A study of products of graphical artist Necati Abacı in the context of interconnections of illustration, cartoon art and art of graphic design

Necati Abacı was a multidimensional artist, who produced artworks in different fields like graphic design, cartoon art, illustration and pictorial art. Besides his high-grade artworks, perhaps most distinguishing qualification of him was being one of academicians having market practice experience. He did work as professional in market for many years and then attended as an academician in 9 Eylül University (İzmir). He left the university for working in İstanbul as graphical designer in advertisement sector, he continued this job for many years. Again he turned back to academic profession in Beykent University (İstanbul) as Assistant Professor backed market experience, giving lectures based both computers as well as physical paint and brush. In my thesis as an artist-born and one who developed his competence in colour and drawings, his artworks are studied and evaluated in the context of general graphic design art and with the perspectives of illustration and cartoon art considering the critics of experts in science and art comparatively. Key words: Drawing, pattern, illustration, cartoon art, graphic design, form, message, artwork, idea, creation, abstraction, stylization, symbol.