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Illustrated Paintball Course Map

Client:

Paintball GOTCHA Spielfield

Description:

I illustrated this detailed map for a paintball course in Europe, based on supplied photos and an existing map.

This map was very challenging because there were so many different areas and objects that needed to be illustrated, many with very few reference photos. The client and I were very happy with how it turned out in the end. The map will be used on their website, painted on a mural at the course, and handed out as a brochure to help their guests navigate this enormous professional paintball course.

Client Testimonial:

Thank you for everything, the map is awesome!

-Tim Bauer

Owner, GOTCHA paintball

June 8, 2019/0 Comments/by Brian Allen

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Supplement Packaging Characters

Client:

What The Supp

Description:

This was a series of characters I created for a supplement company for their labels, and to advertise the products in Germany.

All the custom characters were created to look hyper-jacked and muscular. Each character reflected the title of each product in a subtle way. I created a minotaur, a pistol-wielding Gorilla in a suit, and a panda drug lord.

June 3, 2019/0 Comments/by Brian Allen

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Last Memory Russ Logo

This psychedelic art and vaporwave inspired piece was inspired by the phrase ‘mind blown’. 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. To see more of my work, or hire me for freelance projects, please visit my website: www.flylanddesigns.com

May 31, 2019/0 Comments/by Brian Allen

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West Coast Pitbull T-Shirts Batch 2

To see more of my work, or hire me for freelance projects, please visit my website: www.flylanddesigns.com

Client:

West Coast Pitbull

Description:

West Coast Pitbull, a huge brand that caters to all things pitbull, hired me to create a series of apparel designs featuring the Pitbull in all his badass glory.

Our second design had me drawing a pitbull skull in a decorative Ace of Spades card design. I decided to add a lot of detail to the skull, but push the other design elements into the background to help it pop out.

The next West Coast Pitbull t-shirt design I created imagines a dark future where humanity’s only hope for survival rests in the paws of cybernetically enhanced Pitbulls designed to hunt out their enemies. I drew this pitbull on a pile of skulls because it just felt right.

I illustrated this crazy and horrifying clown for West Coast Pitbull’s new apparel series. This was a digital painting created in Adobe Photoshop – I decided to leave out all the line art in the design and try to go for a more realistic look.

April 30, 2019/0 Comments/by Brian Allen

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Album Cover Illustration of Demon Army

Client:

The Unbroken

Description:

The New York band, The Unbroken hired me to create this insanely detailed illustration of crusaders clashing with a horde of demon soldiers, parting in the middle to show our Unbroken hero in the middle of the fray.

I love working on projects like this where I can just put my headphones on and get absorbed in all the details of each creature and soldier. It’s a challenge to keep it from becoming a tangled mess. I tried to keep all the colors limited so that the focus would rest on the solitary warrior in the middle.

I also update the band’s logo to match the illustration.

Client Testimonial:

Absolutely amazing! The guys love it!

-Jason Lekberg

Manager, The Unbroken

April 27, 2019/0 Comments/by Brian Allen

Recent Artwork

Skeleton Fish Illustration for T-shirt

Client:

Take A Break

Description:

Bass fishing illustrations I created for Take A Break clothing. We wanted to take a sort of harder, more stylized and graphic edge to these designs, in contrast to the hyper-realistic renderings out there. These were separated for silk-screen by the client – I took care to use only a limited number of colors in the design to make that easier. I have a couple in my closet – they turned out great.

April 24, 2019/0 Comments/by Brian Allen

Recent Artwork

Spawn Tribute Illustration for 25th Anniversary Book

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Client:

Paintball GOTCHA Spielfield

Description:

The artist Chogrin invited me to participate in a Spawn tribute book to celebrate the 25th anniversary, that would be presented to Spawn creator, Todd McFarlane.

I create the entire artwork on the iPad Pro in Clip Studio Paint. The screen is so bright I can work outside in my backyard – it’s great to take a break from the big screen every once in a while and stare at a little screen instead.

April 19, 2019/0 Comments/by Brian Allen

Recent Artwork

Hot Sauce Label Illustrations

Client:

Shrunken Headz Hot Sauce

Description:

Shrunken Headz Hot Sauce hired me to illustrate the logo for their company, two labels, and even design a 3D plastic topper for all their bottles.

The first design was an evil demon clown with a grungy circus background, and the second was a creepy scarecrow with an apple for a head instead of a pumpkin. For the logo, I created this fun and creepy shrunken head with flames shooting out its ears. They liked the logo so much that they hired me to illustrate a turnaround illustration of the head so a 3D modeler could create a plastic capper for the bottles.

Client Testimonial:

Holy ***! That looks so wicked! Thanx Brian. Another masterpiece to add to your collection!

-Jesse Strokes

Owner, Shrunken Headz Hot Sauce

April 16, 2019/0 Comments/by Brian Allen

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Naughty Coconut Packaging Design

Client:

Naughty Coconut

Description:

This brand of coconut milk called Naughty Coconut hired me to illustrate and design the labels for each of their many flavors, featuring this sexy coconut lady between two palm trees.

The bottle was very small, so had to come up with a design that would be legible at only 2 inches tall.A

April 13, 2019/0 Comments/by Brian Allen

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Hand-painted Tiki Skateboard Deck

Client:

Simon Rivers

Description:

A private collector commissioned me to paint this one-of-a-kind tiki totem skateboard deck in acrylic on wood.

I designed the different tiki heads digitally in Clip Studio Paint, and then transferred the sketch to the board using carbon paper. Using acrylics, I blocked in the colors and began adding highlights and shadows. Then, when all the colors were added (which was the most time consuming part of the process), I painted the line work with a brush and black ink. The client was so much fun to work with – he wanted the entire thing to be a surprise, so he never saw any sketches or progress shots. I don’t do a lot of traditional painting, so I was unsure how it would turn out, but I’m very happy with it.

April 11, 2019/0 Comments/by Brian Allen

Recent Artwork

Moonshine Bandits Skeleton Eagle T-Shirt

Client:

Moonshine Bandits

Description:

T-shirt design and poster I was hired to create for the popular band, the Moonshine Bandits, of a skeleton eagle holding two smoking pistols. Set up for silk-screening with under six colors.

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Client Testimonial:

Badass! Love it all.

-Dusty Dahlgren

Moonshine Bandits

April 11, 2019/0 Comments/by Brian Allen

Recent Artwork

Iron Horse Mud Ranch Illustrated Map

Client:

Iron Horse Mud Ranch

Description:

I was hired to create this detailed map for Iron Horse Mud Ranch, known as one of the best off-road parks in the country.

Located in Perry, Florida, this sprawling estate hosts monster trucks, ATVs, and just about anything with wheels on an insane course of obstacles, tracks, and millions of gallons of mud.

The client submitted aerial and onsite photos that I pieced together into a blueprint for the map. Once we had the locations of everything fixed, I laid out all the elements and hand-illustrated all the cars, trucks, booths, tents, and other elements in Adobe Illustrator as a vector graphic. The map will be used as a printed brochure for guests, on their website, and on a 9 foot tall banner to display at the park.

Client Testimonial:

It looks SUPER GOOD! I really appreciate it.

-Keegan McNalley

Iron Horse Mud Ranch

April 4, 2019/0 Comments/by Brian Allen

Recent Artwork

Gangster Zombie LoudMouth Gloves

Client:

LoudMouth

Description:

I illustrated this zombie gangster character for the popular football glove company, Loudmouth.

The gloves are designed to wrap across both gloves, so they show the full illustration when the hands are placed on top of one another. The client was extremely fun to work with, and I can’t wait to get my pair.

Client Testimonial:

LOVE IT!!!

-Kevin Gniadek

Loud Mouth

April 2, 2019/0 Comments/by Brian Allen

Recent Artwork

Game of Thrones Bam Box Illustration

Client:

The Bam Box

Description:

So excited to share this Game of Thrones illustration I created for Bam Box, featuring Daenerys Targaryen and the Night King and their dragons.

Every month, the geek loot box company, Bam Box, sends out awesome surprise packages to their subscribers featuring artwork and other merch from the latest pop culture obsessions. They gave me a ton of freedom with this commission. I thought it would be cool to draw the two characters and their dragons as opposing forces, and highlight the blue and red dicotomy of fire vs. ice. When I was finished, I signed close to a 1000 of the prints to be sent in their loot box.

March 31, 2019/0 Comments/by Brian Allen

Recent Artwork

Evil Dead 2 Necronomicon T-Shirt

Client:

Cavity Colors

Description:

Cavity Colors hired me to create this officially licensed t-shirt illustration of the Book of the Dead, the Necronomicon, from one of my favorite horror movies ever, Evil Dead 2.

I took great care to make the illustration look like the specific book from the movie (the books all look slightly different in all the other movies). I made sure to use limited colors so it would silk-screen nicely. Very happy with how this turned out!

Client Testimonial:

I’m so excited for this design. Looks so good!

-Aaron Crawford

Art Director, Cavity Colors

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March 29, 2019/0 Comments/by Brian Allen

Recent Artwork

Tiki Truck Wrap

Client:

Diamond Wraps

Description:

This wrap design I created using my tiki artwork won first place in a vehicle wrap competition 360 Carshow!

Diamond wraps did a hell of a great job printing this on vinyl and wrapping their beautiful truck in the design. They even customized an amazing bamboo truck bed that looks just beautiful. Using their photos and measurements, I created a template of the vehicle, and carefully designed the text and artwork layout to fill the unique shape of this low-rider truck. So proud to have won first place!

Client Testimonial:

Thanks again, Brian. I’ve been following you for a long time and have wanted to get this done through you forever, so it’s definitely and honor to have you be a part of this project.

-Jesse Jacobs

Owner, Diamond Wraps

March 25, 2019/0 Comments/by Brian Allen

Recent Artwork

Breaking Bad Pinball Playfield Illustration

Client:

Tim Fife

Description:

A private collector hired me to completely redesign his pinball playfield with a custom Breaking Bad theme.

We started the process by photographing the original Judge Dredd pinball table, and scanning it into the computer. I then started carefully drawing the different Breaking Bad characters into positions that would make sense for the game. I tried to draw as many characters as I could fit, like Gus Fring, Hank, Jesse Pinman, Mike, Saul Goodman, Skyler, Tuco, and of course, Heisenberg. The client had a bunch of great ideas, such as adding in the pink teddy bear, and the fly that drove Walter White on a frantic quest around the lab to extinguish it.

After the illustrations were complete, I laid out all the text, arrows, and ramps.

The project was insanely time-consuming, but I’m very proud of it. It will now be carefully printed onto the wood. Can’t wait to see it as part of a the whole Breaking Bad custom pinball cabinet!

March 23, 2019/0 Comments/by Brian Allen

Recent Artwork

Happy Pelican at the Beach

A fun-loving pelican relaxes with a beverage on some gorgeous island beach; the sun sets on the ocean behind him.

This artwork is available for licensing at https://www.flylanddesigns.com/licensing/

February 3, 2019/0 Comments/by Brian Allen

Recent Artwork

Camel Toz T-shirt Designs

Client:

Kip Bogdan

Description:

This was a really fun series of apparel designs I illustrated for new outdoor lifestyle brand called Camel Toes, featuring an athletic camel mascot interacting with his female fans in different sports and fitness situations.

We tried to squeeze in as much activity, detail, and characters into each design that we could. The mascot himself was carefully designed in a way that made it easy to draw him doing all sorts of different activities. I also designed the logo and text style for the brand.

January 1, 2019/0 Comments/by Brian Allen

Recent Artwork

Pelican on the Beach T-Shirt

Client:

Murdy’s Sunburn Riviera

Description:

This is a revamp of a cartoon Pelican beach design I created – this time reinvented for a restaurant called Murdy’s Sunburn Riviera. It’s always fun to revisit an old design, to improve it, and to test out some new skills.

December 16, 2018/0 Comments/by Brian Allen

Recent Artwork

Monsters Inc. Parody Russ Bus Logo

Description:

Parody illustration featuring a bevy of the fun and colorful monster characters from Pixar’s Monster Inc.!

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.

November 12, 2018/0 Comments/by Brian Allen

Recent Artwork

Casper Parody Russ Bus Logo

Description:

Casper explores his dark side in this fun parody illustration featuring Casper and a group of ghouls on a dark moonlit night. 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.

October 17, 2018/0 Comments/by Brian Allen

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Flintstones Parody Russ Bus Logo

Description:

Fun parody of the characters from the Flintstones cartoon show packed into Fred’s vehicle, ready to go to war! 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.

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October 5, 2018/0 Comments/by Brian Allen

Recent Artwork

Flintstones Parody

Client:

Personal

Description:

Parody illustration of the crew from classic TV cartoon The Flintstones crammed into Fred’s iconic foot-powered vehicle.

This artwork is available for licensing:

Artwork Licensing

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September 28, 2018/0 Comments/by Brian Allen

Recent Artwork

Cannabis Eagle Logo Design

Client:

High Times

Description:

Custom Eagle logo I created for a cannabis brand overseas called High Times.

Because of the regulations in their country, we had to find a way to connect the logo with the marijuana industry subtly, which we tried to accomplish with the colors, and the “happy” expression on the eagle’s face.

September 1, 2018/0 Comments/by Brian Allen

Recent Artwork

Angry Dartboard Logo Design

Client:

Dart Addicts

Description:

Logo design I created for a Dart sporting supplier for competitions and jerseys, of a crazed dartboard coming to life and chomping on darts.

Client Testimonial:

Thanks for the great logo!! Pleasure working with you!

-Chris Weatherly

Owner, Dart Addicts

August 13, 2018/0 Comments/by Brian Allen

Recent Artwork

Tiki Trading Company Logo

Fun Tiki head logo design I created for a really cool company specializing in hand-carved solid wood jewelry displays.

November 21, 2017/0 Comments/by Brian Allen

Recent Artwork

Astroworld Russ Logo

A parody Illustration of Rapper Travis Scott in front of Six Flags Astroworld.
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.

January 13, 2016/0 Comments/by Brian Allen

Recent Artwork

Children’s book series about zombies

Client:
Wendy Knuth

The 2nd book in a chidren’s book series about Zombies I illustrated for Wendy Knuth. I’m very proud of this 32 page story featuring a whole family of creepy but fun zombies driving around town and getting into trouble. I had a lot of fun drawing zombies in a very different way than I typically do. Can’t wait to read this to my kids!

November 16, 2015/0 Comments/by Brian Allen

Recent Artwork

Football Tailgate Cartoon Characters

I created this detailed cartoon scene of football fans, cheerleaders, and players in a stadium parking lot for Coolbone It, a company that creates really cool looking customized coolers. The coolers wrap full-color graphics around the entire surface of the cooler, making it a piece of artwork. This design was an incredible challenge, because there were so many characters to draw, and I had to create the design in a way that could be repeated seamlessly on each end, so it could wrap around he cooler. I’m very pleased with how this turned out.

November 24, 2014/0 Comments/by Brian Allen

Recent Artwork

Moore Zombies

October 11, 2014/0 Comments/by Brian Allen

Recent Artwork

Zombie Paintball Logo Design

Client:

Zombiez Survival Paintball

Description:

Logo design I created for a paintball course in New York called Zombie Survival Paintball. This is a really cool twist on paintball. The course is actually set up with waves of attacking zombies that you have to shoot down to survive.

The client hired me to create the logo for the course. I had a lot of fun with this.

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August 30, 2014/0 Comments/by Brian Allen

Recent Artwork

The Instagooter Children’s Book

Children’s book illustrations I created for Amazon’s CreateSpace. This story was written by Denise Watkins, and is about a strange creature that emerges from the ocean with an insatiable hunger for Creamsicles.

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January 27, 2014/0 Comments/by Brian Allen

Recent Artwork

Santa Snowboarding

Cartoon Christmas mascot illustration of Santa Cluas snowboarding.. Created for the graphics licensing company, Great Dane Graphics. You can license this image direclty from www.greatdanegraphics.com.