Kent Matheson

Recently the Concept Lead and Cosmetics Art Director on the AAA live-service shooter XDefiant, I'm currently heading up art direction on a game project in development. Past studios include Ubisoft, Hangar 13/2K, Impulse Gear, Industrial Light & Magic, Tippett Studio, and ImageEngine — spanning AAA games, VR, film, tv and ride projects. Credits include Avatar, Elysium, Star Wars, Pirates of the Caribbean and the VR title Larcenauts.

I've worked at nearly every level of production, from texture painting and modeling to concept design, outsourcing, pipeline development, and art direction, with contributions across environments, characters, cosmetics, props, weapons, and VFX. The ranges of these experience shape how I approach every project.

What drives all of it is a deep curiosity — for craft, for problem-solving, and for finding the image that makes everything click.