Hi,
Illustrated this for a magazine article about failed ship investments.
Hope you like it, and if you do, check out my daily updated weblog for more imagery.
All the best,
Metin
Nice style ! as usual 
Thanks! 
is that Schwarzenegger in the boat? - he’s huge
that’s a really cool image :!:
Now that you mention it. It’s a stylized shaped guy, but he does have a slight resemblance to the figure of the Governator.
that’s a really cool image :!:
Thanks man!
Cheers,
the Termetinator
Nice work Metin, I like your special illustration style.
Just gave your blog a shot and saw some hand drawings. The mourning drawings are really good, especially given the fact that you haven’t drawn for long time.
no worries metin. are you anywhere near tilburg? i’m coming over weekend after next for a big 100 strong van herpt reunion. wish me luck :shock:
Thanks Gijs!
Just gave your blog a shot and saw some hand drawings. The mourning drawings are really good, especially given the fact that you haven’t drawn for long time.
Thanks again! I’m doing my best to keep that up, but I’m such an incurable computer addict that it’s hard to pull myself away from my computer desk. Life is hard.
Hi Nik,
Ah, a family reunion, how lovely. Good luck, I’ll think of you while I’m enjoying 3ds Max.
I’m not located in the neighbourhood of Tilburg. Hilversum is much more to the North. So I can’t promise you to pull you away from your family and have a beer or six while loudly discussing V-Ray.
Cheers,
Metin
what an offer, unfortunately i think i would be shot if i missed meeting the family :?
Tilburg hey, that’s where I live
Metin, I know what you mean, I want to force myself to use more hand drawing as well, but it’s a completely different world. I remember on university, I used to work on hand made design drawings for 20 to 40 hours, and I just don’t have the patience anymore, knowing that I can make a more realistic image in much less time using rhino, solidworks, max and vray. Somehow I regret that, but on the other hand I cannot image anymore, not having these tools at hand when making design concepts.
hi gijs, yeah we’re meeting at the De Commanderie. you may know of it :?:
i don’t have any choice in the matter anyway. fly over, turn up, meet a whole lot of strangers and get drunk :shock:
Commanderie? amazing, that’s 3 minutes walking from where I work…
small world 
I can totally identify with what you wrote here. Of course digital tools like Max offer such a powerful arsenal of possibilities that it stretches your creativity far more than just a pencil and a piece of paper. But somehow I’ve always kept the feeling that a true creative person should be able to adopt any medium and create beautiful things with it after the right amount of practice. So when I tell someone that I’m an illustrator, I should be able to prove that the classical way as well, in my humble opinion.
The bottom line is that if that fabulous calculator wasn’t on my desk I should be able to call myself an artist anyway, or else it would not feel right.
Goodnight,
Metin
Nice image metin.
I like the refraction on the drops
Thank you too Chris! Your comments will give me a good night’s rest in a moment, when I’ve managed to pull myself away from my computer.
Damn cool render, love the waves
That sure does look like Arnie.
vey nice idea and style as always Metin!
Now you must make your legostylez man in real!
Thanks very much guys!
Priad, I would love to design toy stuff. I started my www.figurefarm.com project mainly because of that desire. I’ve approached a lot of toy companies and licensing companies, but it seems that you’ll have to be well-known first, by writing a successful children’s book, a movie or anything like that, before a toy publisher shows interest.
Stupid thing is of course that everything you know was once unknown. It’s good marketing that pushes something towards publicity and success. So it’s like “What was there first, the chicken or the egg?”
Cheers,
Metin