I am an illustrator, who is interested in sci-fi, film noir, iconic imagery in pop culture, history’s view of the future, the physics of light and color, and what lies beyond simple science. I draw frequently, prefer ball-point pens, copy machine paper, and the occasional forced composition in the margins of business documents. I work in a number of mediums, but all of my pieces originate in a drawing-type form.

Much of my work in the past has used hybrid techniques, often times utilizing photoshop and oil paint. It was an interesting idea (for me, at least) on coexisting with machine. Recently, I have found myself working in a more polarized manner; either entirely hand-made or heavily computer rendered.

Obviously, Space Ryerson isn’t my real name. Like many people, I have a day job, and found it a necessity to not have my work easily found.

I found myself inspired by the jet age, the space race, hotel postcards, Italian futurist architecture, the less tawdry side of cyberpunk, and came out the other side slowly veering back towards something else. Some of my favorite inspirations along the way have been Francis Bacon, Tamara De Lempicka, Lee Bontecou, Syd Mead, Ralph McQuarrie, Richard Yuricich, matte paintings for movies, Charles Sheeler, Windsor McKay, Stanley Kubrick, the look of vintage ARP and Roland synthesizers, as well as Pininfarina designed cars.