This is RYAN.
3D | MOTION | DIRECTION
Recovering Musician & Overland Explorer.
I began life desperate to become a professional rock n' roll drummer.
It didn't quite pan out.
HOWEVER, I realized that visuals go along great with audio and that I had a naturally solid sense of timing and flow. I was able to transition into video editing and then quickly started to pick up animation and design.
Nearly two decades in this industry later, I still look to learn something new everyday and hone my storytelling and visual language skills in order to accentuate the projects I am lucky enough to work on.
As a community taught motion designer, I am also now striving to give back to the community in the form of education, with multiple courses on 3D animation and rendering authored for Linked In Learning , almost 4 years as a Teaching Assistant for the 3D programs at School of Motion and various consulting sessions with other artists.
Outside of motion, I enjoy time with my Wife (Megan), dog (Piper) and a multitude of board sports up here in the great PNW. On certain nights, when the moon is just right and the frogs have slowed their songs, you'll still hear me, in my studio, practicing for that eventual call up to play drums for one of my hero bands.