The third of five children, Ryan Germick (Grrr as in tiger, Mick as in Jagger), was born and raised part a creative family in the rural suburbs of Northwest Indiana.
Following the glory days as his high school senior class president, Ryan headed to New York City to study illustration and creative writing at Parsons School of Design and Eugene Lang College.
For the first two years of college Ryan worked weekends at the front desk of the Mercer Hotel, quizzically observing upper-class and celebrity culture. Ryan also served throughout his higher education as a killjoy RA, busting parties in a lawless Manhattan dorm.
After two semesters of apprenticing sign painters and learning remedial Tamil in South India, Ryan returned to NYC and interned for PBS as well as animation/interactive studio Funny Garbage.
Since graduating from said schools with honors in 2003, Ryan's completed design, illustration, and multimedia projects for folks like Salon, Earth Day New York, Sony Music, HBO Family, Comedy Central, and Cartoon Network, as well as many non-profits, schools, musicians, and artists.
Ryan has also taught the finer points of comics, design, and animation to youngsters at 826NYC, Parsons, and as a guest speaker in NYC public schools.
Relocating to San Francisco after spending the better part of a year in Tokyo, Ryan now works as full-time designer/illustrator for Google.
Last but not least, Ryan, along with with his brother Nathan, is building a comics, music, and multimedia entertainment empire known as Germart.
