Ru is a Writer-Illustrator based in Bath, UK. Graduated from Falmouth university with a BA in illustration and a MA in (Design) illustration from Bath Spa. 2025 Porthleven prize awardee. Currently working as a freelance commercial design and illustration artist, with an emphasis on narrative illustration.
Her comic works span worlds, from the far flung planets to valleys close to home. Exploring themes of place and belonging. Built on science-fiction and folklore.
She works mostly in traditional media mainly pen an ink but utilises any and all forms of mark-making, then often uses digital compositing to pull those marks together. She has a strong basis in drawing and drafting.
When she’s not working she spends her time playing guitar, reading and running Dungeons and Dragons with her friends.