The N's Avi Mall

After many hours of intense illustration and design the Avi Mall launched. Avi Mall is a part of The N's online community which I worked on at Funny Garbage. I worked on the whole mall experience. I designed and illustrated most of the stores, some of the detail elements, the signs, and even the clothes that the avatars are wearing. The process of creating this system was pretty complex so I won't go into that... But I think it came out nicely.

"THE ACE HOTEL: NEW YORK’S HIPPEST NEW HOTEL FINALLY OPENS"

Check out this post on uCityGuides.com about how awesome the Ace Hotel is. Also look at the first image on the post. Look familiar? The Play Safe room is lookin' good.

The Musical Twig

This is the design for The Musical Twig, which is Murkville's limited edition music package. Real twigs with usb drives inside that holds the music from Thy Old Murkville Forest's first compilation entitled "Cooyamintad". Only 750 are made so you'll want to get them quick. They will be going on sale in the next few months. I'll keep you updated.

You're a Gentleman and an Owl

Here is a little illustration I did for a project that fell through. It's a shame really. Look how nice this owl looks. He's a stand-up guy. Nice collared shirt with a black tie and an argyle sweater... which I believe is cashmere. The top hat and feather also adds another layer of sophistication. The only thing missing is his cane and monocle.

Old Man Lake

Here is an illustration that I was going to paint for Ace Hotel until I realized how long it would take to create it on a 6'x8' canvas. I decided to recycle the image and throw it on threadless. Although the illustration is great, in my opinion, it only got a rating of 2.something. I can thank those people that go on threadless and vote 1 on everyone in order for their designs to look better. How do I know this? Because my wife told me she did that very same thing. It's a waste of time, really... and kind of funny too.

Hayley Davis Unique Interiors

Here is a logo I did for an interior designer named Hayley Davis. The whole idea behind the logo was to showcase and promote her name and make it as beautiful as possible so it'll be hard to forget. If you need interiors to be designed (or baby bedding) you should hit this girl up.

Typographical Body Parts

Here is one of many posters I'm in the process of designing for Citizen Scholar and myself. They're uplifting little messages built with pieces of my illustrations acting as visual puzzles. I'm tempted to tell you what it means... but you're gonna have to use your problem solving skills.

Jimmy Fallon showing off some Feerer work

If you watched Late Night with Jimmy Fallon on May 6th then you probably watched The National rock out their Dark Was The Night song. If you watched The National rock out their Dark Was The night song then that means you saw the album I designed. If you saw the album I designed then you probably smiled. If you didn't smile then I should've done better and I'm sorry.

Ryan Feerer, the Knight of Murkville

If you haven't already done so, go to Illustration Friday and read the interview about Dark Was The Night, my work, and me. I've heard its pretty entertaining.

The Ace Hotel "Play Safe" Room

This "Play Safe" message was created for Dark Was The Night, a Red Hot release celebrating 20 years of dedication to fighting aids through pop culture. We wanted to push the message of preventing aids in a light and non-intrusive manner. Ace Hotel really liked it and wanted it to be featured in one of their rooms... so I did it. I think the placement of the message above the bed is perfect, humorous, and kind of charming in a weird way.

The "Play Safe" illustration will also be featured in Gail Anderson and Steven Heller's latest book entitled New Ornamental Type.

Ace Hotel Painting No.3 Finally Finished

After some time, I have finally finished all of the pretty pictures for Ace Hotel. This is the most recent one. There is a special message in this painting. Are you special enough to see it? I think you are.