MY NAME IS HAL HEFNER.
I am the artist and writer of Gates, Heavy Metal Magazine’s first online comic
I grew up in the dark and eerie woods of upstate NY–in a small town called Mohawk, where the Iroquois once roamed. I was educated at the Munson Williams Proctor Institute of Art where I studied Fine Art and received an AFA.
Upon graduating, I attended RIT (Rochester Institute of Technology) where I received a Bachelor’s degree in Illustration with a minor in Graphic Design and a crash course on life.
I am an artist first and foremost and I love to paint. Since the age of three I have been drawing and painting almost every day. I have been influenced by the world around me and am fascinated with ancient cultures, specifically Native American, Egyptian, African and the South American peoples. I’m opinionated and passionate about who am I am as a person philosophically, politically and artistically. I am a humanist who loves being alive and I am grateful everyday for my family, friends, the opportunities I have had and the new ones that are yet to come.
I am skilled in the traditional painting techniques such as acrylic, oil, watercolor, guache and more but my preferred method is to combine these mediums and complete the process digitally in Photoshop.
I have worked on everything from video game key art, to magazines and comic books, to book covers and so much more over the course of my career.
MY CLIENT LIST.
Heavy Metal, Team Zenyatta, Famous Monsters of Filmland, Mile 9, Han Solo Adventures (video game), Hero Games, Evil Hat Productions, Spacedog Entertainment, Breygent Marketing, Alderac Entertainment Group, Nifty Comics, Strange Horizons, Nova Eth Publishing, Gensler / Studio 585, Coca Cola, DirecTV, Citysearch California Tan, Fractal Dimensions, Hustler magazine, Jay Comics, Star Wars Day celebration, Eleventh Hour, Challenging Destiny Magazine, Shadis Magazine, California Tan, Basement Games, Fractal Dimensions, Fractal Spectrum Magazine, Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, FILTER, Rochester Space and Science Center, Hanna Design, Perkins & Will, Toyota, Gold’s Gym, BLT and more.
MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE.
I can’t transform into a vehicle or a robot but in addition to my artistic accomplishments, I am an award winning Graphic Designer, digital colorist and teacher. I’ve taught drawing, color theory, digital coloring and digital painting at the Comic Book art Institute in Los Angeles.
And to top it off, I’m an experienced and highly successful marketer, having worked with all types of companies including ad agencies, design firms, entertainment studios, video game companies and more.
CONTACT INFO.
Hire me. Love me. Hate me. Chat with me. I welcome it all. I like monkeys, outer space, chocolate and reading comic books and from time to time I am a ninja commando, so we have lots to discuss.
I am ALSO available for commissions as well as freelance work and am open to talking about any new opportunity.
Please contact me via e-mail at HalHefner (at) gmail.com
ALL ARTWORK AND CONTENT ON THIS WEBSITE ARE: COPYRIGHT HAL HEFNER except the below images which are copyright their respective owners.
Thank you to all of the great minds who have influenced me in my life.
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I love that you have Tarrna on here as an influence along with Redd Foxx and Buger…lol