Dide Tengiz

MAI Dide Tengiz

This is a picture book that Dide Tengiz made as her last project for her Masters in Children’s Book Illustration. It is a surreal story of a giant, who represents what we would usually describe as ‘mother earth’, but we soon realise she is a vulnerable child, much like the Earth, she needs taking care of.

DIDE TENGIZ loves to bring stories to life and find narratives in the everyday. She likes to create a sense of place and feeling in her work using colour and observational drawing. She is particularly interested in old folklore and exploring ways she can give those tales modern adaptations. Dide studied her BA in illustration at UWE, Bristol and went on to do her MA in Children’s Book Illustration at ARU. She is now working as an illustrator in Bristol and is represented by Alice Williams Literary. www.didetengiz.com

JURY REPORT The jury loved Dide’s delicate, dreamlike watercolours and her lightness of touch. Compositionally her work is very strong, with imaginative visual imagery that pulls you into a magical, playful and beautifully realised surreal world, where nothing is quite what it seems.