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Ryan Conti
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Welcome to my website. I am Ryan Conti. Currently I am a struggling
writer and artist who has just released his first novel. My website
serves as my official presence on the internet. It is here that I will
keep people up to date on my life and happenings. Feel free to browse
around. I became a born again Christian in 2001 and it has become the
defining moment of my life and all that I work towards now. I hope you
would take the time to purchase and read my first novel, Mass
Destruction vol.1 Age of Terror, the first in an action packed
series of books I plan to write.
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| + Vital Stats - I think I made less than 10,000 last year and live in upstate New York. I think that's about all the vital info about myself I'm willing to give out at this point other than the fact I'm single. | |
| + Edumacation - 4 yr. Degree in Art which did me no good. I also traveled back in time for a brief period and became a ninja with a minor in scrimshaw. | |
| + Career - what little I've had... let's see. I worked in a deli the first few years after I graduated college then moved to Florida a bit and was a picture framer for a few months. I returned and worked in a warehouse shipping department until the business moved south. I eventually went on to work in a print business running a large copy machine called a Xerox Docutech for four years. I went from there to write my first book then to a seasonal job for two years working on editing images for products that had children's artwork on them. This business also went south recently and thus I am unemployed again. | |
| + Skills and Talents - the Lord has blessed me with creative talents in writing and illustration. I have learned some techniques in graphic design and digital colorization of illustrated works. My first novel has illustrations in it and I have also used my talents in creating this website with FrontPage 2000. I also have skills in sarcasm and truth telling. | |
| + Hobbies and Interests - I had a lot of these over the years. Before I was a Christian I was big into RPG's and was always a video game addict. I am currently collecting LEGO's again for some reason. I don't read much anymore but still read the Bible (KJV) daily. Aside from my creation of characters, novels, and illustrations I am into movies and animation a little still. World Domination is only a passing fancy of mine since I recently lost my criminal contacts to a ninja death squad working on the orders of a Mister Siesta but that shall not go unavenged. | |
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+ Supreme Commander Forged Alliance Final Fantasy 12 (PS2) Titan Quest Age of Empires 3 Asian Dynasties |
Civilization 4 : Beyond the Sword (PC)
The Sims 2 : Freetime MVP Baseball 2005 (PS2) Dawn of War : Soulstorm |
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+ Favorite Movies Lord of the Rings (series) Star Wars (series) Godzilla (series) The Incredibles Kurosawa movies : Ran, Seven Samurai Sergio Leone westerns : The Good the Bad and the Ugly |
Spiderman ( series) Hulk Iron Man Batman Begins |
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+ Favorite Television
(I don't watch any but...) Justice League (gots on DVD) Robotech (also on DVD) Transformers (old school) GI Joe (old school) |
+ Dislikes
- Corrupt Politicians Discontinued LEGO products I missed Low sales for my book Corporate Greed of American Businessmen Open Borders Lack of LEGO products that have ninjas Jar Jar Binks (ummm.... i know everyone hates him) Political Correctness Watered down Christianity (Joel Osteen) People who don't use their stimulus checks to buy my book Insane property taxes in New York |
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My name is Ryan and I am a writer and illustrator. I started my art career as my major in college (1991-1995). I had been into comic books and animation during the time and it seemed like the natural direction to go. As I started out I realized I wasn't the type of artist with 'natural ability' so I was going to have to work hard to improve. I have to say, looking back I have improved greatly from when I started out. I still have a way to go... perpetually unhappy still with the quality if my work. College ended and I got out to the 'real' world. Things didn't work out very well those first few years. I couldn't find work as an artist or a means to make a living and have since then been forced to live with my father to survive. |
Now I'm just trying to get that first foot in the door really in any creative field. My original hope was to make my own comic book series but I came to the conclusion that although I am a decent artist I am not able to accomplish what I want with the talents I have. I am thus an illustrator and not a comic artist who focuses on story telling. With a burning desire yet in me to see my ideas in print, I have in recent years turned to writing. I have hoped to incorporate my characters into a full length series of novels. I've started Venustech Studios as my official online means to -
* promote myself to employers/ the public |
Its been here since about the summer of 1999 and in that time the site has undergone several changes in focus, design and appearance. I am constantly seeking to make it perfect but this is a never ending battle. In recent times I have been working in non-art related fields. I recently quit my job in January of 2006 and went in search of work again. I returned to the book idea and managed to finally put forth the fruit of my efforts. I have not spent my time in vain because a book publisher has accepted by manuscript to publish as a novel. I am currently working on the second volume of this series of books. I used to be pretty messed up in life. I became a born again Christian after overcoming deep depression that had plagued me for years. I feel I've matured in a lot of respects and changed greatly because of my trials. |