Allan Ditzig (b. 1967)

Allan Ditzig is an American artist and creative director that has worked in the video game industry for more than two decades. Working traditionally and finishing many of his pieces digitally, Allan did extensive magazine work for Ziff Davis publications in the late 1990s and early 2000s, including for Electronic Gaming Monthly, Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine, and Expert Gamer. Other retro game-related work includes an early stop at Konami from 1995 to 1997 where he was in a Lead Design role and worked on Project Overkill and possibly other games. Allan was also at Midway from 1999 to 2003, where he counted Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance among the projects he worked on; Allan did extensive concept art for Deadly Alliance, later included as an Art Gallery in the game’s strategy guide.