Agypten
Nov 18, 2011
Undergraduate / "Imitation, then, is one instinct of our nature." ; Egypt Grants to Artists [3]
Essay question : "Tell us about your work in the arts now and about your experiences"
DRAFT
"Imitation, then, is one instinct of our nature."
Aristotle
Art, as creativity, is something humans must do by their very nature, since the dawn of human history, Mankind tried to express his existence by making art; it's obvious through those primitive paintings on cave walls.
For many years Egypt has been the cradle of culture and art, a walk through ancient pharaohs' colonnades would demonstrate that most of Egyptians were artiest while the others were art receivers.
And I myself was no exception; I started painting since early years, during my primary education I won many juniors' competitions,
I was born in Alexandria, the capital of Graeco Roman Egypt, the city that holds a significant place in history as a beacon of culture, As an Alexandrian, Architecture has always been a passion of mine, thus I studied Architecture in Alexandria university, and to be honest my background about art and my views of ancient architecture, proportions and scale had really helped my obtaining high grades throughout my academic studies.
While architecture studies, I had been turned to the studies of composition, Lights and shades, perspectives and angles, and upon then I started my early attempts of photography. As an amateur I obtained some private courses of Photography besides attending online lectures on CG.com. Therefore I had another tasks to do in addition to my career as an architect which is architectural photography.
Whenever I have the opportunity to design, or be creative, I always take initiative and have oversight such project. During my military services, Although I was doing a totally different career but I volunteered to redesigned interior decoration for colonel's office.
Then came the time to improve my graphical skills by studding photo editing software, 3D software's and animation, to initialize my new career as 3D artist and designer. Recently I'm working as a freelance visualizer graphic designer for the last three years
I've been working for the last 5 years now as a professional architect, designer, visualizer and photographer.
Eventually, I hope that my humble qualifications may recommend me to obtain this community meaningful grant.
Essay question : "Tell us about your work in the arts now and about your experiences"
DRAFT
"Imitation, then, is one instinct of our nature."
Aristotle
Art, as creativity, is something humans must do by their very nature, since the dawn of human history, Mankind tried to express his existence by making art; it's obvious through those primitive paintings on cave walls.
For many years Egypt has been the cradle of culture and art, a walk through ancient pharaohs' colonnades would demonstrate that most of Egyptians were artiest while the others were art receivers.
And I myself was no exception; I started painting since early years, during my primary education I won many juniors' competitions,
I was born in Alexandria, the capital of Graeco Roman Egypt, the city that holds a significant place in history as a beacon of culture, As an Alexandrian, Architecture has always been a passion of mine, thus I studied Architecture in Alexandria university, and to be honest my background about art and my views of ancient architecture, proportions and scale had really helped my obtaining high grades throughout my academic studies.
While architecture studies, I had been turned to the studies of composition, Lights and shades, perspectives and angles, and upon then I started my early attempts of photography. As an amateur I obtained some private courses of Photography besides attending online lectures on CG.com. Therefore I had another tasks to do in addition to my career as an architect which is architectural photography.
Whenever I have the opportunity to design, or be creative, I always take initiative and have oversight such project. During my military services, Although I was doing a totally different career but I volunteered to redesigned interior decoration for colonel's office.
Then came the time to improve my graphical skills by studding photo editing software, 3D software's and animation, to initialize my new career as 3D artist and designer. Recently I'm working as a freelance visualizer graphic designer for the last three years
I've been working for the last 5 years now as a professional architect, designer, visualizer and photographer.
Eventually, I hope that my humble qualifications may recommend me to obtain this community meaningful grant.