Illustration Friday - Resolutions

Illustration Friday is asking me to illustrate my resolutions for 2011 this week. So I did one of them. This has been in the list of resolutions for few years, it is the first one to come to mind. 

This drawing is also special because it is first proper drawing with my new digital drawing tablet which is a Christmas gift from Kasia. Thanks babe! xxx

So there we go. My resolution for 2011 in the form of illustration:

6 packs

Yes, I want one of this for 2011. Or six of those. Or at least some of them. 

For your information it is copied from a photograph as an exercise. This the picture it was copied from:

http://www.sixpackabs24.com/images/how-to-get-six-pack-abs.jpg

Thanks for watching;

fab

Illustration Friday - Mail

This week Illustration Friday is seeking for illustrations around the topic "Mail".

Although "mail" has a very large meaning, first thing came to my mind was the poor envelopes which carries the precious letters in themselves,  shiled themselves to protect them, go from one hand to another until reaching the destination and at the end just to be murdered gruesomely!

I want to dedicate this post to all envelopes, who served their owner with their lives.

For all envelopes:

an envelope's tragedy

Thanks for watching;

fab

Illustration Friday - Racing

Illustration Friday is asking us to illustrate "racing" this week. So I did!

Racing

I hope you liked it.

Also I followed a tutorial in order to create this illustration. I would like to thank him as well and maybe you can find it useful:



Thanks for watching;
fab

Illustration Friday - Spooky

This week Illustration Friday requires illustrations around the topic "Spooky" and I have just the scene in my archive!

This drawing was a poster for our Halloween Costume Party last year. It was a great party! I was Incredible Hulk!

Less talk, more illustration. There it is:

Conflict in the Halloween Village

And there is the poster itself:

Halloween Costume Party

 Thanks for watching;

fab

Illustration Friday - Transportation

This week's topic at Illustration Friday is "Transportation". I tried to think out of the box and there was an umbrella to use, so, with Kasiko's help I came up with this drawing. 


A little girl with a big imagination is travelling across the London sky at night with her red umbrella and red dress... Where is she going? Maybe to meet Harry Potter before he catches his train to Hogwarts from King's Cross, maybe somewhere else you know.


Enjoy!

girl with the red umbrella, ela, ela

Thanks for watching;

fab

I drew it! Yes, I did!

It's been such a long time!

It was few weeks ago, I started. The topic was "immovable" on Illustration Friday. I had a great idea and started drawing but time flies by like sand in our hands, through our fingers. I apologize from everyone but first from myself for being such a lazy bone! Time never stops and it never will. If we don't make the most of it, it is wasted. I hate wasting!

But I believe I didn't do too badly. At least I finished what I started. And now I am sharing with you.

For Illustration Friday, for the topic "immovable", I present, THE AVATAR AANG!

It was drawn by me, completely digitally on photoshop, using mouse and several photoshop tools and by refering several tutorials such as how to draw a rock, how to draw aang etc. but nothing is copied. For the tutorials, I'd like to thank to DragoArt.com.

So, that's it. I know some of you are complaining that I used to write and publish more but here is the deal. Drawing or painting takes a lot more time and energy and at the end you end up with a single drawing instead of pages of writing. It looks less but not less valuable. I am merely trying new things. That's a good thing!

Thanks for watching and see you soon;

fab

Illustration Friday - Caged

This week's topic at Illustration Friday is "Caged".

I thought of drawing a cage or something similar in the first place but after spending some time on the idea, I managed to jump out of the box realized you don't really need a cage to be caged. You might get stuck anywhere, any time and it is not necessarily behind the bars. It might be your work, your school, your city, your country and even your planet. So this was the starting point of my inspiration and first I wanted to draw a human stuck on earth beneath colourful sky but then I looked further in the sky and I saw a little alien, who was stuck on an ugly, smelly planet and I promised him that I would share his story with you so if anyone has a space shuttle, they would know this cute little alien is waiting to be rescued.

There is my little friend, caged by his planet.

I really like this painting and Kasia says I'm getting better at this.

I hope you enjoyed.

See you another week;
fab

Illustration Friday - Diary

This week's topic at Illustration Friday is "Diary". 

This illustration is a first for many aspects. First time I illustrated literally by hand, using pencil for Illustration Friday. First time I used mixed media for an illustration: Sketching, photography and digital manipulation. Another first (and the most important) is this is my first time inking and colouring in in photoshop and I absolutely loved it! It is easier than I though. I found some good tutorials on youtube and just followed the pattern. The result is more than satisfactory! I wanted to learn this tecnique for a long time and thanks to Kasia I gave it a go and after 5-6 days of trying, I have my first digital colouring example. 

I hope you like it too. Please don't hesitate to leave a comment. There is my illustration for this week's topic: Diary

Thanks for watching!

Notes:

1. I borrowed the background pattern from the web. Googled it and it was on the first page. I hope I don't get myself in any trouble. =) Thanks guys! There is the website:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3126/3137643630_1e7f000c4b.jpg

2. As I said I watched some tutorials on youtube. If you're interested, there are some links for you as well:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGVy1xGJbQM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3q32TYchrC4

Illustration Friday - Satellite

This week's topic at Illustration Friday is "Satellite". I didn't have time to do any fresh illustrations but I didn't want to miss out this chance to post some of my old drawings as I'm very much a "moon person" and I love the following drawings.

Here they are:

This one was illustrated for a short story of mine which was inspired after an injury I had back in 2005. The original story is in the following link but it is in Turkish...

 http://fablamaca.blogspot.com/2007/12/karanlk-sokak.html

Following illustrations are from the same short story I wrote in 2008 and it was inspired by one of my dreams (maybe a nightmare) about the bad things happening in my country (Turkey) and a lady was telling me it was about to be too late... Again you can visit following the link to see the original story but it is in Turkish...


http://fablamaca.blogspot.com/2008/05/ayn-anda-benim-lkemde.html

So that's it for this week's illustraions.

Thanks for watching!

Illustration Friday - Paisley

This week's topic at Illustration Friday is "Paisley". Lovely and well known pattern. So I did my own design but I can't say that it's a great job. It was much better before the "green" mistake though. I'm still new in painting... 

Anyway, enjoy.

Thanks for watching;

fab

Illustration Friday - Ripple

This week's topic in Illustration Friday is "Ripple". First I didn't know the meaning of this word but then I checked in the dictionary and on the web. Eventually this week's topic became quite inspiring for me. First time I freshly illustrated for IF and it helped me to understand what a great website and idea IF is. It can really inspire you.

Recently I'm quite into painting on a canvas (this is my second to be honest) and here it is my illustration for this week's topic. I call it "Ripple". (Surprise!)

I painted this last night after midnight although I had to go to work today. Late coming inspiration can be more pleasurable sometimes. After 2 o'clock I went to sleep happy and smiling. 

There is also a picture of the whole canvas for you:

I really like painting this 10x10cm canvases. Maybe I can go for bigger sizes soon. I'm really pleased with this one. 

I hope you enjoyed.

Hope to see you next week;

fab

Illustration Friday - Early

This week's topic in Illustration Friday is 'Early'. So, here there are my long-before-produced drawings for a little story called "A Transfer Story"...

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Illustration Friday - Detective

Thanks to Kash, I found this website, Illustration Friday. Basically it challenges you every week with a topic and you can participate with an illustration. This is my first week. You can get more information about Illustration Friday from Illustration Friday. (Click!)

This week's topic is: Detective.

This is an old drawing of mine but why not? Here we go!

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