Album cover I illustrated for the Brazilian heavy metal band John Wayne (named after John Wayne Gacy - not the other guy). It was a great pleasure working on this with the band, as they gave me a lot of freedom, and I set upon the design without much planning, and tried to let it flow. This album cover is the first in a set of two albums, that when placed together will form one cohesive image. This album represents the dark side, while the following album will have a similar design, but mirrored, and “lighter.” #johnwayne #metal #albumcover #mangastudio #photoshop #illustration #tshirt #art #instaart #instaartist #picoftheday #igdaily #followme

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Drawing a killer bee with a chainsaw because it's Wednesday #bee #chainsaw #mangastudio #photoshop #illustration #art #instaart #instaartist #picoftheday #igdaily #followme

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Here's a detail shot of this album cover I designed for the Brazillian heavy metal band, John Wayne (named after the serial killer, not the cowboy!). #albumcover #metal #heavy #mangastudio #photoshop #illustration #art #instaart #instaartist #picoftheday #igdaily #followme

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Here's a snapshot of an album cover I designed for John Wayne Band in Brazil. Really happy with how this turned out - more to come... #skull #albumcover #metal #mangastudio #photoshop #illustration #art #instaart #instaartist #picoftheday #igdaily #followme

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All finished coloring my monster drawings! You can pick up one of my Halloween At The Beach art prints from http://ift.tt/1WmkGBR #halloween #monsters #prints #mangastudio #photoshop #illustration #tshirt #art #instaart #instaartist #picoftheday #igdaily #followme

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And the final illustration in my Halloween at the Beach series! Surfing witch, not afraid to show off her beach body. Inked on paper with a pentel PocketBrush pen, and colored in Manga Studio 5. #witch #surfing #beach #mangastudio #photoshop #illustration #tshirt #art #instaart #instaartist #picoftheday #igdaily #followme

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This seems to be everyone's favorite of the Halloween at the Beach series of art prints I created. Love the idea. #mummy #beach #mangastudio #photoshop #illustration #tshirt #art #instaart #instaartist #picoftheday #igdaily #followme

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Here's the finished zombie sand-castle illustration I created from one of my inktober sketches. Really like how this turned out, tried to stick with a limited color scheme. #zombie #sandcastle #beach #mangastudio #photoshop #illustration #tshirt #art #instaart #instaartist #picoftheday #igdaily #followme

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Special thanks to everyone who followed my progress through Inktober. I created 31 ink drawings this month! Check out the whole series here: http://ift.tt/1k2zQv8 #inktober #ink #sketch #brush #blackandwhite #art #instaartist #brianallen

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Happy Halloween! The end of the #Inktober challenge has arrived, and I DID it - I drew and posted an ink drawing every day this month. Thanks so much for all the positive comments, and for sticking with me - I always hate to bombard people with posts. Question: Which of the 31 sketches I posted was your favorite? I absolutely need to make this part of my daily routine - I forgot how much fun it is to draw just for drawing's sake. #inktober #clown #ink #sketch #brush #blackandwhite #art #instaartist #brianallen

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I just got these vinyl die-cut stickers printed from the awesome folks at #VinylDisorder - They are available in my shop - a set of 3 for five bucks. Freddy, Leatherface, and Nosferatu in all their horror movie glory. http://ift.tt/1WmkGBR #horror #freddy #leatherface #nosferatu #stickers #mangastudio #photoshop #illustration #tshirt #art #instaart #instaartist #picoftheday #igdaily #followme

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I sketched this squirrely mad scientist in pen and ink for day 29 of #Inktober. #inktober #ink #sketch #brush #blackandwhite #art #instaartist #brianallen

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Here's the latest illustration I created for a documentary about horror and heavy metal - Regan from the Exorcist. If you have some time to kill, go google the behind the scenes history behind the Exorcist films - it's like the whole series was cursed. #horror #monster #excorcist #art #digital #mangastudio #illustration #instaart #instaartwork #instaartist #instaartpop #artist #artshow #creative #artwork #followme

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My Dumb and Dumber Zombie tribute shirt has been chosen to be featured as a Silk-Screen print for the first time on TeeFury.com! Guaranteed to be better than the new movie! Only 17 bucks - hope you pick one up if you like this design, thanks! http://ift.tt/1GxPFUz #teefury #tshirt #dumbanddumber #zombie #funny #brianallen #flylanddesigns

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Just a couple days away from the end of the #Inktober challenge, and it looks like I'm going to make it (and not miss a day). Here's a nice drawing of a guy who looks like Abe Lincoln for absolutely no reason at all. #inktober #ink #sketch #brush #blackandwhite #art #instaartist #brianallen

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On the 27th Day of #Inktober , my pen brush brought to me, some kind of weird naked creature with bad teeth and misshapen head. #inktober #ink #sketch #brush #blackandwhite #art #instaartist #brianallen

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It's Day 26 of the #Inktober challenge, and it's time of a big angry screaming flaming head. Long overdue I think. Would love to make a tshirt from this. #inktober #ink #face #sketch #brush #blackandwhite #art #instaartist #brianallen

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(shoot forgot to post this last night) Back to back #tiki ink drawings for #Inktober ! This was a concept I had sketched out a while ago and always wanted to bring it to life. I really dig this idea - I might take this further and make it into a t-shirt design at some point. #inktober #tiki #ink #sketch #brush #blackandwhite #art #instaartist #brianallen

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(oops, forgot to post this yrsterday) Here's my ink drawing for the 24th day of #inktober - STILL haven't missed a day! This #tiki head drawing was found in the dense jungles of South America. #inktober #tiki #ink #sketch #brush #blackandwhite #art #instaartist #brianallen

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Peddling a pop-up book I created with my super talented brother Keith Allen and Grandma Joanne DeFiore in #RehobothBeach at the #SeawitchFestival #popupbook #art #beach

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For day 23 of the #Inktober challenge, I drew this ink drawing of a bookish squid monster. I'm not sure why, but this is one of my favorites for the whole month. Thanks for all the positive feedback, people! #inktober #squid #ink #sketch #brush #blackandwhite #art #instaartist #brianallen

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Day 22 of #Inktober has arrived, and it's time to draw more scary clowns. #inktober #clown #ink #sketch #brush #blackandwhite #art #instaartist #brianallen

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For Day 21 of #Inktober , I came up with this adorable little creature serving up sushi. Makes sense to me. Drawn with a Pentel Brush pen. #inktober #sushi #ink #sketch #brush #pentel #blackandwhite #art #instaartist #brianallen

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NOSFERATU!!! Here's an illustration I created in #MangaStudio of the greatest vampire ever for a huge illustration I created recently. So psyched about this project, Illustration by Brian Allen http://ift.tt/1iHMA4f #nosferatu #art #digital #mangastudio #illustration #instaart #instaartwork #instaartist #instaartpop #artist #artshow #creative #artwork #followme

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For #inktober 20th, I wanted to draw something completely different, so I sketched out this tough bionic superhero chick. I'm ready do discuss movie rights. #inktober #superhero #ink #sketch #brush #blackandwhite #art #instaartist #brianallen

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#Inktober 19 is here, and so am I. I drew up this buck-toothed vampire inspired by Nosferatu with a Pentel pocket brush pen. #inktober #vampire #ink #sketch #brush #blackandwhite #art #instaartist #brianallen

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Day 18 of #Inktober and #Drawlloween - My brain wasn't working today, so I decided to draw my go-to idea when I'm out of ideas: the tiki #mask. Thanks for all the encouraging support! #inktober #drawlloween #mask #tiki #ink #sketch #brush #blackandwhite #art #instaartist #brianallen

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Happy #Inktober and #Drawlloween ! This is a drawing of one of the most feared and mysterious #demons in the darkest depths of the underworld. His friends call him Frank. #inktober #Drawlloween #demon #ink #sketch #brush #blackandwhite #art #instaartist #brianallen

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Here's something I created recently in Manga Studio for a client who created a documentary about the history of Horror and Metal. SO MUCH FUN. #leatherface #horror #texaschainsaw #mangastudio #photoshop #illustration #tshirt #art #instaart #instaartist #picoftheday #igdaily #followme

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Day 16 of #Inktober is here, and I still haven't missed a day. Though I've had to spend less time on some of these than I had wanted. Today's drawing is an angry fish. Thanks for all the great feedback and support with these, means a lot! #inktober #ink #fish #sketch #brush #blackandwhite #art #instaartist #brianallen

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This drawing I did for #Inktober Day 15 shows another one of my early sources of inspiration - Todd McFarlane from Spawn. This wasn't meant to look like the Violator character when I started drawing, but it turned out that way. Pro Drawing Tip: If your character isn't looking great, stick a cigar in his mouth. Problem solved. #inktober #ink #sketch #clown #brush #blackandwhite #art #instaartist #brianallen

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Here's my illustration of Freddy for a horror documentary I'm working on for a client. #freddy #horror #mangastudio #photoshop #illustration #tshirt #art #instaart #instaartist #picoftheday #igdaily #followme

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#Inktober 14th's drawing seems to be a bit inspired by John Kricfalusi (Ren and Stimpy) - such an amazing artist. #inktober #ink #sketch #clown #brush #blackandwhite #art #instaartist #brianallen

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For day 13 of #Inktober, I drew this fat little creature. Why do all the characters I draw have horrible teeth? #inktober #ink #alien #sketch #brush #blackandwhite #art #instaartist #brianallen

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#Inktober 12th! I'm happy to say that I haven't missed a day yet. It's sometimes a little painful coming up with something new to draw everyday. #inktober #ink #sketch #brush #nailthroughthehead #blackandwhite #art #instaartist #brianallen

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#Inktober 11th! I'm happy to say that I haven't missed a day yet. Today's theme is giant monsters brushing their teeth with trees. Here's what I came up with. #inktober #ink #sketch #brush #blackandwhite #art #instaartist #brianallen

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And on the 10th day of #Inktober - Not sure what happened here, just sketching a blob alien with the robot equivalent of skinny jeans. #inktober #ink #sketch #brush #blackandwhite #drawlloween #alien #illustration #tshirt #art #instaart #instaartist #picoftheday #igdaily #followme

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It's the 9th of #Inktober! I was trying to do a little something different, inspired by the mech ink drawings of Jake Parker, the artist that started this whole nonsense. #robot #ink #bunny #art #illustration #tshirt #art #instaart #instaartist #picoftheday #igdaily #followme

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#Inktober Day 8! Building sandcastles with my favorite zombie was always something I enjoyed as a kid. #beach #ink #zombie #art #illustration #tshirt #art #instaart #instaartist #picoftheday #igdaily #followme

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Day 7 of #Inktober is here! Curse of the Coppertone Mummy! This is the most fun I've had drawing a mummy butt in years. #ink #sketch #brush #blackandwhite #art #instaartist #mummy #inktober #ink #sketch #brush #blackandwhite #art #instaartist #brianallen

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#Inktober Day 6! I brushed out this witch broom-surfing on a wave - witches rarely get to show off their beach bodies. #witch #ink #sketch #brush #blackandwhite #art #mangastudio #photoshop #illustration #tshirt #art #instaart #instaartist #picoftheday #igdaily #followme

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Day 5 of #Inktober! This is a little throwback to a clown face I used to draw a lot when i didn't know what else to draw. I did a painting of it too a long time ago, which was quite terrible. #ink #sketch #brush #blackandwhite #art #clown #mangastudio #photoshop #illustration #tshirt #art #instaart #instaartist #picoftheday #igdaily #followme

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Day 4 of the #Inktober challenge! Vampire on the beach enjoying a Bloody Mary! Also a #Drawlloween challenge! #vampire #illustration #tshirt #art #instaart #instaartist #picoftheday #igdaily #followme

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Third day of #InkTober! I'm really enjoying forcing myself to just have some quick sketching fun on paper again - I need to make this part of my daily routine when October is over. I came up with this idea of alien bug serving sushi. Genius? Ridiculous? Perhaps we'll never know. #inktober #ink #sketch #brush #blackandwhite #art #sushi #conceptart #instaartist #brianallen

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Day 2 of #InkTober! So here's a pen and ink sketch of Man-Worm (or Worm-Man, still deciding). I wish I had a clever artistic reasoning to explain why this image exists, but I've got nothing. Thanks for all the love on my first sketch - I'm really excited about this - I haven't been this motivated to create my own stuff in a while. #inktober #worm #ink #sketch #brush #blackandwhite #art #instaartist #brianallen

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I'm going to be participating in #InkTober this year, which is an artist challenge started by Jake Parker where we have to draw and post a new ink drawing (traditional, no digital!) every day of the month of October. I'm really excited about it, because I really need to force myself to spend more time drawing just for me (no offense, Mr. Client). Here is the first drawing in the series. Thanks for your support! #inktober #tribal #ink #sketch #brush #blackandwhite #art #instaartist #brianallen

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Inktober starts tomorrow! This will be the first time I'm participating in this great tradition started by Jay Parker, where I have to post a new traditonally inked drawing every day for the whole month. Anyone else up for the challenge? #inktober #ink #jayparker #art

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Thanks for all the recent followers and comments - I really appreciate it. I wanted to share this alligator I painted in photoshop for a t-shirt pitch to the documentary show Swamp People. Any feedback on how this could have been better? #swamppeople #alligator #swamp #digital #art #painting #tshritart #photoshop

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So I've been wanting to produce and sell my own stickers for a while now, and finally had some time to do it. The plan is to release a new 3-pack every couple months. Here is volume 1 - featuring my artwork on die-cut 4" vinyl produced by #VinylDisorder. Only $5 for the set (plus shipping). Hope you guys like them! http://ow.ly/SGEA5 #vinyl #stickers #spongeBob #HelloKitty #muppets #diecut

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My friends at @vinyldisorder are cooking up about a million of my tiki head stickers available at @bongstickers . Looks great guy!

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