Ahmed Emad Eldin
| Ahmed Emad Eldin | |
|---|---|
| Native name | أحمد عماد الدين |
| Born |
Ahmed Emad Eldin October 23, 1996 Jeddah, Saudi Arabia |
| Nationality | Egyptian |
| Known for | Digital artist |
| Notable work | Pink Floyd - The Endless River |
| Website | www |
Ahmed Emad Eldin (Arabic: أحمد عماد الدين) is an Egyptian digital artist who came to prominence as the designer of the sleeve of Pink Floyd's 2014 album The Endless River.
Emad Eldin was born and grew up in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia (with the exception of three years he and his family spent in Egypt); his parents are both Egyptian. Eldin has been an artist since the age of 13, stating that he is "self-taught and... learned from YouTube and many other websites." He cites Salvador Dali as an influence.
Eldin displays and sells his work through two online platforms: the site network Behance and the social network site Facebook.
Pink Floyd's creative team, led by Aubrey Powell, discovered Ahmed on the art portfolio website Behance. One of Ahmed's designs was chosen as the cover for the band's The Endless River album. Powell, the late Storm Thorgerson's partner at the Hipgnosis design studio, stated that when they "saw Ahmed’s image it had an instant Floydian resonance," citing its "enigmatic" qualities as well as how Eldin's work is open to interpretation."
In an article in the United Kingdom's The Independent, Ahmed described what inspired the design Powell chose for The Endless River album cover: "Thinking about life and nature and what is beyond the world of charming factors we have never seen is enough to create millions of different amazing feelings." Ahmed has stated that he created the image on the cover of The Endless River on the 3rd of October 2013 and that it was originally titled "Beyond the Sky."
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