Seyhan Argun

Misty Mountain Hop

2011-12-27T15:51:00.000+02:00

Actually I'm not a big fan of fantasy stuff, mostly beceause of the philosophical and political subtexts of the stories I've read/seen and the repetition in the visual concepts and storytelling. But I must say that the "Tolkienian" universe has an irresistible charm. And these days I'm a little bit attracted to it. So the other day I had a little fun on my sketchbook around that fantasy universe.
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Enfaite Je suis pas très fan de la littérature fantastique, un peu à cause des messages sous-jacents philosophiques et politiques dans des histoires que J'ai lu/vu de ce genre et à cause de la répétition de l'univers visuel et des histoires. Mais Je dois avouer que l'univers "Tolkienien" a un charme irrésistible et ces temps-ci Je suis un peu attiré par cet univers. Donc l'autre jour J'ai un peu amusé autour de l'univers fantastique.

BONUS: Click!

Sweet Sixteen

2011-11-23T22:47:00.000+02:00

İki sayfayık bir kısa hikayenin ilk sayfası. İkinci sayfayı gömek için tıklayın.
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Premiere planche d'une histoire courte a deux pages.Pour voir la deuxieme page, cliquez ici.
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First page of a two paged short story. Click here for the 2'nd page.

François Boltana

2011-11-11T19:44:00.005+02:00

Je viens de recevoir une copie du livre consacre a François Boltana, typographe et calligraphe dont J'ai illustre la couvrture. Le bouquin est sorti chez Atelier Perrousseaux

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I've just got a copy of the book about french typographer François Boltana with my illustration on the cover.

et voila l'autre alternatif qu'on n'a pas utilise.
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and the other alternative which is not used.

Les Liaisons Dangereuses / Dangerous Liaisons

2011-10-31T08:26:00.006+02:00

Bu fikir aklıma 2011 Van depreminden sonra bazı yaratıkların nefret dolu yorumlar yapmaya başlamasının ardından geldi. Yine de bir genelleme yapıyormuş gibi olmaktan çekindiğim için çizmedim. Daha sonra nefret dolu mesajların kesilmemesi, deprem vergilerinin politik çıkarlar için başka yerlerde kullanıldığının ortaya çıkması (ki çoğumuz için şaşırtıcı bir haber değil) ve siyasi olsun olmasın bir sürü organizasyonun çıkar ve kar peşinde akbabalar gibi olayın üstüne üşüşmesi üzerine çizmeden duramayacağımı anladım. Çizime başlarken benim kafamda bu illüstrasyon sadece doğuya küçümseme ve öfkeyle bakan milliyetçi küçük burjuva batılı grupla ilgiliydi, o yüzden kağıt bayrağı uzatan eli sivil olduğu belli olacak şekilde çizmeye başladım. Daha sonra bu illüstrasyonun aslında benim kafamdaki birey-devlet ilişkisini yansıttığını farkedince sivil olduğunun altı çizilen kolu hem devleti hem de sistemin kaymağını yiyen orta-büyük burjuva sınıfları aynı anda temsil edebilecek bir şekilde bir daha çizdim.

Çıkış noktam Van depremi olsa da aslında bu illüstrasyonu Van Depremi bağlamının dışında bütün dünyadaki birey-devlet ilişkisi ve aynı zamanda herhangi bir ulus devlet bünyesindeki değişik sosyal sınıfların ilişkisi üzerine bir tespit olarak görüyorum.
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J'ai dessine cette illustration apres le seisme de Van. Mais c'est plutot une illustration sur la relation de l'etat et l'individu et aussi sur la relation de certaines classes sociaux dans un etat national.
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I drew this illustration after the earthquake of Van but in fact it's about the relationship between the state and people internationally and also about the relationship between the social classes under a national state.

The Wall Street Occupation

2011-10-26T04:19:00.004+03:00

Death of Gaddafi / La mort de Kadhafi

2011-10-25T07:25:00.001+03:00

Steve Jobs

2011-10-18T02:56:00.002+03:00

Fragments of my life / Fragments de ma vie

2011-08-21T13:56:00.008+03:00

BONUS (click)

İş / Work / Boulot

2011-07-14T16:32:00.000+03:00

A little making-of of what I do for make a living.
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Un petit making-of de ce que Je fais pour gagner ma vie.

1'st Step: A very rough sketch.
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1'er etape: Un croquis tres rapide.
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1'inci aşama: Çok kaba bir eskiz.

The final drawing in progress on the final sketch.
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Le dessin definitif en progression sur le croquis definitif.
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Orjinal çizimin yarım hali.

The final drawing.
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Le dessin definitif.
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Çizimin son hali.

Then I send this drawing and the final sketch that shows roughly the lights and shadows etc. to the 'Magnificent Halil Ural' to let him work his magic. And he turns the drawing into this:
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Apres J'envoi ce dessin a 'Halil Ural le Magnifique' avec le croquis definitif qui montre en gros les lumieres et les ombres etc. pour qu'il fasse merveille. Et il transforme le dessin a ça:
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Burdan sonra son çizimi, ışık gölgeyi gösteren eskizle birlikte Halil Ural'a yolluyorum. Ve o da çizimi şu hale getiriyor:

Another example of this collaboration:
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Un autre exemple de cette collaboration:
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Bu ekip çalışmasının başka bir ürünü:

2011-06-26T03:50:00.000+03:00

Mood For a Day

2011-06-15T04:19:00.001+03:00

"Putain! Puis-je vraiment dessiner?"
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"Fuck! Can I really draw?"

BONUS:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LY0c6qc95oI

12.06.2011

2011-06-12T15:10:00.000+03:00

Uzmanlar uyardı: "Oy verdikten sonra ellerinizi yıkamayı unutmayın."
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N'oubliez pas lavez vos mains apres avoir vote.
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Don't forget to wash your hands after voting.

BONUS:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arCgCyfth10

Click! Click!

2011-05-24T02:50:00.000+03:00

http://flavors.me/seyhanargun

Paysages Humains de mon Pays / Human Landscapes from My Country

2011-05-18T03:40:00.002+03:00

Drawings of unknowns drawn in cafes or in ferry. Random drawings from my pocket sketch-book. (usually a moleskine)
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Les dessins des inconnus dessines dans les cafes ou dans le bateau en traversant le Bosphore. Tires de mon cahiers de poche au hasard. (en general un moleskine.)
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Vapur ve kafelerden insan manzaraları. Cep defterimdeki çizimlerden rastgele bir seçki.

Fuck Censorship!

2011-05-17T04:04:00.000+03:00

Yesterday, thousands of people protested the censorship in turkey.
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Hier, des milliers des personnes ont fait une manifestation contre la censure en turquie.

One of them was me.
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Moi aussi J'etais la.

❤ Kubrick

2011-05-14T01:03:00.000+03:00

BONUS:
http://www.visual-memory.co.uk/amk/doc/0052.html

The Duel of Drawings / Le Duel des Dessins

2011-05-09T22:39:00.000+03:00

Two portraits drawn simultaneously. (or four...)
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Deux portraits dessines simultanement. (ou quatre...)
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Aynı anda karşılıklı çizilmiş iki portre. (ya da dört...)

Me by David / Moi par David / David'in kaleminden ben:

David by Me / David par Moi / Benim kalemimden David:

This duel goes on since 2009.
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Ce duel continue depuis 2009.
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Bu düello 2009'dan beri sürüyor.

2009:

2010:

155 jours sous les armes...

2011-05-05T21:32:00.001+03:00

Un "preview" d'un projet en cours
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A preview of a project in progress.
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Tadımlık...

Bonus: MAKING OF!

A friday night in a bar...

2011-04-14T04:25:00.000+03:00

English:

Turkish:

Goin' south

2011-03-14T20:49:00.001+02:00

Two and a half weeks in Antalya...
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Deux semaines et demi en Antalya...
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Antalya'da iki buçuk hafta...

Bonus (click!)

To be an artist and nothing more...

2010-12-26T12:41:00.001+02:00

Drawn quickly on the street, painted quickly at home.
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Dessine rapidement dans la rue, peint rapidement chez moi.
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Hızlıca sokakta çizilip evde boyandı.

12.2010

2010-12-17T05:05:00.001+02:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rf2e4QPPxJY

Insomnia

2010-12-13T04:21:00.001+02:00

Last night I couldn't sleep...
Bonus:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R55Qxwwr9pw

I'm not lazy

2010-11-25T22:22:00.000+02:00

Uzun zamandır buraya bir şey yüklemiyorum çünkü yoğun bir şekilde uzun bir senaryo üzerinde çalışıyorum.
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Je poste rien depuis longtemps parce que je bosse sur un scenario assez long. Quelques dessins? Peut-etre un peu plus tard...
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I don't post here anything for a long time beceause I'm working on a long scenario. Some drawings? Maybe later...

Deleted scenes:

Hayat devam ediyor...

2010-10-02T13:11:00.000+03:00

Askerliğimle ilgili bir çizgiroman çizme teklifi aldım. Eğer gerçekleşirse Fransa, Belçika, İsviçre ve hatırlayamadığım bir kaç yabancı ülkede daha basılacak. Malesef Türkiye'de basılmayacak ama eğer ticari bir başarı yakalarsak Türkiye'de de bastırabilirim sanırım.
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On m'a propose faire une BD sur mon service militaire obligatoire. Si on arrive a faire ça, ça va etre publie en France, Belgique, Suisse et quelques autres pays etrangeres. Malheuresement on va pas l'imprimer en Turquie mais Je pense que si on parvienne un succes commercial Je peux le faire imprimer en Turquie aussi.
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I've just had a proposal of drawing a comic book about my obligatory military service. If everything goes right it will be published in France, Belgium, Swiss and some other foreign contries. Unfortunately it won't be printed in Turkey...

Askerde yaptığım bi kaç çizim:
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Et voila quelques petit dessins de mon moleskine de l'armee:
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Some drawings from my army days:

Ils ont peur de la liberte

2010-09-29T04:04:00.000+03:00

Askerlik bitti.
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La service militaire obligatoire est finalement terminee.
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The obligatory military service is over now.

What the hell just happened last night?

2010-08-06T15:33:00.000+03:00

Army is boring

2010-06-15T15:28:00.000+03:00

O sırada Seyhan askerde günlerini Gorki okuyup moleskin'ine çizim yaparak ve bol bol sıkılarak geçirmektedir...
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Meanwhile, in his obligatory military service, Seyhan passes his days by reading Gorki and drawing on his moleskine...

"Atış Serbest" Printed

2010-04-07T18:22:00.000+03:00

Last work printed before the obligatory military service.

A Table 01

2010-02-25T22:35:00.000+02:00

MOEBIUS-ARZAK-DIEU

2010-02-14T12:41:00.000+02:00

Bazen hayat güzel olabiliyor.
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Je viens de recevoir ça. Temps en temps la vie est belle.
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I've just had it. Sometimes life is good.

Storyboarding

2010-01-31T12:13:00.000+02:00

"Yahu senin elinden çizim mizim geliyor, ileride bizim storyboard işlerimiz olabilir sen anlar mısın bu işten?"
Bu soru beni bekleyen uykusuz gecelerin habercisiydi adeta. Her neyse 4 günde 5 storyboard (daha doğrusu mood board) çizip patrona teslim ettim. Burada yazamayacağım hikayelerden birini çizerken "biraz eğlenmek benim de hakkım" diyerek çok sevdiğim iki sanatçının portresini de araya sıkıştırdım. Evet renkler fazla photoshop kokuyor ve biraz baştan savma gibi ama sonuçta bunlar storyboard kareleri.
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Last week I draw 5 storyboards in 4 days. (not shootingboards) Actually I don't draw much storyboards but when your boss wants some storyboards for free, and you are the only one at work who can draw them thats what happens. Anyway in one of the stories I had the chance of make tributes to two of my favorite artists. So I had fun a little bit.
Ok the colors are too much "photoshop" and a little sloppy but come on, these are storyboard cases.

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La semaine derniere J'ai dessine 5 storyboards en 4 jours. (pas de shootingboards, plutot des moodboards) Normalement Je dessine pas trop de storyboards (et Je n'aime pas les dessiner) mais si tu es le seul au boulot qui peux les dessiner et le patron veut des stroyboards gratuits on est obige.

Ce qui m'as amuse un peu, en dessinant une des histoires J'ai eu la chance de faire deux petits hommages aux deux artistes que J'aime bien. Bon Je sais que les couleurs sont trop "photoshop" et debraillees mais allez ce sont des cases de storyboards.

Foreplay

2010-01-07T14:35:00.000+02:00

Kurtarıcı

2010-01-07T00:03:00.001+02:00

2010 iyi başladı. Red Dergisi Ocak sayısındayım.

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2010 begins nice. My short story is printed on Red Magazine.

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2010 a commence bien. Mon histoire courte est imprimee dans le magazine Red.

2010

2009-12-31T17:45:00.001+02:00

What was that?

2009-12-16T10:27:00.000+02:00

Ça devrait etre une illustration de promo pour un groupe d'etudiants qui realisent des courts metrages. Une d'eux est un pote a moi. A la fin c'est abandonne a cause de la cigarette du cobeau.

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This was supposed to be a promo illustration for a group of students who shoots short films. One of them is a friend of mine. At the end they didn't want to use this beceause of the cigarette.

Crow

2009-12-03T10:18:00.001+02:00

Une illustration pour quelquechose que Je vais pas declarer pour l'instant.

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An illustration for something that I won't declare for the moment.

"The passion for destruction is also a creative passion." - Bakunin

2009-11-18T17:26:00.000+02:00

"Yıkım tutkusu aynı zamanda yapıcı bir tutkudur." Bakunin

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A making of of a case.

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Un making of d'une case.

et le titre c'est: "La passion de detruire est en meme temps une passion creative" - Bakunin

Amazing Journey

2009-11-17T15:39:00.000+02:00

Last days of autumn 2008... I'm somewhere around Assos. Timeless places, a journey that seems like changing you... but a few days later I'm back in the city...

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Les derniers jours de l'automne 2008... Je suis quelque part autour d'Assos. Lieux intemporels, un voyage qui semble te changer... mais quelque jours plus tard Je rentre a la ville...

Nothing has changed...

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Rien n'a change...

Atış Serbest

2009-09-24T18:56:00.001+03:00

Raaah!

2009-08-21T16:01:00.000+03:00

Un petit making of.

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A little making of.

whisky-rolling stones-watercolours

2009-08-03T15:24:00.000+03:00

That's why I can't work on week-ends...

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C'est pour cela que Je peux pas bosser aux week-ends...

Preview

2009-07-14T11:21:00.000+03:00

Un croquis en aquarelle d'une case d'une histoire courte et la version finale de cette case.
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A research sketch with watercolor for a case of a short story and the final version of this case.

Sometimes I wish I were a vampire...

2009-07-09T09:42:00.000+03:00

Je passe 9 heures par jour au boulot. Il me reste que des nuits pour bosser sur les BDs et Je peux terminer une case par jour avec 4 heures du someil.

PS: Le dessin ci dessus n'est ni un extrait d'une BD, ni un autoportrait.

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As I spend 9 hours at work, I can only complete one case per diem. (with 4 hours of sleep)

PS: This drawing is neither an extract of a story nor a self-portrait.

Nargile

2009-07-06T18:31:00.000+03:00

Saturday Mornings - Samedi matins

2009-07-04T05:02:00.000+03:00

2009-07-02T13:08:00.001+03:00

A quick sketch from a very old photo of an ottoman mendicant.
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Un dessin rapide en aquarelle d'une photo tres ancienne d'un mendiant ottoman.

Ernesto Guevara de la Serna - El Che

2009-06-29T22:47:00.000+03:00

An etching that I made in my art school.
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Une gravure que J'ai fait en ecole d'art.

Nazım Hikmet

2009-06-29T10:53:00.000+03:00

En mars J'avais dessine une BD pour la magazine "Red". L'histoire racontait une confrontation imaginaire entre Nazım Hikmet et la oligarchie de Turquie. Je crois que ce n'est pas si difficile de deviner le gagnant :)
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In march I made a short graphic-novel for the "Red" magazine. It was about an imaginary facing of Nazım Hikmet and the oligarchy of Turkey. I think it's not hard to guess the winner :)

Eski Zamanlar

2009-06-28T23:55:00.001+03:00

Quelque dessins pour une autre bande dessinee annulee...
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Some drawings for another cancelled graphic novel project...

Tatbiki Güzel Sanatlar/Marmara GSF 50.Yıl sergisi

2009-06-28T23:04:00.000+03:00

A natural evolution of a poster

2009-06-28T22:32:00.000+03:00

For my art school project I had to participate the poster contest "good50x70". As usual I made this poster in about 1 hour and sent it 15 minutes before the end of the participation time.
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Je devais participer au concours de l'affiche "Good50x70" pour un devoir de mon ecole d'art. Comme d'habitude j'ai commence au dernier moment et j'ai termine cette affiche en une heure. Je l'ai pu envoye 15 minutes avant la fin de l'inscription.

The next day I made some modifications and reached this image.
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Le lendemain, j'ai repris l'affiche tranquillement et j'ai gagne cette image.

And than the advices (orders) of my professor transformed the poster into this!
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Apres, les recommandations (ordres) de mon professeur a trensforme l'affiche a ça! (malediction)

Hopefully the first poster that I sent to the contest has selected for the exibition. Through that, I could ignore the blue poster and create this one. (thank you good50x70, you won't save the world but you've just saved my poster)
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Heureusement la premiere affiche que j'avais envoye au concours est choisi pour l'exibition (y'a pas de prix, etre choisi pour l'exibition est le seul prix). Grace a ça j'ai pu resilier l'affiche bleue causee par le proffesseur et gagner l'affice qu'on voit au dessus. (merci good50x70, vous ne pourrez pas sauver le monde mais vouz avez sauve mon devoir.)