Author: Faisal Halabeya

The Finch

This is an image of the finch who claims to be too frail to go on the journey. My illustrated design of the finch presenting its excuse was created on Adobe Illustrator using a mixture of digitized drawings and vector graphics from the public domain. It reflects several key elements of the vanity of this […]

The Valley of Poverty & Nothingness

This scene depicts the Valley of Poverty & Nothingness, in which the pilgrim undergoes a Realization of God after being totally freed from its self. I made the image using Adobe Illustrator to digitize a hand-drawn sketch. Here we see the six valleys which have preceded this one in darker green. The ocean, deep and blue, reflects […]

Thirty Birds Arrive at the Court of the Simorgh

          By Faisal, Shilpi, Sophia This scene depicts the final thirty birds arriving at the Court of the Simorgh as they slowly morph into the image of one larger, greater, unified bird. We drew this scene with colored pencils and a black pen and digitized it with Mac Preview. The white […]