2DArtist — April 2017

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from the High School of Building Construction in

Varna, which actually has nothing to do with the

arts and drawing, but I had to study somewhere. My

father always told me that it is best to have a stable

job that helps you make a living. Of course he wasn’t

right, or at least it wasn’t the right path for me; I

finished high school but wanted nothing to do with

buildings. Architects and construction workers were

widely spread at that time and anyone could work

as one, even people without the proper education.

I decided that I needed something else; a different

direction to lead me to the thing I really wanted to

do, which was drawing. So I applied for university to

major in engineering design, since it was the closest

to the kind of art I wanted to do, but it didn’t turn

out well at all. I failed all of my exams and didn’t get

2dartist: Hi Ismail, thanks for talking to

2dartist! Could you start by introducing

yourself a bit to the readers?

Ismail Inceoglu: Hello, everyone! First of all, it’s

an absolute honor to be doing this, so thank

you! About me... where do I begin? I was born

in a small town in Bulgaria, called Provadia,

but now I live in Varna. Varna is such a great

city, so beautiful, so inspiring, and one of the

best places in the country for young artists.

I know it may sound like a cliché, but I don’t

remember a time in my life when I didn’t like

drawing. In elementary I even made drawings for

other people in my class just because they couldn’t

or didn’t want to draw for themselves. I graduated

It has taken Ismail Inceoglu several years of
hard work and misdirection to reach a point
where he is confident in pursuing his passion
for concept art. He originally studied building
construction but found that it wasn’t the path for
him, before unsuccessfully turning to engineering
design. Despite these disappointments,
Ismail found the conviction to finally follow
his interest in videogame and film art.

Now Ismail creates daily digital sketches of
imaginary worlds, featuring mysterious solitary
characters, moody skies and atmospheric color
schemes. Here Ismail discusses his difficult path
to becoming a freelance concept artist, how he is
always looking to improve his work, and why he
believes it is important to always keep drawing...