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Bryan Flynn @brydfly.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

I saw a @nyislanders alt concept on Twitter/x by number9concepts that I found cool. It got my design/illustration gears turning so I found myself wanting to piggyback with a lighthouse design of my own. I like the idea of working “NY” into the light beams.

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Bryan Flynn @brydfly.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

NYT offered me no quarter in the funniest way.

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Bryan Flynn @brydfly.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Calling this Falcons concept done for now. My take is not unfamiliar–embrace old, leave room for new. - Redrew the old bird w/ some inspo from the current. - Numbers are block, but w/ nods to the logo flare. - Added a Gamecocks white helmet for my SC folks. #conceptart

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Bryan Flynn @brydfly.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Going ahead and posting this before the tidal wave of #TitanUp takes later this week. No, wasn’t trying to guess the new look. Yes, just having fun. Crossbar in the A is the state and sword/ball has a drop of oil for you Easter eggheads. #conceptart

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James Marsh @jamesotron.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

It's enraging how much this government wants to fuck over creatives and small businesses.

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Bryan Flynn @brydfly.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

Blarg. Got word my fire horse didn’t make the cut for an exhibition. Obviously bummed but still pleased with how it turned out.

An image of a fire horse illustration, rendered digitally in a risograph style, created by an experienced graphic designer and illustrator specializing in branding and illustration.

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Bryan Flynn @brydfly.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

#sketchbook: Unpopular take, but an idea I couldn't shake last night. I think the Titans going with a roundel is...fine. It's a sharp look, and folks really dig the state iconography. But on the otoh you could have a flaming thumbtack. (I'd keep red as accent, no red tops/pants.)

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Bryan Flynn @brydfly.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

#sketchbook: I didn't start this 2026 calendar #illustration until 12/29/2025 which is one of the most ADD things I've done in a while. '26 is the year of the fire horse, and a story about a phoenix giving life/flight to a fallen horse jumped into my mind. Follow linktr.ee/spadeandheart to buy.

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Bryan Flynn @brydfly.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

#sketchbook: Messed with the stripes in my Montana St. Bobcats oncept during OT. Congrats Bobcat Nation. Wild game. Incredible 4th quarter to watch. #FCS

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Bryan Flynn @brydfly.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

If you see this, qrp/post your bird art. - Early #wip sketch for a calendar illustration (Year of the Fire Horse, a Pegasus made of a phoenix resurrecting a horse’s bones.) Started 12/29; trying to wrap it up by 1/5.

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Bryan Flynn @brydfly.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

#sketchbook: Getting current on the FCS semis I found myself curious about Illinois State's logo history, so I hopped into sports logos-dot-net; I didn't know they had a thumbs up guy! Messed with bringing back the thumb, keeping the current face, thought the implied S could be spiff.

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Bryan Flynn @brydfly.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

#sketchbook: Calling this Montana State #conceptart done for now. It's been a fun one to sketch as both a logo and a lettering project. Good luck to the Cats tonight against SFA.

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Bryan Flynn @brydfly.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

‪#sketchbook: 4th pass at this ambigram, vid includes the previous drafts so far. Playing with swords. Want to do florals? I dunno. #wip #lettering‬

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Bryan Flynn @brydfly.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

#sketchbook: Revisiting a thought from last summer, some elaborate illustration riffing off the idea of rivals/rivalry. At the heart - an ambigram. I struggled with “RIVALRY” but I think I might have traction with “RIVALS”. #wip #lettering

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Bryan Flynn @brydfly.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

#sketchbook: Saw a post on my TL with the old Montana State Bobcats logo and instantly imagined lettering buried in the fur. While following mid-major games this weekend, I started sketching. Might take this to vector.

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Bryan Flynn @brydfly.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

#sketchbook: Still think the Rams could pull off an OE logotype. Possibly work the horn into the R again.

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Bryan Flynn @brydfly.bsky.social · 12/10/2025

#sketchbook: Hometown hockey team announced a rebrand a couple weeks ago. Seeing what they did, I got an idea and worked it up into what's in this clip. I've enjoyed sketching out script marks of late, so it was fun to get angular and thunderbolt-y. #personalproject

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Bryan Flynn @brydfly.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

#sketchbook: Local hockey team now goes by T-Birds (mgmt change = name change). Liked the idea of twin birds making a somewhat T, so doodled this out for fun. No Easter eggs, just a couple of birds with hockey sticks.

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Bryan Flynn @brydfly.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

#sketchbook: Kept planning to make a quick vid for this last Utah Mammoth logo concept, but #NHL preseason is here, and my backlog is yelling. Highlights: intro copper, tusks form a U, star for SLC on the away shoulder patch. All-in-all, a simpler brand package. #conceptart

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Bryan Flynn @brydfly.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

Always make time for silliness.

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Bryan Flynn @brydfly.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

If you see this, post a monster (or few).

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Bryan Flynn @brydfly.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

#sketchbook: Got the gist of the character template down for this Ice Smoover racing series. Moving over to the Norris and Smythe to start rough sketches for Mammoth and Sharks. #conceptart #nhl #illustration #wip

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Bryan Flynn @brydfly.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

#personalproject: Shared this as a sketch a while back but putting it to work in light of the recent funding cuts to public broadcasting. Know a station that would like a shirt graphic for some fundraising? Send them my way. Note: The stations shown in this video are for demonstration purposes.

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Bryan Flynn @brydfly.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

#storytime: Logged Sunday hours yesterday to help a client stay on schedule. My house was raucous, so I found a shady spot in a city park to work. Guy tried to break into my car not knowing I was inside. Jumped out the car armed with a MacBook in one hand, I ran him off.

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Bryan Flynn @brydfly.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

#sketchbook: Postscript on my spear logo #ConceptArt from the other day. I thought I'd be able to get this idea closer to actual, but time isn't on my side atm. If the Commanders did the spear, I thought it could make for a fun desktop toy for tracking wins. #RaiseHail

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Bryan Flynn @brydfly.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

So def going to carve out time to do a psychobilly #illustration series of 32 hockey mascots driving ice smoovers. I’m debating about mounting a slush fountain atop the vehicle (prob too much) and whether or not to shade (I’m so used to working in flat color) #wip #conceptart

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Bryan Flynn @brydfly.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

13yo daughter walked into my office, randomly said “cool iceman” and plucked my Utah Yeti logo hat out of a fog of clutter. You may be archived, but you’re not forgotten you craggy beast. #conceptart #TusksUp

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Bryan Flynn @brydfly.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

Podcast idea: Lost and Zounds My 13yo attempts to explain to me, who only watched a couple episodes of Lost when it first aired, what's happening on Lost, which she's diligently binging over summer break, while I make (or pick up) dinner for the family.

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Bryan Flynn @brydfly.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

#sketchbook: Posting this before the Commanders share their new stuff on 7/9. For my third team #conceptart take, if they bring back the spear for the uni, I'd make it the primary logo. It works with the name, simplicity is great, just enough historical connection.

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Bryan Flynn @brydfly.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

#merch: One of my favorite things about SM and doing what I do is when someone shouts “what if” and my neurons can put an idea together and something materializes. Big ups to @stevenpjackson for wondering “old hockey mask + mammoth skull?” for Utah: cottonbureau.com/p/TACXSD/shirt…

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Bryan Flynn @brydfly.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

#sketchbook: Over on Twitter/X someone said they’d want to combine an old goalie mask with a mammoth skull. I found myself stuck in queues today, so I did some GPT promoting for reference. Jumped into Procreate when I got home and made this creepshow. I think I heart him. #conceptart

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Bryan Flynn @brydfly.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

Unlocked the “Dad, I don’t think we’re supposed to be here. I’m sure it’s fine, kids. I’m going to talk to the officer” dad merit badge last night. Grateful to have my kids close. Heart’s with those who are going through separation and loss in light of recent events.

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Bryan Flynn @brydfly.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

#sketchbook: In a waiting room and messing with this idea I said I wouldn’t mess with. Still liking “Metro” but rethinking the Capitol in favor of retaining the Monument. Also thinking of shifting palette from R/W/B to R/W/silver. #NBA #conceptart #ForTheDistrict #RedLine

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Bryan Flynn @brydfly.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

#sketchbook: Haven't shared an update on my last Utah Mammoth concept in a bit. Good news: I'm finally content with it. Meh news: I still need to make the slides that include the shoulder patch. It's not going to be expansive, but still want it complete. #TusksUp #ConceptArt

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Bryan Flynn @brydfly.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

#sketchbook: All the spear talk (I’m sticking with arrow) has me thinking about a Part 3 crack at a Washington concept. Probably more a humble 2a since it’d be refinements rooted in my 2022 and 2024 #conceptart, and I’d stick w/ the Commanders name? idk. #raisehail

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Bryan Flynn @brydfly.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

Happy #FlagDay to those celebrating today. 🇺🇸 On a state-level, i still have heart for these concept sketches for Illinois, Michigan, and Utah. Honors the previous designs, just some simplification and editing.

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Bryan Flynn @brydfly.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

Me, writing to my backlog of tasks.

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Bryan Flynn @brydfly.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

Somedays you'll find me posting thoughtful concept work that culminates research and critique spanning anywhere from days to months where I needle every detail iteratively. Somedays you'll find me weighing the pros/cons of selling bootleg "Mammoth Hockey Slut" t-shirts.

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Bryan Flynn @brydfly.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

#sketchbook: Did some more work to tame this beast over a rainy long weekend. Back to seeing it as a shoulder patch instead of a chest piece. Really like using the Utah outline as a container shape. #nhl #conceptart

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Bryan Flynn @brydfly.bsky.social · 25/05/2025

#sketchbook: I dig Upstate’s new logo and love the use of the SC state outline for the Spartan helmet; picked up on that detail before reading the marketing. I do think using the full Savannah River pulls some needed color to the upstate and adds speed w/out speed lines tho.

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Bryan Flynn @brydfly.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

#sketchbook: Had some time between projects to further sketch out the #TusksUp Utah Mammoth shoulder patch edit I mentioned the other day: ✅ Let the state outline say "UTAH" ✅ Use the tusks to make a unique "U" ✅ The tusks are turned upward ✅ Keep it simple as to not upstage - - #ConceptArt

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Bryan Flynn @brydfly.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

Appreciate the new follows this week. About me...I'm a designer/illustrator by day and night. All work from the day job is NDA. I share what I conjure in my off hours. Got a paying project? Let's talk. 👇This is a recent one that just went public. Art for a local apparel biz.

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Bryan Flynn @brydfly.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

I know most Utah hockey fans/clubbers will be putting the new Mammoth logo on their phones, but if you're in a more retro mood, I got you. And if you want a shirt: tinyurl.com/retromammoth - - #wallpaperwednesdays (1 day late) #conceptart #UtahHC #TusksUp

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Bryan Flynn @brydfly.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

...and going back through all those Utah Mammoth sketches, I still think this (never mind the color) could end up pretty metal. Prob too detailed, surreal for a pro league, and 3/4 views can be problematic, but I still ❤️ this beast. - #conceptart #UtahHC #UtahMammoth #TusksUp

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Bryan Flynn @brydfly.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

#sketchbook: Since it seems like it's official that Utah Hockey Club is going to be Utah Mammoth, I pulled together a time lapse of all of my logo sketches and squeezed them into about 2 minutes. #conceptart Retro mammoth tee avail on @cottonbureau : tinyurl.com/retromammoth

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Bryan Flynn @brydfly.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

#sketchbook: Wild how much time goes into debating eye design on this stuff. I’ve been reworking my #ODU logo concept from the other year lately; hoping to fill out the branding slides more. #wip #ncaa

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Bryan Flynn @brydfly.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

I’ve been curious to see how the hats Cotton Bureau stitches would turn out, so I got a pair of dad hats with my #UtahHC logo concepts. The blue’s a little paler than I’d hoped, but icy is still a nice look. Still dig how these logos ended up. - #conceptart

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Bryan Flynn @brydfly.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

In light of the day’s news, I’m bringing back some type I set from 12 years ago. I respect the focus on humility Francis brought to his role and hope the next pope pushes further an agenda of compassion.

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