Hyper-Talented Graphic Creatives From The Middle East

Introduction:

The diversity of cultures in the Middle East has allowed the art of graphic design to be enriched with creative designs. This is based on the fact that the East provides originality to produce a combination of creative art.

At the moment of writing, designs from artists of the Middle East are considered as an important component of the overall art industry especially in terms of designs, creativity and innovation. The majority of these talented designers from the Middle East possess extra ordinary creativity and abstraction in their artwork and thus, the Middle East zone holds an important place in the graphic designing industry.

1) Samy Selim:

Samy Selim is a talented graphic designer, born in Cairo and currently residing in Dubai. His family background has art written all over it as he comes from an art-loving family. They made sure to always groom his art talent and encourage him to reach new levels throughout the years. Samy pursued drawing and art as a mere hobby but through continuous development and consistency, he made his way to digital presentation. He has now emerged as a unique talent with an extraordinary passion for art.

Samy originally graduated from Cairo University as an Architect. Throughout his time in U.A.E, he came across various cultures and this exposure has led to the addition of a unique universal touch to all of his work.

Samy’s work marks out among other artwork due to its philosophical structure and nature. His work is featured in a variety of categories including interior design, architecture, fine art and calligraphy. He continues to address the principle issues associated with reality, values, existence and mind.

Samy intends to share all of his amazing artwork with the world and arouse discussions as well as sentiments, meanwhile resuming his artistic journey at the same time.

We can clearly see the influence of fine art on his style in his graphic design work such as the example below:

Source: Behance/Samy Selim

More artistic samples of Samy’ work can be viewed on his Behance page as well.

Portfolio Link: Behance

2) Dina Saadi:

Modern artist, Dina Saadi was born in Moscow and raised in Syria. She came to Dubai to work for an ad agency in the post of art director back in 2012. Since then, she has been working on the same post and has over seven years of experience in the graphic design industry. She has been featured as a rising star in digital illustrations and paintings in Dubai. She also has her first solo exhibition to be held later this year in which she will be illustrating her innovative artwork.

Source: Dinasaadi

Dina Saadi completed her graduation in 2009 and got a degree in Visual Communications from Damascus University of Fine Arts. Since her shift to UAE, she has been working as a visual artist, illustrator and also demonstrates her artwork as a video blogger. The striking features of her art are the bright colors and bold patterns all as a result of inspiration from nature and life, etc. She also travels frequently around the world in order to find inspiration in places and create large scale murals.

Her innovative artwork can also be viewed on her personal website.

Portfolio Link: Dinasaadi

3) Maher A Housn:

Maher Housn is an experienced and talented graphic designer with 15+ years of professional experience in the field of graphic designing. He was born in Syria, a country known for its enriched culture of art and tradition. Later he moved to the Middle East for gaining further exposure and grooming his career. Maher makes sure to always remain up-to-date with the latest innovative trends of the industry. His work demonstrates a balance of cultural and local influence. We can clearly see the traditional artistic style blended with the modern flair of trends in his artwork.

Throughout his career working as an Art Director, he has earned much exposure, recognition, and respect due to the creative fire inside of him. His intense passion for Calligraphy has led him to push his potential to further boundaries and introduce a distinct style of his own. His artistic work has already been a subject of admiration and respect from various notable public figures in the region. Maher aims to lead his art into the digital world and add value to current art and traditional values in the Middle East region.

This artist’s work marks out among all others due to his deep reflective mind and intricate perceptions of life that are always visible in his innovative art forms.

Source: Behance/Maher Housn

Portfolio Link: Behance

4) Mohammed Siyamand:

Mohammaed Siyamand is a hyper-creative graphic design from Erbil, Iraq and possesses a great deal of passion for his field of work. Having spent a reasonable amount of time in the field of architecture and graphic designing, Siyamand has attained a lot of exposure and experience which is clearly visible from his innovative artwork. His work features in a broad variety of disciplines which inclue graphic design, interior design, visualization, digital modeling and illustration. More of his incredible artwork can be viewed on his Behance page.

Source: Behance/Mohammed Siyamand

Portfolio Link: Behance

5) Shaima Al Malik:

Shaima Al Malik is an independent graphic designer and illustrator from the UAE. Graduating in the discipline of Applied Media studies from Dubai Women’s college, Shaima started freelancing immediately following her graduation in 2009. She received an immensely positive response and gathered a lot of reputable clients on her way. Furthermore, she participated in a lot of designing competitions on the national as well as international level and also won the first place prize while competing in the Shekh Majid Media Awards in 2010. Her artwork focuses on mixing latest illustration styles with modern designs and creating quality graphic content.

Source: Instagram/Shaimaalmalik

Portfolio Link: Shaima.daportfolio

6) Bing Ratnapala:

Bing Ratnapala is one of the top emerging talents in the field of graphic design originating from Dubai. He specializes in digital painting and the diversity of mixed cultures in the UAE has definitely made a positive impact on his artwork. This quality as made him evolve into one of the most popular online artists working in the fan art genre, specializing in poster design for video games.

Source: Facebook/The Art of Bing Ratnapala

Portfolio Link: Deviantart

His work can be viewed on his facebook page as well.

7) Mohamed Samir:

Mohamed Samir is a graphic designer originally based in Netherlands but currently working in Dubai with an extensive amount of experience in the graphic design industry. Before moving to Dubai, Samir worked as an engineer and as a freelance designer in Egypt. Later on, he also became the head of design for a growing local startup in Egypt. After moving to Dubai in 2014, he was selected for the post of Senior Designer at IMPACT BBDO. He was also listed as one of the top ten graphic designers based in Dubai by the “International Design Institute London”. His clients range from startup brands to multinational organizations such as Adobe, Pepsi, KFC, Mercedes and more.

Source: Behance/Mohamed Samir

His artwork can be viewed on his Behance page.

Portfolio Link: Behance

8) Rami Afifi:

This experienced designer specializes in the art of illustration, design and advertising. Rami is currently working as Senior Art Director at Leo Burnett Jordan. Rami Afifi is one of the top graphic designers from Dubai and his art fan club seems to be increasing day by day. Most of his artwork focuses on quirky characters and pronounced musicians. Rami has worked with some of the top design firms and attained experience related to graphic design.

Source: Behance/Rami Afifi

Portfolio Link: Behance

9) Orkun U:

Orkun U is one of the top trending graphic designers from Istanbul,Turkey and has over 15 years of experience in working in the position of Art Director for renowned global advertising organizations such as LEO BURNETT AND PUBLICIS, to name a few. He has an extensive amount of experience in the field of graphic design, web design, branding and packaging logos for brands such as SANOFI AVENTIS, GARNIER, RENAULT, QUIK SILVER and PFANNER etc. His unique and innovative artwork demonstrates his skills and ambitions for his work as well as his attempt to meet perfection in each of his designs. His artwork and portfolio can be viewed on his profiles on platforms such as Upwork and PeoplePerHour.

Source: Orkun U

Portfolio Link: Orkun

Conclusion:

Thus, in this blog, we have elaborated some of the top-notch and talented graphic designers from the Middle East. All of these artists have put in extra efforts and talent in their artworks and have used their experience and artistic skills to visualize the multi-cultural context of the Middle East.