Monday, December 17, 2007

December 21, 2007 Illustration Friday



The topic for Illustration Friday this week was Backwards. This lil' cowpoke is showing amazing skill, ridin' hell bent for the horizon, backwards! Giddy up! As always I hope you will visit my website to view more examples of my work at www.ryanloghry.com, and please visit my retail store at www.ookybizniz.com, thank you for visiting.

Friday, December 14, 2007

December 14, 2007 Animation


Philneus Blarbin walks and thinks. And thinks and walks. Thinking of inventions to make the world a better place for the humons. He likes to help the humons.

I noodled up this animation yesterday, an off day for me. I have a bazillion things I should have been working on, but did this for fun instead. I hope to do more of this animation, but I've had to take another day job, and doubt I'll have the time for it. As always thank you for stopping by, and be sure to visit my website at ryanloghry.com, and my retail site at ookybizniz.com.

Tuesday, December 11, 2007

Illustration Friday December 14, 2007


The topic this week is Little Things. I really enjoy imagining the story behind images like this. I think that's what will make me a good children's book writer and illustrator some day. As always I hope you will visit my website to view more examples of my work at www.ryanloghry.com, and please visit my retail store at www.ookybizniz.com, thank you for visiting.

Illustration Friday December 7th, 2007


Well as some of you may have heard last week we had some flooding here in the Pacific Northwest. The damage here where I live was minimal, but we were without internet access for several days which caused me to miss my first Illustration Friday since starting back in September. I wanted to share this with you though, because I felt it fit the theme of EXCESS so well. We definitely had an excess of rain here. I would like to point out that there were thousands of people more harshly effected than I was here, and they deserve your sympathy much more than I. The people in and around Chehalis and Centralia, Washington were hit very hard. As always I hope you will visit my website to view more examples of my work at www.ryanloghry.com, and please visit my retail store at www.ookybizniz.com and pick yourself up a tshirt, or something nice. And have a Merry Christmas!

Christmas Bazaar


Last Friday I participated in a Christmas bazaar to raise money for Dornbecker Children's Hospital in Portland, Oregon. I took some copies of my children's book The Searcher (still looking for a publisher), some refrigerator magnets, and some t-shirts. I sold two magnets. Nothing else sold. Some might view this as a failure, but I don't. I think every little bit helps. I think we have to keep doing things to help those around us. I hear a lot of people talking about how messed up the world is today, I think it's up to us to make it better. So does Ooky. "Ook-ook!"

Saturday, December 8, 2007

Merry Christmas!

Hello everyone, and I hope your enjoying the holiday season this year. Each year I do a Christmas card, and the last couple of years I've included a Christmas animation as well. They vary in quality depending on the time I had, and the complexity of the animation. This year I was pressed for time with all my new responsibilities, and the flooding we had here in Washington state put a kink in my week for sure. But I finished, and am excited to share it with you all. Click here to view my yearly Christmas page, there you can view my card, and the previous years content. This year I've posted to YouTube as well, to try and drive more traffic to my retail site, and to get my name out there. Marketing is a big part of being a freelance illustrator. As always I hope you will visit my website to view more examples of my work at www.ryanloghry.com, and please visit my retail store at www.ookybizniz.com and pick yourself up a tshirt, or something nice. Below is a link to the video posted on YouTube. Enjoy, and Merry Christmas everyone!!