Howaida Salama
Fantasy Visual Development Artist & Worldbuilder
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The City of Unfinished Loves — Gothic Visual Storytelling
An illustrated Gothic dark-fantasy world built around memory, unfinished love, recurring characters, symbolic storytelling, and cinematic environment design.
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BEFORE MAN — Dark Fantasy Worldbuilding
What if a fantasy world was built not only through characters and places, but through its own visual language?
Before Man explores an original dark fantasy universe through character design, monumental environments, symbolic artifacts, maps, and visual lore. Every element belongs to the same mythology, designed to make the world feel ancient, coherent, and lived-in.
This project focuses on visual storytelling beyond individual illustrations — building the identity, history, symbols, and atmosphere of an entire fictional civilization.
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The Last Gate — Fantasy Worldbuilding
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THE LAST GATE — An original cinematic dark fantasy universe built around the final boundary between two opposing realms.
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