Testpage

This is a Testpage Ive done as an example of how I imagine my next illustrationclass project to look like. The topic of this semester is migration and immigration. I will try to tell the history of the kurds in my story, because the kurdish history is full of migration. Because of the many surpressions the kurds went through they have been forced to move out their land and move onto other countries trying to find a new home to live free.

This Page is just a collage of different impressions and pictures that I connect with my kurdish identity. In the first panel you can see my late Grandfather ( hie was one of the most important people in my life, I loved him more than any other person in my whole life. He was the person who gave me my name and also took care of me when he came to Germany). In Panel 2 you can see a kurdish heardsman. Most of the Kurds, especially in the turkish part (north- kurdistan), make their living as farmers. Because of the political situation there arent too many possibilities for the kurds who dont move to the west of Turkey or Europe to get a better education or have a better life.
In the third Panel we see Hasankeyf. Hasankef is a area full of historical evidences for the kurdish, turkish and the persian cultures. Now a days the turkish government is planning to flood the area of Hasankeyf, humanrights activists and kurdish organisations blame the government to try to flood these areas to chase away the kurds out of this area to either push them into the west part of or even more into the eastern part of Turkey.
In te last panel we see a old kurdish woman baking bread the traditonally way. We call this bread "Nane sele". When the bread is finished, you can put flesh and vegatables into it and wrap it. I really love that bread :)

Im not very satiesfied with the composition though, because i think the black background in Panle 1 and the layout for panel 2.
However it was just a tryout page, and I think the next pages will be better:)

All the best,
Sedat :)

Youtubin`

Well this was my first attempt at braodcasting myself.
Sadly the quality of my Cam isnt that super at all and the first part of the inking got deleted...*****
However, I guess the music could be a little bit confusing for most of the people watchng this video, since it is kurdish music, which is very differnt from western music.
When I draw i listen to that music all the time...probably the reason why Im a little bit messed up in the brain :)

I will try to do more of these videos.
Hope you all enjoy
p.s. in the beginning everything is a little bit hard to view but later it gets better

"Where King Arthur Sleeps"

Page 1
the only reason why the 1st panel is empty is, that there is supposed to be a text. Since ive done such a terrible job on the lettering I will show you the artwork only.

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Page 8

This is a unused version of Page 8. Ive been planing on doing all the other pages this way, but sadly my Illustration teacher thought, that it wasnt appropiate.
After almost 8months of waiting Ive met my Illustartion teacher again and talked with him about a project, that I did in june06 for a collaboration between our and a South Korean artschool. The topic of the projects our schools worked on were european and asian Fairy tales.
At the beginning I was very sceptical about this project, and didnt want to work on it, after 2 months or so I finally decided to work on the project too (for some reasons that I rather not mention here)...Im not sure if these pages will be published or not, but it sure was some good training.

Ive searched the web up and down for a good and interesting european fairy tale. after some time Ive found; "Where King Arthur sleeps" a walisian fairy tale, about a boy who leaves his home and meets a man who leads him to a cave in which King arthur and his army sleep in . The story was kind of interesting and I thought it would be a cool possibility to finally ink some of my own stuff.

Since it had taken me so long to finally get on the project, ther was not much time left to work on the story, the layouts and the final pages. Another problem was, that I had to get this very long story into 8 Pages, which was really an artistic challenge for me.

However, after Ive started working on these pages I really enjoyed illustrating them, even though I had to rush the artwork.
No matter what, Im still very proud of these Pages and hope that my next project for my illustration class this semester will be better. I hope you all enjoy.
Sedat :)

Batman "Broken City" finished

Ok finally the Batman pages are done.
It took me 2 1/2 weeks of work putting all the time together i worked on the pages (during the time i did the pages Ive been working and had some familiystuff to handle too). It was a lot of fun drawing the pages, and even if I shouldnt get any work with these samples, I can say that it was a very good training for me. Ive leraned how to handle quality and quantity.

Ive woked from the Batman 620 script by Brian Azzarello and it was the first time that Ive worked on a pro Script.

As you can see the pages are very clean, that because Ive drawn the pages on printerpaper first and then traced them. Im not sure if im going to ink these pages, I guess it would be a lot of fun, but Im a little bit afraid to screw these pages.

On a side note, my nosesurgery will be on march the 19th (next monday).

Hope you all enjoy these pages. Let me know what you think and addsome comments :D
All the best,
Sedat

First Look - Batman "Broken City"

As some of you guys remember, Ive mentioned that Im working on a Batman script at the moment. Ive been really busy lately with work, family stuff and getting prepared for my surgery (which will be on march 19th) therefore I had to keep the art on the low.

This is a doublespread from the Batman script. Iam actually very cool with it, since the script gives the artist a lot of freedom for the first three pages, I thought it would be nice, showing Gotham how I imagine it to be. I didnt want to show anybody is getting shot or something, but rather a situation before or after a crime happens but also stuff like prostitution, gangbangers, drugdealers and lines of sexshops.
Ive been trying to use different angles for the scenes to make it look like we were fly through Gotham and watching all his crimes...

For these pages I started to work with a complete new work flow. I make small thumbnails to get an Idea how the finished page is going to look like, after that I draw the complete page on A3 printing paper and then I trace the whole page via lightbox. This is the best way for me to have the page looking clean and it also helps me to make the buildings look more believable, because when I trace the buildings, I dont use a ruler, what helps me to avoid the buildings to look made up and stiff.
Theres one more thing, which Iam actually really proud of, this was the first time ever I managed to draw one Page a day. The only reason why I cannot do more pages is that I have to go wto my dayjob too and have to wake up at 5 o´clock in the morning and Im coming back at 5 in the afternoon. And if you sleep for only one or two hours a day that can cause some serious issues, which will keep you even longer away from the desk...no bad excuse at all :)

I will try to post all the finished Pages by the end of the week. Tell me if you like it ...
Sedat

Some School Stuff

This is some Stuff Ive done for my Editorial class. In this class our teacher would give us a topic and we were supposed to create fictional covers for these topics.
I actually had a real hard time with this class, because it started about the time I moved out of my appartment, at the same time my new computer wouldnt run smoothly and I had no internet access, which in my humble opinion is neccessary to pass this class.
However with a lot of determenation and hard work I was able to get all that stuff done on time.

The cool thing for me was I was able to experiment with digital colouring programs and with different inking styles. I also liked that I had to draw, normal people without lots of muscles and angry looking faces.

I couldnt upload some of the other pictures...but as soon as I have fixed that problem Ill upload them.

Dont Forget this Face and some Table Dancing

Ok, this is probably the last time youre gonna see my face like that, although its still not clear when my nose is going to be operated, i thought I should at least give you all the chance to have a "before - after" comparison...yeah I look like I jerk.
Below are some more Pictures I did some long time ago of my Desk, actually its just some sort of evidence to proof folks that even a lazy slacker like me is working...at least my Desk looks like im doing some work :) btw. that was in my old appartment...oh how i miss that office, bedroom, kitchen and living room in one appartment ;)

Batman will hate my Nose! and I do too

Ususally human beings need their nose to breathe or to smell, Iam one of those poor guys that cant do neither. Both of my noseholes are closed, because both holes are to tight to my nosebone, plus my nosebone is lean. That means I cannot breathe at day nor at night, causing insomnia, the feeling of being totally exhausted wehn I wake up in the morning, a dry mouth, problems with my lounges and much more, I decided to visit my doctor.
After checking my nose and my lounges, I recieved some bad news. He told me that my nose has to be operated so that Ill hopefully will be able to breathe properly. Ill have to stay for 2 or 3 days in Hospital, and after that I wont be able to work for the next 3 weeks. That was really the worst news he had for me, because a few weeks ago I got in touch with DC/Vertigo editor Wil Dennis ( Hellblazer, DMZ...). He sent me a Batman script to work on, and now that Im on schoolbreak, i thought it would be the best time to work on those pages. I feel totally screwed and it really messed up my day, but I wont let that get me down, Ill do the Batman pages, even if that causes nosebleeding, headache or even death!
Nothing can stop me from working on those Pages :D

However here is some art which I had on my computer and thought I should share with you guys. the first two pages are Wolverine Pages from a script from a friend of mine. I didnt finish them because I moved out of my appartment in October 06 and after that I had to do a lot of stuff for school, plus going to work can be really really hard!
This was the first step for the Punisher Pin up Ive posted some days earlier. It was a lot of fun to draw. As you can see I did the BG with a ruler, but when I light boxed the pic I didnt. That was because, when I work with a ruler on my BGs they always look made up and kind of stiff, so right now I use the ruler only as a orientation tool.



this is a darkened version of the inks. I tried to make the brushlines disappear, it looks cleaner now, but in some way sterile too, ot sure if thats a good thing though.
This was one of my first attempts with digital colouring. I had a lot of fund oing it but im not sure if it looks good. Im partially colourblind, so if there any mistakes then please domt be too mad at me. Below you can see the finished version with some type and the logo, I did just for fun.