Ryan, Jon Jenkins and David Helpling have mentioned you and Digital Blasphemy by name on their latest podcast. CONGRATS again, and you can check it out over here: http://www.deepexile.com/audio/podcasts/depc06.mp3



Excellent collaboration Ryan, and I hope to hear of more work between all you guys, especially with their new album in the works!

Congrats on the award... I just went to the website with the album cover and they have listed you and the website as artist. just a fyi.



:)

I'm glad you got an award for your artwork, sad that you weren't recognized formally but after being a member for a while, you definitely deserve awards for the artwork that I have seen over the years

This is my first post and just wanted to express how impressed I am with your work. Great job on winning the award with "Cathedral"! It's one of my favorites as well.



You work dives deep into the emotional/spiritual realms which keeps me coming back time and time again. I'm always eager to see what you'll create next. Your work showcases a deep inner wisdom and it's very inspiring. Simply fabulous work!



Thanks and congrats again!

Congratulations on the award!

I listened to samples of the music from "Treasure" and it is a PERFECT complement to your images. Your work evokes atmospheric sounds and feelings. Keep doing what you're doing, my man! And Happy St. Patty's Day and Happy Easter!

Its always nice when you're work is recognized, even if you arent. Keep it up. I love your images.

Cathedral is one of my favorites, as well.

Awsome work! .. nice being vindicated a little bit after all these years eh?



-b

Congratulations Ryan!!

Your work is fabulous, an awesome acknowledgement for you and yours!!!





Melissa

Congratulations from Chicago!!

I am a member and frequent visitor - but this is my first post. I love the work you create and just wanted to extend my congrats on a nice win.



It's always a great feeling when something you've done, personally, stands out from the crowd!



Keep up the good work

Congratulations!!! :D

I must add my congratulations to the rest. I do hope this is the first of many yet to come! Well deserved and long overdue!



John

Congratulations! I've always thought your work would make for some great, and inspiring cover art, and sure enough, it has!

Congratulations on the award. I think it's pretty lame that they don't directly credit you since it's your artwork with a Title slapped over it. Still it's at least some recognition of what the rest of us her already know; that you do awesome work.



Cheers,

Vaul

Congratulations! This must really be exciting for you and your family. You certainly deserve it.

Pretty cool stuff, Ryan.



I sense your satisfaction comes from your work and not the award, but I bet you smiled like a Cheshire when you found out.



Congratulations.

Congratulations!

I absolutely love your work and wouldn't have anything else on my desktop. I agree that it's about time for some recognition. Thank you for all the beautiful images you create.

Keep up the amazing work!

Gratz man! I had that image on my 17" powerbook's background for most of college career :D

Congratulations on the award your art received. It is about time you have been recognized for all the great work that adorns many of our computer desktops.

Thats so cool! Congratz Ryan! I really like your work...

You always do good stuff. It's nice to see you win some awards. Lets hope there is more to come. But im sure the passion is in the work, not the pat on the back.

Congratulations, Ryan! The award is well-deserved! While they should have credited you for the artwork somewhere in the award listing, the point is that you won. Well done! :-D

That's one of my favorite images as well! It makes a dynamite cover for some really cool music I'd never have heard without checking out the Album on iTunes. Cool stuff.

They are selling poster prints of your artwork on the Helpling website [http://www.deepexile.com/order.php] - is that legit?



I am proud to know that you have been awarded in this way, and ticked off to see that rather than directing people to your poster sales site, they reworked it and are selling it off-base...



I mean, they might have an arrangement with you on it, but if not - dodgy...!



Congratulations Ryan!

Ryan, your work is really great and we love it.

Congrats for winning against competition, and best best wishes for everything you do in the future.

Now everyone else will start to find out what we've known for a long time -- your work is AWESOME!! :) Can't wait to see where it shows up next!

an award is well overdue! I only wish you had been credited.

Ryan, I've chatted with David and Jon and they're both big fans of your work. I'm glad you received some additional recognition via your award -- that's very exciting! I hope it helps keep you motivated, as it's gotta be really cool to see your work being used to complement other mediums as well. Fantastic work, and readers can still check out more of David's and Jon's musical work over at www.deepexile.com. Thanks Ryan, for many years of intriguing and beautiful work, and I look forward to many more -- Cheers!

Congratulations Ryan! Like others, I too was shocked that you haven't received any previous awards for your work. This place truly must be the internet's best kept secret.



(I just found the album on iTunes.)

Congrulations!!!!

That's awesome, Ryan! And way overdue. Your work is and always has been the standard to which others aspire.



Well done and congratulations.

It's about time your work was recognised. Your art always gets nice comments when people see my desktop at work :)

Ryan is the best. This award helps too prove it.

Congrats on the award Ryan, and thanks for all you're art. I enjoy it every day.

Love the artwork. From my count, the CD sold at least 3 additional copies (mine included) from mention on your site!

It says a lot about your artwork that the musician wanted to pick your art as his CD cover. That alone is great! But to win for best cover artwork? You should be very proud.



Congrats on a job well done.



However, I agree with you and others, your name should have shown up as "original artist" on the web considering the other guy just put text on top of your creation.



In any case, congratulations!

Good job! That one has always been one of my favorites because of it's simplicity.

Congratulations! Official recognition for your work is long past due, and well deserved.

Congratulations on this Ryan! It is a really beautiful image and looks really great on the album. It was the best there, hands down.



Once again, well done!

Wow, very very good mate.

Congratulation on that, if more people looking tru ur gallery u can get more awards, for sure :)

Way to go. You deserve the recognition.



Pete

Ryan,



I compliment you on the award. It is well-deserved and Cathedral has always been a favorite of mine. I am a long-time member, but your imagination never ceases to astound me.



Best wishes on all your future projects.





As an addendum, I also listened to the samples and promptly decided, "I have to buy this one." It is truly breathtaking.







Regards,



-Jacob

Congratulations on the award! Cathedral is certainly an impressive image. I'm very surprised to know that hadn't previously won any awards.

Yay, recognition at last! Congratulations, Ryan! Cathedral is one of my favorite images.

That's really fantastic! Congratulations on recognition for your wonderful imagery.

Congratulations Ryan! It's one of my own favorite images!



Way to go!

Congratulations! Your artwork is certainly very beautiful :) I was surprised to learn you had not previously won any awards for your work.

I posted the award on StumbleUpon, and gave you the appropriate credit. Its the least I could do.

congrats man, I've never really noticed the image before as it was never converted to dualscreen... but it really is good. To bad you didnt get credited.

All I can say is, it's about time. Kudos on a well-deserved award!

Neat artwork, Ryan...congratulations!

Well, at the very least, they should credit you on the CD itself.



But that's a wonderful accomplishment, Ryan, congratulations!

I'm truly surprised this is the first award you've won. Surely it won't be the last.

Well deserved.

Congratulations! I quite like that picture myself.

Wish you had gotten more clear credit for it.



The artist can thank you for promoting him...I followed your link, listened to some of the samples, and ended up buying it.

Just wanted to..... *Pat on Ryan's back*



That's awesome news!

I listened to the CD, it's pretty good. Goes very well with the artwork.

And even it's 'only' your first award, Digital Blasphemy has been known for years as THE standard in digital art, also here in Europe.

They should at least credit the original maker of the art.



don't get me wrong, I am glad it won, but they need to give credit where credit is due.

Amazing... Maybe others will now want your art on their work... congratulation!!!

It is a great image, the award is well deserved.

(Hooray, comments are working!)



Well done on the award -- richly deserved.