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Laura Socas

Artist and illustrator

Laura (also known as Lulabox) is an artist and illustrator bom in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, currently working and living in Manchester at Paradise Works studios. Her work examines representations of femininity through childhood in media and fiction. Her ultimate goal is to create a soft, candid world accessible through childhood nostalgia, where one can be vulnerable enough to explore identity,

power and desire.

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Laura Socas

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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

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

A self-portrait illustration of Hatiye, drawn in vivid colours on a dark and warm orange background. Hatiye is a medium light-skinned person with a dark and short bob haircut. She smiles with her back turned and looks backwards. She is wearing a coat resembling the yellow sunflowers. An imaginary blue bird, which she always uses in her illustrations, is flying towards her face.

Hatiye Garip

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