Ryan Peltier

Ryan Peltier is an artist and illustrator based in Minneapolis Minnesota. He makes Illustrations for excellent publications and has taught at many Colleges around Minneapolis and Saint Paul. His work has been recognized by Adobe, American Illustration, Society of Illustration Los Angeles, 3x3 and Print Magazine.CLIENTS INCLUDE: The New York Times, The New Yorker, Apple, The Wall Street Journal, TIME Magazine, WIRED Magazine, The Village Voice, Esquire Magazine, The Believer, Fast Company, PLANSPONSOR, Laika Animation (Character designs on Box Trolls, Two Strings), NYC MTA, Pentagram, Educause, Stanford University, The Johns Hopkins Health Review and others.ABOUT MY WORK:I hope that my approach to illustration can naturally promote Science and hopefully can help inspire empathetic, yet logical solutions to the problems we are facing. My work has also been influenced lately by the Constructivist and Bauhaus movements, both of which were taking on the issues of their own times. Many of the articles I am asked to Illustrate are written by like minded people, which is very helpful. In my opinion, printed Illustration (along with the web) is the best way to get this work out in the world. My influences are many, from the elegant, classic design of the 60's designers like Rand, Eksell and Alvin Lustig. Other influences are the old New Yorker Illustrations by people like Saul Steinburgh and Bass. It is possible that I am just obsessed with the brightness and texture of old paper. I love David Hock­ney and his strange design sense and of course, I will always love Edward Gorey for the sense of humor and the strange, dark worlds he con­jures up.​​​​​​​