Ryan Doan

About me:

Since graduating with honors from the Maryland Institute College of Art with a BFA in Illustration Ryan Doan has supplied illustration and photo design services to such clients as Barnes and Nobles, Sterling Publishing, BMG Entertainment, Sababa Toys, Art Asylum, The Aquarian Magazine, The Sun, and commissioned costumers. He has shown in numerous venues both in group and solo shows and has received a handful of awards. In 2004 he joined Weird NJ magazine, a publication very popular in the tri-state area, as an Associate Editor and Production Associate / Photographer. That position soon parlayed into Staff Artist when Weird NJ signed a large book deal with Barnes and Nobles. He enjoyed that position for 5 years until branching out to establish himself as a freelancer. He was the primary illustrator for over thirty-two internationally syndicated titles also supplying cover art for three editions. Included in those titles is the award winning Weird Hauntings by Joanne Austin where he was responsible for acquiring the photography and which he enjoyed being the sole illustrator. The follow-up book Weird Encounters, his second book, will be released in the fall of 2010 to hopefully the same response as the first. Ryan has also worked as a freelance photo-journalist interviewing and photographing often eccentric, colorful characters. His photography has also appeared in many of his book projects, on the walls of commissioned clients, and also in the set design of the film Clerks 2. Ryan just finished working on a special issue for Weird NJ entitled Last Exit: Traveling With Death In The Garden State. He is now seeking to expand his freelance clientele. He can be reached through his web site www.ryandoan.com or by email at ryandoan@gmail.com