Home (Ghar)

The breakfast prepared by Mom is a reminder for me of a safe place. It brings back childhood memories, the fun of playtime, and the joy of a simple life. “TIDHI WALA ANDA” was my interpretation as a kid for half fry egg (sunny side) in the Urdu language. The literal meaning would be that egg for me was a character that had a protruding out belly that I always referred to it as “TIDHI”. When I was a child my mother used to wake me up for school in the morning and ask me “TIDHI WALA ANDA KHAO GEY?”(Would you have an egg with a belly?) and my reply used to be “YES” but with “NARAM TIDHI” (soft belly). That sentiment is Home to me.

Salman Ahmed

Datum

November 2022

Art des Projekts

Studienarbeit im Masterstudium

Betreuer_innen

Mauricio Sosa Noreña

ABSTRACT

Initial ideas/mind mapping

Initially, I came up with mind mapping of three directions.

Direction 1 is the representation of my present home that I share with my spouse.

Direction 2 is the future that represents my transition from Pakistan to Germany.

Direction 3 is the representation of my childhood memories.

Sketches & material exploration

Final Illustration

After finalizing the mood board and color palette. I finalized once of the compositions of my sketches. The first version of the composition was rendered in watercolors but it was giving a very mature feel so I developed another version of graphic illustration using Adobe Illustrator and Procreate which I find more aligned with my idea.

Product Application

For the product application, I decided to go with mini mugs for kids as the illustration has been inspired from a childhood memory.