Ryan Graeff worked closely with art director Michael Fitzgerald to transform and create magical environments for Shelter. Ryan helped create a specific language of imagery and style for the character of Zach, using shapes and color to depict Zach's evolving transformation. As the story progressed, the character's true colors showed as a caring, loving uncle-father figure, and a mature college-level street artist was born.

Ryan Graeff grew up skateboarding and exploring the industrial beach community of El Segundo. His first job was as a "child slave" at Big Brother magazine at age 13. In the mid-nineties, he started doing graffiti, but it wasn't until 2005 when he really began to leave noticeable imprints on the art world.

Soon after creating the now well-known image "the bandit," Graeff started up The Restitution Press, a hand-printed, self-published collective of artists. Using a traditional silkscreen process combined with an American painterly influence, Graeff unleashed posters and zines on newsprint all over Los Angeles and San Bernardino County. Even his grandma started noticing him. After being met with an overwhelming amount of positive support, The Restitution Press has gone on to publish 12 volumes to date.

Getting to work on movies has been some of the most fun and exciting times for Graeff and he hopes to work on more film projects in the future. Graeff's current projects include a San Francisco street sheet and a New York newspaper. You can see more details on his website therestitutionpress.com