Artist Spotlight - David Killingsworth

NOVA’s Portfolio Showcase highlights artists pushing visual storytelling forward across disciplines. This edition features Los Angeles–based 3D artist and animator David Killingsworth, whose work explores surreal environments through digital form, lighting, and motion.

Killingsworth’s pieces often feel cinematic and atmospheric. Night scenes drenched in rain, glowing architecture, and quiet city landscapes create a world that sits somewhere between realism and dream logic. His work blends detailed 3D modeling with dramatic lighting and mood-driven composition, resulting in images that feel both immersive and mysterious.

Rather than focusing on spectacle alone, Killingsworth’s work is about atmosphere. Light, weather, and scale are used to shape the emotional tone of each scene. The result is a body of work that feels cinematic and expansive, like fragments from larger stories unfolding in digital space.

The Portfolio Showcase series highlights creators building strong visual voices across photography, film, design, and digital art. By sharing work from artists like Killingsworth, NOVA aims to spotlight emerging creative perspectives and the evolving possibilities of visual media.

Interested in sharing your work?
Build your portfolio with NOVA.

Artist: David Killingsworth
Discipline: 3D Artist / Animator
Location: Los Angeles

Instagram: @davidkilll

NOVA is the leading creative talent marketplace connecting top brands with the world's best freelance creatives. Whether you're looking to hire a photographer, creative director, art director, videographer, or makeup artist, Nova makes it easy to find and book vetted talent for campaigns, lookbooks, music videos, editorials, and more. With 24,000+ jobs posted across 500+ cities globally, Nova is the go-to platform for brands like Nike, Adidas, Skims, and Capital Records — and the creative community that powers them. Find your next creative hire on Nova.