Hispanic Information and Telecommunications Networ
November 2014 - Present
Developing Ipad games for pre-school education. More information coming soon.
CEO
Sias Studios
February 2013 - Present
Sias Studios free weekly emails are designed to promote creative thinking and foster children’s imaginations. Our original art projects encourage kids to invent their own stories and make art without boundaries. We provide a springboard for you child to dive into artistic discovery!
Ryan creates doodle pages, Writing prompts and Drawing lesson pages every week.
Writer & Illustrator for picture books
Freelance
April 2006 - Present
My books are
"Zoe and Robot - Let's Pretend"
"Are You Eating Something Red?"
"Are You Eating Something Green?"
Freelance Storyboard Artist, screen layout
MarcoPolo Learning
March 2013 - April 2013
Helped with visualization of how the game screens would look.
Storyboarder
Sesame Workshop
January 2012 - March 2013
Storyboards for digital content
Freelance story boarder
So! Animation
May 2011 - October 2011
Storyboarder for Sesame English
Sesame Workshop
March 2009 - February 2011
I get to draw Elmo, Big Bird and Cookie monster stroyboards to be used for Flash animation. This program is being used to teach Japanese children english. It's a dream come true for me!
Game Developer
Pearson
October 2007 - May 2009
Developed mini games for FUNBRAIN.com playground area. Created 20 characters and mini games ideas, which they turned into awesome games!
https://www.funbrain.com/brain/SweepsBrain/sweepsbrain.html
Developed new levels for https://www.poptropica.com/
Storyboarder
Cartoon Pizza
August 2005 - March 2008
Story boarded Nick Jr. Show Pinky Dinky Doo, along with a few other small projects.
Freelance cartoonist
Nickelodeon
2002 - October 2007
I wrote and illustrated several comics for Nickelodeon magazine.
Freelance artist
Game Laboratories
2003 - July 2007
I helped design early game concepts.
Freelance Story boarding
Scholastic
April 2004 - October 2004
Storyboards for Maya and Miguel.
Storyboarder
Blue Sky Studios
2002 - 2003
I storyboarded and wrote gags for the movie "Robots"
Storyboarder
United Artists
September 2001 - February 2002
Storyboarded animated sequence on Oscar winning Bowling for Columbine.
Freelance Storyboarder and character designer
Flickerlab
November 2000 - December 2000
With Flicker I have been doing storyboard and character design work. We met working on the oscar winning documentary "Bowling for Columbine". We have worked on "Fat Sick and Nearly Dead" a commercial for "United Teachers Federation" and many other projects.
Art director
Reel FX
1995 - 1999
Creative Director. Responsibilities included storyboarding, art directing shoots, and supervising animators. Clients included Barney, Nickelodeon, Neiman Marcus, Budweiser, Benjamin Moore Paints, Six Flags, and Toyota.