Xander Gustafson

Character Concepts, Turnarounds, and Style Frame for Animation Production Short, "As Seen On TV". Final Character Design for Turnarounds by Maddie Maniscalco.

Visual Development for original character "Sox Starbright".

Concept and Model for "Monster" assignment in 3D Modeling class.

Video containing animated fight segments & commentary between Omori from indie game "Omori" and Room from YouTube channel "_Boisvert". Worked on this project as character rig designer, character artist, technical artist, and animator with Levi Smith, David Smith, and Maxwell Bishop. Worked as online username, "SonixArtist". Original characters by: OMORI © OMOCAT, LLC and ©BOISVERT. These IP are the property of their respective owners and, unless otherwise stated, this media content is not sponsored by or affiliated with any third party IP owner. All views and opinions presented are those of the individuals appearing in the content and do not reflect the views of any IP owner. All rights reserved.

Visual Development and Character Sheets, from freelance to college assignments.

Animation Demo Reel for 2026. “Title Card” (00:00-00:03) Responsible for: All (Adobe Premiere Pro) “The Caterpillar” (00:04-00:09) Responsible for: Animation (Dragonframe) Artwork (Papercraft) Camerawork Composition (Adobe After Effects) Editing “Tetris VS Balatro” (00:09-00:11) Responsible for: Animation (TV Paint) Composition (After Effects) Editing (Balatro Background Shader (Godot) by xxidbr9) “Digital Cel Animation” (00:11-00:19) Responsible for: Animation (Clip Studio Paint & TVPaint) Composition (Adobe After Effects) Artwork “Omori VS Room” (00:14-00:16) Responsible for: Puppet Rig Design Animation of Puppet Rig Pieces (Animation Paper/CamScanner) (Rig Assembly by Levi Smith (leviboypopop), David Smith (OriginTheHero), and Maxwell Bishop (ProjectAlpha22). Puppet Rig Animation by Levi Smith (leviboypopop)) “3D Walk Cycle” (00:17-00:21) Responsible for: Animation Lighting “Tail Rig Animation” (00:26-00:29) Responsible for: Animation Lighting “The Forest Walk” (00:29-00:32) Responsible for: Composition (After Effects) Editor (After Effects) Sound Designer (Adobe Audition) (Animation and Lighting by Finn Thompson and Gabriella West, Backgrounds by Maverick Crump) “Hollow Knight Animation” (00:32-00:36) Responsible for: Animation (Dragonframe) Editing (Adobe Premiere) “Omori Puppet Rig Showcase (Omori VS Room)” (00:36-00:40) Responsible for: Showcase of Puppet Rig Puppet Rig Design Animation of Puppet Rig Pieces (Animation Paper/CamScanner) (Rig Assembly by Levi Smith (leviboypopop), David Smith (OriginTheHero), and Maxwell Bishop. Puppet Rig Animation by Levi Smith (leviboypopop)) “Omori VS Room” (00:40-00:49) Responsible for: Animation (Sunny the Boy) (Animation Paper/CamScanner) (Rotoscope animation by Levi Smith (leviboypopop)) “Title Card” (00:47-00:52) Responsible for: All (Adobe Premiere Pro) Tee and Tetris belong to: ©Tetris Company, ©SEGA. Balatro is owned by: ©LocalThunk. Omori is owned by: ©OMOCAT, LLC. Hollow Knight is owned by: ©Team Cherry. All rights reserved.