Ananya
Eriyat
Illustration
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Ananya is a Vancouver-based illustrator and storyteller passionate about creating vibrant characters and immersive worlds. His work spans concept development, character design, and video game storytelling, transforming ideas into designs that spark imagination and connect with audiences.

Dean’s List 2022–2024
Concept design for Sea Keepers’ Gaining Ground, a story-driven video game set in a future where 70% of the land is submerged, blending strategy, exploration, and environmental themes.

Concept design for Sea Keepers’ Dive into Discovery! featuring a collectible marine biologist action figure and her submarine, blending play with marine education.
Concept design for Sea Keepers’ Dive Into Discovery! featuring a collectible marine biologist action figure and her submarine, blending play with marine education.
CREDIT: MOCK-UP FROM FREEPIK.

Sea Keepers’ Gaining Ground character development, featuring two sea wolves and an oceanographer bear navigating underwater adventures in a post-apocalyptic marine world.

Sea Keepers digital illustration of two sea wolves, a marine biologist and conservation diver, teaming up to protect ocean biodiversity. Designed for 1920×1080 and 1080×1080 formats.

Concept design for Unclouded, empowering youth to think critically, listen empathetically, and navigate political spaces with confidence and positivity using a party game.
CREDITS: TEAM PROJECT WITH LILY ROSEN AND JORDAN RICHERT. MOCK-UPS FOM UNBLAST AND MOCKUPFREE.CO.

Upstairs Neighbours is a quirky two-page graphic novel blending humour and slice-of-life storytelling, following a werewolf, his roommates, and chaotic misunderstandings about the “loud upstairs neighbours.”