I like to do little of everything. I like all things design, arts, comedy, movies, pool and Discovery Channel.
Description
Annoying was for a typography class and the project was to explain your trip from home to school with type. Being a Steelers fan, this is my design for my walk to school living in Ohio. The design has the story upside down so the viewer will have to turn their head to read it, which can be annoying. This is done to get the viewer to understand and connect to how I feel.
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Description
This project was a collaborative effort and it started with local high school students entering poems in a competition. The students work with the Art in TARTA program and then the program will select the top poems. The poems are then used as inspiration by selected BGSU Graphic Design students to create bus wraps. I was selected to participate and also had a design selected.
"TARTA and the Arts Commission of Greater Toledo have partnered with representatives of Bowling Green State University and The University of Toledo to provide the opportunity for local artists to encourage the community's exposure and appreciation for the arts through the artistic enhancement of buses, bus shelters and stops throughout TARTA's service area. The program objective is to invite the public, schools, businesses and local agencies to participate in expanding the visual, literary and musical arts throughout the region."
- www.artintarta.org
Templates
Rational
Each year the program has a different theme and this year it was Restore Planet Earth: Air. “New green world can begin,” is a line from the poem "Untitled" that I selected and it is the main source inspiration for the bus design. The design represents the new green world beginning with the transformation of the white leaves to the green. The vines are a timeline, reaching for the goal at the end of the bus: to “Restore Planet Earth.”
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Description
Harmony was created for
Evoke's Unity exhibition. The artwork represents the different and unique artists that are at Evoke and how they work together in harmony. Harmony was featured in an online/print campaign for
Wacom's new Intuos4 tablet.
Preview
Wacom
Click the image to go to the launch page for the Intuos4 tablet.
Description
Home Improvement was created for
PSDTuts.com. I was asked to create a tutorial that goes over my style of surreal digital art. I wanted to create a tutorial that went over the rules of third and useful tips in Photoshop.
"This tutorial will take you through step by step tutorial on how to create a unique piece of digital artwork. You will learn how to compose an image based on the Rule of Thirds. This will help teach you to build a dynamic composition that is aesthetically pleasing and professional-looking. On top of that you will work with selections, the Pen Tool, developing a color theme, patterns, shortcut keys and more."
- Abstract from PSDTuts.com
Preview
Close-up
PSDTuts
Click the image to go to the tutorial page
Description
During the summer of '08 I had an intership at Midnet Media (
www.midnetmedia.com) in Minster, Ohio. Below are a couple of web design projects I created and helped collaborate on while I was there.
OSU Marion Branch
Republican Party County Template
Tool Guys
Description
This project was for typography class where I created a Call for Entries poster for Print Magazine.
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Description
Reach and BreakThrough are older pieces of mine that I created for
Evoke. Reach was created for Evoke's two year anniversary and celebrates Evoke reaching new heights as an online art collective.
Reach
BreakThrough
Description
Roché Wine is fictional wine company based off my last name and passion for hand drawn design. This was for a project in my packaging class where we had to create four labels (type, symbol, graphic designer and time period) to go on a glass bottle and then put a theme into that design that relates to us. I chose to base my design of hand drawn design. I used
Si Scott as my designer and Art Nouveau as my time period. Both are very hand driven and influence me greatly.
Photos
Above photo from left to right: Time Period, Type, Symbol and Graphic Designer.
Ryan's Mini Biography
I am 21 years old and was born in Fort Loramie, Ohio. Microsoft Paint and crayons were the first tools I got a hold of and that led me to my career choice. Since that young age I have always been curious about design and the arts. I enjoy the complexity and challenge graphic design offers, while digital imaging lets me focus more so on the aesthetics. Currently I attend Bowling Green State University and I am getting a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Graphic Design.
Other than my design life, I mainly enjoy just having a good time and relaxing. Movies and Discovery Channel help pass the time as well as playing pool. Living in Ohio I have always enjoyed the seasons and the people I have met while here.
Work / Experience
Freelance
JPR Communications,
Wacom, PSDTuts
and Nirvanix
Magazines
Macworld Magazine
GDUSA Magazine
Layers Magazine
HOW Magazine
Print Magazine
Awards
Artspace Lima Gallery Showcase
History Channel Award
Interview DesignTAXI
DeviantART Feature
PSDTut Tutorial
