HI! I'M RJ

Actually, my real name is Ryan James. My mother always told me she chose Ryan because it was a name that couldn’t be shortened, like Christopher or William. Perhaps subconsciously seeing this as a challenge, albeit a minor one, I set out to find a way.

Throughout my career I try to apply this same method to all my projects…take something that is commonly perceived as absolute, modify it, and in the process, simplify it.

Having discovered a knack for art at an early age, my passion led me to earn my BFA at the Illinois Institute of Art in Chicago. What started off as a childhood love of drawing has developed into a fulfilling career pushing pixels and creative boundries half a world away.

Since leaving the cornfields of rural America for more concrete environs, I have been fascinated with urban existence. As a designer and creative, the city’s layers upon layers of life, both old and new, modern and classic architecture and typography and sheer diversity and culture, continues to be my main source of inspiration.