Ryan Reid Illustration + Design

I draw stories. – Page 6 of 39

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

Watercolour illustration of a robot tending to a garden.

Gardenbot

March 7, 2023 | Miscellany

We had a bad case of tomato blight last year. Every plant turned black and died. All the fruit rotted on the vines. It was sad and awful. Gardenbot would never have let that happen! Good Gardenbot!

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Watercolour illustration of a scared cat with it's fur all poofy.

Cat go poof

March 2, 2023 | Miscellany

I spent a half hour trying to write something pithy to go with this illustration of a scared cat with it’s fur all poofy.

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Watercolour drawing of a radio on fire.

Radio on fire

February 20, 2023 | Miscellany

A small drawing of a burning radio, and the story of why I returned to analog radio a few years ago.

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Watercolour illustration of a cat in a taco.

Tacocat

February 14, 2023 | Miscellany

Watercolour illustration of a tacocat.

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A watercolour cartoon of a cat wearing a ninja costume.

Ninja cat!

February 6, 2023 | Miscellany

It’s a Ninja Cat sneak attack!

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Mark Manson on progress

Mark Manson on progress

February 2, 2023 | Miscellany

Learning can feel like progress, even when it’s not progress. How many times have I used learning as a replacement for creating? Too many, that’s how many.

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A watercolour of a cartoon cat wearing a cowboy hat.

Cartoon cat in a cowboy hat

February 1, 2023 | Miscellany

A watercolour painting of a cartoon cat wearing a cowboy hat.

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Masquerade - thumbnail

Masquerade

January 21, 2023 | Comics

In this comic the kids find a peculiar piece of clothing in Grandpa’s attic while playing dress-up. Grandpa offers up a history lesson, but nobody really cares.

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Cat misses the jump drawing

Cat misses the jump

January 15, 2023 | Miscellany

Hazel the cat isn’t the spry young thing she used to be. But it’s not her age, or her size that prevents her from accomplishing the great jumps of her youth.

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The howling abyss

The howling abyss

January 9, 2023 | Miscellany

As we tumble into the howling abyss that is 2023, it’s time for a little (forced) reflection. It’s what all the cool kids are doing this time of year. So on with it – what did I make last year?

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