Inside

Inside

Digital Technique, 2020 

Created and described by Akif Kaynar.

[ambient drone in background throughout]

We are in a desolate and arid landscape. The sounds of predators, invisible in the scene, mingle with the wind. 

[distant growling]

The full moon rising from the right side of the distant mountains has started to illuminate everything with its icy white light. 

In the foreground, we witness the journey of four characters lined up in a row, walking towards the left of the picture. 

[heavy footsteps]

These four characters, who have very striking appearances, are dressed in somewhat primitive, animalistic and monstrous costumes. In this picture, which has a dreamy and exotic atmosphere, we can guess that the group, whose leader is on the far left, is heading towards some kind of ritual.

[soft wind and rustling]

The illustration presents simple geometric forms adorned with pure colours in a style in which we can feel their shapes through rough hatching. It is a sketch-like illustration with pale colours throughout the space and bright colours in the characters.

From left to right, the characters appear as follows:

The leader to the far left wears a costume of bright red with a black check. 

[cloth moving]

The hood, which completely covers the head down to the shoulders, rises to a high point and has two long pointed horns and no facial features apart from sharp lower teeth. The rest of the costume is a long-sleeved jumpsuit that only exposes his dark-skinned hands and feet. 

This character is carrying a stick with an attached flag in the shape of a ghostly human body floating to the right above the group. 

[stick clacking]

The next character has huge horns, like a bull's, sticking out of a costume that looks like a straw bale and completely covers him from the top of his head to the top of his white-skinned legs.

[distant growling]

Behind him, the third character's entire head and body are hidden in a costume of dark blue. It looks like it is covered in worms; maybe it is also smelly. The top of the costume is tied up like hair. 

The character at the back to our right has a head in the form of a huge black sphere made of sheep's wool. The mask has a big mouth, sharp teeth, and long ears that point backwards. He is otherwise attired in a bright purple dress-shaped costume which conceals his arms inside. At his waist is a very wide tasselled belt made of leather strips. 

[ambience and growling fades]