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AbouNadeem · Posted: Thu May 30, 2002 12:34 pm

Chadi Younes ( AKA CHADIYO )is a close friend and a great artist. To understand how way cool this guy is,
read the following e-mail he sent ,announcing his 30th birthday:

Sisters and Brothers,

I'm about to hit the big 30 very soon.
So I've decided this time around to actually ask for my birthday present.( I'm told you're allowed to do
that every now and then).

This birthday present however cannot be bought. It will cost you nothing but a little time and a small effort.

It can be anything:
A letter, a picture of you, a picture of anyone, a polaroid, a drawing, a doodle, a song, a tune, a poem ,
a lock of hair. a piece of advice , a piece of your mind , a mindless joke , a monet we shared ,
a thought , a smile , a tear , something unsignificant you thinc will be great in 10 years from now...anything.

I'll collect all your memorabilia in a time capsule , seal it and open it 10 years from now on my 40th birthday.

You can obviously choose to give me a sealed envelope with the instructions:
[ do not open before May 19th 2019]...

What's the catch? Well, provided you leave a permanent address or a reliable e-mail, you'll definitely
hear from me 10 years from now.
What you give me this year,will be very precious to both of us in a decade...
And who knows what else...

Love 2 all-
Chadi

Is this guy cool or what?

So my contribution was a very personal 100 x 40 cm painting celebrating realism and surrealism ,
powerful images, dreams , free minds , art , creativity , Humanity ... and most of all , hope.

Enjoy and feel free to comment.

sfr · Posted: Thu May 30, 2002 12:44 pm

quote:
Originally posted by AbouNadeem:
a piece of your mind , a mindless joke , a monet we shared

If I had a Monet I wouldn't share it with anyone, and certainly not give it to anyone as a birthday present

Saffron

arkoh · Posted: Thu May 30, 2002 1:20 pm

LOL... Nice one sfr, nice one!!

Naah... very cool piece Abou... Love it! Very unique and very personal! Extremely succesfull mixture of the different styles and choice of color palette!

Love it!!!

Bilbo · Posted: Fri May 31, 2002 4:21 am

This is a really nice piece..i like how the sketchy white and black lines on top of the painting give it energy and movement.
this is one meter tall? what materials did you use?

AbouNadeem · Posted: Sat Jun 01, 2002 9:09 am

Actually this image is 99% digital.

It was done with PAINTER 6.0 , and PHOTOSHOP 6.0.

I first did a small sketch to get the feel of it.Scanned it. Did more sketching on both softwares,started coloring on Painter,and finished with Photoshop.

And finally, printed it on a high quality paper using a powerfull Epson 9000 professional printer ( it's the size of a room! ).

Jeise · Posted: Sat Jun 01, 2002 10:15 am

Ah! The image no longer appears! Why is this?

AbouNadeem · Posted: Sat Jun 01, 2002 10:56 am

When you see a white rectangle with a red x in it ,right click on it,go to Properties, copy the http:// address,paste it in the address bar of your browser,and press enter.You should see the image. Now press Back.Da Daaa...Or,just visit my website. [url=http://www.geocities.com/habibfeghali/http://www.geocities.com/habibfeghali/www.geocities.com/habibfeghali/

Jeise · Posted: Sat Jun 01, 2002 3:25 pm

Whoa. I can't believe I never knew that before! Thanks.