Entries by Brian Allen

Logo design for El Gun Legro

Logo design I created for the Nerd-core hip-hop artist, El Gun Legro.  This guy has a ton of personality, and we set out to create an icon and typeface that would capture that.  It was also import to retain a comic book feel, since comic conventions are a huge part of his set list.  We […]

Revco T-Shirts

Illustration for Revco BSX, featuring a welder emerging from a fiery vault.  Revco specializes in apparel for welders.  This design was created for a direct-to-garment printing process.

Apocalips brand hot sauce illustration.

    Product label illustration for Bonfatto’s Apocalips brand hot sauce.  Special thanks to Mark Dello of Loaded Creative (and of course, Bonfatto’s) for making all this happen.   I designed and illustrated the dragon character for the label, as well as the font-style.

New Jersey FunPlex Maps

These are two maps I created for the two FunPlex parks in New Jersey. It was a fun challenge to create a useable map for a place I had never been before. The maps are printed as tri-folds and distributed at the park, and are also mounted in several areas around the park, I believe.

Our Pop-Up Book has SOLD OUT!!

In July 2012, my brother and grandmother (also artists) created a Pop-Up Book about Rehoboth Beach Delaware. Well, I’m pleased to announce that we sold out of all 2000 copies of the book in just two months! We are in the process of placing a bigger order – 5000.  They will be available in many stores […]

3 Tools Every Freelancer should use

Here are 3 extremely useful pieces of software I use every day. 1.  GoodSync This is without a doubt the best software for syncing two hard drives. I use it to sync my portable hard drive with my computer. You can set it to sync as soon as you open the program. It’s so fast: […]

Wacom Cintiq 12WX Review

  I purchased the Cintiq 12WX in July 2011, and thought I should share my review.  I beat my head against a wall for months trying to decide if the $1000 price tag was really worth it or not.  The verdict:  Oh yeah. WHAT I USE IT FOR:  Digital painting, comic book “inking,” sketching, graphic […]