BIO /
THADDEUS COATES AKA AS HIPPY POTTER IS A BROOKLYN-BASED MULTIDISCIPLINARY ARTIST, ILLUSTRATOR, ANIMATOR, AND TOY DESIGNER WHOSE WORK TRANSFORMS JOY, IDENTITY, AND STORYTELLING INTO VIBRANT VISUAL WORLDS. WITH A SIGNATURE BLEND OF TECHNICOLOR HUES, DYNAMIC SHAPES, AND UNAPOLOGETICALLY EXPRESSIVE CHARACTERS, COATES CREATES IMAGERY FOR CAMPAIGN ROLLOUTS THAT CELEBRATE BLACK QUEER JOY AND REIMAGINES REPRESENTATION THROUGH A LENS OF OPTIMISM AND WONDER.
ROOTED IN PLAYFULNESS YET GROUNDED IN PURPOSE, HIS PRACTICE BUILDS ENTIRE ECOSYSTEMS OF CHARACTERS AND STORIES THAT INVITE AUDIENCES TO FEEL SEEN, EMPOWERED, AND INSPIRED. THROUGH HIS EVER-EXPANDING CREATIVE WORLD, HIPPY POTTER CONTINUES TO RESHAPE CONTEMPORARY ART AND DESIGN WITH COLOR, CURIOSITY, AND A STEADFAST BELIEF THAT IMAGINATION IS A POWERFUL TOOL FOR LIBERATION.
THADDEUS COATES AKA AS HIPPY POTTER IS A BROOKLYN-BASED MULTIDISCIPLINARY ARTIST, ILLUSTRATOR, ANIMATOR, AND TOY DESIGNER WHOSE WORK TRANSFORMS JOY, IDENTITY, AND STORYTELLING INTO VIBRANT VISUAL WORLDS. WITH A SIGNATURE BLEND OF TECHNICOLOR HUES, DYNAMIC SHAPES, AND UNAPOLOGETICALLY EXPRESSIVE CHARACTERS, COATES CREATES IMAGERY FOR CAMPAIGN ROLLOUTS THAT CELEBRATE BLACK QUEER JOY AND REIMAGINES REPRESENTATION THROUGH A LENS OF OPTIMISM AND WONDER.
ROOTED IN PLAYFULNESS YET GROUNDED IN PURPOSE, HIS PRACTICE BUILDS ENTIRE ECOSYSTEMS OF CHARACTERS AND STORIES THAT INVITE AUDIENCES TO FEEL SEEN, EMPOWERED, AND INSPIRED. THROUGH HIS EVER-EXPANDING CREATIVE WORLD, HIPPY POTTER CONTINUES TO RESHAPE CONTEMPORARY ART AND DESIGN WITH COLOR, CURIOSITY, AND A STEADFAST BELIEF THAT IMAGINATION IS A POWERFUL TOOL FOR LIBERATION.
/ CLIENTS
ADOBE
CAVA
DISNEY
DC COMICS
GARNIER
KELLOGG’S
TARGET
LENOVO
ADOBE
CAVA
DISNEY
DC COMICS
GARNIER
KELLOGG’S
TARGET
LENOVO
FOUR FAVOURITES /
ONE / CAVA
TWO / POPTARTS
THREE / GARNIER
FOUR / URBAN DECAY
ONE / CAVA
TWO / POPTARTS
THREE / GARNIER
FOUR / URBAN DECAY
DIRECTORS /
CHARLOTTE ELLIS
MENELIK PURYEAR
MARIANO TESTA
MILAN ZRNIC
CHARLOTTE ELLIS
MENELIK PURYEAR
MARIANO TESTA
MILAN ZRNIC
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