Brandon "Ragnar" Johnson was born In Roseville, California. The artist moved around much of the west coast of California while growing up, but spent his formative years in Los Angeles and Las Vegas.
As a young man, the artist would often spend his weekends painting alongside his Father, a fine artist and photographer.
He spent his teen years playing guitar in punk bands and making illustrations for punk fanzines and concert flyers. He eventually wound up working in the fashion industry which took him to Japan, Mexico, Taiwan and eventually back to Los Angeles. After a brief break from all things “creative” he attended Art Center College of Design in Pasadena as a Graphic Design student. While there, he began to feel the tug of his illustration roots and his work moved back in that direction.
His work is an amalgam of all of his interests and experiences - film noir, fashion illustration, classic cartoons, the great men's magazine artists, mid century design and architecture, and old Las Vegas.
After graduating with honors from Art Center, a flurry of advertising design work launched his professional career, and shortly thereafter he began working in the animation industry as an art director and character designer for Disney, Nickelodeon, Warner Brothers, and Cartoon Network.
