Skyjacker
Art direction / SEMA / Brand systems / Vehicle graphics
An independent creative practice / A portrait in ink
Art direction • Design • Illustration • Other trouble
HEATHPOOLE
01 / THE OPENING CREDITS
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ENOUGH
ABOUT
ME.
I could tell you how long I've been doing this. Or I could show you what happens when craft, curiosity, and a few unreasonable ideas collide.
Show me the work ↗ACT 03 / SELECTED EVIDENCETHE
THE
WORK.
Advertising. Museums. Machines. Merchandise. A few detours. Thirty years of art direction don't fit into six neat squares. This is just the first cut.
Open the Skyjacker art direction and graphic design case study
Chennault
Aviation
Print invitation + 30-second TV promo / Art Direction
PROGRESSIVE
BANK
Two broadcast spots / Cash Management / Trust & Wealth
HUEY P. LONG
The Kingfish / Working digital prototype / Exhibit & merchandise concepts
Nightriders
Historical research / Evidence systems / Art / Merchandise concepts
DARK
STAR.
Original drawings / Celestial figures / Null Legion / A world in progress
PRINTER'S NOTE: Chennault and Dark Star open into case studies using actual project material; Dark Star now includes ten additional exploratory studies. Nightriders now opens into a curated research-and-design case study. Huey P. Long now opens into a curated concept study built around an existing working HTML prototype; proposed mural and merchandise are unproduced concepts. Progressive Bank now features two original 15-second broadcast commercials with a dedicated art direction case study.SCENE 03 / PRINT 004B
PICK A
DOOR.
DOOR 001 / THE WORK
The Work
Campaigns, identities, commercial art direction.
↗DOOR 002 / THE STORIESThe Stories
Museums, history, research, and visual interpretation.
↗DOOR 003 / THE LAB / DARK STARDark Star
Original drawings, experiments, and a strange universe in progress.
↗DOOR 004 / ILLUSTRATION / AI / DIGITALThe Drawing Room
Independent illustration, AI-assisted experiments, bright nonsense, and unsettling ideas.
↗Not every good idea fits in a box. That's why we made four doors.
ACT 05 / THE MAN BEHIND THE MECHANICALA SHORT BIOGRAPHICAL INTERRUPTION
BEFORE
COMMAND+Z
THERE WAS
AN X-ACTO.
PAPER.
INK.
PIXELS.
INK.
PIXELS.
I art-direct ideas across design, illustration, digital visual development, and AI-assisted experimentation. Sometimes it begins with ink, sometimes a screen, sometimes a strange thought that will not let go. I use what the idea needs—and I keep making new things.
The tools keep changing. That’s fine with me. I care about the idea, the composition, and what the finished work makes somebody feel.
“Crafted.
Not crafty.”
THE PRINCIPLE / MADE BY HAND. DIRECTED BY DESIGN. DRIVEN BY CURIOSITY.
MHPoole Design Studio / Louisiana / Everywhere ideas happen.
LET'S
MAKE A
SCENE.
Got something interesting? Let's make something worth remembering.