
Biography
Ryan Frederickson is a designer, illustrator and painter.
With over 20 years experience creating visual communications solutions, Ryan has worked professionally on projects including advertising and corporate collateral, web design and development, motion graphics, mural illustration, posters and game covers.
Ryan has created an array of icons for clients such as Verizon Wireless and Nationwide Van Lines, he has participated in hundreds of unique logo projects and has designed and developed dozens of commercial websites for clients including Zerowater, ADP, Beringer and Watts, to name a few.
He has collaborated on illustration projects for Maverik, Quiznos, Sony Interactive Entertainment and THQ (IPs include: Destroy all Humans, God of War, Hot Shots Golf, Ratchet & Clank, Sony Sing and Xbox Live).
As a fine artist Ryan’s work has been shown in Meyer Gallery (Park City, UT) and it has been recognized in both the Spring Salon at the Springville Museum of Art, and in the 12th and 13th Annual ARC Salons, where his work was selected in the Portrait category and awarded two Figurative category honorable mentions. In his studio, he has privately mentored select students, with a focus on observational drawing fundamentals, painting technique, design and composition.
Skills
Roles
- Mastery
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- Advanced
- Advanced
- Basic
- Basic
Technical Skills
- Mastery
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Work Experience
2008 – Present day
Creative Director (Contract)
Genacom, Inc. (Napa, CA)
Web design, front end development, and marketing collateral for hundreds of national and local brands, including Zerowater, Nationwide Van Lines, Beringer, Omega Broadcast, and Watts, to name a few.
2006 – 2008
Illustrator/Graphic Designer
8Fish Productions (Salt Lake City, UT)
Clients: Maverik, Kaplan University, Quiznos (Storyboarding), Verizon, ADP
2003 – 2006
Illustrator (Freelance)
Origin Studios (Salt Lake City, UT)
Clients: Sony Interactive Entertainment, THQ (IPs: Destroy all Humans, God of War, Hot Shots Golf, Ratchet & Clank, Sony Sing, Xbox Live)
Education
2011 – 2012
Safehouse Atelier
Drawing & Oil Painting
2005 – 2007
Hein Academy of Art
Drawing & Oil Painting
2000 – 2002
BFA
BYU
Graphic Design
1998 – 2000
AA
BYU Idaho
Illustration / Graphic Design
