Ryan Reid Illustration + Design

I draw stories. – Page 2 of 40

I make comics, draw illustrations, and write about a miscellany of things.

Street art critic

Street art critic

March 23, 2025 | Miscellany

I was walking to work from Pimisi Station the other morning when I noticed someone wrote on the metal guardrail in thick black marker: TRUST THE CHAOS.

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Three art posters on the studio wall.

Love it love it hang it on the wall

February 16, 2025 | Miscellany

After dragging my heals for years I finally hung new art posters on the wall, plus a short trip down resampling algorithm lane.

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Snack attack

January 2, 2025 | Comics

Robot and Francis follow a strange signal to a desert planet and make a surprising (and tasty) discovery that puts their lives in danger. Again.

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Snack attack 4 page comic, ink completed.

Snack attack – inking completed

December 28, 2024 | Miscellany

There are many things that can keep me from completing any personal project I start. Chores. Family obligations. Reddit. I finish, it just takes forever.

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Froggo Cosmitron poster

December 26, 2024 | Illustration

Froggo Cosmitron is the only amphibian brave enough to fight for us little pollywogs. He’s mysterious! He’s adventurous! He’s a frog with a laser blaster!

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Dream

Dream

December 11, 2024 | Miscellany

This morning I saw the word “dream” on the side of a construction crane. I wasn’t sure if it was a call to action, or a warning…

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First page of comic, work in progress.

Snack attack – new comic work in progress

November 9, 2024 | Miscellany

Got off my tushy and started a new comic. I took a couple work in progress photos, so you could enjoy the mess. It’s been a while, all my pens needed ink.

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Office intrigue

Office intrigue

September 30, 2024 | Miscellany

Wherein I relay a short experience from the office on a far too quiet day, when the mind wanders, and unlikely conspiracies emerge.

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In the beginning

In the beginning

August 20, 2024 | Miscellany

In the beginning there was nothing. Then there was something. Then more something. Etc. And nowit’s justreally reallycrowded.

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Maybe it’s somebody else’s frequency illusion

Maybe it’s somebody else’s frequency illusion

June 18, 2024 | Miscellany

Could frequency illusion bias be somehow related to the Somebody Else’s Problem field? Unlikely. But maybe. But also unlikely.

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