Portfolio - Yara P. Zgheib

YARA ZGHEIB PORTFOLIO

(and welcome to my portfolio, I hope you enjoy your stay!)

> 4th year architecture student at the American University of Beirut, minoring in art history (graduating 2026)

> Freelance illustrator, game designer, and virtual environment designer

> Adept at a myriad of softwares: 3D modelling softwares, illustration softwares, game engines, rendering engines, and adobe suite

> Full of ideas, excited to create, and ready to learn

> Fantasy writing and worldbuilding hobbyist

> Obsessed with the color purple (if you couldn’t tell)

Yara Zgheib | (+961) 79 128 379 | ypz00@mail.aub.edu

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yarazgheib181b42293/

GAME DESIGN

KRITA, UNREAL ENGINE, OPENFRAMEWORKS

C++, RHINO, ILLUSTRATOR

1. HELL-O CARNIVAL

Level, asset, and character design, illustration, and animation - Krita

Ash is stuck in Hell-O Carnival, the day repeating over and over. Can she find her way out of the loop?

2. PLANT IMPLANTS

Level and material design, modelling, and rendering - Unreal Engine, Rhino, & Krita

Its post-apocalyptic Beirut, and a botanist must reach the greenhouses in Raouche while collecting and implanting seeds to restore oxygen

3. CROWD WORK

Visual design and illustraiton & game mechanics design - Krita

You’re a comedian, and you’ve finally hit the big stage! Can you tailor your jokes to your audience, or will your jokes miss the mark?

4. MELLOW MAKES S’MORES

Character and asset design and illustration & programming - Illustrator & OpenFrameworks C++

Mellow wants to become the perfect s’more! Help him collect biscuits by jumping in front of a camera

Level, asset, and character design, illustration, and animation - Krita Ash is stuck in Hell-O

Carnival, the day repeating over and over. Can she find her way out of the loop?

PLANT IMPLANTS

Level and material design, modelling, and rendering - Unreal Engine, Rhino, & Krita Its post-apocalyptic Beirut, and a botanist must reach the greenhouses in Raouche while collecting and implanting seeds to restore oxygen

CROWD WORK

Visual design and illustraiton & game mechanics design - Krita

You’re a comedian, and you’ve finally hit the big stage! Can you tailor your jokes to your audience, or will your jokes miss the mark?

MELLOW MAKES S’MORES

3D GENERATIVE DESIGN

BLENDER, RHINO, GRASSHOPPER, PHOTOSHOP

1. OF PURITY AND CORRUPTION

Design, rendering, and art direction of parametric parasites emerging from a human body- Blender

Is purity inherently good or corruption inherently evil? Can’t the chaos of corruption be beautiful, and the red of blood striking?

2. BEACON

Design, rendering, and post-production of parametric facades - Rhino, Grasshopper & Photoshop

A facade that brings in light in a dance of colors and radii, recreating the outside as an internal mosaic

OF PURITY AND CORRUPTION

Design, rendering, and post-production of parametric facades - Rhino, Grasshopper & Photoshop

A facade that brings in light in a dance of colors and radii, recreating the outside as an internal mosaic

ILLUSTRATIONS

KRITA, PHOTOSHOP, IBISPAINTX

WITH GREAT POWER

GIRL WHO LOOKED UP

FIREBOY AND WATERGIRL

ARCHITECTURE

RHINO, AUTOCAD, GRASSHOPPER, ILLUSTRATOR, PHOTOSHOP, ENSCAPE

1. FOLD FILLET INHABIT

Design, detailing, rendering, and representation- All Softwares

A hub for sustainable construction and co-living within Fanar’s industrial sector, born of unit aggregaiton and local materials

2. ANATOMY OF AN AGRICULTURAL PARADIGM

Design, mapping, detailing, rendering, and representation- All Softwares

A research and education center for the remote villages of Qaraoun that reimagines irrigation networks as a series of arteries, veins, and capillaries

FOLD FILLET INHABIT

ANATOMY OF AN AGRICULTURAL PARADIGM

Design, mapping, detailing, rendering, and representation- All Softwares

A research and education center for the remote villages of Qaraoun that reimagines irrigation networks as a series of arteries, veins, and capillaries

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yarazgheib181b42293/