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Mhmood Zaidan
Artist | Student | Design & Interfaces
I was born in Zemer, a village in Palestine. At the age of 15 I found an interest in website interfaces. I used to like web application designs such as Yahoo! mail. As I turned 14 I started my first website design using Microsoft Paint that came with Windows XP. I used to make gradients, line by line, and cubes to make the website I want, even though it was just for fun, I starting liking what I did. At age of 15 my big brother introduced me to Corel PhotoImpact, which was my photoshop by then. I started making more advanced websites and interfaces including logos. At the age of 16 I started with Photoshop. I knew Photoshop before, but just by name. Slowly with time I got into illustrating objects using a simple way which was to draw the shadow or the shading as an object using the pen tool, and then using the blur filter on it to make it softer. Creating gradients at the age of 14 using paint and using the pen tool to make light and shadow gave me a good experience with colour. I've worked in iNorSoft, a web application development company, from 2009 until 2012 as the main designer. I designed print and web interfaces for clients and for our company. I started as a freelancer at October 2012. I design icons, web applications and websites and mobile applications and interfaces.
Interests
Favorite TV shows
National Geographic Abu Dhabi (all shows)
Favorite bands / musical artists
Kristian Visintin, Rashid Bhikha, Yusuf Islam, Linkin Park
Favorite books
Logo Design Love, CSS 3 (Jason Cranford Teague), HTML5-The missing manual, Smashing book, Jquery cookbook, The Alchemist (Paulo Coelho)
Favorite writers
Jason Cranford Teague, Paulo Coelho
Favorite games
Assassin's Creed, RuneScape, Super Mario, Sonic, Need for Speed, Tactical Op's: Assault on Terror, Age of Empires, Age of Mythology, EmpireEarth, Dave, Pacman, Prince of Persia, and any DOS game you come upon.
Tools of the Trade
iMac, Adobe creative suit CS6, Some pencils, My hand, Eraser, White paper, Air, Maqloba (it's some tasty arab food)
Other Interests
Photography, Ping pong, Swimming, Jogging, Making new friends