Blog - Artist/Designer Allen Wen | AW177
Creating the Spin & Rolling Logo
An insight into the thought process and creation of the Spin & Rolling logo, including sketches and rejected designs.
Ghostface Killah Rejected Designs!
On 24, Mar 2013 | No Comments | In Artwork, Client, Design, Thoughts | By aw177
Various designs created for the Ghostface Killah line that were considered for use, cut or rejected!
Creating the Ghostface Killah/Wu-Tang Ice Cream Logo
On 24, Feb 2013 | 3 Comments | In Artwork, Client, Design, Thoughts | By aw177
An insight into the thought process and creation of the Ghostface Killah/Wu-Tang Ice Cream logo, including sketches and rejected designs.
HipHop-Dojo.com Twitter Design
On 07, Feb 2013 | One Comment | In Client, Design, Thoughts | By aw177
Designed the background, header and avatar for HipHop-Dojo.com, the pure source of HipHop, Old School & Classic HipHop fashion. Their urban hip hop & streetwear brands include: Wu-Wear, Pyromaniac, Mahagony, The Joker Brand and Playerz69 (http://www.hiphop-dojo.com/).
WuTang-Corp.com Twitter Design
On 27, Jan 2013 | No Comments | In Client, Design, Thoughts | By aw177
Another honor for me to design the background, header and avatar for WuTang-Corp.com, the official Twitter page for WuTang-Corp, home of the Wu-Tang Clan and Killa Beez (http://www.wutang-corp.com). 
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AW177 x outsmART originals: “Year of the Snake” T-Shirt
I was fortunate enough to have talked to and met Kevin Winnick, who was the CEO of Toy2R USA and now, of outsmART originals. I am very happy to have my first t-shirt created by this great new company, and wanted my first design to be one that celebrates the upcoming Chinese New Year, the year of the snake.
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A Gift from Tristan Eaton!
On 15, Dec 2012 | No Comments | In Products, Thoughts | By aw177
Not sure if many people know this but I used to intern w/ Tristan for only a few months a few years ago at Thunderdog Studios when they were based in LIC, NY.
“Koi” Revision Artwork
On 21, Nov 2012 | No Comments | In Artwork, Thoughts | By aw177
One of the more difficult things I always had trouble with was using Illustrator to do my vector work.
AW177 New York Comic Con 2012 Day 3!
On 16, Oct 2012 | No Comments | In Artwork, NYCC, Shows, Thoughts | By aw177
Day 3 (Saturday, October 13) was going to be my last day at the con. I had to get up early that day and get my car fixed, which left me severely tired, but decided to head down once again to see what was going on…
AW177 New York Comic Con 2012 Day 2!
On 16, Oct 2012 | No Comments | In Artwork, NYCC, Shows, Thoughts | By aw177
Day 2 (Friday, October 12) was actually my birthday (damn I’m old) and I originally was not going to go to the con, but due to some change of plans and what not, decided to head back down…