#beth fuller

fire in the north.

A huge congrats to @bethfuller, who has been nominated for Best Colourist for their comic Witching Hour in the 2023 Broken Frontier Awards! A well deserved nomination ✏️

Meet the Artist: @bethfuller​

Beth Fuller is an Ireland-based digital illustrator fresh out of university in Scotland. Interested in fantasy, horror, and anything mysterious or haunting, she tries hard to create a strong sense of atmosphere in her art. She is available for work in visual development and can usually be found lost somewhere on a hillside.

Great to meet you, Beth! She has chosen several illustrations to feature below.

This is a graphic novel about what life is like for the ‘Chosen One’ when the evil is defeated and the war is won. And what happens when the chosen one has to share a dorm-room with a changeling girl who was one of the evil demon army’s major generals during the war. That’s already a great premise, and fortunately it is also well executed in this story that deals with grief, trauma, isolation and redemption. I really liked the characters, but I do kinda wish the book had been longer, so that the world and the relationships between the characters would’ve gotten more time to develop and shine. Especially the ending felt a bit rushed, which is always a bit sad, when you follow characters along their journey that is all building up to a finale, only for that finale to be a bit disappointing.

The characters and their dynamics were definitely the best part of the book for me. I especially just adore Medusa, who strikes that perfect balance of quirky and serious that made me fall in love with her. I did also like Dirk and the themes his story touched on, but Medusa just outshone him so much that he ended up almost feeling a bit like a side character in his own story.

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It's been a long long time since my last private eye/client commission but when I got a chance to get one by @bethfuller I couldn't resist. The idea of this series of commissions is to get two portrait pieces which combined together, like a wraparound cover or two interlocking covers, depict the interior of a private eye's office. The P.I.'s on the left, at his desk, and the client on the right, looking through window blinds. The classic, iconic scene.

So who are the P.I. and the client this time around? For the P.I. Beth was inspired by Fables/The Wolf Among Us's Bigby, and for the client this piece by Brian Stelfreeze I've been obsessed with since I first saw it in Noir Magazine way back in 1995. And as a special treat, Beth agreed to do three different colorings: greyscale, "her" colors (and oh boy, do I love the color schemes she uses in her own art), and "my" neon noir colors (as seen on that poor Brian Stelfreeze piece that deserved better).