My Sole Technology Work Station...

I think they call it a desk. I will try to get a few more pics soon. Bye bye.

A Southern Woodsman?

A Southern Woodsman? They still have trees in the south...it's just not as rawl as the north.

Sitting In The Detroit Airport

Hello...I am just sitting in D-Town waiting for a plane to head to the great north where I hone my ruggedwoodsman skills. Anyway I am heading up north to do a little guys weekend with my dad and some family buddies. I will hopefully have some fun pics once i am back. I love you Car!!!

Okay Bye bye.

Big News For The Ruggedwoodsman...

So today I got a new job working for Sole Technology up in Lake Forest, CA. I am going to be working as a Jr. Designer in their web department for all their brands. So it should be a great opportunity and I am hoping to learn a lot. Here is the link to their site if anyone wants to check it out...http://www.soletechnology.com/...here we go comute!!!

I am out!!

Let's Finish The Job!

This came up in a google image search the other day and I thought it was funny...old military ads...need I say more...

Enjoy.

Keep It Clean...Keep It Green

So this is a new vector version of the last post. Let me know what you think of it. Also I should have some new pictures up of Carlee's B-day party from last night!!!!! As well as pictures from this weekend hanging with my best buddy Kevin down in the SD. Okay well I hope someone reads this. Bye bye.

Ryan

Truck Stop Love...

...Getting out of the rig after 16 hours of driving sure feels good, but nothing makes a ruggedwoodsman happier than the smell of fresh pine trees!!! Enjoy.

hehe

Ruggedwoodsman.com Updates

Hello Everyone!!!

So I just made some new work updates on the site and I also worked on some files size issues so I think the work should be loading faster let me know if it seems slow still. Enjoy and thanks for checking the work out!!! Also if you haven't checked out the Japan photos yet get on it...the links in the blog nav bar. Peace.

Ryan

My Thank You Letter to Supporters

This is a thank you letter to my supporters...but I thought it does a good job of an overview of my trip to Japan. So here it is. Thanks babe for the idea!!!

Dear Friends and Family,

I wanted to start out by thanking you from the bottom of my heart. I have just returned from my amazing mission trip to Japan, and it was all made possible by your generous donations and God’s grace. I am so thankful for your support and I wanted to give you a brief overview of what I did while I was there and how I saw God moving. The team that I traveled with was Walking on Water’s Team, co-working with Christian Surfers Australia and Christian Surfers Japan; 12 people total. None of the teams had met before, but by the end of the trip we had an awesome team unity and great friendships based around God’s purpose. The first place that we traveled to was the city of Miyazaki. It was wonderful to see a different side of Japan than what I was expecting. It was so much different than Tokyo, much more rural and slow paced. The area was full of surfers and nice beaches, which our team definitely enjoyed. The next place we went to was the island of Tanegashima, which was even more untouched and remote feeling than the first area we went to. The primary jobs the natives had were fishing and farming. One cool thing about this island is that it is where the Japanese Space Program is stationed (so we were able to see the launch pads and such from a distance). It also feels like the North Shore of Hawaii. It is known as one of the best surf spots in Japan, which means there are always a ton of surfers flocking to the beaches. We used the super surf to our advantage and were able to interact with many more surfers than we had first expected. While I was in Japan, it was amazing to see how God used us. We gave out free DVDs and flyers for our upcoming movie nights using the few Japanese words we knew. It was difficult to try to talk with the individuals that we came in contact with, but through God’s mysterious ways we were able to connect with them all. Once we met with surfers and other beach goers we were able to hang out and build relationships. Through our surfing, hosting meals and other interactions we gained trust and familiarity with all of the people. As a result of our team cultivating friendships we were able to see over eighty individuals show up for each movie premier. The movie was entitled Noah’s Arc and it has a clear message of the gospel in Japanese. We were stoked at the turn out for both of these showings and really had God to thank. Through all of our efforts and outreaches, we were able to see three people come to Christ for the first time. Praise God, new brothers and sisters. While we were there we also ran two surf camps and were able to teach lessons one-on-one to people that had never even been in the water or had the chance to try surfing before. Again, I want to thank you for all of your support and prayers. While I was in Japan, God really showed me how to trust in His plan. Because of the language barrier, I was forced to have confidence that God would move through me. Back in the States I think I rely more on myself, but through this trip it has shown me that I really need to put my faith wholeheartedly in Him and His plan for my life. This was such an amazing opportunity to see God working in a culture outside of my own and I look forward to future adventures.

Pictures are UP

I've loaded my photos from the Japan trip. Check out the link under "Special Links" to see them all. ENJOY!!

PS I'll post about the trip soon.

The Rising Sun Mission Trip

Hey Everyone! So I leave super soon to go to Japan with Walking On Water. This Sunday to be exact! Anyway if you read this, be praying for our team and safety over there. God is going to do some amazing things.

Here are a few pics of a surfboard from JC (not Jesus, but a surfboard company) that I painted on that we will be giving away.
I wasn't able to get real wild in my style, but I am still pumped on how it turned out. I know it will be blessing in a Japanese kid's life. I have a board that's broken in the garage that I am hoping to do a wild painting on when I get back.

Thanks Carlee for taking these pics while I was working<3

Also there is a picture of Todd who will be leading the trip to Japan...he looks more normal than this!!!!

One more also...I will post some Subtext art show pics tonight or tomorrow once I get the pics from my lady!! I forgot my camera in the car. Peace and love.

Cheboygan 3.0

Here are a few more hand picked Cheboygan pictures. If you're wondering why the 3.0, well earlier this year I had a blog post with Cheboygan 2.0...so 3.0 is next...get it...haha.

Also in other news I am thinking about going to the QBN Sesssions up in LA which should be amazing if I can go. The only way though is if work can send me and my co worker Mark. We will see, cross your fingers!

Peace.

45 Min Buzz Cut

Hello...Hello! So I know that this is a late post but here are some pics of the longest hair cut of my life! This was just a standard buzz cut but the guy doing it was like 90 years old! He keep droping parts and was kind of shaky the whole time. I could of done it faster using my feet. Bye bye!

New Additions to Ruggedwoodsman.com

Hello Everyone.

Sorry for the lack of updates the last few weeks. I am back from my vaction to Michigan. I have two new pieces up on the site, the first is Dating Dna, which cross your fingers might be made into a reality tv show. Then the other new one is H.I.M. Which I got to do some programing on...programing is fun for like 10 mins. JK! Anyway keep checking back b/c there should be some new updates with tees from Walking On Water. As well as a surfboard that I am illustrating on for Walking On Water.

Ruggedwoodsman.com

Here are a few pics from Northern Michigan...thats where I get my rugged roots...enjoy!

Ryan

Sorry For the Lack of updates!!!!

I realized today and Carlee has been telling me for awhile that i need to update. So here is the first foot back in the update door! I have been in Michigan for almost 2 weeks now hanging with the family and working remotely. Its been super nice up here, but i miss carlee a ton and the ocean!!!! So i will be back in a few days and then I will also post some upnorth shots. For now here are some cool fisheye shots...enjoy!

The Best e-Greeting Cards

So this was sent to me by my best bud today...Mr. Tudball...words can't even do it justice...take a look...u can find more here

http://www.someecards.com/

Ps. There site is really nice as well.

Hillsong United

Last night I got to go see Hillsong United up in LA. It was so amazing and really cool just worshiping God with that many people! I felt like I was in the OZ. Anyway I need to get back to work but I hope you like the pics and videos. If you can go see these guys do it do it do it! Bye bye.

Weekend Adventure: Birch Aquarium & Sweet Clothing/ Art Stores

Hello Everyone! I hope everyone is doing well. This weekend was super fun!!! Carlee and I went out to La Jolla to go check out the SD Birch Aquarium. I got some super cool shots of jelly fish I hope you like them. I also posted some other fun shots as well. After that Carlee and I did some bike riding. I just got a new bike so I've started riding it to work. If you don't have a bike you should get one there a lot of fun. Target has them...there no excuses!

Now for the art action...we got to have art on the blog b/c its linked to Ruggedwoodsman.com! Right?? hehe. Anyway I went to some super sweet shops in Downtown San Diego the first was Iglooshop which was started by Gary Benzel who is one co-founders of Green Lady and also is a part of HunterGatheerer. So super sick store if your in SD check it out! I got some sweet buttons there. I've also put a bunch of links as well.

http://www.iglooshop.com/featured.html

http://www.greenlady.com/

http://huntergatherer.net/

The second shop was equal amazing! I guess Subtext is a store as well as a very rocken design studio well know in SD. (I am learn more and more about SD design sence) while I was in the store I was looking at there vinyl toys and came across some super ruggedwoodsman toys they are called Woodland Creatures and there by this guy. Monsterism or so I think...any help would rock the other site on his box is down...so i will maybe have more info later. I want to get some more rugged toys! I put a pic of my new toy its amazing. His name is Sancho and he can be seen on Woodland Channel on Thurs. nights @ 5 w/ his series "Down with the Trees".

http://www.subtextstore.com/

http://monsterism.net/

Sorry for this crazy long post but i hope veryone enjoys it! Bye bye and hopefull some new stuff will be on its way very soon!!
Bye. RW

The Flower Fields

Hello everyone! Thanks to everyone that has been checkin out the site and posting it around town. This weekend Carlee and I went to the Carlsbad flower fields b/c this was the last weekend they were open. It was super fun and I hope you like the pictures. There are more on Car's blog and I will up load some more to my flickr. It was super funny because there where super nice flowers and then dead flowers to...Carlee got a few pics of the live one and the dead ones...hehe...Also Check back in a day or two to see the surf board paint job. I rode it last night and got some epic waves! The only problem was that super grom put on tropical wax with out looking at the label so it kind of made my board slick towards the end. Bye bYe and enjoy!

Welcome To Ruggedwoodsman.com

Hello Everyone,

The new website is finally done! There should be some new work
on the way very soon so keep checking back from time to time!

http://www.ruggedwoodsman.com



Thanks for stopping by my neck of the woods!