Digital Illustration Workshop with David Habchy

During this two-day workshop, you will be taking out your old family photo albums and be asked to dig it into those pictures you remember and don’t remember. Maybe a picture of a summer picnic in Broumana or of your aunt Georgette posing in her flowery dress in front of your grandfather’s store. You will imagine an extended scenario starting from these selected pictures and ending wherever your imagination and wacom takes you.

You will be putting that scene to life through an extensive trip in digital illustration.
Get your photoshops ready and installed.

Biography:
David Habchy waters his moustache every Wednesday. On the other days, he draws, paints, animates, builds things, and stocks archives he finds in abandoned Lebanese houses.
He dreams of redesigning old currencies, and his current main target is the 5000 Lebanese pound bill.
In addition, David is a founding member of WARAQ art collection, which was established in 2012 for creating and showcasing multidisciplinary projects in the Arab world.

Date:
February 22 and 23, 2014

Session 1: February 22.
10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m: Observing and Selecting the photo
11:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m: Sketching, Composing and Art direction
11:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m: Digitalizing the photo and illustrations
12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m: Editing and Color Correction
1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m: Break
2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m: Introducing Layering
3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m: Manipulating the Photos (Stamping, Masks and Selection)

Session 2: February 23.
10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m: Creating Textures and Brushes
11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m: Rendering and choosing color palette
1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m: Break
2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m: Applying Light (Shadows and Highlights)
3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m: Finalizing the Layouts

Fees: 75,000 LL

For Reservations: Email: contact@waraq.org