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ILLUSTRATION
BRANDING
DESIGN

DEREK RING

ECTO-1 Ghostbusters

GHOSTBUSTERS: FROZEN EMPIRE

I was tapped to create illustration and branding elements for the 2023 film's toyline. It was an absolute thriillll for me to explore and develop the look for one of my favorite film series...

We started with style exploration!

I hoped we would use a cartoonish style, I grew up watching the 80's cartoon (even Slimer's solo cartoon!), but the studio requested a more realistic style. Sad trombone, but onward!

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This works!

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The whole family,

and their spectres!

We needed a vector version of the Firehouse iced environment for background of the packaging!

Holy Holding Shapes!

Logos for their other
toy lines!

Applying the realistic style to other products, here's the Ghost Trap!

This felt right.

These were still too cartoony.

Ecto-1! I could hear the siren while I was drawing it!

Look at this dork, doing pose reference like those art teachers taught him!

Ecto-1 Package Art

Adobe Illustrator

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Slimer Package Art!

Slimer!

Hasbro: Ghostbusters Concept Art, (adapted to calendar page), 2023

Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop​

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MONOPOLY: AT HOME REALITY

The classic board game of crushing the finances of your friends and loved ones! I worked closely with designers at Hasbro to develop a new look for the classic game. This version was based on how the entire world was stuck at home, and we had to turn our homes into different kinds of real estate. 

Each property had its own new name and icon, to describe how each item in your home represented some (better) location or event outside the home.

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The Sports Arena!

The Bakery

Vacation House

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...And the rest!

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Beyblade X: Star Wars

Package art, Hasbro, 2024

Adobe Illustrator

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BEYBLADE X

The badass battling tops known as Beyblade have begun partnering with cool brands outside their usual collection. For the first wave of these bad boys, I developed the character artwork for these well-known properties.

This is an ongoing project, so expect this section to grow!

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LEGO LIFE MAGAZINE

One of the greatest projects I've had the honor of working on, was a series of LEGO Life magazine covers, posters and insets. Directly making the art that kids look forward to? Awesome!

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Solo

LEGO Life Magazine Cover, 2018

Adobe Illustrator

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Click to engage hyperdrive

Ninjago Dieselnaut

LEGO Life Magazine Cover, 2018

Adobe Illustrator

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The Great Race!

LEGO Life Magazine Pullout Poster, 2019

Adobe Illustrator

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LEGO Technics: McLaren

LEGO Life Magazine Inset, 2020

Adobe Illustrator

Baby Yoda...before we heard the name Grogu!

LEGO Life Magazine Inset, 2020

Adobe Illustrator

LEGO Super Heroes Keyart Posters

Style Guide for Mighty Micros/

DC and Marvel Comics, 2016

Adobe Illustrator

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Later that year, I found that product line out in the real world, on my vacation in Amsterdam!

Click to rage

LEGO New Years Eve Party!

LEGO Life Magazine Pullout Poster, 2016

Adobe Illustrator

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LEGO Moon!

LEGO Life Magazine Art, 2016

Adobe Illustrator

Click to blast off

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Hot Wheels Racerverse

Assorted characters, 2023

Adobe Illustrator

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HOT WHEELS: RACERVERSE

A series of assorted characters from many different worlds, all brought together for one big race. 

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PERSONAL WORK, PART 1

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Mermaids

Personal Work, 2017

Adobe Illustrator

Organizing a portfolio is exhausting! Let's maybe take a break from all that "pro" stuff and just have some fun. Most of this is work that I did for my friends or myself. 

Click to hit 88 MPH

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Back to the Future

Personal Work, 2017

Adobe Illustrator

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I just like drawing Venom as a warmup exercise. Don't worry too much about anatomy or anything serious, just let your hands go wild.

Spidey at Night 

Personal Work, 2025

Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop

Spidey

Personal Work, 2023

Adobe Illustrator

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City Limits

Commission Work, 2014

Adobe Illustrator

Dino Girl

My buddy has this tattooed up his side, 2010.

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Brainfreeze

Personal Work, 2010

Adobe Illustrator

OK, That's enough of that!

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STAR WARS CELEBRATION: TOKYO

Hasbro tapped me to create a tryptic (that means 3-piece!) poster series for Star Wars Celebration, an event that took place in Tokyo this year (2025). When I asked for the direction, they replied 'Whatever you want to do, just use these characters'

 

Okay! I did some exploring. I knew I wanted to try an anime style, and I wanted to see a big red Death Star in the sky that looked like the Japanese flag. Other than that, let's explore!

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Ideas and elements...

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Ronin and Droid:

A new pair of kickass characters from the Visions series (it's great, check it out!).

Anakin versus Obi-Wan:

I was hoping for Vader vs Obi-Wan. Really wanted to have some fun with that helmet.

Luke and Leia:

I think they were in the

first one, or the second,

third or... maybe the fourth...be with you.

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Our characters...

Illustrating the entire piece would be overwhelming. I needed to give the eye a break, so I added these story elements in a
cloarse halftone.

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The Panels

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Final Artwork

Tryptic poster series, 2025

Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop

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Can you find R2D2 and C3PO on their way to Jabba's palace?

Galaxy Goldmine

Game art, Hasbro, 2020

Adobe Illustrator

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Darth Fader 

Star Wars Scream Sabers Concept art, 2019

Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop

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Grocery Go-Karts

Package art, Hasbro Games, 2020

Adobe Illustrator

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Play-Doh Logos, Assorted

Hasbro, 2016-present

Adobe Illustrator

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LOGOS!

All kinds of logos for all kinds of things. Local brands, international brands, friends, enemies, whoever.

And, yes, this neon logo

prints in CMYK!

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Marvel Logos, Assorted

Hasbro, 2016-present

Adobe Illustrator

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Beyblade Burst Logo

(My first project at Hasbro!)

Hasbro Action Brands, 2016

Adobe Illustrator

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Transformers Combiner Force

Hasbro Action Brands, 2017

This one was tough, and it was just a badge, but I had it in my head: I really, really wanted to create an logo where ​two smaller bots create the silhouette of a giant bot's head ​in between a high-five! Beef Pit!

Created the logo as well as the illustrative description format for how the toy worked.

 

Look at that storytelling!

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PERSONAL WORK, PART 2

Break time again! Again, most of this is work that I did for my friends or myself. 

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Yummy.
GREMLINS!

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Hardware Poster 

Fan Art, 2015

Adobe Illustrator

Ok, back to work!

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BUMBLEBEE FILM WORK

Also known as Transformers 6, also known as 'the good one'. I worked with our small team at Hasbro to create film, toy & retail assets to support the film. Some of it got pretty silly, but that's what they pay me for. This section will expand as I dig through the archive. It was a lot.

Bumblebee Film Poster

Design for Internal Hasbro/Film, 2018

Photoshop

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Transformers Bumblebee Assortment

Design elements to support Bumblebee film, 2017

Emojis, Stickers, and Various Media

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Bumblebee

Hasbro SDCC Booth, 2018

Adobe Illustrator

So, this site is still very much under construction.

Past this point, there be dragons, and not much organization.

Y'all been warned.

Roller Derby Event Poster

Event Poster for

Central Mass Roller Derby, 2009

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Defenders Cover

Hasbro SDCC Booth, 2018

Adobe Illustrator

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Freddie

Personal Work, 2018

Magazine Collage

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Venom in July

Personal Work, 2018

Adobe Illustrator

Evil Inside

Personal Work, 2019

Adobe Illustrator

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Call of Cthulhu
Personal Work, 2017

Adobe Illustrator

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Homer vs The Gorge

Personal Work, 2019

Adobe Illustrator

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Disney Villains

Style explorations, 2020

Adobe Illustrator

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