Our latest Spotlight on projects and people within the Graphic Medicine international community focuses on Accessible Lines, an online platform from illustrator Hatiye Garip that makes illustrations accessible for blind and low-vision audiences
About the Work
Accessible Lines is an online platform that allows illustrators to showcase their work with audio descriptions in their voices. It aims to make illustrations accessible to blind and low-vision audiences. Accessible Lines project wants to support illustrators and encourage them to make their illustrations accessible. The platform is a showcase for everyone to discover new illustrators and illustrations.
In the project’s first edition, the works of ten illustrators from Turkey and ten from the UK are showcased online, along with audio descriptions, transcripts, and translations.
Following the first edition, the project aims to grow internationally and build an accessible future for illustrations by inviting illustrators worldwide.
The project was founded by the British Council Creative Producers Programme Alumni disabled illustrator Hatiye Garip and funded by the British Council.
About the Creator
Hatiye Garip is a disabled illustrator and comic artist from Istanbul. She likes to draw birds, flowers, and ordinary moments. She is interested in accessible illustration, comics, and graphic medicine. Her work has been exhibited and published internationally, including in Portugal, Belgium, Italy, Switzerland, Germany, Austria, Ireland, Montenegro, Lithuania, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Serbia, the Czech Republic, South Korea, the USA, and the UK.
Relevant Links
- HatiyeGarip.com
- HatiyeGarip@Gmail.com
- Instagram.com/HatiyeGarip
- AccessibleLines.com
- https://www.illustrationresearch.org/accessiblelines
- https://reframingdisability.substack.com/p/opening-pages-to-everyone-making
- https://www.itsnicethat.com/articles/hatiye-garip-the-land-of-uncertainty-illustration-project-071223
- https://www.creativeboom.com/insight/hatiye-garip/
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