Mehmet Saygin

Illustration Firday, "Superstition"

2007-11-21T12:32:00.000+02:00

Hi,
My entry for IF, "Superstition" subject.
A graphical work inspired by fantastic Turkish cartoonist Turhan Selcuk.

Best,

IllustrationFriday / Hats

2007-11-05T20:46:00.000+02:00

Hi,

It's done for IllustrationFriday, "Hats" topic.

Best,

IllustrationFriday / Open

2007-10-11T17:38:00.000+03:00

I hope you enjoy :)
Click on illustration for larger view :)

Treehouse

2007-05-07T10:07:00.000+03:00

Hi,

I hate waiting months to post a new message but it happens :(

Anyway, this was done for an online nature magazine to accompany a children's story;

It is a new start and I will update here often, at least I hope so :)

Best,

Arthur de Pins & Julien Neel

2007-01-26T09:28:00.000+02:00

Hi,

When I want to purchase books from France, I usually prefer Alapage.com
2 weeks ago my new package has arrived :)

Arthur de Pins is my all time favourite living illustrator, he is making the most fun stuff for me.
Illustration, animation, whatever he makes is like a slap on my face :)
Just check the flash animation loop on his web site

The problem is there were no books by him to put on my shelves.Finally, Fluide Glacial collected his adult stories that published in Max mag; "Peches Mignons"
Well, most of them were on my harddisc but the smell of a new book is priceless.

Front cover

Back cover, click and view it bigger

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There were 2 more books in the package, Julien Neel's Lou 2 and 3.

The only word describing Lou is "wonderful".I saw many ecards by Lulien Neel then I found Lou on a trip to France. Neel uses colors incredibly, I can't stop viewing pages.

It is good to see them bigger, click here.

This page is in French but there are beautiful images to check.

And an image from that page to finish my post;

Cheers,

Happy New Year!

2007-01-01T17:53:00.000+02:00

Well, with one day delay, I wish a happier and healthier year to all of you, Happy New Year :)

Start new year with dancing cows, click here.

Moo!

Christmas is just around the corner

2006-12-22T10:11:00.000+02:00

Hi,

Christmas is just around the corner :)

If you haven't build a Christmas tree yet, it is not too late, click here!
There are many similar games and this is my version, enjoy!

Happy Holidays :))

CartoonPortfolio is up!

2006-12-04T10:52:00.000+02:00

Hi,

My friend, Ilgaz, has his own Flash cartoon portfolio, a must visit Flash content;

CartoonPortfolio.com

And an ecard screenshot from one of my latest ecard animations;

Click here to check the animation, it is a cute, interactive ecard with a surprise at the end :)

Cheers,

Fall illustration and the Shooting game

2006-11-21T15:56:00.000+02:00

Hi,

A screenshot from one of my Flash e-card animations;

Click for larger view

and a Flash game screenshot;

Click for larger version

Click here to view the animation and here to play the game, enjoy :)

Btw, I am having technical problems with replying comments, I am sorry about it.

Cheers :)

2 new ecard screenshots

2006-09-14T11:53:00.000+03:00

Hi,

2 new screenshots from my latest flash animations, cute stuff ;

Click here for larger version

Best :)

Mermaid and the fisherman

2006-08-17T09:37:00.000+03:00

Hi,

A screenshot from one of my animated ecards, click on the image for larger view;

Click here to view the animation, and here to download it as an animated wallpaper or screensaver.

Cheers :)

Run run run!

2006-07-27T10:07:00.000+03:00

Hi,

2 new photographs, the first one is one of my favourites of all my photos, click on them for larger view;

Best,

Birthday

2006-07-25T09:52:00.000+03:00

Hi,

The blog was dead for 2 months, now it is back :)

A screenshot from one of my latest flash ecards;

Click for larger version.

To view the animation and send to your friends, click here!

Come back soon, the blog will be really active in following days :)

Cheers,

Click for stars!

2006-05-25T11:46:00.000+03:00

Hi,

Another screenshot from one of my Flash animations;

If you want to view it as a Flash animation and play, please click here !

Best,

Flash game

2006-05-24T15:38:00.000+03:00

Hi,

Last year we developed this Flash game for AutomatedQA Corp. Actionscript part is done by Ayhan Gökoğlu.

You can play it when you need a break at work :)

Best,

Charcoal sketch

2006-04-11T16:29:00.000+03:00

Sometimes I am trying to stay away from my computer and enjoy classic mediums like charcoal, pencil...I make 5-10 minutes fast sketches from photos.
One of those charcoal sketches, with some Photoshop touch;

Best,

Roots

2006-03-18T16:37:00.000+02:00

Hi,

My grandmother and her mother; my roots, my precious...

Selamlar,

Shamrock

2006-03-15T09:58:00.000+02:00

Hi,

A screenshot from another St.Patrick's Day animation;

Click for larger version

You can view the animation and send to your friends on FlashFunPages.com

Best,

St.Patrick's Day

2006-03-10T12:00:00.000+02:00

Hi,

I am sorry that it took so long for a new post. Now, better late than never :)

St.Patrick's Day illustration & animation;

Click for larger version

Click here to view and play the animation and visit ColorfulDesktops.com to download it as animated wallpaper & screensaver.

Cheers :)

Flowers

2006-02-15T12:36:00.000+02:00

Hi,

My new baby and the hard winter kept me at home, so I shoot some stills; elegant white flowers on dark backgrounds.These are photographs with less contrast compared to my other photographs, all shot with natural light through window.

Click on them for larger view;

Best,

New animation on BLOGcartoons!

2006-02-13T09:45:00.000+02:00

Hi,

I added a new free blog animation on BLOGcartoons ;

src="http://www.cartoonbanners.com/bloganim/mybirthdayeng.swf?text=01/01/2006" quality="high" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="160" height="280">

Enjoy!

New e-card

2006-01-31T10:15:00.000+02:00

Hi,

A new, short e-card animation;

Click for larger version

Click here to view and send the e-card to your friends, or download it as a wallpaper or a screensaver at ColorfulDesktop.com.

Best,

An Italian proverb

2006-01-24T10:56:00.000+02:00

Hi,

A fun e-card based on an Italian proverb;

Click on images for larger versions.

Click here to view the animation.Animated/static wallpapers and screensaver versions are available at Colorfuldesktops.com.

Best,

Ships

2006-01-21T10:52:00.000+02:00

Hi,

All photographs that I sent till now were from the same series, "At the field"
Now, 2 different photographs, 2 ships;

Click on them for larger versions.

Best,

First Valentine's Day animation

2006-01-11T11:43:00.000+02:00

Hi,

An interactive flash animation, done for the upcoming Valentine's Day;

Click for larger view

Click here to view and play, and download it as animated wallpaper or screensaver from ColorfulDesktops.com

Best,

New illustration

2006-01-06T12:35:00.000+02:00

Hi,

My latest wallpaper illustration, click for larger version;

You can download it as an animated wallpaper, high-res static wallpaper or animated screensaver at ColorfulDesktops.com

Best,

2 new photographs

2006-01-02T15:31:00.000+02:00

Hi,

The first post of 2006 will be on photography section.

Last 2 photographs from this series, click to see larger;

Best,

Happy New Year

2005-12-31T11:43:00.000+02:00

Jose Luis Agreda and the new books

2005-12-29T11:30:00.000+02:00

Hi,

The 2 packages that I wrote about have arrived, I am as happy as the day is long :)
I noticed that no one cares about the books in my own library, so I will skip the new books by titles.

Only one book will be our interest because of the artist.
It is Cosecha CMYK by Jose Luis Agreda.

Agreda is always in my top three artists of our times.Another name in the list is Arthur De Pins, but he will be the subject of another post in future :)

Agreda has a fantastic style, he uses shapes and forms with great success.His drawings are very dynamic, I feel like figures are flowing.

He published a book named "Cosecha Rosa" and won several comic awards with this graphic novel.

With his own words on DRAW magazine #8;
"When Cosecha Rosa ( Pink Harvest) won on the "Salo Internacinal del Comic de Barcelona", I had to prepare a show for the next year's convention.As I was doing it, I thought it would be interesting to publish a catalogue of it that could be read also as a comic apart from the show.So the exhibition was prepared to show the process of creating the book that had won ( and the process of the rest of my work), and the catalogue would be read as a comic with a main character showing this process.I entitled it Cosecha CMYK( CMYK Harvest), and there are a lot of sketches, illos, finished art, scripts, character designing..."

Well, this is the book I received, with an original drawing inside, signed to my name :)

The cover;

Page 47;

Below, you will see the photographs of his exhibition, click to see larger;

I am posting some of his work, it is hard to choose, again, click for larger versions;

Agreda started his own blog, check for more artwork and info.

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The 4th package contains 4 titles;

* The Complete Calvin and Hobbes

In my opinion Bill Watterson's Calvin&Hobbes is the most succesful strip ever and now the whole collection is together in 3 hard cover books. A real treasure for me.

* Shag: The Art of Josh Agle (224 pages, hardcover)

* Flight Volume 1 (208 pages, paperback)

* Buddy Bites the Bullet ( 120 pages, paperback)

The end of poor Stinky is really surprising there!

Best :)

Customizable Flash animations for your blog

2005-12-22T19:56:00.000+02:00

Hi,

I just finished to work on my new blog;

BLOGcartoons

I will be posting free, customizable Flash cartoons that other bloggers can add to their blogs or web sites.I already posted 2 "Merry Christmas" cartoons.
All you need to add these animations to your blogs is pasting the code to your templates.

You can find more information, how-to guide on blog main page.I added shortcuts to important posts on side-bar.

I designed an animated banner for BLOGcartoons.If you don't think that a flying cow on your page is not annoying, feel free to add this banner on your blog or web page.Please check it on sidebar under categories.Just copy the code below and paste it on your template to add the banner.

I hope these animations will help you to improve your blogs :)

Best,

Blog banner

2005-12-21T14:46:00.000+02:00

Hi,

Say, you really enjoy my blog and want to support it, and there is some free space on your blog or website! Hah, here is what you need, a funky banner!

Just copy the code below and paste to your blog template :)

Thanks.

Believe or not...

2005-12-17T20:46:00.000+02:00

Hi,

Another Flash animation screenshot;

Click the image for the larger version

Click here to view the animation which was really fun for me to develop.

Best :)

Christmas wallpaper animation

2005-12-08T09:10:00.000+02:00

Hi,

I designed a fun, animated wallpaper animation for Christmas.

Click for a larger version of the screenshot;

and a higher-res. detail;

You can view it on FlashFunPages website or download from ColorfulDesktops website.

Best :)

Ece

2005-12-04T21:43:00.000+02:00

Hi,

I couldn't have a chance to post for a while, the reason is my second daughter's birth on Nov.16,2005;

Her name is "Ece" , which means "Queen"
The operation, the visitors, my work, plans against her sister's jealousy :) kept me busy until now but it is time to say;
Welcome Ece :)

DRAWN! is one of two fantastic art blogs that I read everyday and they mentioned my blog on blog-parade post.
Too much visitors finished my bandwith and until I notice it, my portfolio website was not available for 2 days :)
Who cares! It is an honor for me to be listed there.Thanks for the plug Johnny, it is good to see some visitors around.

Since my blog is still on illustration&animation, here is a screenshot from one of my latest Christmas e-cards and link to the animation.
Meanwhile, I'll be with my daughters.

Best :)

New books in the mail...

2005-11-28T11:27:00.000+02:00

New books in the mail :)

The second package arrived 10 days ago, now it is from Stuart Ng Books.The first one was from PaintMonster and the related post can be found here.

The books were carefully packaged, thanks for the care Stuart Ng Books.

The first book is “Fragments”, a 96 pages, full color collection of sketches, doodles and paintings by Ronnie Del Carmen and Enrico Casarosa, signed by both Casarosa and Del Carmen.

Image taken from EnricoCasarosa.com

It is a self published book and each artist has 48 pages, back to back covers.
Btw, both Casarosa and Del Carmen are Pixar storyboard artists and I enjoy their artwork for years from Drawing Board.

Ronnie Del Carmen has a self-published comic, “Paper Biscuit, with his own words;

“Paper Biscuit is a self-published comic book intended to house all the my explorations in story, art and matters in between, whatever that may be. "Half-life" is the first story that features, Nina, a young girl with the particular affliction of being able to walk in her dreams awake. Like you or I walking down our neighborhood or the mall, Nina has been finding herself in her dreamworld fully lucid and able to interact with whatever's there. She cannot induce the condition nor can she wake herself up if things get too scary.”

Image taken from RonnieDelCarmen.com

Here you can find a thread at Drawingboard.org, dedicated to his character “nina” including artwork from great talents on board.

And Enrico Casarosa has “The Adventures of Mia”, another self-published comic.

“It wasn't surprising when I read that Enrico Casarosa makes his living working on storyboards at Pixar Animation Studios because The Adventures of Mia is a stunning, cinematic delight. The panel layouts and transition are flawless, capturing a vivid sense of energy and movement unparalleled by neighbouring comics in the field. Casarosa's art has a distinct European feel with elaborate illustrations. You can tell from Casarosa's detailed brush strokes that his skill is only surpassed by his love for the medium he works in.” wrote Dana Tillusz, in comicreaders.com.

Image taken from EnricoCasarosa.com

Here, the “Mia” gallery, again submissions from many artists.

The latest news from the 2 artist is a great artshow including Tadahiro Uesugi;

“3 Trees Make a Forest” at Gallery Nucleus.

Image taken from EnricoCasarosa.com

Tadahiro Uesugi was a new name for me but I am deeply impressed.
There are prints available from the gallery website but I wonder if there will be a book of the show.
New posts are added to Ronnie Del Carmen’s blog about the event.

The second book is again from Casarosa; “SKETCH CRAWLING”, a 40 page full color, watercolored, autobiographical comic.There are also some watercolored sketches at the end of the book which made me buy a watercolor set :)
I have the #188/500, signed by Casarosa.

Image taken from EnricoCasarosa.com

Since we already now who is Casarosa, let’s talk about “Sketch Crawling”.
It is an organisation that people meet, walk and sketch around, founded by Casarosa, great fun J
Well, it is better you read it from SketchCrawl website.

Btw, I want to say that I am really surprised when I see the books.I was expecting big sized books but the books are really small, like A5 size.I am confused with inch-cm convertion when I read book properties :)

The third book is;
HELLBOY 10TH ANNIVERSARY 1994-2004: A BOOK OF DRAWINGS.
By Mike Mignola, a collection of all-new never-before-published drawings.

Image taken from Hellboy.com

As a Mignola art fan, I am really satisfied with this unpublished drawings, especially the last few “Prague” drawings hit me, fantastic!
A color card print is attached the book and I have the #1328/2000, signed by Mignola himself :)

Image taken from StuartNGbooks.com

Talking about Hellboy, don't forget to check the Hellboy Animated blog, The Production Diary of the Hellboy Animated Projects.You can find info on up-coming Hellboy animated series with many images.

And the last book is “DUK! SOUP” by Chad E. Townsend, signed by Townsend.
The 32 pages, b&w book comes in a printed earth color envelope.
Unfortunately, the book is a little disappointment for me. It is not because of the artwork nor the print, just my expectations.
Chad E.Townsend is a great talent but I was expecting a book full of that cute DUK character.The samples I saw before ordering the book were all cute, funny stuff but Townsend has many styles in the book with different themes like Sci-Fi, vehicles, space ships etc. which are not very interesting for me.
I am still ready to buy anything related that great character DUK!

Image taken from ChadTownsend.com

You can purchase DUK! SOUP here and read a better review than mine by Randy Lander.

There are 2 packages on the way, one from Spain and one from US, coming sooon....

Happy Thanksgiving :)

2005-11-19T22:57:00.000+02:00

Hi,

I designed a fun, animated wallpaper and screensaver with Thanksgiving theme.
I spent too much time on this one and I am really happy with the artwork :)

Enjoy the Thanksgiving with a dancing Turkey band on your desktop;

Best,

Christmas is on the way...

2005-11-14T14:45:00.000+02:00

Hi,

Christmas is on the way and I already started to work on Christmas ecards.
2 screenshots from 2 different ecards, please click on them for larger versions;

Visit FlashFunPages.com for my Christmas ecards and ColorfulDesktops.com for Christmas animated wallpapers & screensavers :)
Best,

Paint Monster's WAO

2005-11-12T13:01:00.000+02:00

Hi,

This morning I found a yellow envelope in front of my door.The books I ordered last week started to arrive.
First one is from Sapporo,Japan, PaintMonster's (Marty M. Ito) WAO, the collection of doodle.
Having a brand new sketchbook in your hands is the best way to start a new day :) I have the #44 of limited 50.

I am following Marty's work on DrawingBoard for long time, he has a cute, childish style which I really enjoy.

You can follow his latest work on his blog and check the post about his book WAO, here.

On PaintMonster.com you can find more illustrations, sketches, small cute sculptures , and an online store to have them :)
I can't think of a better way to spend a $7.

And Marty, thanks for the extras :)

2 more photographs...

2005-11-10T14:23:00.000+02:00

Hi,

2 more photographs from "At the field" series;

Best,

ColorfulDesktops.com

2005-11-08T11:38:00.000+02:00

Hi,

I couldn't have a chance to post because of an annoying hardware problem and holiday season here.
I was busy on a new fun site for a while and now, the site is online;

Colorfuldesktops.com

The site offers animated screensavers and animated wallpapers.Static, jpeg versions of wallpapers are also available in 3 different dimensions if you don't feel fancy these days :)

There are 40 animated scrensavers and wallpapers available at the moment, like the one I posted before.We will keep the site updated often, so you may subscribe the newsletter on homepage.

Please click on samples below to see larger versions, you need to check ColorfulDesktops.com to download files in original dimensions ;

Best,

Halloween screenshots

2005-10-21T11:10:00.000+03:00

Hi,

Screenshots from the e-cards I made for the upcoming Halloween;

Best,

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Posted by MehmetSaygin to MehmetSaygin / Illustration at 10/21/2005 01:08:00 AM

Cafepress

2005-10-12T15:28:00.000+03:00

Now and then, I also own a Cafepress store :)
Not sure if I found another time-waster, or a good way to promote my main website :)

First, I uploaded the surfing illustration above and I am planning to add more personal artwork that I made at spare times.

Enjoy the shirts ;)

more photographs from the "At the field" series...

2005-10-07T10:16:00.000+03:00

More photographs from the "At the field" series...

Click on photos for larger versions;

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Posted by MehmetSaygin to MehmetSaygin / Photography at 10/07/2005 12:14:00 AM

2 great talents and their blogs

2005-09-29T11:22:00.000+03:00

It makes me jealous everytime I discover a new artist :)
I deeply enjoy their artwork, nothing can make me more happy but I always feel a little sad that I didn't make those drawings.Not sure how to beat these feelings with thousands of great talents around, help me!!

Now, two of them;

Matt Jones and his great work inspired by the movie "City of Gods"
I watched the movie few times and I really think Matt did a great job here to reflect the mood of the movie, the opening scene.
Click the image for the larger version;

Second artist is Matt Cruickshank and his work "Midnight On my Roof", which is stunning b/w work, my wallpaper for a week.
Click the image for the larger version;

Click their names above and check their blogs for more artwork!

Best,

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Posted by MehmetSaygin to MehmetSaygin / Artists at 9/29/2005 12:55:00 AM

Animated wallpaper and screensaver

2005-09-24T16:21:00.000+03:00

merhaba,

To promote my new site, CartoonBanners.com, I designed an animated desktop wallpaper and a screensaver, 2 funny cows playing ping-pong :);

You can download the wallpaper clicking here and the screensaver here. Or click here to view the animation before downloading.

Simply start the .exe files and follow the instructions, when you click "Finish" your wallpaper or screensaver will be set.To remove the application, use your operating system's control panel as any other wallpaper or screensaver, or use uninstall option of the application.

Please feel free to distribute the files, send your friends or publish on your web site :)

Best,

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Posted by MehmetSaygin to MehmetSaygin / Animation at 9/24/2005 06:11:00 AM

M.Ali Turkmen

2005-09-23T16:59:00.000+03:00

Hi,

On May, 1998, I found a book named; “Maybe these things...” at a secondhand book store.
With full of impressive painted illustrations/cartoons, the book was a big catch. Each piece was a gem and I was totally stranger to the artist.

I read there was another book from the artist on 1991, in the foreword by Ferit Edgu;

“Mehmet Ali Turkmen’s collection, entitled “I mean...” was published in 1991.This album was dedicated to the “young at heart” and was a collection of diverse concepts and styles.Yet within the collection there was one centrel and uniting theme: black humour.

This time, we are presented with his work as a whole.The pieces have been researched, carefully selected and decided upon: the improvement in style is a product of these combined processes.

The plain inflicted by the black humour has intensified, and yet you will see that the subject matter is not limited to this alone.If color and style are an inseparable concept, then colour and concept are inseparable from style.In order words, we are not confronted merely with “colored sketches”, ( I find it hard to find an appropriate name for this work; the best I can do is caricature) what we have is a visual art product.With his absurd approach to the dramatic, Turkmen can be compared to Roland Topor.Both artist look upon life’s many contradictions through a veil of.It is as their hands have sight, as well as their eyes.The hand appears to draw what it itself sees.And as they, the artists, literally see this way, they make you believe in their art.

As you turn these pages, do not forget that what you are being shown is not life but art.
If you are kind of person who can do two things at once, try to think a little while you are laughing.Or as Turkmen does, do the opposite.

FERİT EDGÜ, Dcemeber 5, 1994 / ISTANBUL”

Till I find his third book by coincidence, I never heard about the book, nor I see it in any bookstore.The text below from the third book explains it;

“It was in 1996 that this book was published with the title “Maybe these things...” but, unfortunately, it could not reach its true audience other than close friends and relatives as its distribution was hampered by certain facts.”

The third book has smaller dimensions but hardcover.The same strong humour continue in the new works but the style is a little bit different.He seems more comfortable with painting, paintings are more fee, more untidy, I think I like it more this way.

I am not sure to say “colors are brighter”, since the same works from the previous books seems different in this book because of printing, it is hard to judge.

The artwork below are scanned by me with my poor Mustek scanner, so colors are not the best but they are still exciting.

At http://www.mehmetaliturkmen.com/ , you can find artist’s website.I guess there is a technical problem with Flash site, so just, right-click and press “Play” to enter the website.More artwork, his biography and contact information can be found on the website.

Next artist, Selçuk Demirel...Coming soon :)

Best,

* All of the artwork used in this post are copyrighted.
©www.mehmetaliturkmen.com

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Posted by MehmetSaygin to MehmetSaygin / Artists at 9/23/2005 06:52:00 AM

FortuneTeller

2005-09-20T10:03:00.000+03:00

Hi,

Below are 2 screenshots from one of my animations at FlashFunPages.com, click on images for larger versions;

and inside the tent;

Best,

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Posted by MehmetSaygin to MehmetSaygin / Illustration at 9/19/2005 11:55:00 PM

Photographs from the "At the Field" series...

2005-09-18T11:30:00.000+03:00

Hi,

First, I am planning to post some of my favourite photos from last year.I will add 2 photographs for each post, so that I can synchronize shooting and posting asap :)

Click on photos for larger versions;

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Posted by MehmetSaygin to MehmetSaygin / Photography at 9/18/2005 01:29:00 AM

Another e-card from FlashFunPages.com

2005-09-16T23:22:00.000+03:00

Hi again,

Here is another e-card that I developed for FlashFunPages.com, please click here to view the animation :)

Best,

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Posted by MehmetSaygin to MehmetSaygin / Animation at 9/16/2005 01:16:00 PM

FlashFunPages site

2005-09-14T10:53:00.000+03:00

An e-card animation that I developed for FlashFunPages.com. I also designed the layout and the cartoon header of the site.

A small screenshot of the cartoon header;

Click here to view the animation.

Best,

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Posted by MehmetSaygin to MehmetSaygin / Animation at 9/14/2005 12:49:00 AM

2005-09-09T10:15:00.000+03:00

Hi,

My name is Mehmet Saygin and I am a freelance artist who works primarily in the flash animation, illustration and full flash web design sectors.
In this blog, I will post links to my latest projects, animations, illustrations, photographs.
I will also post about my favourite artists, animation/illustration related web sites, forums, books, well, shortly, what I do lately and what I like...

Nice to meet you :)