Black Helmet

[optic]

Hi all,

I painted a helmet of a friend as a quick little surprise between some jobs. It was done in a very little time but he was very pleased with the result as he was not expecting anything other than a simple black coat of paint on it. I hope it goes well with the Holloween spirit of the day.

Hello optic--you know I'm a big fan of your work & always look forward to your posts--I can see you've been very busy..I don't usually comment on flame work as I don't make pretty ones, but I admire those that continue to post them..I love the dots on the wicked cats cheeks--I've seen some of your other work with the same technique & I believe it might be a location or cultural type application..I like it-- nice job!!

[optic]

Thank you Darla,

I am glad you liked this. I know you appreciate my works for most of the time and support me. I sincerely think you are a well experienced artist whom we all feel lucky to have as one of the moderators here.

As for the cultural influence, in all the three different web sites I posted this helmet I got similar comments on cultural influences. I thought I could send the same reply to make it clearer for all that most of my works may not really be regarded as traditional around my area:

"Thanks for your contribution. I guess the web site below and the sub topic on culture tv (you can see some fragments of life in Istanbul) can be useful to get some ideas.
http://goturkey.kulturturizm.gov.tr

Actually Turks do have a very old and wide cultural background which was enriched with the interections with the several nations and cultures from Far East to Western Europe. Some time this is interpreted as being warriors by Western people. But this was of course not the essence of my culture which is actually a really wide heritage including many areas from broad selections of Turkish cousine to several styles of music existed simultaneously over the centuries. Of course, I make use of this heritage. Nevertheless, the traditional Turkish arts do not include any aspects which can be regarded as sth similar to some of my works you have seen. I am one of the very few airbrush artists in my country and I have my own unique style and individual approach to every new project. I am one of a kind around here, as some of you from the outside have noticed as well. Mate, no one really understands me around here but this doesn't mean that I am not well known or well recognized. I am one of a kind, as every single one of you in this web site."

A Canadian friend in another site, who says he visited Turkey only once, thinks my work does not have much to do with what he saw around here and these are my kind of things. I am more on his side even though it is always difficult to draw boundaries between unique individual creations/designs and cultural influences.

Happy Holloween to you all...