The ascent of a digital artist : Mohamed Abdelhay. We will see how taking pictures with your phone camera can be the base for quality graphic design creatives. We asked Mohamed Abdelhay a few questions on his Instagram account @Mohamedabdelhay96. Mohamed Abdelhay explained that no one can ever deny the role of the image in our current life in this particular time, whether it is economic, social or even political. Man can dispense with them, such as private personal photos in government transactions and memorial photos, which have the lion’s share.
Mohamed Abdelhay also said that If somebody tells me something, all kinds of images immediately pop up in my head, and when I see anything in the street that catch me I started to take some photos with my mobile camera and imagine how can I compose and manipulate this pictures to draw an imagination scene. Mohamed Abdelhay said He also finds inspiration in famous buildings and landmarks.
Mohamed Abdel Hay added that the designer is a person who has no limits to his dreams and no limits to his imagination. He is also an artist of his taste and sense of high and distinctive, so we see every day and every moment new designs and wonderful new design ideas that were before them in their imagination and became a reality. Mohamed AbdelHay pointed out that the successful digital artist in the end who combines imagination with reality and adds distinctive and creative points in the design to produce from him a creative and distinctive design unusual.
Once the shoot is done, Mohamed Abdelhay then begins to work on the background, using dodge and burn to get it ready for the placement pyramids. Once the pyramids is in place, And then corrects reflections, creates shadows Finally, we move on to color correction and some final details.
Mohamed Abdelhay also stressed that he does this without any money and for free in order to draw laughter and joy in the face of others by modifying their photos and restoring the past photos to the present and that he does not seek any exchange for money but rather he does this to exercise his talent because he loves design and Photography.
Mohamed AbdelHay stressed that the ideal image cannot be reached, as there is no ideal image from his point of view, especially that estimating things differs from one person to another according to his way of thinking, narrating and convincing him of things, appealing to photograph things or subjects to be photographed on their nature without the need to take care of their external appearance or Change its colors while trying to experiment with all the features of the camera with different pictures and places.
Regardless of a large number of earning opportunities Mohamed Abdelhay, 24, belongs to Egypt decided to utilize his skills in delineating a smile on people’s faces by fixing their old pictures without any personal interest and benefit. He believes that “Pictures are not something to be only seen; yet, pictures are part of our memory and life”. To complete his purpose of helping peoples with his expertise as photographer and graphic designer Mohamed Abdelhay three years ago chooses Instagram as his campaign platform. Through this campaign people easily communicate with him to share their problems regarding the destruction of their precious life moments with old pictures.
Those pictures are memories of their loved ones and need a lot of investment to restore them. Mohamed Abdelhay certified photographer and graphic designer helped many peoples through Instagram account @mohamedabdelhay96 without demanding any money for this work. From childhood, Mohamed was interested in graphic designing which is a main behind to be a great photographer and graphic designer. He grew up with a solid enthusiasm and want for being an expert designer. To change his destiny he decided to take a graphic designing course in Adobe Egypt that was a leading step toward his goal. He achieved his dreams by using different designing techniques to convert his ideas into extra-ordinary designs that easily attract anyone. He is an expert to use to take photos and use them in his designs which increase the worth of his art.
