Hal Laren

Digital Artist

Designer

3d Developer

Comic Artist

Publisher

Hal Laren is a comic artist, concept and 3d designer as well as Indy publisher running Reaper Comics, a small independent comic company.

Hal has also worked with FBFX and many prosthetics houses on work for TV, films and commercials. From Mute, and Star Trek: Discovery to Super Bowl commercials. Creating is his passion.

As a concept designer he is responsible for many household appliances and develops all media to create visuals for product manufacture.

As a publisher he has created 34 comics 3 graphic novels 2 art books, and around 80 covers for many comic publishers around the world: Image; Boom; Dynamite (Rom, Transformers, TMNT, G.I.JOE); Dynamite (Vampirella); Titan (Robotech) and Boom (Robocop). He has also created many of his own IPs writing, illustrating and publishing around the world.

For two years as a 2D & 3D graphic designer/developer for a high street toy manufacturer, he has created and designed new product lines, work patents, animations, 3D models, adverts, concept display stand packaging, and websites for designing and producing commercial sites including photography and video content.

Hal is a man with a passion for creating, developing, and building new things both conceptually and literally.

EXAMPLE ARTWORK

  • TMNT

    TMNT

    Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Cover

  • ROBOCOP

    ROBOCOP

    ROBOCOP Variant Cover (IDW)

  • JAZZ TRANSFORMERS

    JAZZ TRANSFORMERS

    TRANSFORMERS COVER ART (IDW)

  • VAMPERELLA

    VAMPERELLA

    VAMPIRELLA Cover Art

  • Villinous 1 Cover Art

    Villinous

    VILLANOUS

  • She-Spawn

    She-Spawn

    SHE-SPAWN

  • HELLSPAWN

    HELLSPAWN

    HELLSPAWN

  • BLOOD RED RAVEN 0

    Cherry BLOOD RED RAVEN 0

    BLOOD RED RAVEN

  • BATMAN BEYOND

    BATMAN BEYOND

    BATMAN BEYOND

News

Hal has been hard at work on his third graphic novel while working on commercials. from Pepsi Superbowl to costume design work on Star Trek. His own IP comic book series’ BLOOD RED RAVEN is always a priority when not on other jobs. Hal is exploring the potential of evolving them from page to screen. Hal is normally hard at work on concepts for TV and Film and would love to make his IPs be realized in other media. Hal is often found at media conventions, he enjoys meeting and working with other artists across the globe.

Concept

Hal has worked on my films commercials and TV shows developing it 2d illustrations and animatics as well as building 3d elements for both production and animation.

Passion Projects

Over the years Hal has lent his concept and comic experience to develop his own Batman Beyond Comic utilizing all the latest techniques incorporating 2d/3D work