My name is Ryan Gorley. I'm working out of Utah in the United States. For the past 11 years I've run a small creative agency called Freehive. A few years ago we transitioned to using free and open-source software exclusively. I show up at conferences a couple times a year to talk about that and encourage others to try kicking the proprietary software habit. Prior to starting Freehive I worked several years in various design and marketing roles. Lately I do mostly art direction, design, animation, and (some) front-end development. I did most of the creative work on the GNOME 40 release video, which I imagine some of the people here may have seen because of the Fedora 34 connection. I also volunteer for the Inkscape project where I started their outreach team.

I'm not sure what volume of creative work I can contribute with my current workload and other volunteer commitments, but I'd like to pick up creative tasks when I am able. I'd also happily provide constructive feedback and encouragement to those here who are new to design or new to using free software. That said, I have much to learn too, so I hope to likewise benefit from the expertise of this community along the way.

That's my "hello". Thanks for all the work you're doing and I hope I can be of help!

Ryan