© Brian Allen 2017
Tribute illustration I created to the heavy metal legends Lemmy, Cliff Burton, Ronnie James Dio, and Bon Scott carved into Mount Rushmore (mount Rockmore because we’re clever) for Listenable Records new sampler album cover.
I saw this mural at a MadMex in Ohio – thought it was so amazing. Found out the artist was named Rick Boch – will definitely be checking out mroe of his work.
My progress on a digital painting I was working on in CLIP STUDIO PAINT for a company that creates 3D modelled artwork for gun barrels. Yep. #sketch #wip #pencildrawing #concept #illustration #freelanceartist #hire
Really happy to share this eyeball and teeth pattern I created for all-over print apparel and products – please check it out in my Rage On shop https://www.rageon.com/a/users/TheArtofBrianAllen#alloverprint #artwork #eyeballs #mosters #madballs
Sometimes you just have to sit down and draw a pretty #Mermaid. Judgement welcome.⠀Illustrated by Brian Allen, FlylandDesigns.com⠀#underwater #childrens #template #mangastudio #photoshop #illustration#art #instaart #instaartist #picoftheday #igdaily #followme
Here’s something silly I drew for my daughter on family drawing night #minion #sketch #illustration #art #instaart #instaartist
Closeup of a #eagle #t-shirt #design I created for the #NRA #apparel catalog – very limited colors on this one.⠀Illustrated by Brian Allen, FlylandDesigns.com⠀#mangastudio #photoshop #illustration #tshirt #art #instaart #instaartist #picoftheday #igdaily #followme
#Album #cover #art digital pencil drawing I was working on for the band #CrypticAffection – I really had a good time with this one – colors soon.⠀Illustrated by Brian Allen, FlylandDesigns.com⠀#skull #religious #mangastudio #photoshop #illustration #tshirt #art #instaart #instaartist #picoftheday #igdaily #followme
© Brian Allen 2017
Custom T-Shirt illustration I created for the Hot Rod Power Tour Kansas City 2017.
Always a fun challenge to draw cars, which can be very hard to get right. I had to us a lot of reference photos for this one to get the details of the models just right (or close enough anyway).
#Sailor #Skull #Logo I created for the #MileHigh #Tattoo shop. The shop approached me with an out-dated logo that they wanted revamped, and we came up with these two separate illustrated logos that fit their classic sailor vibe.⠀Illustrated by Brian Allen, FlylandDesigns.com⠀#mangastudio #photoshop #illustration #tshirt #art #instaart #instaartist #picoftheday #igdaily #followme
I caught this handsome fella wearing my official #RickandMorty #t-shirt out in the field this summer at #Squatchfest. Always a humbling feeling! #tshirt #mangastudio #photoshop #illustration #art #instaart #instaartist #hire
Here’s something I drew on the iPad Pro in Procreate – as much as I wanted to love the iPad Pro, I ended up returning it for a bunch of reasons. I made a quick video review of it that I’ll be uploading soon. So many amazing pieces of art have been drawn on the iPad Pro, but for me it just didn’t work. #ipadpro #procreate #illustration #art #instaart #instaartist #news #hire #sketch
© Brian Allen 2017
© Brian Allen 2017
Fun Tiki head logo design I created for a really cool company specializing in hand-carved solid wood jewelry displays.
#Madscientist character I created for a #t-shirt design created for a really cool business that soups up kid’s power wheel cars. They detail them, add stereos, fake engine blocks, and more – makes them into a work of art. We thought it best to portray the shop as a mad scientist’s laboratory. Illustrated in Manga Studio, set up for full color. ⠀#mangastudio #photoshop #illustration #tshirt #art #instaart #instaartist #picoftheday #igdaily #followme
Work by artist Sean Ferguson. I’ve been wanting to be able to draw symmetrically in #adobeillustrator for years, but only a couple months ago did I find this amazing plugin called #mirrorme by #astutegraphics – I highly reccommend it. A funny coincidence is that my friend #SeanFerguson created the artwork on their website promoting the product. https://astutegraphics.com/software/mirrorme/ #hire
Working on a #feminine #eagle #t-shirt design for #Smith&Wesson – should look really cool silk-screened with some special inks.⠀Illustrated by Brian Allen, FlylandDesigns.com⠀#mangastudio #photoshop #illustration #tshirt #art #instaart #instaartist #picoftheday #igdaily #followme
Hey I’ll be drawing and rambling LIVE and answering questions on YouTube, Facebook, Twitch, and Periscope around 2:30 EST – please stop by!
© Brian Allen 2017
© Brian Allen 2017
T-shirt illustration I created for Great Lakes Graphics featuring a dive bar home to shady looking sharks, slutty mermaids, and deep-sea diving gorillas.
The design is black and white on the shirt until the wearer goes out into the sun, and the colors are revealed!
It’s fun to get out the pen and ink on paper every once in a while and get away from the screen. Does anyone feel like working digitally all the time you lose a little bit of a connection to the art? #ink #sketch #scarecrow
To see more of my work, or hire me for freelance projects, please visit my website: www.flylanddesigns.com
To see more of my work, or hire me for freelance projects, please visit my website: www.flylanddesigns.com
I had fun creating the characters from the watchmen for this Russ Logo. The design was for apparel and a vehicle wrap for the russefeiring tradition. If you haven’t heard of it, basically russefeiring involves an entire class of Norwegian students renting a bus (a Russebuss), painting every inch of it with really cool street art, and then partying in it night and day for an entire month during graduation. The different classes wear their designs ever where they go as they clash with rival classes. I’ve done a bunch of these now, and really enjoy it.
Limited color #Silk-screen# t-shirt design I created for Mooch clothing of a bunch of #punk #zombies in front some unknown punk venue ;)⠀Illustrated by Brian Allen, FlylandDesigns.com⠀#mangastudio #photoshop #illustration #tshirt #art #instaart #instaartist #picoftheday #igdaily #followme
© Brian Allen 2017
© Brian Allen 2017
© Brian Allen 2017
Packaging design I created for the board game “Colliery Dominoes” featuring a fun cartoon miner I designed outside a cartoon mine.
Close-up detail of a #skull I painted in #photoshop for #CommandoRacingGear
Thanks so much to everyone who picked up one of my #Disney #Skeleton #silk-screen prints – sending them out this week – I still have a few left in my shop! Illustrated by Brian Allen, #mangastudio #photoshop #illustration #art #instaart #instaartist
So excited to be working on this t-shrit design for Hulk Hogan body-slamming Andre the Giant – been a huge fan of his since the early shirt-ripping days – by the way, I realize his hand is backwards! Haha! Fixed! #hulkhogan @hulkhogan #tshirtdesign #pencilsketch #illustration #art #instaart #instaartist
© Brian Allen 2017
© Brian Allen 2017
Insane lab rat mascot I created for the cool people at Premium eJuice USA, LLC for their new rebranding campaign.
The design is inspired a bit by the classic Rat Fink character, only this time with science. Drawn in manga studio 5.
Really happy to share this illustration I created for the #DiscGolf company @Discraft for a new series of their discs featuring their mascot transformed into one of my favorite slashers. Super fun working with these guys – always love it when clients take the time to send me a sample of the product – really helps fine tune things and take a break from the screen.⠀#michaelmyers #illustration @discraftdiscgolf
Had fun with this Maui from Moana sketch I did for our neighbor’s kid before they moved out of town – inked with a #pentelbrushpen #moanaart #inksketch
#T-Shirt design I created for #ButterscotchShenanigans to celebrate their insanely popular adventure game #Crashlands⠀Illustrated by Brian Allen, FlylandDesigns.com⠀#silkscreen #game #mangastudio #photoshop #illustration #tshirt #art #instaart #instaartist #picoftheday #igdaily #followme
Thanks so much for all the hugely positive feedback on my #Disney #skeleton parody #silkscreen #print. Pick one up in my shop, I think I have about 20 left!
I have a few of these prints left over from the @nightmareonchicagostreet event I designed – please pick one up in my shop.I am excited about how they turned out! #halloween #artprint #nocs #nightmareonchicagostreet
© Brian Allen 2017
© Brian Allen 2017
Owner of the Heavenly brand resort hired me to create this t-shirt design for his ranch, illustrating his likeness and his dog chilling on the beach in a hammock.
I tried to render this one a little differently than my previous beach designs, using a softer pencil for the lineart instead of a thicker, chunkier ink brush and then doing more of the rendering in the coloring stage. I like the result!
Hey Guys! I am excited to present my first ever silk-screen print of my Disney Skeleton Parody artwork! Iconic Silkscreen did an excellent job – one color on thick textured black paper 12.5″ square. I’m only printing 50 of these things – thanks in advance for checking them out – really hope to get these things out there so I can screen more artwork!⠀Get it here: https://www.flylanddesigns.com/shop/#silkscreenprint #silkscreenart #disneyart #halloweenart #skeleton #skullart
© Brian Allen 2017
Silly Trix parody I illustrated of our favorite cereal-obsessed rabbit enjoying a bowl of shatter, designed for a limited color silk-screen shirt, separated using halftones.
I was thrilled recently to work with #BoyScouts Of America illustrating their Bear, Wolf, and Tiger #mascots for a catalog that went out to all troops nationwide. We created illustrations that blended real studio photos of kids in Boy Scouts gear, and drawn into a comic book background. The marketing team hired me to reinvent the existing mascot illustrations in my own style. I was a Cub Scout long ago, so it was a lot of fun to leave a little mark on the organization. ⠀#mangastudio #photoshop #illustration #tshirt #art #instaart #instaartist #picoftheday #igdaily #followme
© Brian Allen 2017
I was hired by a fabric pot manufacturer for growing plants to create a t-shirt for their conventions featuring this hipster bear character we came up with, holding one of their fabric pots. They wanted something that displayed their product in a way that people would want to wear, even if they weren’t familiar with the product. This was printed with direct-to-garment full-color printing. They were kind enough to send me a shirt, and it turned out great!
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© Brian Allen 2017
© Brian Allen 2017
Young-adult fantasy book cover I illustrated for author Charon Dunn, illustrating a scene from the book where a school is attacked, and the main characters and mech-suited police officer react in horror.
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Just got my booth setup at #nightmareonchicagostreet in Elgin Illinois!! It’s go NV to be nuts, expecting 17k drunk people dressed as zombies!!!
Very pleased to share my finished gig poster for the Nightmare on Chicago Street concert this weekend! I had 50 signed and numbered prints made, and I’m selling them at https://www.flylanddesigns.com/shop/ So happy with how this turned out – it was extremely challenging for me. My wife and I will be at the event selling these prints and my other artwork, so if you’re in the area, please stop by! #nocs #nightmareonchicagostreet #gigposter #zombieart #silkscreenart
© Brian Allen 2017
© Brian Allen 2017
Beer Pong is a big deal in Las Vegas, the showdown location of the greatest Beer Pong players who have ever lived and drank! I was hired to illustrate this epic poster and t-shirt for the event.
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Inking this gig poster for Nightmare on Chicago street in Manga Studio 5 – so happy with how this is turning out. Really wanted to throw everything I had at it. If you’re near the event, this weekend, please come out and see us!
© Brian Allen 2017
© Brian Allen 2017
© Brian Allen 2017
This was a really fun, trippy, and detailed illustration I created for Waz Shop of a pink dancing elephant and robot hornet for a line of all-over print apparel to be sold at festivals and concerts.
The client really let me explore and go a little nuts on this one, which is always a good time. We set this up at a huge size, so it could be printed on tapestries.
OK – here are finished pencils for my poster and t-shirt for Nightmare on Chicago Street on October 21 – time to ink! They invited us to come out to the show and be a vendor there, which we abruptly replied “hell yes!”#elginocs @nightmareonchicagostreet #sketch
Very excited to be working on an event poster for the Nightmare on Chicago Street – I decided to draw the poster on paper initially instead of digitally so I could really fine-tune the details. More to come soon!
With halloween coming up, I thought I’d share this zombie beer mug t-shirt design I created for last season – this design is available for licensing if anyone is interested.⠀#art #illustration #tshirt #halloween #zombie #beer #licensing #freelance #FlylandDesigns
© Brian Allen 2017
© Brian Allen 2017
© Brian Allen 2017
© Brian Allen 2017
© Brian Allen 2017
© Brian Allen 2017
© Brian Allen 2017
This was a really fun, trippy, and detailed illustration I created for Waz Shop of a mechanical elephant and owl for a line of all-over print apparel
to be sold at festivals and concerts.
The client really let me explore and go a little nuts on this one, which is always a good time. We set this up at a huge size, so it could be printed on tapestries.
This is a video of my inking process I do when inking by hand. T-Shirt illustration I created of a mutated Chem Dawg with three heads for a marijuana-themed apparel line.
T-Shirt and character design illustration I created for the beach resort restaurant The Grille. The client wanted a French Bulldog character designed to represent the brand, and we plan on creating a line of apparel and marketing materials with the character in different situations. This design was created for full-color direct-to-garment printing.⠀#art #illustration #tshirt #beach #freelance #FlylandDesigns
© Brian Allen 2017
© Brian Allen 2017
© Brian Allen 2017
© Brian Allen 2017
© Brian Allen 2017
Easily one of my favorite projects ever! Official Alien illustration I created for the backglass of the new Limited Edition Pinball Machine licensed from 20th Century Fox and built by Heighway Pinball.
We had to turn this around on a super quick deadline, racing to release the artwork on Alien Day in 2017. The illustration is huge – twenty eight inches square, so I had to pump a ton of detail in every nook and cranny. HR Giger, the genius behind the Alien creature concept, was one of my very first artistic inspirations when I was a kid, so it was a great compliment to be able to play around in his shadow a little.
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#Beach #T-Shirt #template of a happy #tiki chief lounging near a beach bar. Available for licensing if anyone’s interested. Illustrated by Brian Allen, FlylandDesigns.com⠀#mangastudio #photoshop #illustration #tshirt #art #instaart #instaartist #picoftheday #igdaily #followme
© Brian Allen 2017
© Brian Allen 2017
Album cover I illustrated for Penny One, inspired by a sort of pulp graphic comic book style that was pretty new for me.
I really enjoyed working with Alex (whose likeness is at the computer mixing) – always fun to work with other creatives.
This illustration of a #cheerleader #clown with #medusa pom-poms being thrown in the air by a #gorilla is now the strangest thing I’ve ever drawn. I have a fun job.⠀Illustrated by Brian Allen, FlylandDesigns.com⠀#mangastudio #photoshop #illustration #tshirt #art #instaart #instaartist #picoftheday #igdaily #followme
#Ink drawing of a #MadScientist #racing a souped-up power wheel for a fun client – more to come. ⠀#mangastudio #photoshop #illustration #tshirt #art #instaart #instaartist #picoftheday #igdaily #followme
I created this #albumcover #illustration for #ListenableRecords- a tribute to the iconic #BlackSabbath cover⠀I tried to pump as much of my style into it, while still keeping the pose close enough that fans of the early Black Sabbath material would get it. We put some headphones on the demon for fun. Always a pleasure working with these guys!⠀#mangastudio #photoshop #illustration #tshirt #art #instaart #instaartist #picoftheday #igdaily #followme
Digitally painting a troll and witch scene – always a little hesitant when I’m painting (I prefer inking and coloring underneath) – but for atmospheric scenes like this, I find it’s easier to get the effect I want by painting instead.#photoshopart #digitalpainting #wacomcintiq #fantasyart
Saw IT this weekend and was blown away. Literally had trouble sleeping for a couple nights. Kudos to everyone involved for taking such a long and complex story and staying true to it without being a slave to the material. Can’t wait for the second part. Here’s my attempt at drawing IT with a brush pen. Any original inks I post I’m selling for $45 – DM me if interested. Thanks!#brushpen #pentel #itmovie #clown #inkdrawing #artwork
I’m inking this psychedelic artwork and answering questions LIVE right now on my YouTube and Twitch channels! http://bit.ly/2xFniEO livestream #art #ink #clipstudiopaint #psychedlicart
Ummm… what?⠀#gorilla #cheerleader
Fun character design Im working on for a card/board game in development – Im inking in Manga Studio 5.
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Wacom Cintiq Pro 24″ ReviewSeptember 1, 2023 - 12:30 pmProfessional 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 […]
