Half-Time Brewing
I created this illustration for a brew suit for Half Time Brewing Company’s Growlers. A Brew Suit is a kind of a thermal case that zips up over a Growler to keep it cool.
This design was created to give the Growler a futuristic, mechanical look. I incorporated Half Time’s logo and signature red and gold color scheme wherever I could.
Half-Time Brewing
T-Shirt illustration I created for the New York brewing company, Half Time, featuring a crowd of Hop-Heads of many different cultures and species.
It was a fun challenge coming up with different characters, and making them look different by blending the limited colors together using half-tones.
The design was set up for silk-screening using 6 colors, and will be available in their stores and promotional events.
Snap Fitness
Custom mascot character design I created of a friendly marijuana seed for a lifestyle brand in Australia. Designed for T-Shirts, stickers, and other products. This character is named Seedy, and he’s a pretty cool guy once you get to know him. Just don’t ever lend him money.
So Pro Gaming
Logo design I created for the professional gaming shop SoPro Gaming, featuring an alien mascot character jamming on his keyboard.
The client wanted a mascot that was a bit unusual and help make his brand more recognizeable. We tried out several different mascot sketches before landing on this one with an alien
Ron Clark Academy
T-Shirt illustration I created for the Ron Clark Academy featuring their dragon mascot and the four different seals of the school.
Detail View
T-Shirt Mockup
ZodoMan, Royal Zone Records
Album cover illustration I created for Royal Zone Records artist Zachary Martinez (ZodoMan). He asked me to create an image of him transforming into his mascot character, the monkey, in a style similar to Carnage from the Spiderman Comics. Spiderman was all I read as a kid, so I was very excited about this project. We were both very happy with how this turned out – record releasing soon!
Vaping Sisters
Package design illustrations I created for a new line of vaping e-juice flavors by Vaping Sisters. The labels were all mafia themed. Watching Scarface 15 times has finally paid off! I was required to conceptualize and illustrate 10 different labels, based on different mafia archetypes. Can’t wait to start the next series!
“We’ve been very impressed! We look forward to working with you again on our next line!”
Clayton
Custom decal set I created for Shaft ID, a company that creates decals for hockey helmets and wraps. This set was made to look like the helmet was being peeled away and showing a zombie underneath.
Hempic
I was very excited to work on this T-Shirt design because it was so unlike anything I had worked on before. The concept and subject matter, was quite different for me, and I enjoyed the opportunity. The design was also limited to only two colors, which presented its own challenges, and forced me to have to rely on the line-art alone to tell the story. We were very pleased
T-Shirt Mockup
Detail View
Listenable Records
Iron Maiden, and the artist behind their amazing artwork, Derek Riggs, have always been a huge inspiration for everything that I do. So I was super excited when I was hired by Listenable Records to create an illustration tribute to Iron Maiden’s first album, “Killers,” for an upcomming sampler that would be given out at Iron Maiden concerts in Europe. I tried to cram in as much of my own style as I could.
Ron Clark Academy
Custom mascot illustration of a dragon I designed for the Ron Clark Academy. We started with a few thumbnail sketches, and initially started off with the dragon looking more cartoonish, but decided instead to make the mascot fierce and intimidating. The logo was designed in several different variations, from simple to complex, so it could be used for many different types of applications.
Dark Horse Fightwear
I had the privilege of designing the new logo emblem for Dark Horse Fightwear. The client wanted a detailed image of a warrior and his horse, that would look great printed large on a T-Shirt, on banners, and signs. Designed for silk-screening, 4 colors.
T-Shirt Mockup
Concept Sketches
Darin Jones
I was hired by an apparel brand creating a series of T-Shirts featuring the unofficial mascot of Stanford, the Stanford Tree! I was asked to design a tough, rampaging tree stomping on its rival mascots. If you want a drawing challenge, try making a tree look mean. It’s not easy! Trees are usually pretty pleasant.
Gold Strike Chili Mix
Website template illustrations I created for Gold Strike Chili Mix in conjunction with Creative Pro Studio. For the company’s new website, the client wanted a design that was colorful, animated, and interactive. I created all the illustrations, and handed it off to the developers, who will animate certain features.
Gold Strike Chili Mix
Website template illustrations I created for Gold Strike Chili Mix in conjunction with Creative Pro Studio. For the company’s new website, the client wanted a design that was colorful, animated, and interactive. I created all the illustrations, and handed it off to the developers, who will animate certain features.
How do I describe this project? The NYC musicians, We Chief, hired me to create a simple animated image to advertise their new single. The concept was inspired from the title of the song, “Gyals From Brooklyn,” and they wanted the artwork to be minimalistic and colorful. Oh, and they also wanted three giant butts walking toward the Brooklyn bridge.
This was a lot of fun to illustrate, and even more fun to animate!
Hard Ride Saloon
Custom T-Shirt illustration for Hard Ride Saloon called “American Patriot.” The client wanted something patriotic and dark, so we came up with this image of a skeleton soldier holding a rifle. This design was set up for silk-screening, 4 colors.
Hard Ride Saloon
Custom T-Shirt illustration of a zombie roughneck driving an oil rig through the Bakken oil fields. I took a different direction with this T-Shirt design, and tried to go for a more comical, line-art driven design. This is one of my favorites so far for the brand – I love the bright colors.
Set up for silk-screening, 4 colors.
Valence
Album cover I created for the progressive metal band Valence for their upcoming album, “Laser Baron.” The band created a story about a scientist who inadvertently opens a wormhole and disrupts the world as we know it. My job was to create an illustration that followed the theme, and stylistically complimented the music. Check out the album, I highly recommend it.
Product VIew
Concept Sketch C
Concept Sketch A
Concept Sketch B
Gecko Hospitality
T-Shirt illustration I created for the catering company, Gecko Hospitality. My client hired me to illustrate a colorful representation of their Gecko mascot enjoying a drink at the beach for promotion and events.
T-Shirt Design Mockup
Listenable Records
Album cover I illustrated for a new promotional album for Listenable Records. My client came up with the idea of having a moshpit of metal zombies rocking out. I thought it would be funny to put a frightened goth chick crowd-surfing to her doom. The illustration was created at a huge size so that it could also be displayed as a four foot banner at concerts.
http://www.listenable.net/Listenable Records
Album Cover Design
Detail View
Product View
Rough Sketch
Black and White Inks
Outlaw 10.5 Racing
Custom logo design I created for Outlaw 10.5, a racing company in Australia. This was an update of his existing logo that needed a complete re-imagining. The logo features a skeleton outlaw holding a smoking gun, and a 10 and 5 of diamonds.
Detail View
Background images I created for a website / app game about a zombie apocalypse. I also created the characters for this game. The game is still in development – looking forward to seeing it all come together.
Outside Weapons Locker Background
Ammunitions room background for web app
Gage Bros.
Custom t-shirt design I created for a chop shop called Gage Bros. I always love working on Direct-To-Garment designs like this one, because I’m not confined by how many colors I can use. We decided the best way to illustrate the biker shop was with a skeleton rider.
Black and White lineart
Concept Sketch
Fit-Out Apparel
The latest design I created for Fit-Out Apparel. The client wanted a limited color illustration of Medusa for a T-Shirt. She knew that she wanted her face to be covered with tattoos, but wasn’t sure what the tattoos should be. I came up with the idea of creating tattoos inspired by patterns found on Greek pottery. We were very happy with how this turned out.
“Brian did such an amazing job with my logo. I was very satisfied with the final results. He really made my logo come alive and added his own creativity and he captured the concept. I will be working with Brian again very soon. I must say that he is my number one go to artist!”
Alternate Color Scheme
Detail View
T-Shirt Mockup
inks
pencil sketch
Alternate color version
Fort Worth Flyers
A mascot character design I created recently for a basketball team called the Fort Worth Flyers. The client wanted the mascot to be based on the Tuskegee Airmen. We were careful to include accurate details, from the plane in the background to the flight goggles. I provided the logo in several different versions, for embroidery, silk-screening, and full-color printing.
I am big on communication and I must say that Brian was very thorough. Further, he went over and beyond my expectations by ensuring the logo would fit the various applications we needed it for. I am highly pleased, definitely recommend, and look forward to doing business with him in the future!
– Coach McCarthy
T-Shirt view
Black and White Version
Product View
Salty Dog Vapor
Logo design I created for a vaping shop in Louisiana called Salty Dog Vapor. We decided early on that the mascot should be a tough bulldog sailor. Extremely pleased with how this turned out.
Concept Sketch
Concept Sketch
Children’s book illustrations I created for Amazon’s CreateSpace, for a book entitled “The Very Lonely Suit” by Annette Miller.
T-Shirt illustration I created for Design By Humans of a Tiki Man holding a skull and a dead crow. I’ve been trying to make more time for fun personal products like this.
Purchase the T-Shirt here from Design By Humans:
http://www.designbyhumans.com/shop/men/tiki-man/30399/
Marijuana Zombie
T-Shirt illustration I created for my friends at Marijuana Zombie celebrating the almighty Kush, and their forthcoming Marijuana Hall of Fame.
Hard Ride Saloon
Custom T-Shirt illustration I created for Hard Ride Saloon. The client came to me with an existing logo of a sketleton riding a motorcycle that needed a serious update. We came up with this design for T-Shirts and banners. Set up for silk-screening, 4 colors.
Pawsabilities
Mascot character design I created of a German Shepherd police dog for the clothing brand Pawsabilities. The brand features different pets illustrated as the anamorphic archetypes they represent. Had a lot of fun with this. Set up for silk-screening.
The Oxcorp
Custom t-shirt illustration of a fire-fighter leprechaun on a Maltese cross I created for a St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Delray Beach.
Bad Matchup
Custom t-shirt design illustration of two MMA fighters in a comic book style. The client was limited to only a few colors for silk-screening, so I had to find a way to create a very detailed design with only 3 colors. We’re both very pleased with how this turned out.
I was very satisfied with the final results. I will be working with Brian again very soon.
Mascot character design I created of a Zombie lacrosse player for Great Dane Graphics.
I had created a set of zombie sports characters before for these guys and they were a big hit. We decided to approach this batch in a different style – more of a digital painting than the previous comic book style. That was a bit different for me, but I’m pleased with how they turned out.
Mascot character design I created of a Zombie baseball player for Great Dane Graphics.
I had created a set of zombie sports characters before for these guys and they were a big hit. We decided to approach this batch in a different style – more of a digital painting than the previous comic book style. That was a bit different for me, but I’m pleased with how they turned out.
Mascot character design I created of a Zombie basketball player for Great Dane Graphics.
I had created a set of zombie sports characters before for these guys and they were a big hit. We decided to approach this batch in a different style – more of a digital painting than the previous comic book style. That was a bit different for me, but I’m pleased with how they turned out.
Hard Ride Clothing
T-Shirt illustration I created for Hard Ride Clothing. The client wanted something creepy that would appeal to truckers and oil workers in his market. I designed this zombie-infested Bakken oil field design for silk-screening, using four colors.
Children’s book illustrations I created for Amazon’s CreateSpace. This story was about different things that children can be when they grow up.
Children’s book illustrations of a young boy who takes his pet monkey to school. I created these for Macon the Monkey for Amazon’s CreateSpace.
Custom logo design I created for an apparel brand featuring designs inspred by WWII airforce battles.
Printed view
Logo design and mascot character design I created for a fitness apparel brand called Fit-Out. The brand’s mascot was the tenacious Honey Badger.
The design was set up with several different versions for silk-screen, embroidery, and process color.
Illustration of an alien with an female earthling strapped to the hood of its spaceship. I recently updated this piece of artwork. The previous version had the girl on the hood completely in the nude – which I think portrayed a different theme than what I was going for. I like this version much better, with the redneck girl wearing daisy dukes and a flannel shirt.
Custom T-Shirt illustration I created for a chain of Beach Bars. This design features a Pelican cartoon character I designed, drinking on a beach. Set up for direct to garment printing that would appeal to beach-goers.
Custom T-Shirt illustration I created for a chain of Beach Bars. This design features a Lizard cartoon character I designed, drinking on a beach. Set up for direct to garment printing that would appeal to beach-goers.
T-Shirt Mockup
Detail View
This is part of a series of mascot character designs I created for Great Dane Graphics. We had a lot of working finding different ways to portray zombies as believeable sports mascots.
This is part of a series of mascot character designs I created for Great Dane Graphics. We had a lot of working finding different ways to portray zombies as believeable sports mascots.
This is part of a series of mascot character designs I created for Great Dane Graphics. We had a lot of working finding different ways to portray zombies as believeable sports mascots.
The Zombie Trader
Half human, half zombie Character design illustrations I created for a stock trading website specializing in trading Zombie Stocks.
This was a really fun project, because the client had put a lot of thought before hand into the back-story, look, and attitude of the characters. After a few rounds of sketches, we landed on a design that we were all really happy with. The characters will be used on their website and in promotional materials.
Character Design
Lady-Z
Zycho
Zeo
Coach-Z
Concept sketches and lineart
Tequila Kiss, Bar On The Beach
Custom illustration I created for a line of T-Shirts for a the Tequila Kiss Bar on the Beach. I was hired to illustrate a colorful t-shirt design for direct to garment printing that would appeal to beach-goers.
Printed on T-Shirt
Detail View
Sketch and Lineart
T-Shirt zombie illustration I created for the Mexico City heavy metal band, Straying From Madness.
The illustration was designed to fit their current brand image I designed, which is based on creepy but colorful and fun zombie characters. This design was set up for silk-screening. Four colors.
T-Shirt mockup
Concept sketch
Detail view
Koala Bear mascot illustration for a shipping company, specializing in shipments to Australia.
Moonshine Zombie
Redneck zombie Illustration I created for a bottle label for a new brand of spirits called Moonshine Zombie.
Each variety will have a different zombie character portrayed, with a personality matching the type of spirit. I tried to pick bright, vibrant colors that would contrast nicely with the carmel color of the whiskey. I’ve been drawing zombies for a while now, but this is the first zombie squirrel I’ve ever attempted.
Graphic design by Paul Jones.
Label graphic
Die-cut label on bottle
Custom illustration I created for a new book by Des Parker called Lord of the Zombies. The illustration features all the main characters fighting a horde of zombies.
The book is a very fun and humorous take on the Zombie Apocalypse. And yes, that is a duck slicing through a zombie – you definitely have to read this book. Coming soon to Amazon.
I am blown away. It is brilliant, you have done a stunning job. It is one of the best cover illustrations I have ever seen.
Book Cover
Book cover product view
Detail view
Concept sketches
Custom silk-screen illustration I created of a happy robot made of brewing equipment for Half Time Brewing Company’s 2014 Growler design.
It’s always a lot of fun working with Half Time. This project in particular was a fun challenge, and different than other beer label designs I’ve done, because the design is going to be silk-screened directly on the bottle, so I had to be careful to keep my colors limited, and to make sure that my details were not too fine. Half Time gave me a lot of freedom with the design, and we are both very happy with how it turned out.
Brian Allen, an illustrator and graphic designer who is not only talented, personable and fun to work with but also understands how his piece of the puzzle must compliment the big picture.
Beer Growler Label design
Detail View
Detail View
Silk-screened on bottle
Pencil Sketch of concept
This is an illustration I created of a viking mascot for a soccer team shirt. The artwork was set up for direct to garment, which allowed me to really go nuts with the color variations and detail. Created for Great Dane Graphics.com.
Detail view
Mock-up view
T-Shirt illustration of a fairy for Concentrated Apparel, a brand celebrating the lifestyle behind concentrated THC in oil and wax form. This design was challenging, because I had to make the fairy’s wings look like they were made of melting wax and crystals, while sticking to a limited color silk screen pallette. We’re really happy with how this turned out.
This a cartoon graphic illustration I created for Great Dane Graphics of a bunch of toys climbing out of a stocking, and a group of penguins building a snowman.
Artwork available for purchase at Great Dane Graphics
Dragonfire Aesthetics Ltd.
Logo design I created for a wieghtlifting apparel company in Manchester, UK called Dragonfire Aesthetics, of a red pumped-up weightlifting dragon.
Designing this logo was a fun challenge, because the client wanted to include a lot of elements with a lot of detail (the dragon, weightlifting, tail, muscles, and lots and lots of fire).
When we were finished, I created the logo in a lot of different formats and variations, all the way from a simple one-color design for embroidery to a full-color, fully rendered design for his website.
Full-color logo
Detail view
One-color logo printed on T-Shirt
Custom poster illustration I created for the Mud Endeavor relay races in Florida. The client wanted a colorful, fun design for the event poster. I came up with the idea of having the contestants actually made of mud, since the particpants are usually covered in mud by the end of the race.
Detail view
Professional Illustrator Brian Allen reviews the new Wacom Cintiq Pro 24″ (non-touch). I have been using the new Wacom Cintiq Pro 24″ extensively since early April 2018 and I love it! I upgraded from the Wacom Cintiq 24HD, which I used for over 6 years. I had high expectations for this digital drawing tablet and […]
