Roelworks

Portfolio Muhammad 'Roel' Islam

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Creating Gaza Heroes: Insights on Comic Production and Promotion

Gaza Heroes – Creative Lead & Project Manager

I contributed as a writer, editor, and project manager for the Gaza Heroes comic anthology, crafting two original stories and refining every comic in the collection. Beyond writing and editing, I handled logo design, visual clean-up, print layout, and organised the entire production workflow.

My role also included gathering references for artists, creating timelines, coordinating with contributors, managing file organisation, and liaising with producers. I produced social media promos and short trailers to support the launch and helped secure testimonials from notable community figures.

This project combined storytelling, visual design, and hands-on leadership to bring a multi-artist anthology to life.

[Comics] The Adventures of Nala and Firefang

This project was a dream come true where I collaborate with my then 12 year old daughter. I came up with the concept/story. While I let her design two main characters, a cat with hijab called ‘Nala’ and her Dragon ‘Firefang’. The story was part of a compilation of several young and aspiring muslim comic

[Illustration] The Choice – Character Design

When MTC came with their untitled draft of Bandersnatch inspired Scenario Branched e-learning, I knew we have to go down the route of illustration just like the legendary ‘Connect with Haji Kamal’ by Cathy Moore. I titled the script as ‘The Choice’ you can watch the trailer down below. Inspiration Me and Tanzeel (Cursim’s Graphic

[E-learning] Cranfield University Online learning look redesign

These Online learning moduler were run and administered by The Operation Excellence Institute. The module is build on Powerpoint and converted to online learning modules using a very early Articulate Studio. The new module should have the new look and feel of the university’s new branding , although still done in PowerPoint with Articulate Studio

[Graphic Design] Book Covers Design for Mozaik Indie Publishing

There was a period of time where I received steady orders from Ihwan Hariyanto and his ‘Mozaik Indie Publisher’ in Malang, Indonesia. So I tought of putting them in one post. Most covers are laid out in Adobe Photoshop with Illustrations done manually and then coloured using Adobe Photoshop. Some of these covers didn’t make

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