Ryan Johnson is a freelance illustrator based in Oakland, CA. After graduating from Boise State University in 2012 he left Idaho to pursue a full time illustration career in the Bay Area.
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.
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.
Fun new piece by RYAN JOHNSON for Commercial Observer called "Data, Data, Data! Can Numbers Help Restaurants Choose Their Spots?"…
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Take A Hike! No really, Take A Hike!!! Here's a lovely piece by RYAN JOHNSON for Hannaford Supermarkets magazine Fresh!…
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Excited to share this wonderful new series by RYAN JOHNSON for In These Times called "Getting to Zero." The cover…
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