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Ari
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Ari is an illustrator creating engaging characters for games and illustrations for brands. When designing, they’re always learning and collecting skills just like a trading card game. When they’re not digging their pencil into paper, you might find them digging in the dirt to care for their colony of isopods and a 20lb beast of a cat.

Profile photo of Ari Thompson and one work thumbnail.

CAPIC Rodeo 16 Top 10 Illustration 2023

Dean’s List 2022–2024

A rendered scene of Flit laying down with Tiberius sitting against their side. The duo rests on a floating island with other islands in the background.

A rendered hero piece of the protagonist Tiberius and his beast Flit, for the game Aetherial.

CREDITS: PROJECT MENTORED BY NICOLE SENGER.
A black and white monochromatic gif demonstrating the concept art for the video game Aetherial. The first two frames feature a bipedal character named Tiberius, followed by his 4-legged beast partner Flit.

Concept character skins rendered in light values for the video game Aetherial featuring the game’s protagonist and sidekick.

CREDITS: PROJECT MENTORED BY NICOLE SENGER.
Hand-illustrated visuals of the Peggy’s Cove lighthouse in Nova Scotia, Canada. Each illustration varies in weather moods and time of day, from left to right: daylight, partly cloudy, cloudy rain showers, and a clear winter night.

Artwork of Peggy’s Cove, Nova Scotia, for a Canadian-based weather app. The app features hand-drawn pieces for each weather location.

Hand-illustrated visuals of the Peggy’s Cove lighthouse in Nova Scotia, Canada. Each illustration varies in weather moods and time of day, from left to right: daylight, partly cloudy, cloudy rain showers, and a clear winter night. Weather UI for a Canadian-based weather app. This interface features a simple swipe-up tab from the homepage.

CREDITS: MOCK-UP FROM FIGMA BY CLÉMENT DIOULOUFET.

Loyal Defender of the Tundra Clan. A character concept that started as an ink blot.

Paradigm’s Chimera tattoo kit is dedicated to those who are self-taught in the tattoo industry. This easily understandable kit utilizes elements from various animals to create a chimera.

CREDITS: MOCK-UP FROM PIXPINE. TEAM PROJECT WITH MATTHEW FUNK, NATHAN AGUILAR, AND KAREN UNNSTEINSDOTTIR.
On the left is a full-body illustration of a Chimera in black and white, with golden yellow details. The chimera is a fusion of the six animals illustrated in the same style on the right: a porcupine, ball python, Canada lynx, cuttlefish, pronghorn, and thorny devil.

Branding illustrations of the chimera and the animals created for Paradigm’s tattoo kits.

A forward, direct shot of an old-style bar with an anthropomorphic owl polishing a glass whilst two characters chat whilst enjoying some drinks in the foreground.

The Serene Bartender is a digital artwork illustrating Nikola the owl at peace whilst running his old-style tavern.