PortfolioIstanbul · MMXXVI

Hello,I'm Şafak

Creative & Art DirectorGraphic DesignerAI Artist & Filmmaker

An Istanbul-born artist, since 1993.

I imagine things, give them a shape, and share them with the world.

Ideas first. Tools second.

Welcome to my world.

About me

Şafak Gür.

An Istanbul-born artist with a background in graphic arts and fine arts. I imagine things, then I give them a shape, and share them with the world.

A designer since 2016 and fully immersed in generative AI since 2022, I create films and campaigns for brands and artists that have reached millions.

Roles

01Graphic Designer
02Creative Director
03Art Director
04AI Artist & Filmmaker

Experience

Graphic Designer & Art DirectorAgency and freelance2016–now
AI Artist & FilmmakerFilms and campaigns for brands and artists2022–now
InternshipsMedina Turgul DDB, Istanbul · Valencia, Spain2016–2017

Education

Anadolu UniversityFaculty of Fine Arts, Graphic Arts2011–2016
Accademia di Belle Arti di FoggiaItaly · Erasmus2016

Skills

Graphic DesignVisual DesignCreative DirectionArt DirectionBrandingAI FilmmakingAI AdsPrompt EngineeringImage & Video GenerationEditing

Languages

TurkishNative
EnglishAdvanced
GermanA2
SpanishBeginner

Tools

Design

Adobe Creative Cloud

AI Video

SeedanceKlingWanVeoRunway

AI Image

MidjourneySeedreamGPT ImageNano Banana

Platforms

HiggsfieldMagnific

Selected work.

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Concert film · AI · 2025

Sami Yusuf
Ecstasy

“Between Two Seas”, Yenikapı, Istanbul, 23 August 2025

The promo film for Sami Yusuf's Istanbul concert. Horses dressed in Anatolian embroidery run from the open steppe into the city, through the Grand Bazaar, past Galata and Hagia Sophia, across the Bosphorus, until they reach the stage at Yenikapı, between two seas.