Ryan Johnson

OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA

Ryan Johnson is an illustrator based in Brooklyn, NY and he works mostly from his home studio. His illustrations have been called eccentric, inventive, vibrant and exaggerated.

He has been recognized by American Illustration, 3×3 and the Society of Illustrators. He keeps busy drawing and plein air painting, drinking coffee, playing cribbage, and obsessing over podcasts, but mostly he makes illustrations.

Clients

The New Yorker, GQ, The New York Times, Facebook, NPR, Bloomberg BusinessWeek, Smithsonian, The Wall Street Journal, Boston Globe, Variety, The Washington Post, Variety, United Airlines Rhapsody, Random House, Narratively, Airbnb, Corriere Delle Sera, Ritual Coffee Roasters, Commercial Observer, Denver Regional Council Of Governments, Portland Mercury, Boise Weekly, East Bay Express, True Parent Magazine, 5280, SevenFifty Daily, Backpacker, Duft & Watterson, Ask The Sherwins, Duckhorn Winery, Callisto Media.

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AARP

Banana Pitch

1 of 3

Diablo

Los Angeles Times

The Wall Street Journal

Oprah Daily

Dossier

AARP

Indianapolis Monthly

The Wall Street Journal

Investopedia

1 of 13

The Washington Post

1 of 2

Indianapolis Monthly

Our State

1 of 4

Indianapolis Monthly

Metro State University Denver

1 of 2

Fidelity

1 of 8

Nob Hill Gazette

1 of 2

AARP

Library Journal

1 of 3

Edutopia

AARP

1 of 2

AARP

Charles Scwab Onward Magazine

AARP

Runner's World

Khruangbin

The Wall Street Journal

Khruangbin

Los Angeles Times

Tulane University

Los Angeles Times

Oprah Daily

Morning Brew

Teen Wellness

AARP

AARP

Los Angeles Times

Oprah Daily

Huff Post

The Wall Street Journal

The Los Angeles Times

The Wall Street Journal

Corporate Knights

Indianapolis Monthly

Los Angeles Times

Indianapolis Monthly

Our State

AARP

1 of 7

Diablo Magazine

Our State

1 of 2

Christianity Today

Berkeley Haas Magazine

1 of 3

The Wall Street Journal

The Wall Street Journal

Dr. Scholl's

1 of 7

Los Angeles Times

Indianapolis Monthly

Galison Puzzles

1 of 4

Indianapolis Monthly

The Lever

Nike

1 of 4

Nike

1 of 4

New Mexico Magazine

1 of 6

Oprah Daily

Oprah Daily

Indianapolis Monthly

Dwell Magazine

1 of 2

Money Magazine

The Wall Street Journal

The Boston Globe Magazine

1 of 7

Los Angeles Times

1 of 4

Star Tribune

1 of 2

Nike

1 of 4

Star Tribune

1 of 2

The Washington Post

The Wall Street Journal

The Wall Street Journal

Indianapolis Monthly

The Wall Street Journal

Indianapolis Monthly

Nike

1 of 7

Generali Bollettino Group

1 of 2

The Boston Globe

1 of 2

Golf Digest

Down East

AARP

1 of 2

The New Yorker

1 of 7

Oprah Daily

The Wall Street Journal

The Wall Street Journal

Indianapolis Monthly

University of Minnesota

AARP

1 of 5

The New Yorker

The Washington Post

New Mexico Magazine

1 of 4

The Wall Street Journal

Money Magazine

1 of 3

Oprah Daily

Nike

1 of 4

Oprah Daily

The New York Times

1 of 6

The Wall Street Journal

Nike

1 of 6

New York Tech

1 of 5

Money

The Wall Street Journal

Money Magazine

Nike

1 of 6

The Mountain Goats

Golf Digest

American Express Departures Magazine

1 of 3

Nike

1 of 5

The Wall Street Journal

Liberal Education Magazine

1 of 9

Texas Highways

1 of 2

Nike

1 of 6

Christianity Today

The New York Times

Hemisphere's Magazine

1 of 4

Khruangbin

Nike

1 of 6

The Washington Post

Khruangbin Sante Fe, NM Poster

CIO Sponsored by Opentext

1 of 3

Library Journal

1 of 2

The Wall Street Journal

1 of 2

Nike

1 of 5

Nike

1 of 5

Los Angeles Times

SevenFiftyDaily

Nike

1 of 6

UC Berkeley California Magazine

1 of 2

California Dreamin'

Sojourners

Indianapolis Monthly

5280 Magazine

Runner's World

1 of 8

SevenFifty Daily

AARP

The Washington Post

SevenFifty Daily

The Wall Street Journal

1 of 4

UC Berkeley California Magazine

Hannaford Supermarkets

1 of 3

Indianapolis Monthly

The Nation

1 of 2

The Wall Street Journal

1 of 2

WeTransfer

Stanford Lawyer

1 of 3

Diablo

The Wall Street Journal

AARP

1 of 4

Christianity Today

Nob Hill Gazette

1 of 2

Benchling

Christianity Today

1 of 2

Idaho Fish & Wildlife Foundation

1 of 2

The Washington Post

North Star

1 of 3

Nike

1 of 5

Best Places to Camp

1 of 4

The Beach

Indianapolis Monthly

Putting Vision into Action- Leading With Passion

1 of 2

Design a Route That Makes You Want to Run

1 of 3

Meet the conservatives who want to fight climate change — their way

Reasons to Love Denver

1 of 3

Memorial Day Approaching

Covid Vaccine

Get a Good Deal on Car Rentals

1 of 2

Push Your Pace Without Pushing Yourself

Community in the time of Covid-19 - Support Northeast Farms during the COVID-19 pandemic

1 of 2

RIP Gentry

1 of 2

Ready Bartender One

Nike Journal

1 of 18

To Good Things Ahead

1 of 5

Christmas Past

1 of 5

How To Workout in a Mask

1 of 2

Covid and the Brain by Sanjay Gupta

1 of 8

Pandemic Thanksgiving

Athlete's Mindset

How politicians target you

Boosting Immunity With Good Sleep

What will life be like in year 2070

1 of 3

Reason's Why We Don't Run

Avriel Shull

Washington Post

1 of 2

No Place Like Home

New Rules of the Road

1 of 3

o Close, Yet So Far Away

What Now?

1 of 5

9 Truths About Later-in-Life Marriage

Congress Gave Colleges A $14 Billion Lifeline. Here's Where It's Going

Nike

1 of 6

How a Denver Street Connected a Community During the Pandemic

Internet Inequality

In Turbulent Times, Companies Can Look to Cities For Survival Strategies

1 of 4

Oprah Daily

The Hoosierist

1 of 16

Everything you need to know about California’s 2020 primary election

1 of 6

AARP

A Different Spin

1 of 2

What Will You Do?

1 of 2

Winter Adventures

1 of 4

A Sticky Situation

1 of 2

Holiday Survival Guide

1 of 6

My First Merry Muslim Christmas

1 of 4

First Gen Students

The Pinnacle of Luxury

Video Game Tutors

The Wall Street Journal

Automation

Big Hassle

1 of 2

Fear of the Open Ocean

1 of 3

9 Really Practical Jokes

1 of 3

Seen one, seen 'em all

Zeno's Paradox

The best of culture in Boston

AARP

Brutally Honest Emmy Ballot

Nike

1 of 6

How I Learned to Party at a Greek Panigyri

1 of 4

Indianapolis Monthly

1 of 2

Tiger Ghost

Getting To Zero

1 of 10

Goofy Footed

Hill of Hell

Nike

1 of 2

The Reel World: The Movie Issue

1 of 24

The Wall Street Journal

Editors and Director

Fortnite

Going To The Movies

Washington Post

1 of 2

How Millennials Can Maximize Savings for Retirement

Data, Data, Data! Can Numbers Help Restaurants Choose Their Spots?

AARP

Homeless Campsites

Jungle Hike

Indianapolis Monthly

Hollywood Agents

Variety Magazine

1 of 2

A Fire in Dreamland

Influenza Outbreak

Speed Dating America

1 of 4

NPR

1 of 6

Tasting Room Horror Stories

1 of 8

Commercial Observer

Renters and Landlords

1 of 2

Narratively Header Illustration

Narratively

1 of 3

15 Interesting Facts About Boston

Housing

Housing

Agriculture And Health

Take A Hike!

1 of 2

Portugal

Sports Injuries

Sports Injuries

AARP

Reducing the Intercom Messenger

Shohei Ohtani

Ryan Johnson – Shohei Ohtani

Watching You

Watching You

Indianapolis Monthly

The Wall Street Journal

Our State

1 of 2

Our State Magazine

1 of 2

Indianapolis Monthly

Gunnersbury Park, London Poster Art

1 of 2

Khruangbin

Indianapolis Monthly

Khruangbin

The Wall Street Journal

Indianapolis Monthly

Indianapolis Monthly

Milwaukee Magazine

Artist News

Feb 20

RYAN JOHNSON | GETTING MARRIED AGAIN FOR AARP

This is such a sweet story about second marraiges. The article for AARP illustrated by #lcmartist Ryan Johnson is called "Getting…

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Feb 09

RYAN JOHNSON | BIG DATA CENTERS COME TO SMALL-TOWN WISCONSIN FOR MILWAUKEE MAGAZINE

Move over Wisconson as "Sparks Fly As Big Data Centers Come to Small-Town Wisconsin: Wisconsin is attractive to the data…

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Feb 05

RYAN JOHNSON | THE MOBILITY GAP FOR SENIORS FOR DIABLO MAGAZINE

We're about to find out what the mobility gap is like in California as we explore life in it's later…

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