Samir Sven Belarbi
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New Book to Be released soon

I have  written and illustrated a second childrens book called Pixlarna (the Pixels). The scheduled release is set to March of 2024. 

By Samir.Belarbi, 1 year2023-12-21 ago
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Breakfast at RABéN

This morning I took part in a so called “book breakfast” at Rabén & Sjögren. Oskar Kroon, Lena Ollmark, Fabian Göranson, Daniel “Puppet” Blomqvist, Stef Gaines and myself gave short presentations about our newly released books and talked about our work in general. It was fun (and I got to Read more…

By Samir.Belarbi, 4 years2021-09-14 ago
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Article In LOCAl paper

I was interviewed by local newspaper Mitt i Stockholm about “Tigern kommer att äta upp mig!” and how it is, in some ways,  influenced by my experience from games. I think the reporter Märta Lefvert and photographer Sacharias Källdén captured me and my story in a very good and positive Read more…

By Samir.Belarbi, 4 years2021-09-11 ago
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p4 stockholm interview

Today I visited the radio station P4 Stockholm to talk  about “Tigern kommer att äta upp mig!”. If you want to listen to me ramble about how I came up with the narrative idea and about the differencies between creating images for games and books, please go 45′ in to Read more…

By Samir.Belarbi, 4 years2021-09-09 ago
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Soon available in Lumparland

Found out yesterday that the library in Lumparland, the smallest commune on the island of Åland, have ordered “Tigern kommer att äta upp mig!” to their public library. It feels surreal, but at the same time it makes me happy that the 372 inhabitants of Lumparland, a place outside of Sweden, Read more…

By Samir.Belarbi, 4 years2021-09-07 ago
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Great review in BTJ

My book “Tigern kommer att äta upp mig” got a great review by Maria Nestorzon in the purchase guide for the Swedish Libraries (BTJ – Bibliotekstjänst). She writes  that my way of writing is fast paced and that it is easy to get caught up in and mesmerized by the Read more…

By Samir.Belarbi, 4 years2021-07-28 ago
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Ready for print

My book, soon to be published by Rabén & Sjögren, is print ready. I just sent the final tweaks to the editor. The title will be “Tigern kommer att äta upp mig!”, which roughly translates to “The tiger is going to eat me alive!”. The release is set to September Read more…

By Samir.Belarbi, 4 years2021-05-23 ago
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New role at Mojang Studios

I have signed a contract with Mojang, creators of Minecraft, to join as Art Manager – working with the artist to set them up for their future sucess. I very much look forward to join the company, supporting the team with my experience and skills. I will start the employment  in Read more…

By Samir.Belarbi, 4 years2021-02-01 ago
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Baking new stories

Sketch – Work in progress I have started writing and illustrating my second picure book. It has the working title “The Cake” and the story revolves around a group of kids trying to enjoy a delicious cake while out in the woods. I hope to have a first draft ready Read more…

By Samir.Belarbi, 5 years2020-11-05 ago
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New web page design

During the last weeks I have redesigned my portfolio web page. It took a little longer than expected because of some technical problems with a couple of the Word Press plugins. But now it’s more or less ready. The last bits, hopefully an e-commerce functionality will be added later this Read more…

By Samir.Belarbi, 5 years2020-09-04 ago
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