Ryan graduated from the Art Institute of Seattle in 1991. He then spent many years learning how to make a living as a freelance artist. Ryan worked as an artist/animator at Hash Inc. (a 3D software compnay), before moving on to a web design job with a marketing firm (@Once) in 2001. About six months later the dotcom bubble burst, but Ryan held on for 7 years, writing html code, while doing his best to keep morale high amongst his workmates with his wise-cracking and general tomfoolery. In 2007 Ryan quit to work freelance full time, and hasn't looked back. Ryan finished work on his first book "The Searcher" and self pulbuished. This effort landed him his next big job illustrating "The Little Leaf" by Jairo Penaranda. Next Ryan set his sights on a sequel to "The Searcher, and is right now wrapping up production of the yet to be named book. Ryan and his wife Angela live in Yacolt, Washington with their goofy dog Lucy.

Here are some links to stuff that tells you more about Ryan:

Here is a link to my resume, which will fill you in on the details of my past.

Here is a link to my blog.

New Leaf Design is my good friend Matt Strieby's website. I often work for Matt, doing illustration and writing code.

Here's the link to my hiking page.

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