08/12/2025
🎨 ARTIST SPOTLIGHT – XANDER SMITH LANDS AT COFOH! 🎨
Get ready, horror fans—Hollywood Concept Artist & Costume Illustrator Xander Smith is making his monstrous mark at COLORADO FESTIVAL OF HORROR: MONSTERS September 12th-14th, 2025!
You’ll catch Xander first at the COFOH & Woods Boss Brewing Monster Mash Beer Release Party 2025 on September 6th, where he’s unveiling his Creature From the Black Lagoon-inspired label art for our official brew, Monster Mash Amber Ale, brewed by our wickedly talented sponsor Woods Boss Brewing.
🍺 Snag Your Exclusive Monster Mash 4-Pack! 🍺
Preorder your 4-pack now and pick it up at Woods Boss Brewing during the Monster Mash Beer Release Party Sept 6th: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cofoh-woods-boss-brewery-monster-mash-beer-release-party-tickets-1510480189909?aff=oddtdtcreator
Xander is also behind this year’s creature COFOH T-shirt design!
At the festival, Xander will:
🖌 Lead a drawing workshop
🖋 Sign at The Slab Signing Table in the Death Dealers Room
🦇 Serve as a Tattoo Contest Judge
Come meet the artist who brings monsters to life—only at COFOH 2025!
🎟️ Cofoh: Colorado Festival of Horror tickets are on sale NOW – grab your 3-Day Weekend or single-day pass:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/colorado-festival-of-horror-cofoh-2025-monsters-tickets-1107262073669?aff=oddtdtcreator
🏨 Need a place to stay? Book discounted hotel rooms at the Marriott Denver South: https://www.marriott.com/event-reservations/reservation-link.mi?id=1735847767937&key=GRP&guestreslink2=true&app=resvlink
Xander Smith began drawing as soon as he was old enough to pick up a pencil. Art has been his lifetime passion and three years of classes in Los Angeles at Gnomon School of Visual Effects and Concept Design Academy paved his way to becoming a Concept Artist in Hollywood. His first paying job with Heather Langenkamp’s husband David Anderson and AFX Studio was to illustrate the Red Devil and Green Meanie serial killers for Ryan Murphy’s SCREAM QUEENS. He ended up creating concept art and costumes for five seasons of AMERICAN HORROR STORY after that. Xander is also a Digital Sculptor and 3D Modeler for the feature films THE GREATEST SHOWMAN, AQUAMAN, GODZILLA VS. KONG and the 9-episode Marvel Television series AGATHA: ALL ALONG. He has worked for 21st Century Fox, Alliance Studio, Ironhead Studio, Gentle Giant Studios, Jim Henson Studios, Studio ADI, Digital Domain and Marvel Television Studios. His website is www.artstation.com/xandersmith
