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The Greenroom approached me to combine my hand drawn type and photography skills to create the branding for their music, art and film festival that takes place every year in Japan. They are very in to the retro surf vibe so I panited a font style that suited that feel.Branding, Photography, Typography2014 -
Photos in and around Los Angeles beaches by Matthew AllenArt Direction, Fine Arts, Photography2015 -
Art piece for the "Today is going to be a great day" calendar.Graphic Design, Illustration, Typography2014 -
Matthew Allen X Lightning Bolt T-shirt Collab
I teamed up with Lightning Bolt Japan on a capsule collection of t-shirts. We also did a pop up shop at Cleopanic in Japan.Graphic Design, Illustration, Typography2015 -
Photo taken in Joshua Tree and the Grand Canyon by Matthew Allen on 35mm film.Fine Arts, Photography, Photojournalism2015 -
Fuel Advertising approached me to create typographic illustrations for Foodland Ontario's‚ "Savour Winter's Wonderful Bounty" recipe book. The client wanted chalk drawings that were sophisticated enough to compliment their wonderfully photographed food. The book and illustrations where created in both an English and French version.Graphic Design, Illustration, Typography2014 -
Surfboards that caught my eye.Fashion, Fine Arts, Photography2015 -
Food & Wine magazine approached me to create a butcher's map of a chicken for their article highlighting locations around the world that best make use of the various parts of a chicken. We used wood block printing and hand drawn type to give the illustration its rootsy feel.Editorial Design, Illustration, Typography2013 -
Metaleap Creative asked Matthew to collaborate with them and illustrate the type for their "Secret Life Of Ideas" cover for Georgia Tech Magazine.Drawing, Illustration, Typography2013 -
Borrowed Light photos by Matthew AllenArt Direction, Fine Arts, Photography2015 -
LIVESTRONG FOUNDATION approached me to create the assets for their 2013 Movember Campaign. Movember encourages men to grow mustaches, along with their communities support, in the month of November to bring awareness and raise money for men's health issues. LIVESTRONG wanted a rugged emblem to represent their mustache growing team.Graphic Design, Illustration, Typography2013 -
Film photos taken in Bali by Matthew AllenArt Direction, Fine Arts, Photography2015 -
Surf 35mm and medium format film photos taken in Australia by Matthew Allen.Fine Arts, Photography, Photojournalism2015 -
Book cover illustration for HarperCollins Publishers.Graphic Design, Illustration, Typography2015 -
On their way to, or returning from, the sea. By Matthew AllenFilm, Fine Arts, Photography2015 -
Hand lettered quotes for OnStar Instagram posts.Graphic Design, Illustration, Typography2015 -
The iconic Danner Boots from Portland Oregon asked me to create hand painted boot and axe icons as well as some lettering for their 2014 Black Friday sale. They wanted to keep it simple with the lettering so that it could be easily modified to fit different dimensions.Graphic Design, Illustration, Typography2015 -
Swell asked Matthew Allen to design look books to be hosted on their website for Swell's Summer 2010 collection. Matthew handled art direction and design, Jorge Salas snapped the photos.Art Direction, Fashion, Graphic Design2015 -
As Art Director for Surfer Magazine Matthew Allen was entrusted with designing the cover of each issue. This included covers for special issues such as Surfer's Annual Hot 100 Issue, The Surfer Photo Annual, Surfer's yearly "Big Issue", and the Surfer Calendar. Shown here are select covers spanning from the years 2004-2008.Art Direction, Editorial Design, Graphic Design2015 -
Chronicle Books asked me to illustrate the Roadtrip Nation "Roadmap" book. This book is a guide to help people find and follow their passion in life. I did over 30 illustrations including the front and back cover of the book. The team at Chronicle and Roadtrip Nation where a great help in flushing out concepts and finding creative solutions when we needed them.Illustration, Print Design, Typography2015