Greetings! My name is Ryan and I have been doing graphic design for almost 10 years. I was a touring musician for five years, which is what initially drew me towards the graphic design field. As a band, we found ourselves overpaying for mediocre work; dealing with "artists" that wouldn't take the time to understand our wants and needs or care that we had important deadlines that needed to be met. So, I decided to take things in to my own hands. I began to take some online tutorial classes for adobe Illustrator and adobe Photoshop so that I could begin my design education as an extremely poor musician. Understanding the functions of these two programs was crucial, since I was going to assume the role of designing our t-shirts, creating flyers, designing the lay out for our jewel (CD) cases, manipulating press photos, etc. Once I understood the basics, I moved forward D.I.Y. style.