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AER RYAN

I always felt that the ability to fly was something humans had to create possible to get a better look at the world around them.  It wasn’t long ago humans thought the world was flat. But the one’s that climbed mountains knew better.  The graceful bird brained winged creatures of the earth knew it long before any of us.   What I am saying is that birds of prey are pretty cool.  Even the awkward birds are interesting.  The link below provides a 1 minute video story about the 90’s origins of my logo.  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-UrjK1B3xU&feature=youtu.be&a

Since my closest friends thought I might be a Mad Bird I figured it was better than the grounded Do Do or the Popeye’s Chicken you ate last week when no one was lookin’.    I adopted it and always intended for it to be my logo.

WATERY EARTH

I ended up below sea level because I got lucky enough to work on William Friedkin’s, “Bug” in the summer of 2005 the same year Katrina came. That storm changed everything.  I am part drone, I started rebuilding immediately and most others did too.  After a strong trek through some of the craziest years of my life I arrived to the year 2013. The storm water had long since passed and I was sitting in the bombed out sun porch of a flooded house on 9th Ward Studios feeding a stray cat named Bella.  My little office was behind me and Bella was eating. I looked down and at my feet is this odd arrangement of leaves.  They looked like a Phoenix with a dirt stain that looked like a crest of heraldry.  

EVOLUTION

I had birds on my brain and so when Bella brought this poor unfortunate bird to the steps a few days later I figured it was time to take natures hint.   Don’t be a Do Do like this cat food, go with the bird of prey, preferably one that can kicks Bella’s ass.

I was in need of a symbol for the next step in my film career.  Watery earth wasn’t gonna be enough, I needed wings I needed a big wide shot so I could zero in on my next endeavor.  After some back and forth with a graphic artist the evolution of the mad bird became the Riain Rising Logo.