Başak Notz is Turkish visual storyteller in Chicago.

She is a published illustrator who enjoys slowing down to seek the beauty around her, and draws from her bi-continental observations to reflect on what she sees. She sprinkles her handwritten words on her whimsical illustrations.

Her clients include Penguin Random House, HarperOne Publishing, Vogue, Cartier, Meredith Group, Arts Midwest, Colectivo and many others. Her work has been recognized multiple times by American Illustration and she is a member of the Society of Illustrators and Women Who Draw directory.

I was very lucky to collaborate with one of my favorite Turkish brands, @haremliqueistanbul.

I first got to know about @selamliqueistanbul. On our way back from visiting Turkey, I would stock up on their modernized, very elegant Turkish coffee and T

I have long been dreaming of a studio space. Somewhere I can spread my art supplies, notebooks, inspirations and not need to tidy up at the end of the day. Keep going the next day. A space with abundant sunlight.

When I was at @chateau_orquevaux fo

I have just received the exciting news that two of my illustrations were chosen for the @american_illustration_winners 44 Archive this year. ☀️ I am honored to be a part of it.

The tea set illustration was for an @arts_midwest article on the art of

I saw these antique lanterns at a natural history museum a while ago. They were used by miners as they worked in the subterranean. These lanterns were designed and improved to consume less oxygen and had a higher light quality to work well in the dar

What a place our world would be if our leaders could unlock their sweetness instead of unjust sentences, tariffs…

Snowdrop is perhaps my favorite flower.
Even after the hardest winter, it blooms.

It reminds me of hope.
It reminds me of resilience.

First the students in the universities, then others.
My people are on the streets in Turkey,
for democracy.

I draw houses, buildings. The ones that I see and the ones that I aspire to see, all that I inspired me.

Drawing them helps me remember memories we have and memories that I want to make.

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Başak Notz is Turkish visual storyteller in Chicago.

She is a published illustrator who enjoys slowing down to seek the beauty around her, and draws from her bi-continental observations to reflect on what she sees. She sprinkles her handwritten words on her whimsical illustrations.

Her clients include Penguin Random House, HarperOne Publishing, Vogue, Cartier, Meredith Group, Arts Midwest, Colectivo and many others. Her work has been recognized multiple times by American Illustration and she is a member of the Society of Illustrators and Women Who Draw directory.