Ryan Nore

ARTIST | Illustration | Graphics Illustrators

Illustrator, Graphic Artist for hire

Specialized in : My specialties are illustrations and graphic design. Having spent the last 12 years as a web designer and developer I would like to focus more on illustrations for printed or digital media.
Professional experience : I have created illustrations for a series of children's stories and one book of poetry. However, the majority of my professional experience has been in the web design and development industry.

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This caricature of Bono is one of three in a caricature series entitled "Monsters of Rock". The caricature itself was painted in MyPaint and the background, shadows, signature and branding was done in Photoshop.

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Björk, one of three subjects from a caricature series I am working on which is entitled "Original Nightingales". It was painted in MyPaint and the signature and brand were applied in GIMP.

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It is ME (Ryan Nore) by ME (Ryan Nore) !!! So, naturally it is titled "Ryan Nore"! =0P It was painted in MyPaint. You can also view a video of the creation at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpZC3mQZ-pg

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Another caricature for my "Masters of Mystery" collection, Agatha Christie.

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It is Alfred Hitchcock, the master of mystery and suspense and one of the caricatures exhibited in my "Masters of Mystery" collection.

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One of the "Masters of Mystery"... Edgar Allan Poe! I could only find one reference shot and multitudes of caricatures based upon that photo so I wanted to create him a bit different than all the others. I usually draw/paint in Photoshop but I was recently introduced to, what this was created in, MyPaint.

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My rendition of Hayao Miyazaki, the manga artist, animator and director. He create and directed such masterpieces as “Castle in the Sky“, “Spirited Away” and “Ponyo“. It was initially sketched on paper and then painted in Photoshop.

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In creating this image I danced around quite a bit. I started off looking for some reference images but didn’t find many that fit my idea of things. So, I decided to create a reference in 3D Studio Max. Mainly for the water aspect of the painting because even though I love the water and how it can add a touch of magic to any environment, it isn’t very easy to get it right and will harm the painting more than help it if you don’t get it right. And being that my painting’s subject was surrounded I wanted to get it fairly “right“. As I got into modeling things, I thought that maybe I would just do the whole thing in 3D instead of a 2D painting. But then I came to the point that I just couldn’t get the lighting the way I wanted. I tried different things in Photoshop to give it that atmosphere I was looking for and then realized that everything is too realistic. Although I wanted a semi-sense of realism, I wanted more the feeling of fantasy with a touches of cartoon like exaggerations. And so I started over. I first sketched it out on a piece of paper and then painted it in Photoshop. Most of the elements from the 3D version are in the 2D version but I am much happier with the results of the 2D painting. Go to: http://ryan.nore.at/2012/01/world-of-art/ for detailed views, sketch, and 3D render.

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As a kid I was always fascinated and drawn in with comic books and the stories they told. Among my most favorited were “X-Men” and “Avengers“. Aside from the fact that these stories were about people that were born different and through that they were shunned, or even hunted, by those they were risking their lives to protect, I was also drawn in by the art work. The pictorial form of telling a story was intriguing and captivating. I have always been a more visually stimulated person. The printed word seemed to be almost hypnotic through which I would simply zone out and not understand a word I had read. Therefore I would wind up reading the same paragraph again and again just to understand and remember everything I had been attempting to consume. Another childhood favorite was the Star Wars movies. I didn’t want to do the original stories because they have been done by multiple publishers. So, I had read a few post Battle of Endor novels (21-26 years post) from the “The New Jedi Order” series and decided to do a bit from one of those novels as a graphic novel. Below is an excerpt from Balance Point chapter 14… Story and Original novel by Kathy Tyers

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This is a portrait of a fairly well known cartoon character. Although he has never quite looked like this. This is my interpretation of how I think he might look if her were more real than cartoon. I am not going to tell you all which cartoon character he is supposed to be, you have to guess. =0P It was created in Photoshop.

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Here's to Steve Jobs and all for which he was dubbed a symbol. A leader and one of the pioneers in the personal computer, design, and CG industries. That pushed all other competitors to keep up or get left behind. Hopefully the image communicates the lonesomeness and solidarity of a man in his position. Along with the obvious symbols of the bitten apple, the Pixar lamp, and the well known glossy white design of so many apple products. Aside from those obvious elements there are other symbols of tribute to his memory and accomplishments that are a little less obvious and that I leave to your discovery.

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This image shows four judges sitting up high on their a s s e s and their individual approaches to someone that has bared himself to them. One is scornful, another arrogant, a third ridiculing, and the last is apathetic. It was created in Photoshop

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Caricature of Marie Curie. Pencil sketch, colored in Photoshop

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My caricature of Gary Oldman

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A caricature of Toshiro Mifune. pencil on paper

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Character portrait, ink & colored pencil on paper

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Muscular zombie in an alleyway, pencil on paper

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Cartoon drawing of a 1969 Camaro, pencil on paper

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Drawing of a skull, pencil on paper

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It's supper time in the swamp and the little toad will never again forget the proverb "just because the waters are still doesn't mean there aren't any crocodiles". Just another one of those pieces that pop into the head and must be squeezed out into existence.

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This is my rendition of a steampunk-(ish) airship entitled "Cloud Gazer" (for obvious reasons).

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This is one of a series of many "Infant Dreams". Basically I try taking infants in possibly common situations and link a possible interpretation of that moment as a projection of what is going on in the infant's mind. What they might be imagining.

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A time lapsed video of the creation of the caricature of Gilbert Daroy. Gilbert Daroy by Ryan Nore

This is a time lapsed video of the creation process of painting my self caricature Ryan Nore by Ryan Nore