Arteles Catalogue 2023-2020

Back to Basics program / AUGUST 2023
Fran Morton
UK
www.franmorton.com
About
Fran is an illustrator, comic creator and occasional
animator based in Edinburgh, Scotland. She completed
a BA in Computer Arts at Abertay University before going
on to complete a MSc in Animation and VFX at Duncan of
Jordanstone College of Art and Design in Dundee. She has
spent the last four and a half years working in the animation
industry as an in-house illustrator for specialist whiteboard
animation studio We Are Cognitive, while continuing to
pursue her personal illustration and creative practice, and
has previously produced a small anthology zine of short
comics. Her primary interests are in narrative art and
storytelling, with a focus on folkloric, mythological, Arthurian
and historical subjects and themes.
Comics
I worked on drawing and inking a thirty page fantasy comic
that I had started before arriving at Arteles, and alongside
that began developing an idea for a historical graphic novel. I
spent much of my time researching, sketching and scribbling
ideas for characters, places and story, while enjoying the
opportunity to really explore and play with ideas without
external pressure. It was an incredibly beautiful and inspiring
month, and I feel like my work really grew and found direction.