Inspired by the Codex Seraphinianus, Rene Laloux’s Fantatsic Planet and 1970-80’s French animation. These are album covers for Ghostwriter’s 2019 releases.
Album art for Ghostwriter for Gravity Wakes a sci-fi themed album. The concept of this art is all about experiencing a music video in a virtual world in the future.
Album artwork of Cthulhu for Ghostwriter’s OF HAIL AND FIRE.
Album art for Ghostwriter for A Curious Tale, Fantasy Art.
Dope the second album from Ghostwriter focused on a hip hop themed soundtrack for action flicks.
Album art for Ghostwriter. Inspired by the tales of the Anunnaki and ancient alien reptilian lore.
1988: 18x245, 6 color print.
In celebration of the 30th Anniversary of John Carpenter’s They Live, I created this limited edition 6 color print for Garageland. It debuted on 4/21/18 at the Midnight Movie event at the Vista Theater in Los Angeles.
Originlal Red and Blue, Pink & Teal are the cyberpunk variant.
These are episodes I’ve written, and or acted in as well as characters I’ve created for the universe of the animated series: A FOWL AMERICAN, created by Greg Cipes and Kevin Coulston.
The entire animated series can be found at. http://www.AFowlAmerican.com
Total Recall print created for Garageland for the midnight movie event at Vista Theater in Los Angeles, CA.
Final print uses neon and metallic inks
"Sometimes to love someone, you got to be a stranger. " Deckard
THE UNICORN (25"x17"), DIGITAL 2017
Holding up in a cheap hotel, Rachel and Deckard confront their unfortunate reality. This is the moment they commit to the plan for Rachel to have the baby in seclusion with the help of Sapper Morton.
Shirts and Prints available on my Society 6 store.
"I have memories, but I can't tell if they're real."
K
FACE TO FACE (24"x14"), DIGITAL 2017
K walks through a wasteland of heads to find Deckard.
Poster and social content for the indie film: My Zombie Club
A series of T Shirts I illustrated and designed for CRYPT TV, the Look See series.
Tweet is a parody video focuses on the Tweety little lies typed with the tiny hands of Donald Trump created in June 2017, by a group of artistis and creatives that I created this with. We call our selves HATEIOHEAD.
HATEIOHEAD is a collective of creative citizens who are SADDENED and embarrassed by the idiocy of our current government and its moronic leader.
Creator/writer/producer/director
Scotty O.
Voice Characterization
Brock Powell
Multimedia Production/DESIGN
Hal Hefner
Character / Background design / Painting
Joust
After Effects / LIGHTING/ COMPOSITING / EDITING
Furiosa
Trump Animation
JE
Crayon design and animation
Karen R.
music supervisor/music producer/editor
Greg Ansin
music produced by
Anthony 'Ajax' Resta
Music mixed by
Karyadi Sutedja
VOCALS RECORDED by
p. DANIEL NEWMAN, NEWMAGIC MUSIC AND SOUND
Inspired by George Orwell's Animal Farm and Pink Floyd's 1977 album, Animals as well as the current state of Trump's America--we have arrived at ANIMAL COUNTRY. A new evolutionary extension from the CONSUME series.
It's the perfect time for an Orwellian series to emerge because we are still just animals in a hierarchy of madness dictated by the PIGS who force us to CONSUME their visage, philosophies and ideals every day 24/7.
The following art and test videos are from the Animal Country animated series, currently in development by the same folks who brought you Tweet, the parody of Radiohead's Creep.
Inspired by the Netflix movie, MUTE, directed by Duncan Jones and the tie to another one of his films, MOON, starring Sam Rockwell as clones, Sam Bell.
SIMILARITIES: THE PLANET OF THE APES and THE PARKLAND SHOOTING.
In June of 2016, I was honored and humbled to be a featured artist at the Shangri-La section of this year's Glastonbury festival in the UK.
Shangri-La is the artistic area of the festival and is curated by an amazing group of volunteers, artists, carpenters, thinkers and activists who come together to create a magical experience for the festival goers.
This year's theme was TRUTH and LIES, and the CONSUME series was featured front and center in everything from animation, to the logo, to posters and badges, to even the drink tickets. My Brexit themed art of Boris Johnson and David Cameron ignited the emotions while the Brexit vote took place during the festival. My iCONSUME series also called into question the reliance on cell phones and the control in which these devices have on our society (as evidenced by Pokemon Go). In addition I released a brand new series of art inspired by George Orwell's Animal Farm which put pop culture and politics back in the barn where some of it certainly belongs. All of these pieces flooded Shangr-La in various forms including printed posters as well as animated videos that played with the music morning, noon and night.
NME wrote a really nice article recapping the Shagri-La art experience from 2016.
Artists at the festival included:
Hal Hefner, Aaron Baker, Andi Rivas, Andy Doig, AVTV – Light Surgeons, Carl Cashman, Carrie Reichardt, Charlie Anderson, Chu, CodeFC, Daniel Ryder, Darren Cullen, Dr D, Ela Hawes/Daniel Shutt, Hugo Farmer, Hutch, Jim Chambers, Jim Woodall, Liam Hayhow, Link Leisure, Marc Cowan, Mark Hooley, Mark Jenkins, Matt Webbo, Mobstr, Nick Diacre, Dr Noki (JJ), Obey UK Team, Paul Insect, Peter Kennard/Cat Phillips, PREF, Shepherd Fairey, Steve Cutts, Steve Jeffreys, Tash Carte
Photos by: Hal Hefner, Sean Berrie and Sarah Koury
CONSUME is a pop art series that is a biting satirical take on pop culture, politics and products with a blunt social commentary on greed, corruption, narcissism, materialism, consumerism, hatred & bigotry.
CONSUME started off as a series of 5 images that I created in 2015, inspired by John Carpenter's 1980's cult classic film, They Live. With a few more I stirred up a little controversy and the CONSUME series took on a life of its own due to the enormous support I've received from around the world.
CONSUME has continuously taken the corrupt political system of the United States to task and has been shared all over the internet millions of times while also being covered by multiple news outlets, art, geeky, political sites and more.
At the request of my fans, I have made my work available for purchase in exclusive places on the internet.
TO SEE THE ENTIRE CONSUME SERIES:
Please visit CONSUME POP CULTURE DOT COM
T-SHIRTS AND APPAREL:
I have developed a series of exclusive T-Shirts, on RageOn. The CONSUME series has some really fun and exploratory designs that take my pop art and message to a whole new level. Produced using high quality inks and fabric, this full print covers the entire fabric canvas.
http://www.rageon.com/a/users/halhefner
PRINTS ON SOCIETY6:
I have a large collection of my CONSUME series on Society6 available as prints in various sizes and media.
https://society6.com/consumepopculture
LIMITED EDITION CONSUME POSTCARDS:
It’s an honor to be considered one of the top contemporary artists and to be featured in this exclusive series on Postcard.com. Postcard Edition creates an opportunity to discover and share contemporary art from a global collection, curated by The Vanderbilt Republic. You can select a resonant artwork, write a personal message, and Postcard.com will send a frame-ready 6”x9” enveloped postcard to anyone, anywhere in the world.
http://postcard.com/edition/
CONSUME is a pop art series that is a biting satirical take on pop culture, politics and products with a blunt social commentary on greed, corruption, narcissism, materialism, consumerism, hatred & bigotry. WELCOME TO THE POP.
At the request of my fans, I have made my work available for purchase in exclusive places on the internet.
TO SEE THE ENTIRE CONSUME SERIES:
Please visit CONSUME POP CULTURE DOT COM
T-SHIRTS AND APPAREL:
I have developed a series of exclusive T-Shirts, on RageOn. The CONSUME series has some really fun and exploratory designs that take my pop art and message to a whole new level. Produced using high quality inks and fabric, this full print covers the entire fabric canvas.
http://www.rageon.com/a/users/halhefner
PRINTS ON SOCIETY6:
I have a large collection of my CONSUME series on Society6 available as prints in various sizes and media.
https://society6.com/consumepopculture
LIMITED EDITION CONSUME POSTCARDS:
It’s an honor to be considered one of the top contemporary artists and to be featured in this exclusive series on Postcard.com. Postcard Edition creates an opportunity to discover and share contemporary art from a global collection, curated by The Vanderbilt Republic. You can select a resonant artwork, write a personal message, and Postcard.com will send a frame-ready 6”x9” enveloped postcard to anyone, anywhere in the world.
http://postcard.com/edition/
CONSUME is a social commentary on greed, corruption, narcissism, materialism, consumerism, hatred & bigotry. This particular group of images focuses on the blind consumerism that brands enslave people with. It particularly centers in on fast food, and tech. To seem more of the CONSUME series, pleas check out CONSUME POP CULTURE DOT COM.
T-SHIRTS AND APPAREL:
http://www.rageon.com/a/users/halhefner
PRINTS ON SOCIETY6:
https://society6.com/consumepopculture
LIMITED EDITION CONSUME POSTCARDS:
http://postcard.com/edition/
Athletes are by far one of the most narcissistic people in the entertainment world and their fans often blindly follow their assholery such as cheating, racism, rape, mistreatment of women and more.
Then there are puppet like commissioners who wield power on behalf of their owners such as Roger Goddell of the NFL, a man who played a huge role in covering up the long term of damage the sport of football has on the brain (CTE).
To seem more of the CONSUME series, please check out CONSUME POP CULTURE DOT COM.
T-SHIRTS AND APPAREL:
http://www.rageon.com/a/users/halhefner
PRINTS ON SOCIETY6:
https://society6.com/consumepopculture
LIMITED EDITION CONSUME POSTCARDS:
http://postcard.com/edition/
Art exists to make a statement. Injustice needs to be recognized and radicated.
A series of memes mocking the Twitter usage and erratic behavior of Donald J. Trump.
iCONSUME is a social commentary on the narcissism of our selfie loving iPHONE generation that I created exclusively for an interview ASK MEN magazine wrote about me. In this series the CONSUME brand has expanded beyond the THEY LIVE iconography and continues to evolve.
At the request of my fans, I have made my work available for purchase in exclusive places on the internet.
TO SEE THE ENTIRE CONSUME SERIES:
Please visit CONSUME POP CULTURE DOT COM
FOR T-SHIRTS
Comprised of billionaires, former wall street execs, oil tycoons, racists and one percenters, Donald Trump and the GOP are reflective of the shadiness and comic book like villainy found in Batman's Rogue's Gallery.
This series is inspired by Mark Hamill's recordings of himself as the Joker from Batman the Animated series, reading the tweets of Donald Trump.
If you are interested in prints or shirts from this series I have curated a collection on my Society6 store.
You can find some of my pulp culture mashups available for and shirts prints on Society6.
In January of 2011 Gates, Heavy Metal Magazine's first webcomic was launched. I wrote and illustrated the digital comic book that ran for over a year and a half with weekly updates. It was recognized by many nerd news outlets from Comic Book Resources to MTV Geek for its art and story.
Here are some samples of the first 5 pages and various panels in the webcomic.
If you'd like to read the comic book in it's entirety it is available here. READ GATES THE COMIC
Gates is Heavy Metal Magazine's first webcomic, that was presented online in 2011. The webcomic ended in 2012 but there is a lot more of the story to tell. Here are a few samples of some concept art and character design for the next phase of Gates' journey which will eventually be continued in the narrative of the Serpent Seed property, currently in development.
The Serpent Seed is a multiplatform narrative that spans many years and takes place in upstate NY--culminating in a SOLARPUNK science fiction adventure. It is in various stages of completion specifically in the digital formats of comic books, animation and much more. These are various pieces of concept art that Ive created for the property. It is a social commentary on our past, present and future and explores the consequences of greed, corruption and a environmental changes on planet earth. In the future the human race will tap into solar powered plant based technology but will it be enough to save the world from its own narcissim?
Nowhere Girl is a comic book series being developed within the Serpent Seed universe. Here are a few character design sheets from the series currently in development at CATMONKEY studios.
@theLIONHAWK is an experimental Motion Book I created for a property I am developing called the Serpent Seed. You can read the motion book on DeviantArt and Madefire. @theLIONHAWK was a fun artistic experiment combining real photography, artwork, conspiracy theories and animation and music.
You can follow an additional narrative along with the motion comic on Twitter @theLIONHAWK
The Serpent Seed is a multiplatform narrative that spans many years and takes place in upstate NY--culminating in a SOLARPUNK science fiction adventure. It is in various stages of completion specifically in the digital formats of comic books and animation and much more.
In addition to my photography, the work of Sean Berrie and the Music of Kevin Bryce is also being utilized in @theLIONHAWK.
A collection of pop art and political art inspired by Stanley Kubrick and Arthur C. Clarke's, 2001 A space odyssey. Worship the monolith you damn dirty apes!
You can find prints, T-Shirts and more in my store.
What if Stephen King created the Peanuts gang. An #inktober concept from 2016.
If you are intersted in shirts or prints of this art, please see my Society 6 store.
Ridley Scott's sci-fi, cyberpunk masterpiece is one of my favorite movies of all time. It has inspired me since I was a child, when I first saw it on VHS. In honor of this 80's classic, I created this Bladerunner piece of art for YAY LA Magazine's YAY LEGENDS EVERYDAY Art show in 2016. Entitled "It's too bad she won't live. But then again, who does?" --This is one of my favorite scenes in cinematic history. Harrison Ford as Deckard is haunted by the unicorn origami left for him by Gaff (Edward James Olmos). It's a comic panel style montage that uses a limited color palette inspired by cyberpunk and Nintendo style 80's art.
I love it so much I even made a GIF out of it.
You can buy a print of this Bladerunner art at Society 6.
I was honored to create an original piece of art for Fantastic Planet, to be included in the YAY Legends Every Day art show in 2016.
Fantastic Planet is an animated film like no other and one of the most inspirational films to me artistically. It is a masterpiece of surreal and psychedelic visuals created by the late French animator Rene Laloux. This animated film from 1973 is nothing short of brilliant and is highly political with visually striking imagery that fall somewhere in between Terry Gilliam's Monty Python style animation and the artwork of Hieronymus Bosch.
So to honor Rene Laloux and this film that I loved so much I also paid homage to another piece of art that inspired me, (and contained giant robots and terrified humans)--the art of Frank Kelley Freas. Specifically what he painted for Queen's album, News of the World.
You an purchase a print of this Fantastic Planet art on Society 6:
The images are as follows:
1) Fantastic Planet poster style artwork
2) The artwork by itself without any design or text.
3) The process of creating the art in an animated GIF.
I had the opportunity to develop some key art for the packaging for Darksiders 2 for THQ. At this point the main character was not even fully designed so it was a lot of fun exploring the craziness of the world. Some of the background imagery was provided to me by THQ but a lot of it I had to design myself.
Posters for the originally entitled film, Kudzo Zombies, now called, Attack of the Southern Fried Zombies.
I wrote a biopic about the influential comedian Bill Hicks which was supposed to be published by Bluewater comics in 2013. It's in limbo right now but the concept still remains. Here is some art I created for the cover. Bill's words still inspire me to this day and it was an honor to draw him.
“The world is like a ride in an amusement park, and when you choose to go on it you think it's real because that's how powerful our minds are. The ride goes up and down, around and around, it has thrills and chills, and it's very brightly colored, and it's very loud, and it's fun for a while. Many people have been on the ride a long time, and they begin to wonder, "Hey, is this real, or is this just a ride?" And other people have remembered, and they come back to us and say, "Hey, don't worry; don't be afraid, ever, because this is just a ride." And we … kill those people. "Shut him up! I've got a lot invested in this ride, shut him up! Look at my furrows of worry, look at my big bank account, and my family. This has to be real." It's just a ride. But we always kill the good guys who try and tell us that, you ever notice that? And let the demons run amok … But it doesn't matter, because it's just a ride. And we can change it any time we want. It's only a choice. No effort, no work, no job, no savings of money. Just a simple choice, right now, between fear and love. The eyes of fear want you to put bigger locks on your doors, buy guns, close yourself off. The eyes of love instead see all of us as one. Here's what we can do to change the world, right now, to a better ride. Take all that money we spend on weapons and defenses each year and instead spend it feeding and clothing and educating the poor of the world, which it would pay for many times over, not one human being excluded, and we could explore space, together, both inner and outer, forever, in peace.” - Bill Hicks
Faux Propaganda art. You can purchase these on shirts from my exclusive collection at RageOn.com
A series of character art I created for the a marketing campaign pitch for the movie, Tim Burton's, MISS PEREGRINE'S HOME FOR PECULIAR CHILDREN.
Some of my favorite projects involve concept art for people or companies creating pitches for movies. I was lucky enough to get hired for some of my favorite properties growing up such as Masters of the Universe and Planet of the Apes. These concepts never made it to production but they were sure fun to create as they were very different takes on the source material. I also enjoy designing monsters and aliens such as HALLOWHEAD an urban legend from Upstate NY--and the dirt clown, a creepy Halloween costume concept I designed for a band in Los Angeles, CA.
A selection of Horror themed pop art.
Here are some various examples I have created for the Shadow Gang, Alderac Entertainment Group and Evil Hat Productions.
Concept art for the Han Solo Adventure's game.
Here are some samples of some fan art I've created for some of my favorite characters over the years. In 2010 I painted this old Luke Skywalker concept and strangely enough it was very close to the Luke we saw in the Force Awakens. It has been used in articles all across the internet prior to the movie coming out as a reference for what Luke might be. That is an honor.
My anti Trump art has been featured all over the internet and in galleries and shows all over the world.
G.I. Joe's infamous leader of Cobra, Cobra Commander reads the tweets of Donald Trump.
Created and Produced by Hal Hefner, Brock Powell as the voice of Cobra Commander-In-Chief.
Sketches are the beginning of any great idea. They are sometimes well defined, or just ideas flushed out quickly. Whether it be pencil or digital, black and white or color, a sketch is the most important thing to kick start your concept.
Here are some of mine in various stages of development.
An eclietic selection of my animations inspired by glitches, color theory and hypnotic imagery.
Project Compound - Mattel: Ignition
Vivo Comemrcial - The Martian: 3AM
Missing Time: Fourth Wall Studios
Mr. Peabody and Sherman: Ignition
Superman Concept: Confidential client
The 5th Wave - Book Trailer: Ignition
Storyboards, including a digitally painted image for a pitch with Ignition for Assasin's Creed 4.
Full color storyboard concepts for a pitch to Nike for digital content around the release of LeBron James new sneakers. I had less than 48 hours to turn these around. for a pitch for Ignition.
Storyboards for the Wish for the Future video, created by Lance Weiler and produced by the Ad Agnecy G2.
Some samples of monoline art I created while at 3AM.
