Ryan Crippen
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Biography
Ryan's artistic career began very early on with his love for drawing and coloring when he was just a wee lad growing up in Southern California. During his youth, pencil and paper occupied the majority of his time, with his Atari 2600, Lego and BMX bike following close behind. Throughout his teen years he continued to draw and started to dabble with paint, and eventually went on to get a BA in Illustration and Design. Once out of school, he immediately landed a web development job at a local software company, where he still holds a full time position. All the while Ryan continued to concentrate on digital art and animation- specifically Flash, web design, 3D, and motion graphics.
Late in 2005, Ryan decided to get back to his "roots"- so he dusted off his pencils, paintbrushes and markers and returned to traditional illustration and painting. Right around that time he was inadvertently immersed into the urban vinyl toy scene as well- it started with collecting small limited edition platform toys, which soon led to him custom painting the toys himself. He's participated in custom toy gallery shows and his custom designs are sought after by the vinyl toy community. These days Ryan balances (ever so delicately) his web development job, freelance illustration and design work, custom toys, and his love of drawing and painting.
Designed Toy Releases
Toy Series Participation
- Android - 3" "Totem" for Series 5, 2015
- Android - 3" "Totem Chase" for Series 5, 2015
- Yoka - 2.5" NYCC'10 special edition, 200 pieces, 2010
- Qee - 3" Skeleanimals Artist Series, 2010
Customs & Show Work
- MegaTEQ - "Totem" custom for the MegaTEQ Custom Group Show, 2019
- Dunny- "Maori" custom for NYCC, 2016
- Dunny- "Spade-Skull" custom for NYCC, 2016
- Dunny- "Zulu" custom for NYCC, 2016
- Mini Ghost Girl - custom for the Ghost Girl Expo, 2015
- Junior - "Totem" custom for When Hell Freezes Over 2, 2015
- Billy - custom for Blamo 5th Annual Custom Show, 2013
- Mini Munny - 4" Totem Trikky, 2013
- Mini Munny - 4" Totem Rooz, 2013
- Mini Munny - 4" Totem Kracka, 2013
- Playsam custom for The Playsam 500, 2012
- Two Faced Hazel - custom for the Two-Faced Show, 2012
- Mini Munny - 4" custom for Kidrobot - King of the Boards, 2011
- Swampy McSwamperton - custom for The Epic Adventures of Swampy McSwamperton, 2011
- Custom for I Am Legion, 2011
- Piece for Stop It!, 2011
- Ghost Girl - "Totem Ghost Girl" custom for Ghost In The Machine, 2011
- Jouwe - custom for Jouwe Custom Show (Holland), 2011
- Go Lucky Neko - "Totem" custom, 2011
- Labbit - "Totem Labbit" for New Moon : Interpretations of the Chinese Zodiac, 2010
- Omi - "Totem" custom for The Omi Show, 2010
- Omi - "Maori" custom for The Omi Show, 2010
- Qee - 10" "Trick or Totem Zombie" Homer Qee, 2010
- Gordo - "Totem Gordo" for Custom Gordo Showcase at NYCC 2010
- Misfortune Cat - 4" custom for Reconstructing Misfortune, 2010
- Jouwe - custom for the Jouwe Custom Show (Germany), 2010
- Munny - "Scary Totem Teddy" for Crazy4Cult, 2010
- Celsius - custom for Ganmetall Celsius Custom Show, 2010
- Sketchbot - "Totembot" custom for Sketchbot Custom Show, 2010
- Bic Buddies - 8" Custom for the Buddy Custom Show, 2010
- Cranston Fellows Jr - "Totem" custom for When Hell Freezes Over, 2010
- "Totem Monkeys" painting for New Moon : Interpretations of the Chinese Zodiac, 2009
- Dunny - 3" Naughty & Nice Xmas Customs, 7 sets, 2009
- Mega Munny - 18" commission Totem custom, 2009
- Qee - 8" custom for We Ain't Plastic, 2009
- ILLAZILLA! - custom for Attack of ILLAZILLA!, 2009
- Custom for Mutation - A Vinyl Show, 2009
- IWG - custom for Humans Beware, 2009
- Unipo - Totem custom, 2008
- All City Style - custom for Derailed, 2008
- Custom Stitch for the Stitch Experiment 626 Project Tour, 2008
- Mad L - 10" custom for the MadL Citizens show, 2008
- Moneygrip - custom for the Get a Grip show, 2008
- Sharky - custom for ToyQube's 4th Anniversary Show, 2008
- Qee - 16" Totem Lucha Qee for the APW Qee Show, 2008
- Munny - 8" for the Multiple Personalities show, 2008
- Piece for Eight by Eight, 2008
- Munny - 8" Totem Munny, 2008
- Munny - Totem Mini Munny, 2008
- "Totem" - Skateboard Piece for Sadly Beautiful, 2007
- Custom for the Art Toy Alchemists show, 2007
- Munny - 8" Red Spade-Skull Munny for The Detroit Munny Show, 2007
- Piece(s) for Vinyl Elements, 2007
Images
Production Pieces
Customs & Show Pieces
Totem Lucha for the APW Qee Show
Totem Illazilla for Attack of ILLAZILLA!
"Totem" for Sadly Beautiful