Ryan Wilson is an artist and recent graduate of

Holland College’s design program.


Design is communication.

Parastalsis/Sundog

(2020), School Project

Goal: create anything based on pieces in the history textbook chapter. Fictional album and band.
My first album design.

Digital Collage

(2020), Photoshop splash image, School Project

Inspired by Photoshop's splash images. Assembled from photos courtesy of Unsplash.com.

Joshua Wong

(2021), Portrait of an activist, School project

Joshua Wong has been convicted and jailed on several occasions by the Chinese government for his leadership of various freedom groups. He was last jailed in December 2020, where he remains as of March 2022.

Yokoo Exhibition Mural

(2021), School Project

Goal: create an exhibit ad for a designer featured in the history chapter. I chose the brilliant Japanese designer Tadanori Yokoo.

Looking Through Windows

(2021), School project

Goal: create a poster for the year-end student showcase, selecting one of three themes.

I created an evocative and optimistic tone using one of my favorite symbols: the window, and developed the design from that focal point.

Paradise Lost & Found

(2021), School project

My mural for the student showcase. Connecting to the titular theme, the upper half is a vector illustration while the lower is a digital painting.

Wine Packaging Design

(2019), School project

Inspired by Futurism and Dada collages, I assembled everything in Photoshop and applied textures and torn edges.

Magazine & Photoshoot

(2021), School project

A two part project.

Part 1: plan a photoshoot and enlist a photography student as the photographer.

Part 2: apply the photos to a design. Here I used an essay on Da Vinci's famous Vitruvian Man to connect to the unique portrayal of figure.

Many thanks to Summer Letelier for modelling.

Book Cover

(2020), School Project

Book jacket created for the brilliant Southern Reach sci-fi trilogy by Jeff Vandermeer.

Textbook Cover

(2020), School Project

Jacket created for Meggs' History of Graphic Design, our class history textbook.
Design inspired by various modern art and design pieces.

Upper Room Logo

(2020), School client project

Goal: create a new logo for local soup kitchen and food bank The Upper Room Hospitality Ministry Inc.

MORSE Branding

(2019), School project

Devin Morse is a music producer and audio engineer based in Toronto, Ontario.

Scalpula

(2020), School Project

Thanks to Nicholas Costain for helping name the typeface.

Astro Minima

(2020), School Project

Developed for sci-fi pixel art projects.

Cubist Portraits

(2020), Personal project

Linocuts

(2020 -), Personal project