Deliberate Talks · title sequence
Deliberate Talks × Pixelated Egg · motion · 3D · 2023
Smaran Alva: films, motion, 3D and photographs
Films, motion, 3D and photographs. From Mangalore, since 2014.
UNPAINTEDHiggsfield · 2026Selected work
002 // all 117 works →UNPAINTED
Higgsfield · written & directed · AI film · 2026
Mana Wizards · launch trailer
Mana Wizards · film · motion · 2026
Erictile Dysfunction · cover art + 3D loop
Dakshin Adyanthaya × Pixelated Egg · cover art · 3D · motion · 2023
Frizzell D'Souza · The Hills Know of You · EP + singles
Frizzell D'Souza · cover art · 2022
It’s good on you · CIRC
CIRC × Pixelated Egg · 3D · motion · 2021
Flying High · Mangalore kite festival
film · camera · edit · 2021
Hampi · Wild Holi stories
direction · camera · VFX · 2020
OFFBEAT EP02 · India’s surf culture
direction · camera · edit · 2020
Mangalore · the one that has it all
direction · camera · edit · 2018
Follis × Kraken
Follis × Kraken Pro · direction · 3D · motion · 2026
MAX Fashion · “New New You”
MAX Fashion · design · motion · 2024
Ethinos · visual identity film
Ethinos · edit · motion · 2024
Pillheads · physical drop
3D · motion · 2023
Worked with
003 // credentials- years behind the camera
- 12+
- finished pieces
- 500+
- edited photographs
- 750+
- brands and clients
- 44+
- Tata
- Kraken Pro
- MAX Fashion
- Zostel
- WazirX
- SuperRare
- Higgsfield
- Pixelated Egg
- CIRC
- Chinese Wok
- GoCharge
- Ethinos
- Mana Wizards
- 14B
- Frizzell D’Souza
- The Urban Weaver
- Big Bollywood Adda
- Knight Bite
- Calvin Henric Architects
- Darla Ceramics
- Nexstar
- Satyanath Silks
- UNI
- AUM Animation Studios
- onplug
- pachinko
Recognition
- 2022Rolling Stone IndiaCover art for Frizzell D’Souza’s The Hills Know of You, one of the 10 best Indian EPs of 2022source ↗
- 2021The HinduFeatured with The Urban Weaver collectivesource ↗
- 2023NFT.NYCCommunity Artist Showcase, Javits Center, New Yorksource ↗
- 2026Higgsfield AI Global Film FestivalUNPAINTED, official entrysource ↗
- 2020ArtlistArtlist Partner
- 20189GAGEscape Yourself: Ladakh, shared on 9GAG’s travel channel
- 2021WazirX NFTCreator’s Spotlightsource ↗
- 2020Let’s Beat MediocrityPodcast guest
- 2020The Digital BrunchSpeaker
- 2019India Film Project50-hour filmmaking challenge, Season 9
- 2018IMDbCinematographer, Antharya
- 2021adidas LondonDigital Pop-up showcase
chapters from within
004 // cfw.market ↗~ $ whoami
Chapters From Within: the art side. Pillheads, the chapters, editions on Ethereum and Bitcoin, and AI films, all traded on cfw.market.
~ $ ls ./art --newest --long
- 2023chapters IV · Death of a Butterfly3d
- 2022chapters I · i must be dreaming3d
- 2022chapters II · Why do you keep looking at me3d
- 2022Brightest Light3d
- 2024Glass Works · collection3d
- 2026The Knight & Boo-booai film
- 2026The Knight & Boo-boo EP II · Iron & Furai film
- 2022CFW Editions · 01–03 + teaserpromo
- 2022chapters III · VII3d
- 2022euphoria3d
- 2022FLEX · SVDP × CFW3d
- 2022iterative · teasersgenerative
- 2022Pillheads Generative · airdrop #013d
- 2022Pillheads · promo + rounduppromo
~ $ cat desk.txt
bad artist + bad trader. the other half of cfw.market is a live desk: market intelligence, an outlook and trade logs. members only.
~ $ open cfw.market
Photographs
005 // all 51 photographs →
006 // about
About
Smaran Alva makes films, motion, 3D and photographs. Trained as an architect, self-taught behind the camera, working since 2014. As CFW, he makes digital art.
Open for films, campaigns and collaborations. Based in Mangalore, working everywhere.
hello@smaranalva.commore about smaran →