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<rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" version="2.0"><channel><atom:link rel="hub" href="http://tumblr.superfeedr.com/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"/><description>Mahmoud.
Cairo, Egypt.

I love stargazing. 
Sometimes I take awesome photos.

On my own quest.


I blog about nature, stars, photography, art and Islam</description><title>Not Lost In Space</title><generator>Tumblr (3.0; @mahmoudkhattab)</generator><link>http://mahmoudkhattab.tumblr.com/</link><item><title>Audio</title><description>&lt;iframe src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F94814534&amp;liking=false&amp;sharing=false&amp;origin=tumblr" frameborder="0" allowtransparency="true" class="soundcloud_audio_player" width="500" height="116"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;</description><link>http://mahmoudkhattab.tumblr.com/post/51807267388</link><guid>http://mahmoudkhattab.tumblr.com/post/51807267388</guid><pubDate>Fri, 31 May 2013 18:20:41 +0300</pubDate></item><item><title>Audio</title><description>&lt;iframe src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F94728710&amp;liking=false&amp;sharing=false&amp;origin=tumblr" frameborder="0" allowtransparency="true" class="soundcloud_audio_player" width="500" height="116"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;</description><link>http://mahmoudkhattab.tumblr.com/post/51760967482</link><guid>http://mahmoudkhattab.tumblr.com/post/51760967482</guid><pubDate>Fri, 31 May 2013 02:49:04 +0300</pubDate></item><item><title>Today I dreamed</title><description>&lt;p&gt;My friend and I were being pursued by the police because I didn’t have an ID. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I heard them approaching so we lied down, facing the ground, hands over head, and I heard them stealthily walking into the place&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;then no noise&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;then two gunshots..&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Didn&amp;#8217;t wake up.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I could still feel myself lying on the ground with my hands over my head but for moments I couldn’t feel pressure or anything of sort, I felt &lt;em&gt;peace&lt;/em&gt; mixed with a good feeling..&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://mahmoudkhattab.tumblr.com/post/51483263675</link><guid>http://mahmoudkhattab.tumblr.com/post/51483263675</guid><pubDate>Mon, 27 May 2013 19:48:29 +0300</pubDate><category>dreams</category><category>personal</category></item><item><title>Photo</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/1a140505a1f713fca56a80d9b82e02cc/tumblr_mnfe576IfZ1rkd3l4o1_400.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;</description><link>http://mahmoudkhattab.tumblr.com/post/51423202665</link><guid>http://mahmoudkhattab.tumblr.com/post/51423202665</guid><pubDate>Mon, 27 May 2013 00:58:14 +0300</pubDate></item><item><title>kimikopet:

† 💋
</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/e8439c01d1ab42962f5ddabcc5e2a241/tumblr_mn195fxVVF1qcr2gxo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://kimikopet.tumblr.com/post/50926639106" target="_blank"&gt;kimikopet&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;† 💋&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://mahmoudkhattab.tumblr.com/post/51296155559</link><guid>http://mahmoudkhattab.tumblr.com/post/51296155559</guid><pubDate>Sat, 25 May 2013 15:01:02 +0300</pubDate></item><item><title>thatonesuheirhammad:

scar mirror star. s.hammad

ma queen</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/5acd89d36a45b3eabd9b8316c223d02c/tumblr_mnavi2zPsH1rwd4yro1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://thatonesuheirhammad.tumblr.com/post/51218315767" target="_blank"&gt;thatonesuheirhammad&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;scar mirror star. s.hammad&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;ma queen&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://mahmoudkhattab.tumblr.com/post/51221628592</link><guid>http://mahmoudkhattab.tumblr.com/post/51221628592</guid><pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 15:54:54 +0300</pubDate></item><item><title>What the spirit needs..</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/5b0c71ea54259e7b1b5b9b86cc2a3d5e/tumblr_mn20amWFWt1qfsbyvo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;What the spirit needs..&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://mahmoudkhattab.tumblr.com/post/50828678770</link><guid>http://mahmoudkhattab.tumblr.com/post/50828678770</guid><pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 19:25:34 +0300</pubDate><category>Soul</category><category>nature</category></item><item><title>Photo</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/dc4e2839d90827caea8525b7283ca8f8/tumblr_mkqqmwuV311qz4d4bo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;</description><link>http://mahmoudkhattab.tumblr.com/post/50654082891</link><guid>http://mahmoudkhattab.tumblr.com/post/50654082891</guid><pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 17:51:19 +0300</pubDate></item><item><title>atomos:

(by the black swan archives)
</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/4460d0bebb3c824c0ac7db6f51dd1b60/tumblr_mfeg73KjuD1qb6f1po1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://atomos.tumblr.com/post/38488776944" target="_blank"&gt;atomos&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;(by &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/anverse/2379118985" target="_blank"&gt;the black swan archives&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://mahmoudkhattab.tumblr.com/post/50454031022</link><guid>http://mahmoudkhattab.tumblr.com/post/50454031022</guid><pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 02:28:52 +0300</pubDate></item><item><title>Yesterday I met with AIESEC interns from India who&amp;#8217;ve been here for two weeks and they...</title><description>&lt;p&gt;Yesterday I met with AIESEC interns from India who&amp;#8217;ve been here for two weeks and they didn&amp;#8217;t eat much because they couldn&amp;#8217;t find variety of vegetarian restaurants, so I took them for a ride and we kept looking for places with good food, till we found a good syrian place with good kreeb.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;They enjoyed it.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://mahmoudkhattab.tumblr.com/post/50413258010</link><guid>http://mahmoudkhattab.tumblr.com/post/50413258010</guid><pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 14:04:19 +0300</pubDate></item><item><title>thepredatorblog:

Baby alligator (by Kristian Bell)
</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/ba72147468c085fecb71c155d7b4b0be/tumblr_mmaweylTCa1r3zfc1o1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://thepredatorblog.tumblr.com/post/49642982316/baby-alligator-by-kristian-bell" target="_blank"&gt;thepredatorblog&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Baby alligator (by &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kristianbell/" target="_blank"&gt;Kristian Bell&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://mahmoudkhattab.tumblr.com/post/49799130305</link><guid>http://mahmoudkhattab.tumblr.com/post/49799130305</guid><pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 00:11:37 +0300</pubDate></item><item><title>Photo</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mc0fzbHAjT1r3x4plo1_500.gif"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;</description><link>http://mahmoudkhattab.tumblr.com/post/49799086328</link><guid>http://mahmoudkhattab.tumblr.com/post/49799086328</guid><pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 00:11:03 +0300</pubDate></item><item><title>Ya 7elo. &lt;3</title><description>&lt;p&gt;Ya &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img align="bottom" alt="image" height="480" src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/55dc9cda0d5e222c3d05e7352fd293a1/tumblr_mit3ze0ZzQ1qfsbyvo1_1280.jpg" width="640"/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://mahmoudkhattab.tumblr.com/post/49788569118</link><guid>http://mahmoudkhattab.tumblr.com/post/49788569118</guid><pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 21:43:00 +0300</pubDate></item><item><title>withapencilinhand: How I diddly use a pencil with a pencil in hand</title><description>&lt;a href="http://withapencilinhand.tumblr.com/post/49718953617"&gt;withapencilinhand: How I diddly use a pencil with a pencil in hand&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;p&gt;Read on how one of the most awesome artists uses a pencil to draw epic faces!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://withapencilinhand.tumblr.com/post/49718953617" target="_blank"&gt;withapencilinhand&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Ok this is as basic as I can do right now so sorry for the very bad pics but this is a rough idea as to how I draw with pencils and where I begin n’ stuff.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I use three pencils:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="image" class="toggle_inline_image inline_image constrained_image" src="http://media.tumblr.com/995ead397a11cf80c941a19581b52fbf/tumblr_inline_mmcgat8rW11qz4rgp.jpg"/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The one on the left is the main one, the lead is soft as well, around 3H I believe which is used mainly for the soft shading parts and where the main drawing happens, like building up the whole shabang. the middle one is more darker, I think it’s 2h and a 0.3 lead shape and i use that more for the finer dark points and to go over the soft areas more with. The last one on the right is the ol’ 0.5 lead, and it’s a 2b or a B i forgot, but that one is used to darken areas and use for shadows and stuff really make it look sweet.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The subject and test for this is this ol’ fella’s face:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="image" class="toggle_inline_image inline_image constrained_image" src="http://media.tumblr.com/e129e8efd0a388f499d6ddd66665c5ff/tumblr_inline_mmcgfsBquU1qz4rgp.jpg"/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I begin by using the pencil on the left, and work straight away on the left eye (his right) and on his ear. I start all faces from this part as it helps me to decide how far away his other eye will be on the paper and you gotta start somewhere!&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="image" class="toggle_inline_image inline_image constrained_image" src="http://media.tumblr.com/363bc1aae1baf78cb0ab8655417c52f9/tumblr_inline_mmcgim2jsO1qz4rgp.jpg"/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Also it’s good to have your lead like this! &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="image" class="toggle_inline_image inline_image constrained_image" src="http://media.tumblr.com/bfec58bebaf2cc1d9e6a15c53cfdd082/tumblr_inline_mmcgl7rZnU1qz4rgp.jpg"/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;


&lt;p&gt;so then more work happens, and then i move onto the other eye and work with the head shape, i always feel the better the nose the better the piece of work so i tend to put alot more into the nose. each time i make small hatching lines to build up the face and around the main areas.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="image" class="toggle_inline_image inline_image constrained_image" src="http://media.tumblr.com/d9bf5979c07538045e8476eb94867d40/tumblr_inline_mmcgnnn1tU1qz4rgp.jpg"/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;


&lt;p&gt;Then the next step is working on the mouth, and i do this by seeing the main 4 points of that area and measure them on the paper. its weird but you have to ”count how long it takes from your eye to get from one end to the other”   - so you are drawing with your eyes. you copy that movement with your drawing hand to get the perfect measurement (if that makes sense …&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;so yes i do this with the mouth (here is a guidance )&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="image" class="toggle_inline_image inline_image constrained_image" src="http://media.tumblr.com/4a97cdef13c552402b525d1c06a762c2/tumblr_inline_mmcgrw5Ads1qz4rgp.jpg"/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;


&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="image" class="toggle_inline_image inline_image constrained_image" src="http://media.tumblr.com/7246b5a31a44f146fbc2f10abaa7eb10/tumblr_inline_mmcgs2tG0y1qz4rgp.jpg"/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;


&lt;p&gt;then i just add the details and then swap pencils to get darker areas here and there…&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="image" class="toggle_inline_image inline_image constrained_image" src="http://media.tumblr.com/0c0826fcf3debc7cc7dd2f7cdbfcfdfe/tumblr_inline_mmcgsxGDJI1qz4rgp.jpg"/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;


&lt;p&gt;Here is close ups of the face and of the small areas of shade:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="image" class="toggle_inline_image inline_image constrained_image" src="http://media.tumblr.com/7f7b9e969f0869ff47ad76ce2117b285/tumblr_inline_mmcgtliS9j1qz4rgp.jpg"/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Now this is mainly because whenever i see an image to work from or whatever i look at that and see areas of difference. by doing so i build the whole drawing up like a jigsaw and it all tends to fit into place. This is roughly what I saw with the blokes face:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="image" class="toggle_inline_image inline_image constrained_image" src="http://media.tumblr.com/9e5034561fc064522d9cffda4d66e654/tumblr_inline_mmcgv6Ij5s1qz4rgp.jpg"/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;so by shading them selected areas i can create the image.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;hope this terrible explanation helps you and shows you how i draw so so badly.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;x&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://mahmoudkhattab.tumblr.com/post/49722699042</link><guid>http://mahmoudkhattab.tumblr.com/post/49722699042</guid><pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 01:13:32 +0300</pubDate></item><item><title>Photo</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/9b45b0272728374a3c5ca6a01d962057/tumblr_mlo3ltEP681qzb7gjo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;</description><link>http://mahmoudkhattab.tumblr.com/post/49533417765</link><guid>http://mahmoudkhattab.tumblr.com/post/49533417765</guid><pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2013 23:26:15 +0300</pubDate></item><item><title>مشاهدة السماء امتع من مشاهدة التلفزيون</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/40fbc0e3f57d4cfe7da5a1340f0b748f/tumblr_mm0vyckXfk1qfsbyvo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;مشاهدة السماء امتع من مشاهدة التلفزيون&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://mahmoudkhattab.tumblr.com/post/49181478141</link><guid>http://mahmoudkhattab.tumblr.com/post/49181478141</guid><pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2013 18:20:36 +0300</pubDate><category>Astronomy</category><category>Arabic</category></item><item><title>adtheo:

I’m so happy
</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ly58v5yLG91qhmv1ro1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://adtheo.tumblr.com/post/16220777126/im-so-happy" target="_blank"&gt;adtheo&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I’m so happy&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://mahmoudkhattab.tumblr.com/post/49113111672</link><guid>http://mahmoudkhattab.tumblr.com/post/49113111672</guid><pubDate>Sun, 28 Apr 2013 22:10:20 +0300</pubDate></item><item><title>We&amp;#8217;re not tiny compared to the universe, I think the universe would be grateful for us for...</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;We&amp;#8217;re not tiny compared to the universe, I think the universe would be grateful for us for being consciously aware of it.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://mahmoudkhattab.tumblr.com/post/49083265842</link><guid>http://mahmoudkhattab.tumblr.com/post/49083265842</guid><pubDate>Sun, 28 Apr 2013 14:31:20 +0300</pubDate></item><item><title>Our Yemeni aunt is inviting us over for a yemeni kabsa. I&amp;#8217;m gonna wear looser shorts.</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;Our Yemeni aunt is inviting us over for a yemeni kabsa. I&amp;#8217;m gonna wear looser shorts.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://mahmoudkhattab.tumblr.com/post/48926412534</link><guid>http://mahmoudkhattab.tumblr.com/post/48926412534</guid><pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2013 16:05:21 +0300</pubDate></item><item><title>The ancients are calling, at our fallinif the earth is a pile of rocks and stones, why we still hear...</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;The ancients are calling, at our fallin&lt;br/&gt;if the earth is a pile of rocks and stones, why we still hear her echoin?&lt;br/&gt;stars lead the lost,&lt;br/&gt;now we can&amp;#8217;t see em &lt;br/&gt;MK&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://mahmoudkhattab.tumblr.com/post/48789349029</link><guid>http://mahmoudkhattab.tumblr.com/post/48789349029</guid><pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 22:02:46 +0300</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
