Medusa Buck
An illustration I created for a T-Shirt brand. It’s one of three in a series depicting a buck in a different monstrous and evil variations. This one was inspired by the most infamous Gorgon of them all: Medusa. Three colors on black.
Concept Sketches
T-Shirt Illustration
Detail view
Detail View
Logo design I created for a distributer in Florida that deals in electronic cigarettes. The owner is a real nice dude who goes on Safaris in his spare time. He hired me to create a logo and mascot character combining the two themes. We had a lot of fun with this one!
Concept Sketches
I recently had the pleasure of working with Lethal Threat, a huge name in the graphic decal business. I came up with this concept of a zombie enjoying a “hearty” snack. Originally designed as a graphic decal for a bike’s tank. I probably don’t need to say this, but I had a lot of fun with this!
On Template
Detail View
This album cover for the hardcore metal band, Killing For Christ, was a fun challenge. The client wanted to illustrate what it might look like if all the world’s religions duked it out. We were careful to keep the illustration dark, but still humorous, so it’s obvous that this is a tongue-in-cheek rendition of the apocalypse (throwing in a few cultural icons like Kermit and Fozzy the Bear helped with that, I think). Of course, it’s not true heavy metal if no one gets at least slightly offended!
Logo design for High Guys Radio, a Canadian podcast about … well, you figure it out.’
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 kicked around a couple of designs, but ultimately, we landed on this one, with a screaming mic with cords mimicing El Gun’s iconic wig.
Check him out here (J-Light is wearing a shirt I designed for El Gun!):
Illustration of a young girl zombie eating the stuffing out of her teddy bear, entitled “Bwains!” You know, for kids. Create in Manga Studio 5 and Photoshop CS6.
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.
Cover illustration I created for a work of fiction by Jan Ferrigan for young readers. The story is about a group of young adventurers trekking through the national parks, meeting magic creatures along the way.
Ever wonder what Hello Kitty would look like during her awkward teen years? Introducing Goth Hello Kitty. This illustration was created in Manga Studio 5.
T-Shirt illustration I created of a viking for Total Domination Apparel.
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.
I just finished Issue #2 of a promotional comic series for Consol Alliance, a shipping company in Australia. Here’s a step-by-step look into the complicated process of how I create comic book art.
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. 
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 in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, and also from our website in April/May 2013.
Thanks to everyone who bought one!
You can check out the book in detail here: www.bythebaybooks.com
I spend a lot of time in here, so I had a photographer take some shots of the studio. Let me know what you think!
Photographer: Ben Kimble, GoSchoolPhoto.com
Digital painting for splash page of apparel company’s website.
Digital painting of the grim reaper
I purchased the Wacom Cintiq 24HD three months ago for $2600 from Wacom.com, and I am absolutely thrilled with it. Keep in mind though, that anyone who spends $2600 on ANYTHING will say just about anything to defend their purchase! But I truly believe it’s already paid for itself. Here is my detailed review: Read more
Here’s a digital painting I did recently using techniques I’m learning in Bobby Chiu’s digital painting class on Schoolism.com. I highly recommend it!
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: it can sink gigs of data in just a couple of minutes – way faster than dragging all the files over. It will even tell you if there are conflicts, and lets you choose which direction to sync the files. I’ve used for over a year, daily, and it’s never caused any issues.
I spent a lot of time looking for the perfect invoicing program. Never found it! So I settled for the free one! This was the only free one I found that also allows you to send estimates. Very easy to use, and it’s fully integrated with PayPal, so when your client pays you with PayPal, it automatically maks the invoice as paid.
3. Toggl.com
This is a great free online time-tracking tool. It’s simple, and easy to use. It even has a desktop app.
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 design, photo manipulation.
Product Reviews
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 […]