Prism City Archives
2024–2026A magical-girl world where an arcane police sector works cold cases — two years of character, world and story design.
Illustrator and concept artist
Ari Matthews — Illustration BFA at Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles. Character design, visual development, and story illustration for film, animation, and games.
Currently seeking a 2027 internship. Get in touch.
Sleep Easy — Promo Art
2026Commissioned character lineup for an indie game, used across the studio's site and social media.
Commissioned work
Lumiel Cover
2025A limited-palette cover built around the spell Shatter — and a departure from how much colour I normally use.
Lumiel Astor — Child of Stars
2025–2026A cleric of the god of storms, designed and redesigned over a campaign, with outfit references for each chapter of his story.
Elsa Redesign
2026Applying caricature theory to Disney's Elsa — pushing shape language until the design reads harder.
Rin
2025–2026A harpy-adjacent character who struggles to feel comfortable in his human side — designed and redesigned over a year.
Cleric's Choice
2025My cleric, infected and alone in a dark infirmary — a challenging perspective and dramatic lighting.
Bubby's 1st Coloring Book
2026Five coloring book pages taking Bubby from the beach to the stage to outer space.
Illustration Animation
2025One of my first fully rendered animations — drawn frame by frame in Procreate, looped in After Effects.
Aphrodite
2025Pure black and pure white, no mid-tone — and a design that turned out too complex for the block.
Rin Portrait
2025Rendered in greyscale before colour for the first time, testing a new approach to the face.
Self Portrait
2025A redraw of an earlier self portrait, with a composition I'm much happier with.
Addie
2025A praying mantis character, built in segmented clipping-mask layers — because she's a noticeably segmented character.
Daydream Animation
2025Two animation segments, one puppeted and one frame by frame, synced to a looped audio track.
Lumi Animation
2025A simple frame-by-frame animation of Lumiel, made to get comfortable animating in Photoshop.