All of the artwork on this page has been created by Ryan Doan, who is our December 2009 Featured Artist.

Please visit Ryan at: ryandoan@gmail.com

Ryan Doan graduated with honors from the Maryland Institute College of Art with a BFA in Illustration. Since then, Ryan has created illustration and photo designs to such clients as Barnes and Noble, Sterling Publishing, BMG Entertainment, Sababa Toys, Art Asylum, The Aquarian Magazine, The Sun, and commissioned costumers. He has been shown in numerous venues, both in group and solo shows, and has received a handful of awards.

In 2004, Ryan 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 Noble. He enjoyed that position for five years until branching out to establish himself as a freelancer. He was the primary illustrator for over thirty-two internationally syndicated titles and also created cover art for three editions. Included in those titles is the award winning Weird Hauntings by Joanne Austin, where Ryan was responsible for acquiring the photography and in 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 enthusiastic 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.