Illustrations
Illustrations, environments, and characters
Darkstar Library
Marketing illustrations for Darkstar, UCSD's student-run sci-fi and fantasy library
"Where is Apricot?"
Short children's book for a secret santa
Flip through me!
"Band Up!"
Colorscript for a Chroma Corps 2026 collaborative animation
See more of our work!
Watch the animation!
Plein Airs
Snapshots of my life, painted from life
Gouache
Digital
Food
About Me
Hi! I'm Alperen Ayan,
an illustrator, visdev artist, and plein air painter.I have a long love for storytelling through art, having grown up on anime and manga and matured studying old and contemporary masterworks. I specialize in marketing illustration and environment visual development.I am fascinated by stories. I devoured fantasy novels as a kid, and studied World Literature at UCSD. I was also a librarian and social media manager at the campus sci-fi and fantasy library, Darkstar. I want to help people connect and see all the beautiful, emotionally colorful parts of life through art.If you've got any ideas you wanna work on, reach out to me at [email protected]! Let's make it happen!