Ismail Dedelioglu is well versed in photo manipulation and illustration, photo montage, agenda featured viral graphics. He still proceeds doing graphic works for internet advertising, social media and promotional tools. His focal interest is in photo manipulation and he keeps priority in this area. In this feature, you will know more of him as a skilled retoucher. Read on and enjoy!
Hi Ismail, thanks for taking the time to talk with us today. Can you begin by telling us a bit about your background? Where are you from? How did you get your start as a retoucher?
Thank you for your interest in me and my work. I live in Istanbul. I started my carrier as computer network systems expert. Then I moved onto web design and graphic design field which carried me over to digital arts. I started to focus on Photoshop after having realized that it offers a lot more than clearing backgrounds of pictures and designing web pages. I improved my skills in retouching and photo manipulation rather quickly. I mostly create designs for advertising sector and for my personal pleasure.
Do you keep a dream journal of any kind to keep up with your own ideas?
I wouldn’t call it a “dream journal”, but I do make notes of my ideas as they come to me. I quickly draw up the imagery that appears in my mind. Soon after, I find images that I can use and create a draft. I add different new materials to my draft as I come across with them. This way I don’t forget my ideas and I keep them always ready to be worked on.
I absolutely love your Inertia project. What was your thought process behind it?
Thank you. Steve Jobs said, ‘Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma — which is living with the results of other people’s thinking.’ Unfortunately, millions of us live the lives imposed by dogmas. We think we are in control but we are really being drifted. I thought of dogma as hunch in our backs. We live with this hunch thinking it is a vital part of our body. And we are unaware that we are in fact in a state of inaction.
Can you please tell us about the process of creating your Statue project? What is the meaning behind this fantastic artwork?
For Statue, I was inspired by an archeological article. I used the image of “Weary Herakles” statue from 2nd or 3rd century AD. This statue has an interesting story. It’s bottom half was excavated from an ancient site in Antalya, Turkey in 1980. They couldn’t find his upper body despite months of searches. 2 years later Herakles’ upper body turned up in Boston Museum of Fine Arts. After long bureaucratic debates, two pieces of Herakles’ body reunited 30 years later on the soil it was created, looking almost as great as it did 1800 years ago.
I figured, Herakles has had to endure so many calamities for centuries that he wouldn’t mind my little touch. What’s also interesting is that I don’t feel that I am done 100% with this project. I hope I won’t wear out my “Weary Herakles” another 30 years.
A lot of your pieces depict a sense of intrigue. Is this your personal theme? And what is the meaning behind this kind of theme?
Well, I guess you are right but I don’t make special effort to create that depiction. My work is the visual form of the imagery that goes through my mind. My visual interpretation of my imagination may reflect somewhat differently on others’ minds. Or some may even receive a completely unintended message from my work. It is always great to observe different perceptions of the same project.
What image have you created that holds the most personal meaning to you?
All of my work nestle a personal meaning to me. However, Cables probably holds more personal meaning and less of a broad message than my other works. On the other hand, from what I understand from the reviews of this work, many people find something from their inner world to relate to this work in one way another.
Imagination is the main key of artists in creating their artworks and not everyone has it. So, do you ever worry that one day your ideas will go slow? Why or why not?
I believe imagination comes from within, and it can’t be gained or lost. That being said, I also believe imagination can grow, mature, get stronger or weaken. It is important how and if you use your imagination. Some may not even be aware that they have imagination but imagination will stay somewhat active by making you bite into your cookies creating different shapes or try to find meaning in the shapes of clouds and sand dunes. I use my imagination in creating digital art. That’s how I nourish it as well. If I could paint, I would make paintings. If I could sculpt, I would create sculptures or write poems etc. I feel that my imagination is getting stronger as the time passes and I don’t worry that I will lose it.
What tools are the most important for your creations?
Anything social, emotional, mystical, supernatural that resonates with me becomes my inspiring tool to create art. I like to work in surrealist style. And Photoshop tools help me carve, paint, slice and stitch my ideas together.
Lastly, do you have anything coming up that you’re particularly excited for? Can you share it to us?
I have quite a few photo manipulation projects in the works. However, I don’t know when I will complete them. Currently I am working on a series of black and white projects. They will be dreamlike portraits of notions like fear, anxiety, betrayal, love, trust etc.
I am also working on a mystical photo manipulation project that I call Chicken Wings. A portrait of the fact that humans –who see themselves as supreme creatures, while destroying nature in a superfast pace – will never naturally have something which“supposedly” inferior creatures naturally have.
More about Ismail Dedelioglu
He met the computer in times when the internet was just on the list of ‘ science fiction fantasies’. In years when computers only meant ‘word,excel’ for companies, ‘Minesweeper’ or ‘Solitaire’ at homes, he worked in technical fields as system management in IT departments of companies. You can find more of his works on his Behance profile or website.
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