“Great things are done bya series of small things brought together”Vincent Van Gogh

Art Statement

The world is filled with opportunities of making beautiful designs. Designing, illustrating and photography is my passion, I can’t imagine myself without these creative pursuits. The person who inspired and influenced me to take the path of art and designing was my cousin Hissa. She taught me how to design and gave me helpful feedbacks on my designs and photography.I was also inspired by Japanese cartoons that I used to watch when I was young. I was fascinated by their illustrations, which made me so into drawing, illustrating characters, I have become very interested in 2D animation and manga creation, it’s my passion.I have recognized that the cartoons had a meaningful moral story behind every scenario. However, now when I switch on the TV and turn to a cartoon channel and start watching I really get sad and mad at the same time because the cartoons shown on TV are really bad starting from the story to the illustrations. If you noticed that the entire cartoon they show is all about fiction, imaginary and surreal empty stories that have catastrophic hidden messages for young kids that most parents aren’t aware of. These ditto lead to ruin morals, traditions, cultures, and every good aspect that children should learn.My goal is to become a designer who contributes to raising awareness of people, especially parents in order to educate young generation through designing, illustrating, and creating short animation videos.2 3

Biography

Sara Mohammad Jassim Ali Saeed Al Zaabi, known as Sara Al Zaabi, Emirati, born November 11th, 1990 in Dubai, is studying graphic design at Zayed University. She is a photographer, illustrator, animator, and graphic designer. In 2011 she had her first photography exhibition, a collection of photo-graphs of her family’s village that had a long history. Her work revolves around creating animation that carries messages that are meaningful for children. She volunteered at Art Dubai “Sikka” and has been involved with a community service organization called “Habitat for Humanity” 2011.

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Packaging DesignSpring 2012Deck of CardsDigital 5.715x 8.89 cm

The project is about designing a full set of playing cards as a collaborative team, divided by suit. My team chose the theme of the four elements including earth, wind, fire, and water. My suit within the deck of cards was spades and my element was “wind.” My inspiration within the theme of “wind” was traditional Chinese civilization, with designs focused on Chinese symbology. The Jack and King cards were based on warriors, while the Queen was based on a goddess.

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Inspiration

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Colaborative project between Zayed University students and San Francisco University students. Phase 1 was to design two posters that represent Dubai and San Francisco. Phase 2 was to design posters for a persona we have ask to create and exchange it with our partners overseas to edits then. Phase 3 of the project was to re-design that poster our partner edited.

Typography ISpring 20128,092 Collaboration: Dubai posterDigital 420x297 mm

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I wanted people to see us Women from Iran as individuals. It's degrading to Iranian people to generalize them all the time as being represented by Iranian politics.

You see that women’s right movements started in Iran and Egypt since the early 20th century. Some women wanted to wear veil, others didn’t. Iran had a very strong women's movement before the revolu-tion. And it wasn't something Shah gave Iranian women for the Ayatollah to take away.

This context is important in terms of A Separation—this film breaks that whole view. It does not negate the fact that the Islamic Republic imposes horrible things on Iranians and particularly women. But it shows the heroism of victims. The wife doesn't submit to her husband's will and breaks away from what he wants her to do.

She’s articulate and courageous enough to do what she Just by virtue of the fact that this woman's voice is stronger than the judge's or anyone’s is a testament to her power. Rather than focusing on the regime,

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Sponcered by: National Organization for Women (NOW)

Date: Thursday, May 13th, 2012 Time: 7:00pm Place: Trading Center

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