Portfolio Review: GIF Artist Haydiroket Shares His Favorite Animations

8-bit color meets infinite fun.

Not Available Lead
Complex Original

Image via Complex Original

Not Available Lead

Since his early exposure to video game consoles and computers—an Atari at five, a Commodore 64 at seven, and an Amiga at thirteen—Mert Keskin, better known as Haydiroket, has always been drawn to the digital world. Having access to a personal computer at a young age, he unleashed his potential when he began creating digital artworks for Demoscene groups in the mid '90s. His work resembles the aesthetic of 8-bit color graphics seen in early Nintendo, Sega, and Commodore devices.

After establishing a strong presence on Tumblr (HAYDIROKET), the company asked him to become one of their official GIF editors, and he's since collaborated with other talented artists on the platform. Haydiroket is also the leader of an electronic band, Midiroket, and has interests in glitch art, video mapping, animation, and photography.

Portfolio Review: GIF Artist Haydiroket Shares His Favorite Animations

LIKE COMPLEX ART+DESIGN ON FACEBOOK

LNW

Not Available Interstitial

LNW

"It's all about the living creatures."

Fast Food

Not Available Interstitial

Fast Food

"Delicious and deadly."

Female

Not Available Interstitial

Female

"It's about how powerful women have become in our lifetime."

Totally Rad

Not Available Interstitial

Totally Rad

"It was my first collage as a GIF. I took some classic video game culture elements and put them together."

TV

Not Available Interstitial

TV

"Throw your TV out the window! It's hypnotic."

Moon Man

Not Available Interstitial

Moon Man

"Created for last year's MTV VMA 2012, under the name of VMA Tumblr Arts."

Pop

Not Available Interstitial

Pop

"Created for last year's MTV VMA 2012, under the name of VMA Tumblr Arts."

Internet

Not Available Interstitial

Internet

"I created this work with Nes Glitchs. I just wanted to show how chaotic the Internet has became these days."

Street Fighter II

Not Available Interstitial

Street Fighter II

"It was impossible to make that special move on the car-breaking part, so I just tried to make myself satisfied and created this 'Ken' who's kicking forever."

VHS

Not Available Interstitial

VHS

"VHS tapes are really priceless for me. I still have a huge collection. Greetings to my famous friend Max Capacity."

Pac Love

Not Available Interstitial

Pac Love

"It's totally about love. I think when you are in love, the things surrounding you look exactly like the ghosts in my work."

Sit on My Ass

Not Available Interstitial

Sit on My Ass

"It's actually a sentence taken from the lyrics of the song called 'Do What You Want' from my favorite band Bad Religion."

Sex

Not Available Interstitial

Sex

"I created this, because sex is one of the most popular topics in art. I've tried to express it in an old-fashioned way."

Latest in Style