Ryan Dunckel is a graphic designer, illustrator, and a learning drafter who was born in 1993 in Houston, Texas. He attended the University of North Texas in Denton in 2012 where he studied Communication Design at the college of visual art and design before switching his major to Interdisciplinary Art and Design Studies in 2017. Ryan moved with his family to Salem, Oregon in May of 2020. While at UNT, Ryan studied topics like typography, image making, color theory, graphic design, publication design, interaction design, art and design history, computer applications, and art business. He is currently studying Drafting Technologies at Chemeketa Community College where he is learning about CAD softwares, sketching, 3D modeling, engineering computations, and geographic information systems. Ryan also enjoys going to art and science museums, listening to music, watching movies and TV shows, and playing video games on his favorite Nintendo and Xbox systems.