Allen Walker Design

Freebies! Barack Obama CHANGE 24x36 Poster and Mobile Device Wallpaper

noreply@blogger.com (Allen Walker) — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 10:47:00 +0000

Just doing my part. Reformatted Allen Walker Design vexel illustration to bring awareness to the presidential campaign. You can download the 24x36 pdf poster for print or the mobile device wallpaper.

Cheers!

Download:
Poster 24x36 .PDF (right click and save to disk recommended)

Mobile Device Wallpaper 640px x 480 px .JPG

Freebies! Wallpapers.

noreply@blogger.com (Allen Walker) — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 03:29:00 +0000

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Get them while they're hot knuckleheads! Some tedious work went into setting this one for you all, I need a code monkey. Might be the reason why I started with the monkey pack first. We have the 1st and last in 5 color sets for variety. I wanted to mix it up.

The excuse to do them was that I had a class final project and I decided to kill two birds with one stone. I like giving people a reason to hit the blog up and I had free range at a project for school.

The monkey is more of an urban art type and the dark depth abstract is more for the cubicle worker. As for the type driven piece I wanted to do something for designer who wanted to see something visual with some corny motivational words to help grind through freelance/independent hustle.

I hope we like it.

Shoe Lace Reg

noreply@blogger.com (Allen Walker) — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 20:51:00 +0000

Here is the whole alpha thing to the previous post.

Full View.

Editorial Illustration

noreply@blogger.com (Allen Walker) — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 07:04:00 +0000

So I recently attended this AIGA portfolio review in San Francisco over the weekend. Very good encouragement I received from my reviewers. Notably the Williams brothers, Gary and Robert from Apple. They both reviewed my illustration work independently and came to the same conclusions or produced similar feedback. It was that I should should look into using some of the vexel stuff in in some sort of editorial layout work. I agreed and little did they know I already had a comp started.

Now most definitely this is just a start of what could be great for me if properly pursued. The journey is still a long way from being completed. But I felt it was so ironic that I would have this type of work started and then told to look into the practice by creative professionals within the same week.

Typography

noreply@blogger.com (Allen Walker) — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 06:23:00 +0000

Type. Oh how we love the different ways that negative space can be distributed into legible bits of information. I for one don't understand why something simple can be so complex. But I do appreciate the finer efforts of typographers, and support the hype of the Helvetica's while showing disapproval of the Comic Sans'. By all means, take a typography class. Find out why we don't distort and stay as far away from defaults as possible.

Everybody Nose Remix Cover

noreply@blogger.com (Allen Walker) — Wed, 14 May 2008 08:27:00 +0000

So I recently came up on the N*E*R*D remix to "Everybody Nose" ft. CRS & Pusha T of The Clipse. I guess CRS is the name of the prospect supergroup formed by Kanye West, Lupe Fiasco, and Pharrell Williams. Should be hot it it gets done.

So like I was saying I came up on this track and it didn't come with the cover. PEOPLE IF YOU'RE GOING TO BOOTLEG... AT LEAST HAVE THE COVER, or have a cover done. So I had to make myself a cover I decided to share. Now I'm not going to give out the link to where I found the song but I will allow downloads of the UNOFFICIAL Allen Walker Design cover so you can have it for you itunes, zunes or whatever it is you do.

Gone!

Original: Download 371 kb
Remix: Download 388 kb

Yes I'm still in school!

noreply@blogger.com (Allen Walker) — Tue, 13 May 2008 07:17:00 +0000

So I have this Digital Imaging II class at CSU East Bay in Hayward, Ca, and we have this project where we need to pick two bands (recording artists) and create a promotional poster for them. Now this school thing is starting to feel like free work if you ask me. But never the less I've been listening to a lot of Kanye West and Roots lately so I decided to give my rendition of of the present efforts.

I haven't had a chance to get to the Glow in the Dark Tour but I still have the fingers crossed on it. In case you were wondering I plan on turning in the fluorescent light with the bear in the O version for the assignment. Reason being, I just like the cleanliness and the crazy line version is not legible but is a good start on picking up on a new technique, (for me).

The Roots have another Drum and Lyric driven album on the shelf right now and it's another one that you need to have in your collection. I must admit the styling doesn't quite match the sound but once again this one was for a class so I decided to have some fun with some different treatments I had been meaning to grasp so I went for it here.

All in all I feel like it's a success. I learned so new ways of doing things and the finished product looks good. The originals are 24x36 and I know I can't sell them so if anyone wants a copy just contact me through the site.

www.allenwalkerdesign.com

Freebie: AWD x Nike Dunks, Mac desktop Icons for "The Cool"!

noreply@blogger.com (Allen Walker) — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 09:51:00 +0000

More freebies! Vector illustrated icons for the Mac platform. The set of 9 are an ode to the freshest kick ever... Dunks. So as I mentioned in an earlier post the desktop is in constant need of a fresh set of shoes and it's your job to provide for it. Pick them up... You'll feel better about yourself.

And don't forget to subscribe to the RSS feed for updates on future downloads and other design related content.

Mac Download 1.66 mb.

Freebie: Website and blog RSS Icons for the low attention span.

noreply@blogger.com (Allen Walker) — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 20:53:00 +0000

RSS icon packs have a habit of hiding out like they don't want to be seen. But they're such a vital part of having successful information distribution outlet. Since we want our viewers and readers to stay as connected as possible we want them to know right away that they can subscribe to the post feed. Also for those who are still unfamiliar with RSS and what it does we want them to investigate and thank your medium for the muse.

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Icon Pack 1

noreply@blogger.com (Allen Walker) — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 18:16:00 +0000

So here is my first Icon pack. I really like the way they came out, of course there is always room for improvement. But I did it for the people, so mac users be my guest and give your Dock a fresh set of shoes.

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