Xander Smith

Xander Smith

Concept/3D Artist - Art Director - Costume Illustrator

Senior Concept Artist / Art Director / 10 yrs

Los Angeles, CA

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Senior Costume Illustrator

Agatha: Darkhold Diaries (2024)

Costume Illustrator

The Mandalorian (2019)

Concept Artist

Godzilla vs. Kong (2021)

3D Modeler

Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom (2023)

Concept Artist/Costume Illustrator

American Horror Story (2011)

Concept Artist/3D Modeler

Illang: The Wolf Brigade (2018)

Concept Artist

Captive State (2019)

3D Modeler

The Greatest Showman (2017)

Concept Artist

Samaritan (2022)

Concept Artist

Rim Of The World (2019)

Concept Artist

The Affair (2013)

Digital Artist and Art Director with over 10 years of experience working on award-winning television series', box-office Hollywood films, helping found several successful start-ups in the digital arts, entertainment, and Web3 industries, and building art departments for a variety of different businesses.
Work History

  • Concept Artist

    21st Century Fox

    May 2016 - December 2016

    3D Modeler on The Greatest Showman film, concept artist for a variety of other projects and pitches

  • Art Director

    Apparel Intelligence

    May 2023 - Present

    Designing and creating 3D apparel for various partners in the fashion industry

  • Senior Costume Concept Artist

    Marvel Studios

    August 2022 - November 2022
    Los Angeles, California, United States · On-site

    Worked with Costume Designer to find design solutions for a variety of lead character costumes for the upcoming Marvel show coming to DIsney+ Agatha: Coven of Chaos. Costume designs included heroes, villains and secondary characters, from sketch iterations exploring the
    overall mood of the show, to production paintings and technical illustrations given to fabricators, to digitally sculpted final pieces for 3D printing.
    Worked closely with the entire Costume Department, from fabrication to VFX, to find creative and technical solutions to meet budget while achieving ambitious and unique designs.

  • Art Director

    House of Kibaa

    March 2021 - August 2022
    Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

    Designing NFTs for the Metaverse

  • Lead Artist

    Aliza Technologies

    December 2018 - March 2021
    Greater Los Angeles Area

    Lead Artist; AI design solutions, concept art, 3D character creation.

  • Concept Artist

    The Jim Henson Company

    June 2019 - July 2019
    Los Angeles County, California, United States

  • Zbrush Instructor

    Concept Design Academy

    August 2017 - March 2019
    Pasadena, CA

  • Concept Artist/ Digital Sculptor

    Digital Domain

    November 2018 - December 2018
    Santa Monica, California

    Concept Artist and Digital Sculptor

  • Costume Illustrator

    Lucasfilm

    July 2018 - July 2018
    Los Angeles

    Costume Illustration for Star Wars: The Mandalorian

  • Concept Artist

    MPC

    May 2021 - June 2021

    Pitch artwork for television shows

  • Concept Artist

    Studio ADI

    March 2018 - April 2018

    Concept Artist and Creature Designer for Godzilla vs King Kong

  • Concept Artist

    Digital Domain

    2018 - 2018

    Concept Artist

  • Concept Artist

    Myth VFX

    2017 - 2018

    Concept Art and Creature Designer for the Feng Shen Trilogy

  • Concept Artist

    AFX Studio

    February 2015 - September 2016
    Van Nuys, CA

    Concept Artist for film and television, Concept Artist and Costume Illustrator on 4 seasons of American Horror Story, and 2 seasons of Scream Queens.

  • Concept Designer/ 3D Artist

    Alliance Studio

    February 2017 - June 2017

    Concept Art and 3D modeling for 3D printing for the Netflix film Illang: The Wolf Brigade

  • 3D Artist

    Ironhead Studios

    2017 - 2017

    3D modeler for 3D printing- Costumes for Aquaman

  • Digital Sculptor

    Gentle Giant Studios

    August 2015 - June 2016

    Digital Sculptor for 3D print products, collectibles, and statues.

  • Junior Concept Artist and 3D Modeler

    IronKlad Studios

    January 2015 - June 2015

    Concept Artist and 3D Modeler for film, television and video games.

  • Concept Designer

    Studio Lo Mismo

    July 2014 - November 2014

    Worked closely with the director, art director and technical director to design key frame shots, characters and costumes, creatures, and technology.

  • 3D Modeler/Concept Artist

    Mode Select

    May 2015 - July 2015

    3D Modeler for commercial asset creation, Concept Artist for video games

  • Concept Artist

    Arch Enemy Entertainment

    July 2014 - October 2014

    Sketched, painted and designed character iterations, working closely with the director and writers of the project.

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Education

  • Concept Design Academy

    2013 - 2014

  • Gnomon School of Visual Effects

    2011 - 2014