I'm Ryan king, a recent graduate from Glasgow School Of Art and multi-faceted designer working across illustration, graphic design and film. Short-listed for the MacMillan Prize for Illustration in 2017 for my self-authored book submission Not Long Now, I've continued work in narrative forms in 2018. Ive recently completed a short film Legwork- about a person who works as a table leg, and a book called An Ominous Entity Loomed Above The Hill- about two people arguing over whether to shoot a cloud.
I’ve always been a massive fan of comics and love Ken Reid, The Garbage Pail Kids, Daniel Clowes, mainly stuff with lots of humour and some dark elements. I’m a fan of David Lynch and I'm really enjoying his recent autobiography Room to Dream at the moment. The rest of the time I spend drawing. I currently work part-time, where I get to imagine how the customer looks on the end of the phone, and draw their faces, settings and problems - its an opportunity to draw out character and stories. I’m an ex-drummer and songwriter with the band My Latest Novel signed to Bella Union Records between 2006 and 2010. I try to keep drumming going when I can, but mostly write short stories and vignettes now without music to feed my illustration and graphic design practice. I also make really great pancakes. I love food, snacks and the process of cooking. Also, I’m thinking of learning the trumpet at some point, and I’ve looked up tutors. Know any good ones?
Skills
- Adobe Creative Suite
- Design Research
- Concept Creation
- Brand Management
- Storyboarding
- Collaboration
- Layout Design
- Creative Writing
- Budget Manage
- Illustration