ry.does.things.

Student. Boyfriend. Explorer. Living, learning and having tiny adventures along the way.

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Getting ready for Destiny and The Dark Below expansion! Please share. :)

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I am curious about Crohns. I have read a lot about it online but I want to hear from people who have been through it.

When did you find out you had it? How did you find out you had it? Does it flare up? What are your usual symptoms? Any and all information is appreciated! I will be meeting with…

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I had a pretty rough diagnosis. This all happened November 2013. During the middle of class one day, I was forced to leave dude to extreme pain in my tummy. After stumbling home and finally letting my girlfriend convince me to let her take me to the hospital, we went. After a few hours the doctors and I decided that I was experiencing an appendicitis. I was cool with that, at least it was pretty common.

After a midnight surgery and a few hours of sleep I woke up to find an 8 inch wound on my right side and the doctor explaining to me that they also found Crohn’s Disease and had to extract some of my large intestine. I spent the next month in the hospital due to a blockage and waiting to heal. I wasn’t able to eat for three weeks and was finally sent home.

After that I was still mostly bedridden. Aside from being incredibly weak, my incision had to be reopened due to a small amount of infection in the hospital so my wound had to be cared for pretty intensely everyday. The wound fully closed after about three months, a lot of pain, and a lot of depression.

Now we’ve started attempting to treat my Crohn’s. The treatment thus far has been the easiest part of my journey. I wish you the best in yours.

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Book cover/poster for The Old Man and The Sea that I just finished. Let me know what you think! #design #poster #bookcover #graphicdesign #illustrator #hemingway #creativity #graphicdesignersofinstagram #diy

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A portion of my #drive poster for my poster a day challenge. Let me know what you think! #design #poster #art #graphicdesign #posteraday #inspiration #drive

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Instagram version of a minimalist poster of The Crucible that I played around with today. #graphicdesign #design #poster #thecrucible #minimalist #art

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The Crucible minimalist poster by me, Ry Maynard.

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From that time I was a pro curler. #imserious #hiddentalent

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My never ending television watching problems. #cats #catsontv #catshadow #tv #cattack

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On that sweater grind. #tbt #lilryan #sweatermakesitbetter

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#tbt #spalding #demstripes

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Day 4 of the sweater grind. Today's selection is obviously from #express, along with the jean, button up, and boots. Winter is so much better for my wardrobe. #sweaters #dapper #winter #black #grey

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Today went rather well. For the first time in a long time I’m proud of some stuff I drew. Here’s to finishing em of tomorrow!

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Alternative Dr. Suess Story Books - Created by Josh Mirman

You can get all 3 prints at Zen Monkey Studios for $11.

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These made me smile huge. :)

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Work in progress "micro" movie poster I'm working on.

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Today went rather well. For the first time in a long time I'm proud of some stuff I drew. Here's to finishing em of tomorrow!

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Logo Design Exercise! GO!

In an effort to keep myself busy and pass the time, I’m going to be changing my heading logo pretty often. To challenge myself I’m going to mimic famous logo designs. This should be a fun exercise and should keep my familiar with all the software that I use while I take the time off school. My first one is rather obvious and quite simple. If anyone has any suggestions or ideas for logos for me to try, lemme know! Enjoy!

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"What kid of music are you into, bro?"

It bums me out every time. Whether I’m at school, a bar, or some random stranger on the street asks me the dreaded question about my preference in music, i always want to run away. Sometimes I think about lying and just saying that I’m not into music, but the truth is that I like metal. That’s right, soak it up. Imagine me head banging to Korn, getting down to Slipknot, or lurking around like some long haired creep while listening to some other terrible ass “metal” band. There have been countless times that when I’ve offered my answer of “I listen to metal” that some turd has informed me that they are also a fan of Seether or a similar band.

I’m proud of being a fan of metal. It’s kind of like understanding something that no one else will ever fully understand. But the truth is, being lumped into what every Taylor Swift listening brat thinks of a “metal head” can be embarrassing. I’m tired of having to explain that I listen to “good” metal. I’m not a satanist, I don’t bite the heads off of bats, I don’t get ultra violent at shows, and I certainly don’t disregard other genres of music. I do admit that many of the bands I listen to may have some negative or off-color lyrics and beliefs. That being said, a good portion of my music library is made up of positive, inspiring or even Christian bands, even though I am not a Christian myself, see how that works?

Metal, when done right, can be a beautiful and elegant sounding creation. Yeah sure, a lot of it sounds aggressive and intimidating, but think of the aggression as passion instead of hate and fear. Stop lumping anyone that listens to metal into a singular category of freaks and fiends. Do however, continue shunning ICP fans. They are the real bane of society. Now, if you’ll excuse me, I’m off to go apply a death mask of face paint and put on a skin tight mesh tee shirt and a pair of assless chaps to prepare for the sacrifice of a virgin…

I’m really just going to eat some pizza. Bye!