Illustrating migration in a crossover picturebook: a long way

Abstract

The article presents the development of the crossover picturebook, A Long Way, an illustration project dwelling on the theme of children's migration through depicting children in intermediary places such as roads and migration routes. Based on illustration, the work is an artistic contemplation of current issues related to migration in the Middle East and Europe, contextualized in connection with Anatolia's transitionary status in different eras. This article explores how illustration has been practised as a visual enquiry into contemporary and social issues by its student illustrator, supported by her instructor.