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Akif Kaynar

Animator and illustrator

Akif is a hearing-impaired animator and illustrator based in Istanbul. He creates illustrations as well as short animations and music videos. His works try to explain the traces of concepts, moments, emotions and dreams in his mind with imagination.

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Akif Kaynar

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The illustration shows a self-portrait of Akif standing in front of a colourful sky on a cold and pale spring day. Akif is on the left, facing the viewer. He has tan skin, short dark brown hair and a thin dark brown moustache. He is protected from the sunlight by a white, open-topped hat and cool, elliptical-shaped glasses. He is wearing a light pink short-sleeved t-shirt.

Akif Kaynar

A self-portrait of the illustrator Ben O'Brien. It is a flat, graphic illustration depicting the head and shoulders of the illustrator. He is in side-profile and is drawing in a sketchbook. He has a light skin tone, ginger hair, a beard and glasses, he is wearing a black sweater. The background is teal.

Ben O’Brien

An self-portrait illustration of Jhinuk, as a female figure from torso upwards wearing a long-sleeved top, drawing in inky line with white ink on a blue ink-washed background. The female is carrying a brain in her right arm (in the arm facing us on the left), and she is looking downwards toward the floor. Behind her head are some hand-drawn words: 'How do I hold my head up in public now?'.

Jhinuk Sarkar

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