Albino Raven.com - The Art and Ramblings of Glen Brogan

The Site

As the late Ronald Reagan would say,

"Well...".

My name is Glen Brogan, and this site is a place where I display my artwork, sort of an online portfolio if you will. It's also a place for me to post my thoughts, rants, delusions, current projects, and whatever else I can think of. I called it "Albino Raven" way back when to emphasize the differences I saw between myself and what I was taught an artist should be. It's also a place for people to get in touch with me about commissioning my design and illustration services, or to just say hi.

Myself & My Art

.........When you're a kid, you just naturally want to draw and create. As you get older it becomes apparent that some people will retain the creative urge while others will not. The lucky ones who do are deemed "artists" and are prompty crammed into the artist shaped hole. The problem with this is that professional art has its own politics that are not unlike a high school popularity contest: you have to know the right people, show in the right galleries, and hate the right things. Each artist argues that not only do they know the difference between good and bad art, but they also know what should and shouldn't be considered art, period. After a while they're so busy "winning" at art that they've lost touch with that little kid inside that would sit and draw for hours just because it was fun.

To me, fun is what art is about, pure and simple. I do it because I love it.

And what kind of art are kids exposed to first? Cartoons, of course. I live for cartoons, and I believe cartooning is a far more complex and intriguing art form than most people think. The style and sense of humor it requires is something that you can't be taught in art schools. One of my favorite points about cartooning comes from Brad Bird, dircetor of The Incredibles. He says that animation in filmmaking is not a genre, but rather another way to make any kind of film. I feel that way about cartoons of all types; they can be funny, serious, happy, gross, angry, sexy, disturbing, or anything else. They are a way to tell a story, to make you laugh and to make you think, and I believe they take more of that deep down inner something to create.

♣ Selected Freelance Work
	Splitreason.com T-shirt Illustrator Brainwrap Productions Huntington, WV Poster design, prop design, animation, DVD design, DVD production & authoring, illustration, graphic design, photography, production assistant, story board artist Cubeecraft.com Cubee paper toy deisgns Front Magazine Host with the Most Illustration, issue 153 Are Your Friends Aliens? Illustration, issue 152 Will Jack tribute illustration Live Like You're Minted Illustration, issue 151 Build the Ultimate Gang Illustration, issue 151 Survive Winter Illustration, issue 149 College Girls Illustration, issue 147 Football Illustration, September 2010 issue House Party Illustration, September 2010 issue Festival Illustration, August 2010 issue BTTF Illustration, Summer 2010 issue Scars Illustration, July 2010 issue Video Game Violence Illustration, May 2010 issue Strange Kids Club Strange Kid Meets Ernie Comic, Strange Kid Anthology #1 Strange Kid Shorties Comic Strip The Autumn Society 3B Show Poster 3G Show Poster 80s Toy Show Poster 90s Show Poster Banner Design East End Main Street Brick Design Banner Design E-Tote logo Design	2007-Present 2006-Present 2008-Present 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2010 2010 2010 2010 2010 2010 2010 2010 2011 2011-Present 2011 2010 2010 2010 2010 2010 2009 2009	Good Ol' Boys and a Girl Flyer Design Logo Design Games Master Presents, issue 1 Mario's Closet two-page spread and Poster Hillary Homburg, DDS Flyer Design Tiki Tim Logo Design NASA & The Mars Society Coloring book illustration We Are Paper Toys! Photo of Ernie Cubee used in craft book ForMyCellular.com Logo Design FestivALL Letter Design Private Commssion Wedding invitation illustration Woot.com T-shirt Design Cartoon Network Adverture Time promotional piece Private Commssion Illustrations used for tattoos Play All Day: Design for Children Photo of Ernie Cubee used in children's book Private Commssion Wedding invitation illustration Selling WV Logo Design Private Commssion Poster SpookyDaddy.com T-shirt designs Destructoid.com T-shirt and Promotional Design Razor Sharp Productions Opening Credit Illustration Bug House Comics Poster Illustration Capital High School Athletic apparel illustration Web graphic illustration	2010 2008 2010 2010 2010 2010 2010 2010 2010 2010 2010 2010 2010 2009 2009 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2003 2002


♣ Exhibitions & Shows
	Cubeecraft Exhibition Brave New Worlds Philadelphia, PA 3B Show Gallery 1988 Venice Santa Monica, CA 1st Annual Juried Exhibition Gallery 842 Huntington, WV Is This Thing on? Gallery 1988 LA Los Angeles, CA 8-Bit Calavera Ground Kontrol Arcade Portland, Oregon Artmares Kanawha Players Theater Charleston, WV Video Game Gore Brave New Worlds Philadelphia, PA Too Many Games Wyomissing, PA 3G Show Gallery 1988 LA Los Angeles, CA Turning Japanese Brave New Worlds Philadelphia, PA 80s Toy Show Brave New Worlds Philadelphia, PA Crazy 4 Cult 4 Gallery 1988 LA Los Angeles, CA Buswater - Summer 2010 Buswater House Charleston, WV FetivALL Auction Taylor Books Charleston, WV Streetworks Auction Frütcake Charleston, WV Another Dimension Gallery 1988 San Francisco, CA	2011 2011 2011 2011 2010 2010 2010 2010 2010 2010 2010 2010 2010 2010 2010 2010	The 90s Show Brave New Worlds Philadelphia, PA Adventure Time Art Show Cartoon Network Studios Burbank, CA Under a Bill Good News Mountaineer Garage Charleston, WV Hellboy 15th Anniversay Show Brave New Worlds Philadelphia, PA Artmares East End Main Street Gallery Charleston, WV WV Filmmakers Festival Sutton, WV Dia De Los Muertos Proximity Gallry Philadelphia, PA 2 Art 4 TV New York, NY 8 Bit and Beyond Brave New Worlds Philadelphia, PA Zakka Brooklyn, NY Streetworks Auction Bluegrass Kitchen Charleston, WV WV Fimakers Festival Sutton, WV WV International Film Festival Charleston, WV Appalachian Film Festival Huntington, WV Student Sculpture Show Morris Building Huntington, WV Marshall University Student Juried Show Birke Art Gallery Huntington, WV Marshall University Student Juried Show Birke Art Gallery Huntington, WV	2010 2010 2009 2009 2009 2009 2009 2009 2009 2009 2009 2008 2008 2007 2007 2007 2006


♣ Press
	Strange Kids Club Artist Interview Telltale Games Some Rad Back to the Future Based Art WSAZ Artist Interview [Adult Swim] Commercial Bumper 1 Commercial Bumper 2 We Are Paper Toys! Photo of Ernie Cubee Play All Day: Design for Children Photo of Ernie Cubee Kill Screen Magazine Issue 0 Autumn Society Official Nintendo Magazine of France Feb 2010 issue Le dress code de Mario en question Charleston Daily Mail Artists pave the way for FestivALL Charleston Gazette East End Main Street Banners Beeper Lives FetivALL Parade Gonintendo.com Pray for a true peace in space Video game art - “Mario’s Closet” Kotaku.com Pray For A True Tan In Space What to Wear-a? TinyCartridge.com "8-Bit Bikini" Mario's Closet Comic Book Resources Glen Brogan's White Violin The Autumn Society's Hellboy Art Show GayGamer.net That Doesn't Seem Very Spaceworthy Fan Art: What to Wear? Gamesniped.com Splitreason T-shirts Awesome Video Game T-shirts ToplessRobot.com Geek Apparel of the Week Geek Apparel of the Week SlashFilm.com Galley 1988's "Is This Thing On" Art Show 3G Art Show Sam's Myth Glen Brogan Bloody-Disgusting.com Twilight Zone Art Gamesradar.com 42 Great Video Game Shirts		Coty Gonzales 101 Nintendo T-Shirts Gamer Blips "8-Bit Bikini" The Photo Stream Samus in her 8-bit bikini Play.tm Samus 8-Bit Bikini Super Punch Samus in her 8-bit bikini 4 Color Rebellion Samus 8-Bit Bikini Offworld One Shot: Glen Brogan's Arcade Pin-Up Comics Alliance Link Ink Frederator Blog Adventure Time with Finn and Jake Digg.com Mario's Closet Geekologie.com Very Clever: A Peek Inside Mario's Closet Otakumag.com Mario's Closet JoystickDivision.com Mario Can't Decide What to Wear Gamememo.com Mario's Closet Meneame.net El armario de Mario Bros. Destructoid.com Mario's closet is full of choices The Mojo Wire Hometown Boy Makes Good. IGN.com 2010 Gamer Girl Gift Guide "Mighty Kong" Splitreason Monsters Cereal Blog Part of a Balanced Breakfast The Doug Jones Experience Art for Dougie Exra Sequential Cubeecraft article NoobTube Episode 134 Forbidden Planet More Watchmen Stuff Cubeecraft.com Glen Brogan