, your work is really interesting and I love the use of colours, I think the images you have selected work really well together and all fit as a portfolio, you really feel the style and theme you are trying to create. The only things I can pick up on are, the printing quality on the images, some look rather blurred and may need too re print the images for better quality. I really like the logo icon you have created for yourself its really effective and think black and white worked really well with the contrast on the colours in your work.''

PDF Portfolio review

I emailed my guru  Philippa Lightburn too look at my portfolio, as we was asked too contact illustrators and designers, she was nice enough to take some time out and look at my

 portfolio, here is her response to my digital portfolio

Hi Brooke,

''Your portfolio looks great! I love all your work - it's so unique and intriguing! You have obviously found a great style of working which translates well into illustration. It's nice to see that your work has continuity throughout and you can tell it's all from the same person. At this stage in the degree some people can still be experimenting with different techniques and their portfolio doesn't flow very well - but yours is really consistent and professional looking.

I particularly like the 'Panther Chase' and 'Mood and Memory' pages. Your way of working is amazing and the techniques you use are obviously very intricate and detailed. I love all of the different materials that you use and you have a great sense of colour. I looked up the panther animation on your blog and it's great! If you ever do portfolio visits, maybe you could take an ipad or phone which you could show the person you're meeting with the animation. I think it would add another dimension to the meeting as well as showing off your animation skills!

Your work is lovely and I can't fault it. If you're looking for perfection though, there are a couple of things I noticed in the presentation. On the first page (age UK), do you mean sufferers of dementia rather than suffers? Also, on the Wind in the Willows picnic page, you could remove that black line at the bottom of the image. In my portfolio I tend to group together pages which are from the same project. I don't know if this is something you would consider for the Wind in the Willows images. I see you've put the Outsider illustrations together which is nice. I just think it makes things easier when discussing your portfolio with potential clients.

I've had a look at your blog and it's amazing! Just like your illustrations, it's so detailed and extensive. Just keep doing what you're doing with that and I'm sure you'll get top marks!

Hope all of this helps and good luck for the rest of the year.''

Philippa

UnderWater Whispers

Underwater Whispers

A small felt stop motion animation based on a girl getting bullied and finds her safe haven