About

Hello, my name is Ryan Ball! I am an illustration and advertising designer that has worked with a multitude of styles. I have been illustrating for about 6 years now and will be graduating with my BFA in Communication Design on May 2025. 

 

I love to work with creatures, landscapes, and sometimes vector. I value honesty and blunt criticism toward my work. My passion, in my personal projects, is to work with horror illustrations. Normally, these are creatures that someone would commission from me through Twitter/X, Discord, or email.

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My process starts with a general idea/outline of details that encompass a design. Next, I create a bunch of roughs focusing on form and positioning. Then, I create a semi-rough line art of the favored roughs, create a clean line art, and color block the final decision. Lastly, I create the full render from the line art. Sometimes the line art will be removed if the design works better without it.

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Some of my biggest inspirations are H.R. Giger, Trudi Castle, Manu Mercurial, Mika Pikazou, Zutomayo, avogado6, and Zdzislaw Beksinski. Some of my hobbies include fishing, working out, playing games, and of course digital art making.

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I will almost always be available to take commissions. Typically, these would be creatures, some landscapes, or characters. Even though my main niche is horror, I also can create cute characters and am open to explore new ideas.