#ryan dorin

[badroyarts]

There's 'Cool' And then there's 'Unironic Ratboy Genius Fan-Cool' 😎

[neetpop]

hello yes pls enjoy my fanart

[plushgutzzzz]

Random ratboygenius post let’s go 💪

[1o1percentmilk]

gattaca was really fucking good but i think they shouldve made the two dudes kiss

[posi-pan]

2022 books with pan rep 📚

At the time of posting previous lists, there were 57 books in 2020 and 141 in 2021. This year, there are 176!

30 Things I Love about Myself by Radhika Sanghani

Ablaze by A.H. Cunningham

All I’m Asking by J. Marie Rundquist

Apparition by Zahlia Amin

Attraction (Mobsters + Billionaires #3) by Kelly Fox

Bad At Love by Gabriela Martins

Barcelona (Circus After Dark #3) by Chloe Adler

The Barkeep and the Bookseller by V.L. Locey

Barnabas Bopwright Saves the City by J. Marshall Freeman

Bartholomew (The Temple Brothers #2) by Elle Sparrow

Ben and Beatriz by Katalina Gamarra

Bishop’s Opening by R.S.A Garcia

Bitter Medicine by Mia Tsai

Blood Bound (Youkai Bloodlines #3) by Courtney Maguire

Blood Legacy (Avators of Ruin #2) by Tej Turner

Bloodmarked (Legendborn #2) by Tracy Deonn

Bound (Fangs with Benefits #3) by Aveda Vice

Bound (Kozlov Chronicles #2) by Elena Sobol

Carnal Cryptids 2: Southeast (Carnal Cryptids #2) by Vera Valentine

Changing the Rules (Rules of the Game: Evanston River Otters #1) by Brigham Vaughn

The Chasm (Finding Humanity #2) by Branwen Oshea

Cold Cases and Bitter Enemies (Cold Case Unit #3) by J.M. Dabney

A Cosmic Kind of Love by Samantha Young

Count Your Lucky Stars by Alexandria Bellefleur

A Cruel and Fated Light (The Hollow Star #2) by Ashley Shuttleworth

Dance with the Devil (Mercenary Librarians #3) by Kit Rocha

The Darkest Edge by Lyra Blake

Dead Draw by Layla Reyne

Death by Society by Sierra Elmore

Dinner with the Schnabels by Toni Jordan

Dominance of the Heart by Char Dafoe

Dragon’s Honor (Irresistible Dragons #2) by Nora Phoenix

Dreams Bigger Than Heartbreak (Unstoppable #2) by Charlie Jane Anders

D’Vaughn and Kris Plan a Wedding by Chenica C. Higgins

The Edge of Being by James Brandon

Electric Idol (Dark Olympus #2) by Katee Robert

Epilogues of Lost Gods (Unwritten Runes #2) by Cat Rector

Errant Vol. 1 (Errant #1) by L.K. Fleet

Eternal Hoptimist by Lee Blair

Every Word You Never Said by Jordon Greene

Exodus 20:3 by Freydís Moon

Extra Witchy (Fix-It Witches #3) by Ann Aguirre

Fabricated by Zoe Lee

The Fae Keeper (The Witch King #2) by H.E. Edgmon

The Fake Date by Trisha Bradley

Fate in Suspension (Horn & Haven #1) by Archer Kay Leah

Fault Tolerance (Chilling Effect #3) by Valerie Valdes

Fight + Flight by Jules Machias

Fighting Monsters: Part One (Fighting Monsters #1) by Sam Hall

Fighting Monsters: Part Two (Fighting Monsters #2) by Sam Hall

Forward March by Skye Quinlan

Furious Heaven (The Sun Chronicles #2) by Kate Elliott

Going Public (Jade Harbor Capital #2) by Hudson Lin

Got Me Looking (Vet Shop Boys #3) by Casey Cox

Griff by Ana Night

Grim and Bear It (Love Me Dead #2) by Heather Novak

Grounded for All Eternity by Darcy Marks

The Heartbreak Handshake by J.R. Hart

Her Stubborn Warrior by Kaylee Pike and Kyra Keys

His Heart Knows by Riley Long

The Hourglass Throne (The Tarot Sequence #3) by K.D. Edwards

Howl Down the Moon by Layla Dorine

How to Love a Dragon (Dragon Tamer #2) by Lila Mina

How We Ricochet by Faith Gardner

I Am Sebastian by Cameron James

I Bought Him, So He’s Mine by Kaylee Pike and Kyra Keys

Icebreaker by A.L. Graziadei

Icebreaker by Hannah Grace

I F-ing Dare You by Emm Darcy

If I Were A Weapon (All These Gifts #1) by Skye Kilaen

The Immortality Trials (The Immortality Trials #1) by Madison Nicole

Incandescent by Christina Lee

Indigo: Nights (Indigo B&B #2) by Adrian J. Smith

Inked Temptation by Carrie Ann Ryan

In the City of Time by Gwendolyn Clare

Irresponsible Puckboy by Eden Finley and Saxon James

It’s Not Unusual To Be Loved by an Alien by Chloe Archer

Jamison by A.N. Waugh

Jilted: Jaren (The Foster Brothers #1) by Nora Phoenix

Just a Touch Away by Jae

Just One Date (Castleton Hearts #5) by Chelsea M. Cameron

Kieran by Avery Tu and Kota Quinn

The Kindred by Alechia Dow

Kink Camp: Hunted by A. Anders

Know It In the Dark (All These Gifts #2) by Skye Kilaen

Kostya the Fallen Star by Melissa Polk

The Last Hero (The First Sister #3) by Linden A. Lewis

Last Resort by Helene Gadot

Lead Me Astray by Sondi Warner

Let Me In (Gods of Hunger #3) by R.M. Virtues

Let the Light Shine Through by A. Marie

Lipstick Lies (The Order Duet #2) by Kris Butler

Lizzie Blake’s Best Mistake by Mazey Eddings

London (Circus After Dark #4) by Chloe Adler

Love & Other Disasters by Anita Kelly

Love Me Gently by E.M. Dennings

Love You Like That by Scarlett Cole

Lunar New Love by Ophelia Silk

Man o’ War by Cory McCarthy

Match with the Demon by Chace Verity

Meet Me on St. Patrick’s Day by Bryony Rosehurst

Moon Dark Smile (Night Shine #2) by Tessa Gratton

MumFest & Murder (The Java Tavern #2) by Elizabeth Garver

Music Lights & Never Afters by C.L. Matthews

My Roommate Romeo (First Times #1) by Billie Bloom

Nestor (Green Hill Pride #6) by Catherine Lievens

Not Good for Maidens by Tori Bovalino

Not Your Type by Elizabeth Jeannel

Odder Still by D.N. Bryn

Omega’s Study Partner (Sweet in Silford #3) by Hope Bennett

One Night With You by Laura Jane Williams

One Night With You by Sky McCoy

One Step at a Time by Lily Seabrooke

One Week with His Stepbrother (Daddy Tales #3) by Kelex

The One Who Loves You the Most by Medina

Ophelia After All by Racquel Marie

Paris (Circus After Dark #1) by Chloe Adler

Pitcher Perfect (Tap That Brewery #1) by Lee Blair

Playing for Keeps by Jax Calder

Play Me (Dragons Love Curves series #10) by Aidy Award

Pull (Love Is Love #1.5) by Nyla K.

Project Himbo by S.J. Whitby

Promote (Shattered Pawns #3) by Jennifer Cody

Pushing the Limits (Secrets Kept #2) by Riley Hart

Queen of Queens (Our Fae Queen #5) by Traci Lovelot

Queen’s Hope (Star Wars: The Padmé Trilogy #3) by E.K. Johnston

Reaper Hospital: Code Hot Nurse (Their Repear #2) by Lacey Carter Anderson

Recast (Handled #4) by Romilly King

The Redemption by Alexia Chase

Ripped (Kozlov Chronicles #3) by Elena Sobol

Rookie Mistake (On the Board #1) by Anna Zabo and L.A. Witt

Royal Exposé by Jenny Frame

Royal Lines (Boston Rebels #4) by R.J. Scott and V.L. Locey

Sasha and the Butcher (The Moretti Family #1) by Stephanie Kazowz

The Savior’s Rise (The Windermere Tales #2) by Talli L. Morgan

Scorpica (The Five Queendoms #1) by Greer Macallister

Seize the Castle (A Knight’s Revenge #2) by Elizabeth Dear

Shake Things Up (Love at Knockdown #2) by Skye Kilaen

Silent Secrets (The Secrets of Sorlphi #1) by Miranda May

Silhouette and the Shadows (Silhouette #1) by Delaney Andrews

The Society For Soulless Girls by Laura Steven

So This Is Ever After by F.T. Lukens

Spin the Damn Bottle (All the Games We Play #2) by Emm Darcy

Stiletto Sins (The Order Duet #1) by Kris Butler

Stitched (Kozlov Chronicles #1) by Elena Sobol

Stone Wings (The Gargoyles of Arrington #1) by Jenn Burke

Storm the Gates (A Knight’s Revenge #1) by Elizabeth Dear

A Strange and Stubborn Endurance by Foz Meadows

Sugar Girl by Emma L. McGeown

Sweet to the Core (Lighthouse Bay #3) by Amy Aislin

Temptation Cove (Hot Takes #3) by T.S. Ankney

Tempt Me Tonight by Natasha Washington

A Tended Garden by J.P. Jackson

Thank You, Next by Andie J. Christopher

That Good Mischief (The Nine Worlds Rising #3) by Lyra Wolf

This Cursed Crown (These Feathered Flames #2) by Alexandra Overy

This Wicked Fate (This Poison Heart #2) by Kalynn Bayron

Tracking Trouble (Spellster Universe #2.5) by Aldrea Alien

The Trow of Duncaster by Melissa Polk

Twilight’s Touch (Prairie Smoke Ranch #2) by V.L. Locey

Two Rights Make a Wrong by Chloe Liese

Undeniable (Bainbridge University #4) by Andi Burns

Uninhibited (Bainbridge University #3) by Andi Burns

Unlikely Savior (For the Gods’ Amusement #3) by Catherine Lievens

Untitled (The Councillor #2) by E.J. Beaton

Us Against the World by Shayne Prescott

VAMPS: Fresh Blood by Nicole Arend

Venice (Circus After Dark #2) by Chloe Adler

Violet is Nowhere by Faith Gardner

Warrior Queen (Our Fae Queen #6) by Traci Lovelot

Warwick (Rebel Sky Ranch #4) by Kelly Fox

What’s Mine Is Yours by Willow Renee

When the Walls Come Down by Harper Robson

Wicked Beauty (Dark Olympus #3) by Katee Robert

The Wicked Love by Pru Schuyler

Wrong Hunt by J.S. Harker

Have you read any of these books? Or books with pan rep at all this year? Let me know! Happy Pan Week!

[dinoburger]

perhaps a Ratboy or an LKJ........[gazing nostalgically into tha distance]

Ryan Dorin turning out to be a conservative pseudoscience weirdo was like, let down of the century, this series still means a lot to me and has so much charm...

[mage-ical-character-person]

Ratboy Genius is something. I love it but like. Start an episode with two guys singing about how they’re playing catch in space. End that same episode wondering if the creator genuinely believes that electric space fish shot their cosmic thunderbolt at Mars long ago and that’s what created Valles Marineris.

Bestie go home your PHD is in music, not science. Ryan Dorin can write great stories and even better music but that guy doesn’t know anything about space.

I do not know what to make of this man

What is he talking about.

[ratsonas]

homestar runner and ratboy genius are cousins in being somewhat surreal/offputting, extremely niche web animations, whose music is one of the biggest selling points, except the brothers chaps are normal people and ryan dorin is an anti-vaxx conspiracy theorist so i guess we know which is superior

[hazard-symbols-that-fuck-hard]

I know all the pop culture things but for all the wrong reasons.

I know that Battlestar Galactica exists solely because Ryan Dorin had a 10 second cameo in it

I was only made aware of the Beatles after I fell in love with Yoko Ono’s performance art

I only know Geiger because his stuff heavily influenced Scorn

wait. he was supposed to be sexy??

[jackwatters]

CHILDREN'S SONG BOOK DEVELOPMENT.

Starting off this assignment I already have the sort of songs I want in mind. All of these songs will be more geared towards being "Child Friendly" rather than specifically targeting children, just for more flexibility in terms of options. It makes this assignment a lot more fun.

SETTING UP THE INDESIGN DOCUMENT: - A5 size 1754 x 2480 px - 12 Pages

CHOICES:

Are We Getting Any Closer - Songs Ohia Why? It's a pretty mellow song about getting close to somebody.

Place to Be - Nick Drake Why? This song is more poem like than the previous, it's more suited to these sorts of books. I would've just filled the book with nick drake songs, but I think having a wide array of different styles and approaches keeps the book fresh.

Potato Knishes - Ryan Dorin Why? This is an extremely surreal song that's just fun to think about, and it's about as non-sensical as some actual children's songs. The song itself is really weird and awesome, inspired by dadaism it takes advantage of a completely uncanny visual style to make an impact. I want to include the scene from the music video into my image.

Underground - Tom Waits Why? It's another absurd song, but it's much more grounded. It paints a clear image into your mind, which will be quite easy to put into an actual image for the book itself.

V. UNIVERSE - The Microphones Why? It's a song that helps you grasp the universe's immense expanse, and it reads like a really sweet kids rhyme. The song itself is something else (super atmospheric and scary), I wouldn't play that song to children, but I would read it's lyrics out to children.

Visualizing Each Song:

General Visual Style: For general visual style I want to think about what would appeal to a kid. OR firstly, I should probably think about what wouldn't.

No: - Visually Complex Images (because children are more likely to attach themselves to simple, approachable characters made from simple shapes). - Gore/Violent Images (obviously) - Sharp Shapes (rounded shapes are more appealing)

Yes: - Animal Characters (people aren't interesting to children, animals are much more appealing via their cute/coolness). -Simple, Vibrant Colours (Keeping things simple and visually eye-catching will appeal the most to children). - Fantasy Imagery/Abstract Imagery (Not everything has to be grounded, kids aren't picking apart all the aspects of these images, so making them visually interesting over keeping them grounded is probably the best option). A design style I want to specifically evoke is that of Scott Benson:

^I love his appealing and simple style and think it would work well in a children's book. TITLE PAGE DESIGN: I've made sure to paint all of these images in photoshop (illustrator for the vector images) with A5 sized canvases to match the InDesign file.

Here's a thumbnail I drew for the Title Page (Front Cover). I want the words to look like they're coming out of the trumpet the cat is playing. In terms of colours I'm Thinking about using orange/blue/pink, an unusual pallet, but I think it will work. I don't want to use any sorts of greens unless I absolutely have to cause it'll clash poorly.

Here's the final image. I think this palette works quite well, so I might just roll with it for the rest of the designs.

I've made sure to keep this document multilayered, adding as many layers as I could just so I can control all the aspects of the image.

^ Something to point out about this background I painted in photoshop is that I specifically designed it so it had depth and also vaguely looked like a city, just foggy. It lifts up the image quite a bit, looking more dynamic.

These abstractions exist just to fill space. The composition needed something, and I remembered that a lot of jazz album covers from the 50s utilize abstract art. So I just borrowed that idea for my own composition.

^This being one example POTATO KNISHES DESIGN

Here's the thumbnail I drew for Potato Knishes. It's heavily inspired by the video for the song.

^A screen shot from the music video (and yes, when I said surreal, I meant it). I felt like moving towards a more realistic interpretation of the character would go over better with kids. The character depicted in both the music video and my design is called Little King John, and he's lonely, so I tried to capture that here.

^This is my final design, I feel like it will pop against a good background. I'm quite proud of this, it really depicts the character of the lonely little king with only potato knishes to keep him company, all captured within this one image. Not having to explain much through the song. I think I want to make these images like that, with characters who are apart of the images that represent the songs. It's much more fun that way, and it's visually interesting for kids. When I was a kid, I remember that a lot of my favourite picture books would be the ones which depict a scene without text, one that implies something, it sparks the imagination. Obviously I have to include text here, but I want to lean into sparking the imagination of the reader. UNDERGROUND DESIGN

^This design for Tom Waits' underground depicts a group of moles living underground playing poker while a cat person above listens to what's going on underground by using a cup to amplify the sound. The inspiration for this is Tom Waits' curiosity for moles, so I thought it would be fitting to have the image depict them.

This final design is quite good. It properly visualizes an interesting scene that compliments the song.

UNIVERSE DESIGN

^UNIVERSE is a very unusual song. It hasn't much strong imagery within the lyrics themselves, but I based this design on the feeling I get when experiencing the totality of the lyrics. The magical wonder of the universe specifically is definitely inspiriting, and when listening to the song I imagine myself on a field looking up into the sky at night taking in it's sheer size.

^I've changed the design quite a lot from the thumbnail/concept sketch. I wanted to mix up the character a bit, taking a dog instead of a cat (too many cats already). I've also aimed to make a face in the sky with the moon as an eye, reflecting that lyric in the song itself "Oh, Universe, I see your face looks just like mine!". This design specifically evokes fantastical themes, which I like a lot. It's a consistent theme currently, so yeah.

PLACE TO BE: VECTOR DESIGN #1

^ Vector Images are much more complex and difficult to pull off than the raster images I've been creating in Photoshop. For Place to Be I'm just going with a simplistic design.

Here I've utilized the Copy + Paste tool and the Reflect tool (O) to mirror the head shape for symmetry.

^This is my vector image. It's quite different, and it's hard to replicate the style I've been using in a vector image, so it's going to be a stylistic whiplash unfortunately, but it gets a idea across. A sad dog missing all the things he had, or a dog dreaming about the things he could have. Are We Getting Any Closer? VECTOR IMAGE #2

^Here I'm going for something Simplistic and easy to make. I'm running out of time. Since this is a song about getting closer to somebody, I am going to make that literal.

^This final design is simple, and gets an idea across.

MAKING THE INDESIGN BOOK

Numbered Pages:

^Just adding numbered pages to the document via the parent pages.

^All the songs are in including this contents page.

For the Title Page, I've researched this way of getting curved text. First, I make an invisible circle object, then I change the text tool to the "Type on a Path" tool which allows me to type on the curve on the circle.

^The raster image quality isn't great, I'll change that in the preferences.

^Changing the image quality.

^changing the colour of the pages. I might change them to a darker colour later.

^These are generally where I want the images to be in the compositions. I've also added some filler space where needed with the vector images with backdrop raster images.

^I've adjusted the parent pages with these pink borders I whipped up in photoshop. The frame really brings together a lot of the images and centers the eyes a bit more and fills a bit more space. I've also centered and lowered the size of the page numbers.

[eebie]

ryan dorin is a genius also and i wish he got more recognition

[cartooemcanhis]

🌈🐾Im Em! I use any pronouns and im genderfluid. I like drawing silly guys and joining wayyy too many fandoms lol.🎂🦨

🎉Im in MANY fandoms. This might not even be all of them but eh🎉

Dhmis 🌈🩸

Welcome home 🏠👁️

OSC (Bfdi, II, etc) 🔥🍃🫧

Furry fandom 🐾

Ringtone Deathmatch 💀🧸🩸🦔(No I dont support the weird controversial stuff in the pilot. I just like Host, Psycho Teddy, and Punk Porcupine)

FNAF 🐻🐰🐥🦊

Salad fingers 🥗

Bugbo 🐜🕷️⚫🦗

ENA 🟨🟦

Bluey 🐶🐾

Mascot horror 🎉✨ (Poppy playtime, Rainbow friends, indigo park)

Trevor henderson creations 🚨🌲

TADC 🎪🌈

My Friendly neighborhood 🧦🌞

Imaginary friend asylum 🃏💫

Regretevator🛗👽

Mlp 🐎🏳️‍🌈

Roblox ✨

Ratboy genius 🥔🐁(I dont support the weird antivax stuff Ryan dorin does)

Moshi monsters 🎩

Happy tree friends 🩸🐇🫀

Max design pro 🐵🍗 (yes I know it's brainrot but the toxic yaoi is funny)

Goodbye Kitty 🧶☠️(i do n o t support the weird and very very outdated stuff in the show, I just like stupid murder cats. I also hate Todd Goldman so much. Ive basically kidnapped his ocs and they are mine now and in much better hands)

Making fiends💙💚

Unicorn wars🧸���

Dandy's world 🌼🖤

Bunny Maloney🐰💸

❌People who post NSFW or proship content please DNI with my profile. I am a minor and that kinda stuff makes me very uncomfortable. Also, people who are racist, ableist, transphobic, homophobic, etc please also DNI. Israel supporters please DNI, free Palestine!❌

🎨If theres anything you'd like me to draw related to any of my fandoms please feel free to send me an ask with your request! Only rule is that im not comfortable drawing nsfw art, or characters from fandoms im not in (I will draw ocs tho!)✏️

🌟✨Main thing I'm taking requests for rn!: Happy tree friends✨🌟

Go read my htf fan comic NO CONTROL!

[emzeciorrr]

Totino's Pizza Rolls - 'Toti' from Emma Debany on Vimeo.

The secret alternate ending to the Totino’s Pizza Roll ‘Ask Mom’ commercial. Most of this was shot in twenty minutes after wrap.

Legally, this extended cut is a short film, not an ad. :) Honestly I'm not sure if Totino's even knows about this so maybe don't tell them.

Talent: Toti - Josephine Arciaga Teen - Johnny Briseño Store Manager - Emma Debany

Director - Emma Debany Agency Creative Directors: Bo Jacobson Alyssa Ollis Agency Producer - Emily Brown Executive Producer - Malcolm Wax Head of Production - Tony Galante Producer - Brandon Robinson Production Manager - Brendan Lynch Production Coordinator - Federica Schiano Lomoriello 1st AD - Jesse Hays 2nd AD - Christina Mitchell PAs: Eric Cepeda Nick O’Neil Diego Lopez De Anda Zechariah Gonzalez Yuri Brito Brad Beltran

Cinematographer - Bryant Jansen 1st AC - Chris Macdonald 2nd AC - Loren Azlein VTR - Jeep Thatcher DIT - Daniel Woiwode Sound Mixer - Chase Yeremian BTS Photographer - Rachel Martin Gaffer - Tony Jou Best Boy Electric - Braden Barton Electricians: Tanner Johnson Tyler Billis Key Grip - Aaron Burton Best Boy Grip - Agyeman Johnson Grips: Hayden Miller Garrett Dorin

SFX Makeup - Ally McGillicuddy SFX Makeup Fabricator and Assistant - Caitlyn Brisbin MUA Assistant - Edwin Monzon Hair Stylist - Richard De Alba

Toti Costume - Abigail Keever Costume Stylist - Laura Francis Costume Assistant - Amy Fay

Production Designer - Joe Holliday Art Director - William O’Donnell Prop Master - Kate Simmons Set Decorator - Kassandra DeAngelis Set Dressers - Nick Jones Rebecca Steele Alice Ross Fabricator Assistants: Shannon Pollack Tara McNamara Graphics - Laurah Grivalja

Home Economist - Marah Abel Home Economist Assistant - Lisa Walgren Food Stylist Truck Driver - Richie Jacobo

Craft Services - Karla Maria Padilla Sustainability Coordinator - Nik Eco PA - Grace Hofmann Site Rep - Sean Location Manager - Percy Haverson

Sound Design and Mix - Evan Anderson Music - Tyler Monsein Lyrics and Singer - Emma Debany

Editorial - PS260  Editor - Tyler Hurst  Assistant Editor - Cole Wagner  Managing Partner - Zarina Mak  Executive Producer - Zeke Bowman Head of Production - Evann Payne 

Finishing - PS260 Producer - Yoko Lytle Flame Artist - Mark Popham Creative Director - Marcos Pacheco  Graphics Artist- Michael Yu Flame Artist - Stephanie Issacson   Color - Company 3 Colorist - Tim Masick Producer - Ryan Moncrief

Special Thanks to Sloane Skala and Josh Ferrazzano

[thebullitimes]

Pilot project to protect elderly is the brainchild of Corrimal Fire Station captain

Corrimal Fire Station Captain, Paul Dorin, State MP for Keira Ryan Park, and FRNSW Acting Commissioner Jeremy Fewtrell INSPIRED by a Corrimal firefighter’s own experience in caring for his mother with dementia, an innovative use of smartphone technology is being trailed to protect elderly and vulnerable people from house fires. Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) is partnering with care providers to…

[actualguyfieri]

Desperately awaiting Ratboy Genius to start a new story arc

There’s something really special about this series, man

[bring-me-back-to-discworld]

LKJ is remembering you to always wash your hands. A pretty good ad, not gonna lie.

Thanks, John!