Ryan Andrews I illustrate stuff and make comics for you to read! This is my blog, my portfolio site is www.ryan-a.com … … … … … … … . blog tags: illustration comicssketchbookpixel artjournal comicsmy process … … … … … … … . browse the archive random post … … … … … … … . follow me here: var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-21081542-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 'https://ssl' : 'http://www') + '.google-analytics.com/ga.js'; var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s); })(); Tumblr (3.0; @ryan-a)http://blog.ryan-a.com/<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/d372f65cc9a9fa21b073249789a579f0/tumblr_mn2zmgKvuh1qbvhrno1_500.gif"/><br/><br/><p>A tiny story, written by <strong><a href="http://sloanesloane.com/" target="_blank">Sloane Leong</a></strong> and drawn by <strong><a href="http://www.ryan-a.com" target="_blank">Ryan Andrews</a></strong></p>http://blog.ryan-a.com/post/50886874673http://blog.ryan-a.com/post/50886874673Mon, 20 May 2013 01:08:40 -0400comicsillustrationcrow<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/f2e2ac44a72e030e19d88724c3249e1a/tumblr_mlrcngYeaM1qbvhrno1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/6fbecc25cd7a27365b4ae17fa0f773d5/tumblr_mlrcngYeaM1qbvhrno2_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Lately I’ve been playing around with the idea of doing a full color version of This Was Our Pact.</p> <p>In the mean time, <a href="http://www.ryan-a.com/comics/this_was_our_pact_01.htm" target="_blank"><strong>click here to read the complete black and white version!</strong></a><a href="http://www.ryan-a.com/comics/this_was_our_pact_01.htm" target="_blank"><strong><br/></strong></a></p>http://blog.ryan-a.com/post/48768190099http://blog.ryan-a.com/post/48768190099Wed, 24 Apr 2013 07:45:00 -0400comicsillustrationbearscarves<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/255a56dc2fd41e4ba7e4a22855d07617/tumblr_mib03jJK0X1qbvhrno1_r1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://blog.ryan-a.com/post/43213641076/this-was-our-pact-is-finished-and-i-put-the-whole">ryan-a</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>This Was Our Pact is finished and I put the whole thing on <strong><a href="http://www.ryan-a.com/comics/this_was_our_pact_01.htm" target="_blank">my site</a></strong> so you can read it for free!</p> </blockquote> <p>Originally posted this at 3am so here it is for anyone who wants something to read on a Monday morning!<br/><br/><strong><a href="http://www.ryan-a.com/comics/this_was_our_pact_01.htm" target="_blank">click to read THIS WAS OUR PACT by Ryan Andrews</a></strong></p>http://blog.ryan-a.com/post/43405763791http://blog.ryan-a.com/post/43405763791Mon, 18 Feb 2013 11:31:00 -0500comicsillustration<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/255a56dc2fd41e4ba7e4a22855d07617/tumblr_mib03jJK0X1qbvhrno1_r1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>This Was Our Pact is finished and I put the whole thing on my site so you can read it for free!</p> <p><a href="http://www.ryan-a.com/comics/this_was_our_pact_01.htm" target="_blank"><strong>read THIS WAS OUR PACT here</strong></a></p> <p>Thank you to everyone who’s been sharing it and reblogging it along the way!</p>http://blog.ryan-a.com/post/43213641076http://blog.ryan-a.com/post/43213641076Sat, 16 Feb 2013 03:11:00 -0500comicsillustration<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/7fd61ba61a3ff4e27670e52bd3d9acdd/tumblr_mhu5enABiU1qbvhrno1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/16741fdb3a1775d4dd0e5c8d377914d7/tumblr_mhu5enABiU1qbvhrno2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>My newest story This Was Our Pact is FINISHED! You can download a high resolution DRM free PDF of the whole thing (80 pages) right here:<br/><br/><a href="https://gumroad.com/l/twop" title="This Was Our Pact by Ryan Andrews" target="_blank"><strong>This Was Our Pact by Ryan Andrews</strong></a><br/><br/>Just name your price, download, and start reading it on your reading device of choice.<br/><br/>Thank you so much to everyone who has been sharing this along the way.<br/><br/><em>edit: Paypal is not available at this time, and I’m not sure yet if I’m going to be using it at all. Gumroad makes it a lot easier for everyone :)</em></p>http://blog.ryan-a.com/post/42488433202http://blog.ryan-a.com/post/42488433202Thu, 07 Feb 2013 00:47:11 -0500comicsThis Was Our Pact<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/e31c1f9945053920361c990c671bf891/tumblr_mhgvb71C831qbvhrno1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>This new comic has my first ever “action scene”…if you can call it that. It’s definitely a lot more energetic than anything I’ve ever done, so it’s been a fun challenge.<br/><br/>There’s only 3 hours left to get in on the big giant bundle of comics that this is included in, so get in on that while you can :D<br/><br/><a href="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ryanestrada/the-whole-story-winter-2013?ref=category" target="_blank"><a href="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ryanestrada/the-whole-story-winter-2013?ref=category">http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ryanestrada/the-whole-story-winter-2013?ref=category</a></a></p>http://blog.ryan-a.com/post/41909682328http://blog.ryan-a.com/post/41909682328Wed, 30 Jan 2013 20:40:19 -0500comicsThis Was Our Pact<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/3f138196b137f669ecaab3ac29744a1e/tumblr_mh8v62N8cZ1qbvhrno1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Here’s a fairly high res version (1600x1013) of an excerpt from my new comic, This Was Our Pact. You can use this as a wallpaper if you’re into that sort of thing :)<br/><br/>Also, you can pick up the whole 80page high resolution PDF of the comic for whatever price you think is fair, <a href="http://gum.co/twop" target="_blank"><strong>right here through Gumroad</strong></a>.<a href="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ryanestrada/the-whole-story-winter-2013?ref=category" target="_blank"><strong><br/></strong></a></p>http://blog.ryan-a.com/post/41534457341http://blog.ryan-a.com/post/41534457341Sat, 26 Jan 2013 12:56:00 -0500comicsIllustrationThis Was Our Pact<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/084d0f83289ae973d27ee8503b58d821/tumblr_mgvttkhOQl1qbvhrno1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/0e7ca956c217c6d677711f77443bca31/tumblr_mgvttkhOQl1qbvhrno2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>These are 2 pages from my new comic, <em>This Was Our Pact</em>. <br/><br/>The full comic is only available <a href="http://gum.co/twop" target="_blank"><strong>here through Gumroad </strong></a>as a high resolution ebook</p>http://blog.ryan-a.com/post/40931784950http://blog.ryan-a.com/post/40931784950Sat, 19 Jan 2013 11:58:00 -0500comicsThis Was Our Pact<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/10080f23923387a21b4ba2ffd14106d1/tumblr_mgqav1nFFh1qbvhrno1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>I have two weeks to finish the last 25 pages of this comic I’m working on…I need a turbo button.</p>http://blog.ryan-a.com/post/40689542257http://blog.ryan-a.com/post/40689542257Wed, 16 Jan 2013 12:21:01 -0500This Was Our Pactcomics<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/c95e45add3704a2485f9c2c9385533d0/tumblr_mgpztsPrKq1qbvhrno1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>This is a page from my new comic, <strong><a href="http://gum.co/twop" target="_blank">You can get it here!</a> </strong>for whatever price you think is fair (even if zero dollars sounds fair)</p>http://blog.ryan-a.com/post/40678572722http://blog.ryan-a.com/post/40678572722Wed, 16 Jan 2013 08:22:00 -0500comicsebookThis Was Our Pact<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/a8aff3e1ae27165d5c2a0605cf1983e2/tumblr_mg0f52BCWw1qbvhrno1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/63f1797c680cbb2bd04309d499674ce7/tumblr_mg0f52BCWw1qbvhrno2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/94b637ed1b758bc4f92b0d182eccee8d/tumblr_mg0f52BCWw1qbvhrno3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>This is a small preview of my 80 page new story, <strong>This Was Our Pact</strong>. It’s debuting in an ebook bundle <strong><a href="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ryanestrada/the-whole-story-winter-2013?ref=category" target="_blank">HERE</a><br/></strong></p> <p>If you’re like me, you don’t buy digital comics cause they’re WAY too expensive. BUUUUUT this is a sweet deal where you get hundreds of pages of comics, for whatever you want to pay. All of the money goes back to the artists, and helps support the independent comic community. <br/><br/><strong><a href="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ryanestrada/the-whole-story-winter-2013?ref=category" target="_blank">The Whole Story (including This Was Our Pact, and stories by Ryan Estrada, Jang Young, and KC Green)</a></strong></p>http://blog.ryan-a.com/post/39485203826http://blog.ryan-a.com/post/39485203826Wed, 02 Jan 2013 12:55:00 -0500comicsThis Was Our Pactkickstarter<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/cb6758d55fbb567f27204f344a26e8df/tumblr_mftxo5c3Np1qbvhrno1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Here’s a teeny tiny preview from my new short story, “This Was Our Pact”. It’s around 80 pages long and will be available as a pay-whatever-you-want ebook bundle, along with new work from <a href="http://gunshowcomic.com/" target="_blank">KC Green</a>, and <a href="http://ryanestrada.com/" target="_blank">Ryan Estrada</a>! More info soon.</p>http://blog.ryan-a.com/post/39194261321http://blog.ryan-a.com/post/39194261321Sun, 30 Dec 2012 00:52:53 -0500comicsThis Was Our Pactbicycle<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/8ecaa3cf2fa40090449e492a2cd0f7e0/tumblr_mf8cdoppjM1qbvhrno1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/5a02bd4ec955684aa185263054838a89/tumblr_mf8cdoppjM1qbvhrno2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/353d9975af9b10207c01f340add4a1b9/tumblr_mf8cdoppjM1qbvhrno3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/095c6bf8c422351f9b84b1840d7bc936/tumblr_mf8cdoppjM1qbvhrno4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/05b3335afee2e205f1cc301a2a9e2829/tumblr_mf8cdoppjM1qbvhrno5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/ed01f9e212959e20247866e8d670b1b7/tumblr_mf8cdoppjM1qbvhrno6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/3d88300a7457d0bb65e1297cbf3dbb9f/tumblr_mf8cdoppjM1qbvhrno7_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/f5b3703ae738d7e125868f437bf7e561/tumblr_mf8cdoppjM1qbvhrno8_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/5213e3a40636fcf37df02af35f5b48ca/tumblr_mf8cdoppjM1qbvhrno9_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/>http://blog.ryan-a.com/post/38224864265http://blog.ryan-a.com/post/38224864265Tue, 18 Dec 2012 09:03:23 -0500my processthe man who was poeillustration<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/8da81763d6a5daf4f551ae4b68684b71/tumblr_mf6swrlS861qbvhrno1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Scholastic asked me to do an updated cover for Avi’s book <em>The Man Who Was Poe </em>! I got to do a lot of research on this one to get the location accurate. It was my first time illustrating a real place, which presented a nice challenge. I wanted to go a little more stylistic with the architecture, but I tense up when I draw things in perspective. In the end I was pretty happy with how it turned out. Thanks to Natalie Sousa for once again being a great AD.</p>http://blog.ryan-a.com/post/38157201444http://blog.ryan-a.com/post/38157201444Mon, 17 Dec 2012 13:05:15 -0500illustrationaviEdgar Allen Poe<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9ibdqCk8Z1qbvhrno1_500.jpg"/><br/> Start with an idea and a loose sketch!<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9ibdqCk8Z1qbvhrno2_500.jpg"/><br/> brush settings:: size jitter = pen pressure : Angle = 70 : Roundness = 60%<br/><br/> <img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9ibdqCk8Z1qbvhrno3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9ibdqCk8Z1qbvhrno4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9ibdqCk8Z1qbvhrno5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9ibdqCk8Z1qbvhrno6_500.jpg"/><br/> This is what it looks like with those layers applied over the illustration<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9ibdqCk8Z1qbvhrno7_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9ibdqCk8Z1qbvhrno8_500.jpg"/><br/> Add the tattoos, adjust the levels, and I'm done!<br/><br/> <img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9ibdqCk8Z1qbvhrno9_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9ibdqCk8Z1qbvhrno10_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Here’s a little making-of my Yakuza illustration for the exhibition, <a href="http://sloaneohno.tumblr.com/post/30400256970/id-like-to-announce-battles-without-honor-and" target="_blank">Battles without Honor and Humanity</a>, at Floating World Comics in Portland Oregon on September 15.</p>http://blog.ryan-a.com/post/30443412519http://blog.ryan-a.com/post/30443412519Wed, 29 Aug 2012 03:56:00 -0400illustrationmy processyakuza<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9h1mlRZB51qbvhrno1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Huge thanks to <a href="http://sloaneshutup.tumblr.com/post/29821142873/the-tragedy-of-the-half-moon-throne-so-this-is" target="_blank">Sloane</a> for the opportunity to participate in a Yakuza themed exhibition! It’s an honor to be included among so many fantastic artists. The exhibition will be held at <a href="http://www.floatingworldcomics.com/main/" target="_blank">Floating World Comics</a> in Portland, Oregon on September 15th! So if you like Yakuza themed stuff, or just like to look at illustrations live and in person, come take a look :)</p>http://blog.ryan-a.com/post/30388916858http://blog.ryan-a.com/post/30388916858Tue, 28 Aug 2012 11:27:00 -0400illustrationyakuza<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9bon8CgVM1qbvhrno1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9bon8CgVM1qbvhrno2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9bon8CgVM1qbvhrno3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>A 5x7 print of Our Bloodstained Roof<br/><br/>You can read my comic, <strong><a href="http://www.ryan-a.com/comics/roof.htm" target="_blank">Our Bloodstained Roof HERE</a> </strong>for free<strong> :)</strong><br/><br/>This is going to be the third of a set of prints to be sold alongside my book of short stories.</p>http://blog.ryan-a.com/post/30182207355http://blog.ryan-a.com/post/30182207355Sat, 25 Aug 2012 13:59:00 -0400Our Bloodstained Roofillustrationcomics<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m99p83LBzF1qbvhrno1_r1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>I just finished a short and kinda strange comic for SP7.</p> <p><a href="http://www.ryan-a.com/comics/tanaka.htm" target="_blank"><strong>“Tanaka Ojisan and the Way Way Way Too Hot Day”<br/></strong><strong>Click here to read the whole thing! </strong></a></p>http://blog.ryan-a.com/post/30107358505http://blog.ryan-a.com/post/30107358505Fri, 24 Aug 2012 12:16:00 -0400comics<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m82fvoOhC01qbvhrno1_r2_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>I was asked to illustrate the 5 of Wands tarot card for Light Grey Art Lab’s newest exhibition, Tarot, Mystics, and the Occult.</p>http://blog.ryan-a.com/post/28472881571http://blog.ryan-a.com/post/28472881571Wed, 01 Aug 2012 03:38:00 -0400illustrationtarotlight grey art lab<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m7t0pcgepN1qbvhrno1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m7t0pcgepN1qbvhrno2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m7t0pcgepN1qbvhrno3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m7t0pcgepN1qbvhrno4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m7t0pcgepN1qbvhrno5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m7t0pcgepN1qbvhrno6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>This is the first 6 pages of a 21 page comic exclusive to my new book, Nothing is Forgotten, a collection of short stories.<strong><a href="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ryanandrews/nothing-is-forgotten-a-collection-of-short-stories" target="_blank"><br/><br/>Click here for my Kickstarter</a></strong>, only 5 days left! (ends August 1st)</p>http://blog.ryan-a.com/post/28110051920http://blog.ryan-a.com/post/28110051920Fri, 27 Jul 2012 01:31:59 -0400comicskickstarter