Author Archives: Ryan

Ultra-Beats and Apologies…

I would like to officially apologize for the blog hiatus. Stay tuned this week for some sneak peeks into what has been keeping me away from this blog that I love so dearly. I promise it will be worth the wait! And in the meantime, here’s the picture of my wife’s last ultrasound. I swear [...]
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I Love Owls

and the beautiful work of Charley Harper. So recently I sat down to try and harness that style with a little blend of my own textures and flare. It was by far one of the best times I’ve had illustrating anything. And now, I want to share my fun little project with you! I turned [...]
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The Nothing Fight

I really like Dane Cook. You may or may not, but bare with me for a little bit. This post is not about Dane Cook. It is about customer service. I have been thinking a lot lately about what customer service really is, and what it has become in today’s business world. If you can’t [...]
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TeuxDeux

I am a to-do list addict. I am the kind of person who makes to-do lists about other to-do lists. I am also a print designer at heart, so like many designers I am constantly filling notebooks with daily/weekly/monthly lists of projects and things to accomplish. It usually looks a little like this: There are 2 [...]
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ArtKult Shirts

A while ago I had the pleasure of making some shirts for ArtKult, a label created by Tom Davis and Rev. Chad over at Wells & Co Tattoo. Hopefully they should be up for sale soon! In the meantime check out some pics below: The laughing devil was an old sketch of Tom’s that I vectorized [...]
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Neighborhood Illustration Progress

So late last week I had the pleasure of working on a little neighborhood illustration for one of my current freelance projects. I thought it turned out pretty well and thought this would be a good opportunity to show a little process behind it! Drumroll please….. 1.The initial sketch is scanned and brought into photoshop, and [...]
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This Week in Google Reader

I wanted to take this Friday to just share some of my favorite posts from around my reader as we head into the weekend. If people like the links maybe it’ll become a tradition, who knows. But here are some posts that I loved this week: Illustrated Wedding Invitations by Oh, So Beautiful Paper – [...]
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Coding with Coda

This is the first of hopefully many Workflow Wednesday posts. To start off the little series I decided to highlight a program that has radically changed my experience coding websites, including this here blog. That program is Coda. Program Overview The only bad news about Coda is that it is Mac only. Sorry PC guys. It, like [...]
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Invisible Creature Gift

So the guys over at Invisible Creature are also giving away free posters with purchases at their online store. Check It! As some of you may know IC is by far my biggest hero/inspiration in the design and illustration world. These dudes kill it. Always. Follow them on twitter for more updates!
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The Small Stakes

If you haven’t checked out the work of Jason Munn, aka The Small Stakes, then you’ve been missing out. From now until the end of the year, Jason is running a special promotion: buy 2 posters, get one free. You choose the first 2 and the third is a hand-selected surprise. What could be [...]
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