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Aysun Altındağ

Illustrator, children's book author, educator and industrial designer

Aysun is an illustrator, children's book author, educator and industrial designer based in Istanbul. She uses watercolour, gouache and collage techniques and also creates digital illustrations. She is a member of the urban sketchers community and loves to sketch on location while travelling. She takes part in various projects and organises workshops.

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Aysun Altındağ

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The illustration shows a self-portrait of Ender; there is a single character facing the viewer. The character is black and white. Surrounding the character is a flower motif with neon red colours, repeating (composed of identical drawings) except for the corners, and in some parts, it remains behind. The character, dressed in a hoodie and denim pants like an ordinary young person, has a completely contradictory situation in his head, which can be described as terrifying but also cute due to being drawn with a humorous tone. In the upper left corner, a small cute bat-like creature resembling a furry ball pulls the skin of the character's face gently, drawing all attention directly towards us while revealing the character's skull on the right side of the head, as if pulling a blanket from a bed. There is a visible skull on the right side of the character's head, separated from the skin above. There is no blood or detailed other tissue between the skin and the skull; this intense and frightening movement is drawn with a simple, cute comic style. The character's large eyes and huge pupils, almost covering the entire eye, look directly at us with attention and a sense of vacancy. The character is holding a hand scythe similar to that of the Grim Reaper. Designed as a combination of the Grim Reaper and an ordinary young person, this character has taken on a frightening, cute, and humorous appearance.

Ender Yıldızhan

A digital self-portrait illustration of Gizem. The mood of the image is dreamy and playful. There is a woman with dark brown, wavy hair smiling slightly. Her skin colour is vibrant orange-pink, painted flatly. Her hair is dark blue to turquoise with a spray brush texture. Her big, puffy hair dominates the illustration. From her hair, black abstract wavy shapes are coming out and creating a messy pattern for the surroundings. She has relatively slit eyes and a crooked nose. Her face looks towards the audience while her right shoulder is more visible. There is an empty white space below her shoulders, again patterned by the black wavy shapes that come from her hair, but this time, they look like water waves.

Gizem Güvendağ

A black and white self-portrait of the artist Akile Nazlı, drawn with pencil. Nazlı is in the centre of the illustration. She has big dark colored curly hair, in big circular shapes around her head. Her eyes are looking at the right side of the picture, making her look as if she is thinking about something. Her face is neutral and a little bit sad. She wears a sweater with a crew neck.

Akile Nazlı Kaya

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