It was only yesterday when I spoke to the professor (Rosa) during one of her lecture breaks regarding signs in code and whether it would be a good topic to write about in one of my blogs. She...
Let’s talk about realism. Realism in digital media is no longer about mimicking the real world; it’s about constructing realistic systems that one can relate to emotionally and that are symbolically true. As games and VR evolve, they inc...
Inspired by Carlos A. Scolari A quiet revolution is unfolding in the way stories are told: not through louder spectacles or faster edits, but through the migration of narrative across media ecosystems. A character born in a comic might...
Medium specificity fascinates me, not just as a theoretical framework, but as a practical lens for how I build, write, and design. It’s not about purity or constraint for its own sake. It’s about how the properties of a medium &he...
I’m a game artist working on the intersection of character design, symbolic systems such as images, textures, or codes and technical pipelines. I often find myself wrestling with the tension between narrative and interaction, for example, w...
The Inspiration Tree frogs are those tiny, vibrant amphibians that somehow manage to be both adorable and deadly. Their paradoxical nature captivated me, and I knew I had to...
The Corniche in Bahrain. Palm trees lining the waterfront, light catching the Gulf at sunset, the promenade stretching along the coast. It’s a memory I want to recreate in Unreal Engine as a returning project, s...
