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"Graphic design" is a really vague term. Depending on the context it is used, it can cover virtually any of the items in Brandon's portfolio, or can refer to only the creation of a singular visual item.

"Graphic design" in this portfolio covers situations where it was used as a "part" of a "whole." Situations in which the design created went on something else. Logos, retouched photos, illustrations, branding, etc. all fall into this category.

The Ferrari Club of America, South Central Region needed a new logo and other forms of branding for the club. Official Ferrari trademarks such as the Ferrari logotype and cavallino could not be used. What Brandon came up with is a stylized form of one of Ferrari's latest models, the 458 Italia.

The logo has received extremely high praise.

RHS needed new advertisements to go on their van. Their old advertisements were weathered, and in Brandon's opinion, far too small.

Brandon designed HUGE 80x23 inch decals for the sides of the van, and cut vinyl decals for the rear. The pets are life size and had to be photoshopped extremely carefully. Their fur had to blend into the background (and each other) properly or it'd look cheap and tacky.

To see a closeup of the pets, click here.

A graphic was necessary to go with a front page story titled "Writing America's sports tragedy: John Sparks tells his side of the SMU death penalty story."

The article was about the NCAA giving SMU the death penalty, banning SMU's football team from playing the entire 1987 season.

The graphic was made entirely in Adobe Illustrator.

The bottom image and logo above it were created for use on t-shirts and posters for an event called Strade di Autunno.

In the process of putting the car on a new background, the entire car was cleaned of reflections and flaws. Items like the windows were recreated from scratch because of too many flaws.

To see a closeup, click here.

A special logo was created to appear on the plaques given to each of the NFL Hall of Fame inductees (Michael Irvin, Gene Hickerson, Bruce Matthews, Charlie Sanders, Thurman Thomas, and Roger Werhli).

This marked the 20th year in a row that Haggar provided the special goldenrod colored jackets to the Hall of Fame inductees, and the plaques deserved something special to commemorate it!

This was part of a project Brandon did for fun to celebrate Halloween.

Brandon dressed up like Wolverine from the X-men movies and staged an amateur photoshoot using the automatic timer on his camera. After extreme photo retouching (changing out parts like arms from other shots, color correcting, etc.), the photos turned out quite decent. You can see more from this series, including the finished version of this scene, by clicking his DeviantArt link below.

This logo appears on Brandon Brown's website for his hobby.

The main design is based upon the logo on the sides of a Camaro Z28. Every effort was put forth to make the word "4th" match the car's emblem to exact detail--as if it was typed from a font.

The other words were created to compliment the prominent "4th".

For the Halloween issue of The Daily Campus, a special Halloween themed masthead was created. The color scheme of the entire issue was orange, dark purple, and black to match the design.

The response to it was very positive! Students enjoyed seeing the Halloween issue given a unique look and feel.

This portrait was made as a gift to Adam and Saralyn Parente to commemorate their wedding.

It was drawn in the style of DragonBall Z and each individual color and shape was drawn and shaped in Adobe Illustrator.

These were printed as 11x14 posters, 4x6 photos, and wallet sized photos.