Ali’s House

I’m going to start posting up various Ali’s House sketches. Some of them are conceptual, some of them move on to final pieces and some of them are just plain bizarre.

A double feature!

Here’s some very early Maisa concept art. We were trying to figure out a good name and we originally wanted to name her after an object or food and use the Arabic word for said object. I wanted to name her the Arabic word for “chicken,” which is “dijaj.” But it doesn’t really have a good ring to it. Also, she started out much more feminine than her final design. It just didn’t match her personality at all.

Second!

All awesome Arabs have awesome noses! I wanted all of the  main characters to have their distinctive profile. Maisa was named “Mouna” at the time and Omar and Sahib weren’t named yet. And Ali had a neckbeard.