ABOUT ME
"Sketchbook in hand, coffee in my veins, designing the future, one line, one pixel at a time."
Mitchell Stuart was born in 1970 in Glasgow, Scotland and immigrated to Canada in 1976. He has always communicated and expressed himself freely through art & music. He has a fascination with history, designing the future, telling a story, and visual problem solving.
Mitch graduated Art College in 1992 with a BFA in Visual Communications "with distinction". His sights set on an illustration career and began freelancing for everything from album covers to magazine articles. At the same time, he did 7 years in broadcast television as Senior Graphics operator for Global Television. Earning the trust of the on-air personalities. The blend of traditional art and digital production led to a pursuit of film work, something he'd been interested in ever since he was a boy. Seeing Star Wars in the theatre when 6 yrs old as well as sneaking down to the basement at 2 am to watch Japanese Godzilla movies when 10 yrs old, were contributing factors! Mitch furthered his skills with post graduate training in 3D software at Sheridan College, to bring his designs to life for use in concept art, and matte painting.
Currently Mitch creates concept art, matte paints, and illustrates through his home studio. He loves a new visual or production problem to solve, competitive in his standards and a great team player. He has a substantial list of feature film production credits as well as numerous years of experience in a position of seniority. He is also a published writer and a professional musician.
CREDITS ( feature & television & games )
Non-View ( in production, one-on-one concept reviews with Spielberg! )
-concept artist, Digital Domain
Fantastic 4: First Steps
- concept artist, Digital Domain
Electric State ( concepts reviewed by the Russo Brothers )
-concept artist, Digital Domain
Elysium (Best Production Design: "Elysium" Art Directors Guild 2013 )
-concept artist / matte painter, Image Engine Design
Lone Survivor
-concept artist / matte painter, Image Engine Design
White House Down
- matte painter, Image Engine Design
R.I.P.D
- lead matte painter, Image Engine Design
Fast and Furious 6
- concept artist / matte painter, Image Engine Design
Safe House
- matte painter, Image Engine Design
Immortals
- matte painter, Image Engine Design
Resident Evil; Afterlife
- concept artist / matte painter, Rocket Science VFX
Saw 7
- matte painter, Rocket Science VFX
Day of the Triffids ( Bafta Award Winner )
- concept artist / matte painter, Rocket Science VFX
Julie and Julia ( nominated for best picture )
- matte painter, Invisible Pictures
Underworld; Rise of the Lycans
- matte painter, Invisible Pictures
Outlander
- concept artist, Invisible Pictures
Max Payne
- concept artist, Invisible Pictures
The Burrowers
- matte painter, Invisible Pictures
The Hunting Party
- 3D texture artist, Intelligent Creatures
Hairspray
- 3D tracking, Intelligent Creatures
The Game Plan
- 3D gen./ concept artist, Intelligent Creatures
The Number 23
- 3D gen./ texture artist, Intelligent Creatures
Stranger than Fiction
- 3D gen./ texture artist, Intelligent Creatures
Crank
- set artwork, AKHUA Media Inc.
"Road Test" emmersive ride, GM, Epcot Center
Faouzia "CITIZENS" EP album cover, Atlantic Records
COLDPLAY/ BTS "My Universe" music video enviro, RodeoFX
EXODUSGAME cinematic and Travis Scott Playstation project, BLUR Studios
NEOM "Shusha Island" bid, Saudi Arabia
"Earth: Revival" Game
"Moonhaven"
"Shadow & Bone"
"Snowpiercer" (Season 2 )
"Locke & Key"
"Halo"
"The Handmaid's Tale" ( Emmy Award 2017 winner best series )
"The Boys" (Season 2 / 3)
"Project Blue Book"
"Man in the High Castle"
"Travelers" ( nominated for 2019 Canadian Screen Awards, best vfx )
"Into the Badlands (Season 2 / 3)"
"Killjoys (season 3 / 4)"
"Resident Alien"
"Of Kings and Prophets"
"Fifty Shades of Fright"
"Wayward Pines"
"Childhood's End"
"Continuum"
"Falling Skies"
"Minority Report"
"Weird City"
"The Crossing"
"Ghost Wars"
"Siren"
"Zoo"
"Prison Break"
"Jinn"
"Hannibal"
"Revolution"
"Fringe"
"Day of the Triffids" BAFTA award winner
"Almost Human"
"Titanic (mini-series)"
"Nikita"
"The Nativity"
"Facing Kate"
"Murdoch Mysteries"
"Being Erica"
"Aftermath ( all episodes )"
"Journey to the Edge of the Universe"
"The Great Surveyor", Discovery Channel
Nominated for:
Best VFX television series: "Travelers" 2019 Canadian Screen Awards.
Best Production Design: "Elysium" Art Directors Guild 2013
Winner
Kitbash3D "Art Deco" 3D Concept design contest 2017
Emmy win, best drama....Matte Paintings for season 1 "The Handmaids Tale"
Runner Up
Kitbash3D "Victorian" 3D Concept design contest 2017
Kitbash3D Warzone contest 2018
Kitbash3D Utopia contest 2019
"Things to Come" futurist exhition
Deutsche Kinemeathek Museum for Film and Televison, Berlin, 2016
"Matte painting instructor"
Animation Workshop, Viborg,Denmark, 2015
"The Art of Elysium" book signing
Gallery Nucleus, Los Angeles, CA, 2013
WORK EXPERIENCE:
Current: The Art of Mitchell Stuart
Owner, Art Director, self-employed, registered company.
Providing concept art / matte painting / 3D design /environments and illustration on a contract basis for a wide range of clients in feature film, television, games and print.
2024 - 2025
Digital Domain
Concept Artist / 3D Environments / Layout / Digital Matte Painter for Feature Film and Television
2013 - 2021
ARTIFEX STUDIOS
role: Lead Concept Artist / Digital Matte Painter / 3D Environments for Television and Feature Film
2011
IMAGE ENGINE DESIGN INC.
role: Digital Matte Painter / Concept Artist Feature film work
2009
ROCKET SCIENCE VISUAL EFFECTS
role: Digital Matte Painter / Concept Artist / 3D Environments for Feature film and television series
2009
INVISIBLE PICTURES
role: Digital Matte Painter / Concept Artist Feature for film work and television series
2007
BULLSEYE ENTERTAINMENT
role: 3D environments and Matte painting, National Geographic documentary
2006
INTELLIGENT CREATURES VFX
role: 3D generalist, concept artist
2004
A-Channel
role: Art Director
In charge of 3 Western Canada A-Channel studios' branding.
Station ID, branding, style-guide enforcement, broadcast news-look design.
1996 - 2003
GLOBAL TELEVISION EDMONTON
role: Senior graphics artist ( Quantel Paintbox ) In charge of a 3 person crew. Included hiring of employees and recreation of entire news look every fall. Production work included network promotions, commercial production.
EDUCATION:
2005
SHERIDAN COLLEGE INSTITUTE of TECHNOLOGY & ADVANCED LEARNING
( Graduating with honours ) Post Graduate Degree in 3D Computer Animation, Oakville, Ontario
1994
GRANT MACEWAN COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Digital Media Program
1998 - 1992
ALBERTA COLLEGE of ART & DESIGN ( ACAD )
( Graduating with Distinction ) 4 year BFA equivalent program majoring in Visual Communications.