Hooligan Picture Creations

Hooligan Picture Creations is an independent animation, motion graphics and digital visual effects studio based in Cape Town, South Africa. Founded in 2011 by digital artist and animator Henk Coetzee, the studio creates 2D and 3D imagery for television, advertising, music videos, feature films, live events and contemporary art projects.

Its work combines graphic design with character animation, organic simulations and technical visualization. Projects range from stylized broadcast identities and promotional sequences to architectural and mechanical imagery, product animation and explanations of complex technical subjects. This breadth connects entertainment production with corporate communication and exhibition work.

Broadcast and commercial work

The studio contributed technical explainer animation to National Geographic’s Supercats, illustrating feline anatomy through work produced via Monarchy with animation director Shannon Davis. Its broadcast portfolio also includes M-Net’s We Tell The Best Stories – Journey, with animation by Henk Coetzee and Pascal Martin, and DStv/DMX holiday channel graphics produced by Studio Zoo and directed by Silviu Pauna.

Commercial and industrial projects include procedural simulation and product animation for KFC’s Soft Twirl and visualization of power plant components for Eskom’s Boiler Tube Failure. These projects reflect the studio’s application of animation to both expressive imagery and practical technical communication.

Music, events and visual art

Beyond broadcast and advertising, Hooligan Picture Creations produces animation for music videos, short films, event visuals and art projects. Its music work includes Markus Wormstorm’s Akihabra Arp and Hunter’s So Gay. Collaboration with South African artist Hannelie Coetzee extended its practice into stop-motion and digital animation for the Synanthrope Series, depicting hyena sculptures moving along Johannesburg’s inter-oceanic watershed.