Ripon's influences are, first and foremost, everything he sees, feels and experiences, but he has always loved comic books, particularly works by Harvey Pekar and Robert Crumb. He loves architecture, particularly Art Deco. The artists he most admires are John Martin, a mezzotint artist from the 1800's, Winsor McCay a cartoonist and animator who created Little Nemo, Escher; and Lyonel Feininger creator of Kinder Kids.
Notably, 70% of the money generated from his artworks will go to Non-profit organizations in Canada and Bangladesh. The rest will go to purchasing Artwork materials.