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Welcome to my portfolio!
I'm Irem Cataltepe, illustrator and comic artist, graduate School of the Art Institute of Chicago Student with a degree in Bachelor of Fine Arts.
I work with both digital and traditional mediums, often using Procreate or watercolors. Lately, I have taken a liking to using instant coffee as a medium to paint with.
I have a deep passion for both coffee and raccoons! Coffee has been my faithful companion throughout my entire life, while raccoons have come to symbolize chaotic neutrality for me.
Growing up, Turkish coffee was an integral part of my culture and life, and over the years, I have indulged in various coffee brewing methods, such as French press, drip coffee, pour over, filter brewing and more.
During my university years, coffee took on a more active role—it became an excuse to venture outside my apartment and explore. I was deeply intrigued by the diverse atmospheres that cafes could offer through how they arrange their choice of music, seating arrangements, and decor.
My focus is in comics and illustration, the former having started off autobiographically. However, as of 2022 I have been working on an ongoing original comic series called "Shifting", based on a future where the latest technology allows you to change your own outward appearance at will.
Each issue of the series is told by the perspective of different characters, focused on how they lead a day in their life and how their own personal issues affect it, coupled with the capability to shift their outward appearances.
As of now, the first issue of the series is in the process of being reworked while Issues #1 and Issues #2 are in progress.
(Original cover of the first issue and the first page of the new version.)
(Page from Issue #1 of "Shifting".)
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