Manar Laham

People Love Me

2011-12-13T22:15:00.000-08:00

random sketch!

2011-11-28T22:33:00.001-08:00

colored funny faces

2011-09-06T21:30:00.000-07:00

funny face study

2011-09-05T00:13:00.001-07:00

Faces

2011-09-03T21:59:00.000-07:00

Like Father Like Son

2011-07-27T03:42:00.000-07:00

Bashar the Funny Man!

2011-07-20T12:32:00.000-07:00

I drew this after watching Bashar al Asad make a total fool of himself the 1st time on March 30th

Happy 2011!

2010-12-31T09:40:00.000-08:00

The Charlatan

2010-12-30T23:29:00.000-08:00

I did this illustration for the December 2010 issue of Nilufar. Nilufar is a monthly regional magazine that gets put together and printed in Syria.

Back In Action!

2010-09-14T00:55:00.000-07:00

It has been long since last time I posted here. I was on a long family trip and got caught up between making art and taking care of some family stuff.
I had a three months internship with Rising Sun Energy Center in Berkeley (March 10th - June 10th) then went to Dubai to see the family.. then to Syria where we had our family get-together .. we went to Turkey (this is when my computer crashed) .. back to Damascus.. then back to the UAE!

right now i am in the process of saving the non backed-up stuff on my laptop and finishing up a couple of projects that I have started.

while in Syria, I heard about some Syrian Illustrator sort of a deal. A book is being put together featuring the talents of artists from that region.. I got in.. and currently working on some comic pages for the project.

more to come..

Birthday Card

2010-05-06T14:15:00.000-07:00

This is a piece I did for my buddy Charlie for his Birthday (March 6th).
Ox-Head is designed by Charlie Mok for his Thesis Project.
The mighty keeper of hell’s gates took a break that day, put on his orange shirt, and joined our little party!

Orange is Charlie’s favorite color, and blue is the color of hell in Chinese mythology

Gassam

2010-04-13T12:12:00.001-07:00

This is from an adaptation that I was working on about 3 years ago. Gassam is a little boy who couldn't fight the mesmerization of the yummy snacks he was supposed to watch after. The clothing and environment is based on the old city of Damascus (where the original story comes from).

Iblis/ still.. work in progress!

2010-04-13T12:03:00.000-07:00

Iblis/ work in progress

2010-03-23T18:51:00.000-07:00

I haven’t been able to finish any pieces lately, but did a lot of drawings. As I was looking through the drawings I did in the past month or so I picked a couple that can be pushed further.
This was done on a 17” *14” piece of paper. I had to scan the drawing in pieces and patch it together on Photoshop, which was not fun!
When I drew this I wasn’t really intending to have a fully colored piece. Right now I am experimenting with different colors and compositions on Photoshop, and planning to bring it to finish.Iblis is the Arabic name of Lucifer.

a quick sketch

2010-03-08T23:49:00.000-08:00

Sketch of the day!

2010-02-22T18:29:00.000-08:00

Somewhere in Time (study)

2010-02-16T20:52:00.000-08:00

I haven’t been able to post any of my new stuff. At the current time I am working on a couple of graphic design commissions and preparing to start teaching hopefully in March.

I want to get on to the habit of uploading something everyday.This is my version of Iron Maiden’s Eddie from the "Somewhere in Time" era.

Coronation

2010-01-09T03:37:00.000-08:00

The Crow and the Pitcher

2010-01-09T03:36:00.000-08:00

The Passover

2010-01-09T03:34:00.000-08:00

Santa's Lab

2010-01-09T03:33:00.000-08:00

Out & About

2010-01-09T03:32:00.000-08:00

Thesis Project: Charcoal studies

2010-01-09T03:28:00.001-08:00

Thesis Project: Character sheets (Santa, Fredreka & The Guardian)

2010-01-09T03:19:00.001-08:00

Thesis Project: Character sheets (Tina)

2010-01-09T03:17:00.002-08:00

Thesis Project: Character sheets (Spike)

2010-01-09T03:17:00.001-08:00

Thesis Project: Character sheets (Farhan)

2010-01-09T03:15:00.001-08:00

Thesis Project: Character sheets (DTJesus)

2010-01-09T03:11:00.001-08:00

D.T.Jesus (down town Jesus), or as referred to sometimes "Detox" is the imaginary god of the neighborhood

Thesis Project: Character sheets (Brian)

2010-01-09T02:50:00.000-08:00

My thesis project “Butcher”. A journey of a Metal virtuoso in the Tenderloin!

Brian is the main character. His band "Butcher" is believed to be "the truest metal band in the history of true metal bands"

Brian vs the Guardian

2009-11-12T00:55:00.000-08:00

Brian tuning his bass

2009-11-02T22:00:00.001-08:00

Moment of Glory

2009-11-02T21:59:00.001-08:00

Doubting Santa

2009-11-02T21:57:00.000-08:00

Brian (revisited!)

2009-10-26T21:00:00.000-07:00

Farhan & Spike

2009-10-22T21:38:00.000-07:00

Rockin' out!

2009-10-17T07:22:00.000-07:00

Did lots of refinements. Redrew the guitar (it’s a five-string bass btw). I might go back to do some more on the crowd

Rockin' out!

2009-10-12T00:47:00.000-07:00

This is an illustration I’m working on right now. I started with some doodles and very ruff thumbnails. Tomorrow I’ll be taking it to a more finished level.

2009-10-12T00:23:00.000-07:00

I actually started this illustration long time ago. I think it’s ready to be called “done” now!
It’s one of my thesis project illustrations. It shows the main character “Brian” on the left facing the wrath of DTJesus (down town Jesus), and his most threatening angelic sheep!

The Guardian

2009-09-30T17:05:00.001-07:00

Farhan

2009-08-22T02:16:00.000-07:00

Spike the funny little man

2009-08-20T21:11:00.000-07:00

This is spike the funny little helper, pet, and performance partner of Farhan the clown.

Double Team! (work in progress)

2009-08-04T16:49:00.000-07:00

Tamim the lovely vegetarian monster (colored)

2009-07-16T17:00:00.000-07:00

Tamim
Oil
8.5" x 11.6"

Tamim the lovely vegetarian monster

2009-07-16T16:46:00.000-07:00

This is a pencil sketch I did of Tamim on recycled paper

Eric

2008-12-28T16:10:00.000-08:00

Charcoal on paper

18" x 24"

2008-12-28T16:07:00.000-08:00

Charcoal on paper

18" x 24"

2008-12-28T16:03:00.000-08:00

Oil on canvass
20" x 24"

2008-12-28T16:00:00.000-08:00

Charcoal on paper

18" x 24"

2008-12-28T15:52:00.000-08:00

Oil on board

11" x 14"

2008-11-18T20:23:00.000-08:00

2008-11-18T20:21:00.000-08:00

2008-11-03T23:03:00.000-08:00

portrait studies

2008-10-31T05:50:00.000-07:00

2008-10-31T05:42:00.001-07:00

2008-09-28T13:50:00.000-07:00

2008-07-23T19:13:00.000-07:00

2008-07-19T00:19:00.000-07:00

2008-07-11T19:46:00.000-07:00

more head studies

2008-07-09T22:55:00.000-07:00

2008-07-08T00:35:00.000-07:00

The Butcher of Oz!

2008-07-08T00:26:00.000-07:00

My take on “The Wizard of Oz”
I just wanted to play with the characters from the original story. I actually don’t know how the original story goes.