Out of the Woods: Backgrounds, props, character design, and UI for a preschool-level maze puzzle game based on Little Red Riding Hood. Personal project.


Not on the Nametag: Background and prop art for an interactive comic and collaborative intern project at FableVision Studios.
Character art by Derek Gieraltowski. Production and audio by Josh Artman. Programming by Antonia Januszewicz.

Passwords available upon request.

2D assets for Mini Maker, a sandbox game by Casa Rara. ADs: Ruben Farrus and Eliott Le Calvé.

Select marketing art for Spellbreak (Proletariat, Inc) for storefronts, ad spots, social media, and trailers. Responsible for layout, type, animation, and paintover. Responsible for marketing screenshots in-engine model posing/lighting, capture, and layout; paintover credit shared with Tony Feliciano and Damon Iannuzzelli.

Key art and assets for Say the Word: Reparations in New Jersey,
an informational and call to action video for the New Jersey Institute of Social Justice.
AD and storyboard by Bob Flynn; animation and additional art support by Adam Gravett.

Assets for Civics! An American Musical, a Library of Congress civics learning game.

Assets for StrongMinded Social Emotional Learning games.

Props for Keenville, a game-based assessment program for the Georgia Department of Education.
Character portraits for The Paper Girls Show, an animated series by Global Tinker.
Backgrounds, characters, and props for Ataraxia, a Northeastern University animated series.

To view NDA work, email Sam at samxuart@gmail.com, and include "NDA Portfolio Request" in the subject line.

Sam Xu

Sam Xu is a Boston-based illustrator and designer. Sam worked in the animation and games industries from 2019-2022, working on projects for Proletariat, Inc., Casa Rara, and FableVision Studios. They graduated from the Maryland Institute College of Art with a BFA in Illustration, and love horror and the Wikipedia list of hobbies.Currently unavailable for freelance work.Contact: samxuart@gmail.com