Ryan Cook b. 1993, Yokosuka, Japan Freelance Illustrator & Concept Artist Publications Martin Luther King Jr. - January 2002 pastel artwork in a mini-cover of children’s drawings Sanskrit Magazine 2018 - "Ocean Jar" dry pastel drawing & excerpt about myself
Studio Art Courses Basic Foundations art classes, Digital Media I, Drawing 2, Illustration I, Media Methods, Figure in Illustration, Children's Book, Print Media I: Silkscreen, Intaglio Methods, Mixed Media Painting, Print Media 3: Mixed Media, Painting I, Figure Painting, Independent Study: Humanoid Creatures & Animal Concepts Illustration, Topics in Illustration, Sculpture I, Intro to 3D Modeling & Fabrication, Installation I, Animation, Ceramics 1, Ceramics 2: Sculpture, Ceramics 3, Ceramics 4, Wheels 1, Wheels 2, Bookmaking, Illustration Projects, etc.
Work Experience Freelance & Commissions - Online, August 2011-present, Offline/Physical Pieces - Spring 2018+ Custodian at Chimes DC., Fort Bragg, NC - December 31st, 2019 - July 24th, 2020
Clubs/Organizations Game Devleopers - August 2013 - present Digital Art Mob - Fall 2014 - Spring 2016 Figure Drawing Club - Fall 2014 - Spring 2017 Cerama Club - Fall 2015 - Spring 2017 | Fall 2018 - present Illustration & Starving Artist - Fall 2018 - present
Expertise Traditional Drawings, Illustrations, Digital Art , Animation, Mixed Media, Painting, Printmaking , Ceramics , 3D Crafts, Logos & Symbols
Favorite Artists Daniel Conway, Tina Leyk, Rahll, Paul Davies, J. Wohland, Yasushi Suzuki, Ayami Kojima, Akihiko Yoshida, Yoshitaka Amano, Yusuke Nakano, Gary Boyer, Jan van Eyck, Johannes Vermeer, Zdzisław Beksiński, Salvador Dali, Leonardo da Vinci, and Ambrogio Lorenzetti
Interests Video games (culture, development/design, concept art, character), music, animals, film, etc.
Goals Video game concept artist, music composer, entrepreneur, freelance, visual designer, etc.
Contact Information [email protected] 910-723-2601 References Olivia Kane – Illustrator, colleague Jodie Eiler – Illustrator, colleague Elona Kaveshnikova – Video Game Illustrator, colleague John Hairston Jr. – Associate Illustration Professor at UNCC Jamie Franki – Associate Illustration Professor at UNCC Megan Garner – UNCC Arts+Architecture Advisor