Welcome to My Accidentally Created Universe!

A person sitting next to an animated fox character, each holding a book titled 'Head.' The image includes text with a website URL and a social media handle. The setting appears to be indoors with framed art on the wall.

“Learn from the Past,
Seize the Present,
Prepare for the Future,
Listen to your Heart,
And ALWAYS follow your Dreams!”
- Ryan Poirier

Hello there, and a warm welcome to my portfolio! I'm Ryan Poirier, the creative force behind Accidental Creations. This is where my imagination comes to play, and I'm thrilled to share it with you.

As an indie graphic novel artist and author, each page I create is a piece of my heart and soul. From the whimsical worlds of "The Herd" and "Farm Freaks" to the intricate details of my freelance projects, every stroke of the pen tells a story. I believe in the power of visual storytelling to transport, inspire, and connect us all. I’m also a strong believer in following your dreams, telling your story, and finding your purpose! Anyone can find their Accidental Creation!

Here, you'll find a curated collection of my work – Original Creations, Commission art, Fan art, background art, photos, and videos! A mosaic of bold lines, vibrant colors, and narratives that dance off the page. Whether you're here to explore my published works, delve into my freelance ventures, or just to satisfy your curiosity, I hope you find something that speaks to you.

Dive in, explore, and let's embark on this visual journey together. I'm glad you're here, and I can't wait to share my world with you.

Happy browsing!

Tree silhouette with large branches against a white background.

Anthropomorphic cartoon characters, including a fox in a superhero outfit and a cow, promoting graphic novel series "The Herd" and "Farm Freaks."

Illustration of various cartoon character designs for cartoons or graphic novels, featuring different styles and outfits, including a superhero, a clown, and casual characters.

Illustration of dark fantasy characters, including a large monster with sharp teeth, a tall shadowy figure with a sinister grin, a witch with a staff, and a skeletal creature with a long neck. Text reads 'Dark Fantasy Designs (For That Darker Tone).'

A collection of cartoon cow faces depicting various emotions such as happiness, confusion, anger, sadness, surprise, and annoyance. The cows are drawn in black and white with some color highlights, and the phrase "Curled the Cow" is written at the top.

A sheet of coloring pages featuring various expressive headshots of a cartoon fox character in different emotional states, with a signature at the bottom right and the title "Fox Canidae/Fantastic Fox" at the bottom.

Animation character design of a cow named Curled the Cow, showing initial sketches in red, outline in black, and colored version with beige face and udder, white body, black spots, and black hooves.

Accidental Creations' Original Characters and Stories

A collage of many, but not all, of my characters.

Various cartoon fox faces depicting different expressions, including happy, angry, surprised, and curious.

Character design sketches of "Curdled the Cow," featuring multiple angles and expressions. The drawings are labeled with the character's name at the bottom.

Sequential drawing process of a superhero fox character, labeled 'Fantastic Fox,' showing different stages from sketch to final colored illustration.

Cartoon cow named Curdled showing various facial expressions.

Character designs for an upcoming project

FRIEND - Character designs for an upcoming project

A two-part drawing of a suburban neighborhood. The top half shows a black and white outline sketch of houses, trees, and a car. The bottom half is a colored version with a large house, autumn trees, a driveway, and two cars parked outside, one yellow

Split image of a car: top half shows a sketch of a car in a park, bottom half shows the colored version of the car with a red and black design on a road.

A page from The Herd in stages of production

A comic strip with two anthropomorphic characters, a cat-like creature and a humanoid, having a conversation on a purple stage. The strip includes panels showing sketches, colored versions, and text balloons where the characters discuss secrets and a

Illustrated comic book cover titled "The Herd, Vol. 1, Part 1" by Ryan Poirier, showing various anthropomorphic animal characters with vibrant colors and superhero attire.

Comic cover titled 'The Herd Vol. 1 Part 2' featuring cartoon animal characters in superhero costumes, with two silhouetted figures holding staffs in the background. Purple radial background with illustrated characters in various poses.

Comic book cover titled 'The Herd Vol. 1 Part 2 3/4' by Ryan Poirier, featuring various anthropomorphic characters in superhero costumes, with a large shadowy figure in the background, set against a green and black backdrop.

Illustrated comic book cover titled "The Herd Vol. 1 Part 3" by Ryan Poirier, featuring a group of anthropomorphic animal superheroes in vibrant costumes. They stand victorious in front of a large, menacing shadowy figure with glowing eyes. In the fo

Comic book cover titled "The Herd Volume 1" featuring cartoon animal superheroes. Characters stand in front of a graffiti-covered wall, with colorful liquid flowing from a drain. In the background, a villainous figure hovers, surrounded by a fiery ci

The Herd Volume 2 - The Curse of the Black Swan (TBA)

The Herd Volume 3 - Attack of The Pack (TBA)

The Herd Volume 4 - How The Animator Erased Christmas (TBA)

The Herd Volume 5 - The Reptilian Revolution (TBA)

The Herd vs Jynx the Lynx (Early Concept Art)

(Parody Poster) Pear 'n Apple Activity
What Happens When You Juice?

(Parody Poster) To Wolfgang, Thanks for Nothing! ~ Jack LePori

The Herd characters as children - Fantastic Tots

The Pack (Villains to The Herd) - Count Cromwell Von Vultra McDoom (Leader)

Don Salsa Chipotle from the "Farmer's Mafia"

Wolfgang - President of the biker gang Wolfgang's Wolfgang

B.B.B. (Big Blue Beetle) (Max Drake's pet beetle)

Peter and Wendy Panter (Neighbors to the Canidae's)

Commissioner "Big" Ben Burlock and Detective Nolan Tusk from Maple City Police Department

Earl, RIchard Cox and Annie Hoo from Maple Morning News

Nurse Deena and Dr. Henri (Vixie's coworkers)

Lana DeLama, Alan Tortel, and Memphis Blue - Employees from Foxy Fruits

Persey - Peter Panter's friend and owner of the 'Pond Shop'

My original drawings of Fantastic Fox and Cortex (then Super Bunny) back in 2001 vs Fantastic Fox and Cortex 2017 when I began work on their first graphic novel.

Some more picture on the way from The Herd!

My Comic Con Farm Freaks Vertical Banner

Cartoon scene featuring a diverse group of animated characters standing in front of a barn and large farmhouse at night. The characters include farm animals, surreal creatures, and humans. UFOs and a full moon are visible in the sky, with glowing nor

Illustration of anthropomorphic farm animals, including a bull, cow, pony, sheep, pig, chicken, and dressed character, on a wooden background, with a "Farm Freaks: Day 1 - The Arrival" title below.

Cartoon cover featuring farm animals in human-like poses with the title "Farm Freaks - Day 2: The Accident."

Cartoon illustration titled 'Farm Freaks Day 3 – The Rescue' by Ryan Poirier, featuring various anthropomorphic animals, including a cow, pig, sheep, and a bull with different expressions, inside a wooden enclosure with water on the floor. The backgr

Cartoon farm animals surrounding a glowing box, labeled "Confidential," with the text "Farm Freaks" and "Day 4 - The Secret" on a rustic background, by Ryan Poirier.

Curdled the Cow can helicopter his nipples and fly!

Morgan the Horse is a 300-year-old witch stuck in a horse's body after a reincarnated spell went wrong.

Connor the Pig is the World's ONLY Flying Pig...yet no one has ever actually seen him fly...

Hannah the Cat was raised in a zoo by Capuchin monkeys - so acts more like a monkey than a cat. She's also Curdled's girlfriend, so it's....awkward....

Haggis the Sheep has a hair trigger of a temper and grows steel wool... so cannot be sheared.

Scrambled the Chicken lays explosive eggs!

Moose claims to be the elusive Jackalope, but he's really just a rabbit with antlers on a headband that he uses as golf clubs.

Boris the Bull is the feared bruit who rules over the farm with an iron hoof; yet harbors a stranger quirk than the rest of the Farm Freaks!

Yuri the Rat is Boris' assistant keeping a vigil eye on the goings on around the farm; always looking to RAT on someone!

Dr. Han E. Bell Quacker is the most mysterious of the Farm Freaks. He doesn't say much, but his hunger for Fried Chicken keeps him locked away in the hay loft.

Various background extras designs (Farm Freaks)

The Fates - An adult graphic novel series I've developed and have future plans for.

Illustration of a group of five fictional superheroes with unique costumes and appearances. Labeled characters are Redwing, Mach 37, The Revenant, Blue Fire, and Silver Angel, each with distinct outfits and accessories, set against a white background

Illustration of three fictional characters named Zara aka Reptilia, Dr. Raven aka Bird Brain, and Uranium. Zara is a green, reptilian humanoid with black hair, wearing a green and black outfit with a spear. Dr. Raven is a bird-like character in a blu

Character designs from "The Fates." Includes sketches and colored illustrations of a male character and a mysterious figure in a hat and long coat.

The 2nd Accidental Creations site design - also done in FLASH. It had a lot of moving parts and transitions, laser and hologram effects - a very robotic and futuristic look.

The 3rd Accidental Creations Site design/concept - never used.

This 4th site design was used for a number of years.

A 5th site design that was never used. It had an animated ink effect for all the buttons and transitions. It was around this time that FLASH was no longer usable for web design.

This 6th design wasn't used, but it did inspire the look that Accidental Creations site had for a long time.

A Gallery of Graphic Designs and Commission pieces

Variant Cover Design for the indie comic series "The M1N1-FR1DG3 Space Adventures" by Roxy Reed

Variant Cover for award-winning indie comic series "The Night Spike" by Alfonso Espinos

A stylized illustration of a woman dressed as Poison Ivy, standing on a stone pathway with a stretching cat nearby, against a backdrop of mountains, forests, and the Northern Lights in a night sky.

Animated woman dressed in a green costume with red accessories, kneeling on a stone ledge with a castle and mountains in the background at night.

A woman in a green dress and red gloves posing with one leg raised, standing on a stone platform with a black and white cat nearby. She has long blond hair in braids, a red headband, and black boots, set against a backdrop of mountains and the Northe

A female superhero with blonde hair in a braid, wearing a green and beige costume, red gloves, red hat, and black boots, stands on a stone ledge near a castle at night under a starry sky and northern lights.

Bringing a Cosplayer's costume to life with a cartoon rendering.

A pup portfolio - a commission piece for a drawing of someone pet.

Another dog picture commission - next 2 images are part of this same project.

A tattoo design commission - Outline & Colour

A book cover commission I did using 3D Studio Max

A book cover commission I did using 3D Studio Max - image closeup

This was a site design for a paranormal investigation team I was part of called Beyond Dead.

More Beyond Dead - Some of our evidence and my stories will be featured in my blog "Blaunted - The Haunted Blog"

Screen shot for a game I made for Crayola in association with Corus Entertainment.

A banner I made for Kellogg's while at Corus Ent.

A screenshot of a scene I did some animation sequences and effects for. An online game for Corus Ent. called Site Kick.

A screen saver I made for the Burger King and Bey Blade promotion.

Another online game for the Bey Blade and Burger King promotion - A word search game

Another screenshot of the BeyBlade word search game.

A commission piece I did for a relative of his car.

A series of truck drawings needed for a project.

This commission was to create a cartoon recycling bin mascot.

Some graphic novel backgrounds, landscapes, and buildings

Melancholy Meadows (wide angle) - Farm Freaks

Melancholy Meadows (field) - Farm Freaks

Melancholy Meadows Chicken Coop - Farm Freaks

Melancholy Meadows (Farmer's house) - Farm Freaks

Illustration of a sunset over rolling green hills with a wooden fence and silhouetted trees, featuring a colorful sky of pinks and purples.

Melancholy Meadows (Barn Rafters) - Farm Freaks

Melancholy Meadows (Morgan's Room) - Farm Freaks

Melancholy Meadows (Flooded Field) - Farm Freaks

Melancholy Meadows (Giant Vegetables) - Farm Freaks

Melancholy Meadows (Giant Vegetables2) - Farm Freaks

Melancholy Meadows (Curdled flying into the sunset) - Farm Freaks

Melancholy Meadows (Swamp) - Farm Freaks

Melancholy Meadows (Old Farm) - Farm Freaks

A cafe in Little Town - 'The Comfy Coffee Cove' - Farm Freaks

Leaving Maple City and entering The Prey Lands - The Herd

Illustration of a sunny mountain landscape with a rocky cliff and green hills.

Illustration of an apple tree with red apples, green leaves, and a blue sky background.

Colorful landscape illustration with trees and sunset

Illustration of a sunny landscape with green rolling hills, trees, and a bright sun in a blue sky with white clouds.

Illustration of a grassy landscape with trees and cloudy sky

Illustration of a volcanic landscape with flowing lava and rocky terrain.

Illustration of a secluded beach with sandy shore, calm blue water, and overhanging tree branches with green leaves.

Illustrated landscape with grassy fields, a river, mountains, and a starry night sky.

Cartoon sunset over ocean with colorful sky

Illustration of a mountainous landscape with clouds and textured ground.

Illustration of a serene river flowing through rolling green hills under a bright sun.

Illustration of tents in a moonlit landscape with clouds and a large full moon in the background. The tents have flags with crown symbols.

Illustration of a cityscape with colorful flowers in the foreground and modern buildings in the background under a clear blue sky.

Illustration of a dense forest with various green trees, featuring tall pine trees and lush vegetation, against a backdrop of rolling hills and a small stream on the side.

Illustration of a tree in a grassy field with a blue sky and distant trees

Illustration of a nighttime landscape with a full moon, stars, mountains, and a winding path through green hills.

Illustrated desert landscape with a sunset sky, sand dunes, and distant rock formations.

Minimalistic beach artwork with ocean waves and sand

Illustration of a river with green banks and a clear blue sky.

Illustrated landscape with green hills and grassy field under a clear blue sky.

Illustration of a sunny desert landscape with rolling sand dunes, sparse vegetation, and a clear blue sky.

Illustration of a rural landscape at sunset, with trees, a wooden fence, and a radiant sun setting behind distant mountains.

Illustration of a sunny landscape with green fields, trees, and a wooden fence against a bright blue sky.

Illustration of a large metal vault door with a wheel handle, set in a green wall, on a wooden floor.

Illustration of a futuristic cityscape with modern buildings on a cliff. A cascading waterfall flows into a river surrounded by lush greenery and trees. Unique architectural designs are visible, including cylindrical and geometric structures.

Illustration of a sunny day with a rocky cliff, mountainous background, and blue sky.

Illustration of an apple tree with red apples and bushes in the background under a blue sky.

Silhouette of trees against an orange and yellow sunset background.

Illustration of a sunny landscape with rolling green hills, trees, and a bright sun shining in a blue sky with white clouds.

Illustration of a landscape with green fields, trees, and a blue sky with white clouds.

Illustration of a fiery volcanic landscape with flowing lava and rocky terrain.

Illustration of a scenic beach with sandy shore, blue ocean, green foliage, and tree branches against a cloudy sky.

Illustration of a peaceful night scene with a starry sky, a green landscape, distant hills, and a river flowing through the foreground.

Illustration of a sunset over a calm ocean with mountains on the horizon and a colorful sky.

Illustration of a mountainous landscape with a cloudy sky.

Illustration of a scenic river landscape with distant hills, green grass, flowing water, and a clear sky with a sun.

Illustrated scene with tents in a field under a full moon and cloudy sky, featuring flags with a golden crown emblem.

Illustration of a city skyline with diverse architecture, featuring a building with a large sign, viewed from a park with vibrant purple and red flowers in the foreground.

Illustration of a dense, green forest with various trees and shrubs, hills in the background, and a small river in the foreground.

Illustration of a tree with a brown trunk and dense green foliage, set against a blue sky and a grassy landscape.

Illustration of a winding path leading through green hills to jagged mountains under a starry night sky with a full moon.

Illustration of a desert landscape at sunset with a colorful sky, distant rock formations, and misty foreground.

Illustration of a tranquil beach with sandy shore and gentle ocean waves under a clear sky.

Illustration of a river flowing between grassy banks with trees, under a gradient sky.

Illustrated landscape with green hills and brown fields under a blue sky.

Illustration of a fantasy cityscape with diverse architectural styles, including medieval towers and modern buildings, featuring a prominent tower with a large emblem on top, surrounded by greenery and a winding road in the foreground, set against a

Illustration of a desert landscape with sand dunes, sparse vegetation, and a bright sun in a clear blue sky.

Illustration of a sunrise over a landscape with trees, hills, and a fence in the foreground, against a colorful sky.

Illustration of a sunny landscape with trees, a fence, and rolling green hills under a bright sun.

Illustration of a round metal vault door on a green wall above a wooden floor.

A fiery, angry woman with long hair and a dress standing in flames with a dark, blood-red background and dripping blood. The text above her reads, "They're all going to laugh at you!" in a horror style font.

Fan art of Jay and Silent Bob having a cameo in Batman '66 - This was featured on Kevin Smith's Podcast Hollywood Babble-On

A stylized illustration of a dinosaur resembling a T-Rex, with blue and black coloration, standing in a black and white forest with stripped trees. The T-Rex is open-mouthed, showing sharp teeth and a red tongue. The text 'V-REX' appears in the botto

Illustration of four anthropomorphic cats at a trailer park, with forest in the background, holding drinks and a fish, with a sign that reads "Trailer Park Cats."

Super Mario Bros. - Battle for the Mushroom Kingdom

Mario and Peach - The next series of couples drawings were used in part of the center piece for my wedding. People were assigned to a 'famous couple' table vs a table number.

Roger and Jessica Rabbit, and Baby Herman

Fred, Wilma, Pebbles and Dino Flintstone

Poster for 'Apparition Chronicles' presented by Accidental Coutsions with Ryan Poirier, featuring a man in black clothing on a dark background.

Person with a surprised expression and a creepy, pale puppet or mask with dark eyes.

The Herd 500-page Omnibus (Books 1-4) (Available upon special request)

My first published book (The Herd Vol1 Part 1) at my first book signing and interview.

Original 1st edition prints of The Herd Vol1 Pt1 & 2

My first convention - WHITCAF (Whitby Comics and Arts Festival) Along with my first daughter, Lara - her first convention too!

My third book signing - Indigo Book Store

I only had 2 books published at the time, and was working on book 3 for The Herd - which at the time was only planned to be 3 books rather than 4.

A Comicon in my home town! So convenient!

Masked up! This was near the end of the pandemic, but still took precautions!

My second daughter, Selina, now joins the venture!

My girls and my nephew came by to visit my table at this VERY successful Comicon - I sold most of my inventory, some books completely sold out!

When I'm not around, my drawings ACTUALLY come to life to watch my booth.....true story!

The Herd and the Farm Freaks came by my booth :)

A virtual seminar at a virtual Comicon - another angle. It was such a cool experience. Made me miss Playstation Home!

There truly is no greater feeling of accomplishment than opening a box of your own published work!

My first print order of my next published series - Farm Freaks

My second series Farm Freaks HOT off the press!

The cover is not real leather....not even faux leather...but a glossy and waterproof finish is almost as good :)

My latest book arriving in print - Farm Freaks Day 4: The Secret

An even GREATER feeling of accomplishment - having to restock on books due to sales!

VIDEO CREATIONS

A returning visit to Central Valley Talks' Briggs on Books - Talking with Holly about The Herd, Farm Freaks, and what's been new with Accidental Creations!

What if the shadows you saw weren’t just in your head? From haunted homes to restless spirits, psychic revelations, and ghost stories passed between generations, Apparition Chronicles dives deep into a lifetime of unexplained phenomena. Told through the lens of award-winning graphic novelist Ryan Poirier, this podcast/video series uncovers the terrifying, the emotional, and the moments that changed everything. Coming soon. Real stories. Real fear. Real weird.

Farm Freaks Book Trailer

The original animated book trailer I made for The Herd.

The second book trailer for
The Herd

An ad I made for The Herd Tarot Cards - This custom set includes 108 digitally hand drawn cards (78 tarot cards and 30 character cards), digital guide book and the first chapter (46 pages) ebook sample of The Herd volume 1!

Drawing a Fantastic Fox! A time lapse video of how I digitally draw the hero of The Herd - Fantastic Fox

Duel Dragons in An Obscene Halloween
I created this back in 2003 using Flash as my first attempt at syncing animation to music using the characters from my comic series Duel Dragons (yet to be published, but a future project). The pacing and movement aren’t as smooth or refined as I’d approach it today, but it served as an early experiment in timing, rhythm, and visual storytelling. In truth, it’s more of an animated storyboard sequence — one of my very first explorations into combining motion and narrative with music.

U.L.F. (Unintelligible Life Forms) in ANALIENATE
Another animation and storyboard sequence I created in 2004 to tell a story through music rather than dialogue. It features a group of alien characters I originally had other plans for, but the project was eventually shelved. These four aliens later found new life in my Farm Freaks series. This short also experiments with a chain-reaction sequence that, quite brutally, annihilates everyone — a clear nod to the web series Happy Tree Friends, which inspired me at the time. It was a quick, two-day project that let me experiment with timing, rhythm, and visual chaos I just needed to get out of my system. Warning - Contains Graphic Cartoon Violence

This animation test sequence was created in 2008, around the time I first developed Farm Freaks. It was originally intended to serve as the home page for a Flash-based website featuring animated shorts, stories, and games from the series. Users would have been able to click on different locations—like the barn or farmhouse—to explore new pages and content. Unfortunately, as Flash began to phase out, the project was shelved. Years later, in 2021, Farm Freaks was reborn as a graphic novel with a fresh direction, new storylines, and redesigned characters—offering a great comparison between the early concept and the final evolution seen in the books.

Something I started but never finished. For my own entertainment /practice with animation, I was going to animate this scene from Seinfeld where Kramer tells the story about the severed pinky toe. I was going to show the story he tells about stopping the mugger on the bus while saving the pinky toe for Toby. I never finished this, but here is a sample of what I started.

The launch video I made for
(successful) The Herd Kickstarter campaign.

Unboxing of the fourth book in my graphic novel series The Herd.

A compilation of game play with some friends from Gang Beasts synced to music, edited on Playstation’s SHAREFactory.

A compilation of game play Arkham Knight synced to the various Batman theme songs.
A tribute to my favorite comic hero! Edited on Playstation’s SHAREFactory.