iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

ariana!! 🗡✨ @arianamperry.com · 02/09/2026

hi folks!! after a wonderful run at Kakehashi Games, i’m sad to announce that my role as Communications Director has been laid off, so i'm on the hunt for new opportunities!! 💖✨ if your team needs a marketing professional with ~5 years of experience and a whimsical heart, i'm your girl ✌️🙂

Three photos of Ariana with her coworkers from Kakehashi Games, smiling and laughing in front of the Cologne Cathedral in Germany.

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ariana!! 🗡✨ @arianamperry.com · 18/08/2026

pinterest can be hit-or-miss, but they have finally added toggles to turn off AI content - it doesn't always work, but it helps! (under "settings" > "refine your recommendations") good luck and i hope your kid's island turns out great!! 💜 (she has excellent taste LOL!)

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ariana!! 🗡✨ @arianamperry.com · 18/08/2026

i either go straight to the wiki page (if it has one) or do a google search, add "-ai" to the end, then hit "tools" > "any time" > "custom range" and pick something that's earlier than 2020 (to be safe!) not a perfect solution if you need something after 2020, but it has helped me greatly :'^)

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ariana!! 🗡✨ @arianamperry.com · 17/07/2026

played riftbound for the first time tonight and now i'm doomed to long for the $600 pink ahri card until i die

the beautiful pink-themed spiritforged ahri riftbound card, featuring a cute fox girl with pink hair and little jingly bells on her ears

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ariana!! 🗡✨ @arianamperry.com · 07/07/2026

(through tears and snot as i try to do my job) even though clifford is all grown up, he's still is mother's little puppy

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ariana!! 🗡✨ @arianamperry.com · 30/06/2026

sanity hanging on by a thread today so you know what that means

a screenshot of a YouTube playlist for the Hamtaro: Ham-Ham Heartbreak OST. all 751,927 listens are from me. trust me

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ariana!! 🗡✨ @arianamperry.com · 12/06/2026

going through my old art made me want to reshare this allagash piece from 2023..... i miss u my gay little son 🌙✨🔥 #artistsonbluesky #dnd #oc #art

a digital sketch of my dnd wizard elf, Allagash, looking angrily into the camera with his hand raised to his chest, palm up

the same digital sketch of allagash, but now there is a flame in his palm and he is illuminated by the glow

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ariana!! 🗡✨ @arianamperry.com · 12/06/2026

👋 welcome back artists! 🎨 quote with an old piece you still like! missing the bebop-steeped era of my life where i had tons of free time and tons of motivation to make fanart o(-( #artistsonbluesky #cowboybebop #fanart

digital fanart of Spike Spiegel from Cowboy Bebop sitting at a bar staring lovingly at the viewer. he is drinking a Prairie Oyster.

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ariana!! 🗡✨ @arianamperry.com · 11/06/2026

had the incredible joy last saturday of seeing Beth May perform "Beth Wants the D" at the Dynasty Typewriter :'^) as someone who has struggled with mental health for years, this show made me feel profoundly seen and understood in a way i didn't know i needed until now. huge recommend. ❤️ tysm beth!!

selfie with me (deeply anxious and silly looking) and Beth May (cool and smart)

an index card detailing the medicine "Rexulti" listing the details (atypical antipsychotic, treating schizophrenia and depression) and side effects (difficulty walking or speaking, fast heart rate) with Beth's signature in the bottom-right corner

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ariana!! 🗡✨ @arianamperry.com · 10/06/2026

also in honor of Kingdom Hearts news, please enjoy these Baby Ariana cosplay pics, taken respectively at a very public beach (complete with deviantart watermark LOL) and when i met Nobuo Uematsu :'^)

Baby Ariana recreates the iconic KH Riku pose at a very public beach where many people did not understand what she was doing

Baby Ariana dressed as Roxas and looking very shy while meeting Nobuo Uematsu (composer for Final Fantasy + many others)

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ariana!! 🗡✨ @arianamperry.com · 10/06/2026

i guess i should finally play Ocarina of Time before the remake comes out huh

a nervous-looking squidward (me) sitting on a bench

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ariana!! 🗡✨ @arianamperry.com · 29/05/2026

found out today that i leg press as much as Bang Chan Stray Kids so forgive me if i have an ego from now on LOL

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ariana!! 🗡✨ @arianamperry.com · 19/05/2026

trying to do my job knowing there have been five (5) hornets in our apartment in 24 hours and they just keep coming

spongebob sitting calmly at his desk, unbothered by hornets. overlaid is an imagine of spongebob screaming, mentally plagued by hornets.

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ariana!! 🗡✨ @arianamperry.com · 10/04/2026

✨ SEEKING STREAMERS & CONTENT CREATORS ✨ We're doing some early planning (👀) for our upcoming indie game, Serial World, and need your help! If you (or a friend!) love roguelike deckbuilders, RPGs, and creature collectors, let us know in the replies! 💖

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ariana!! 🗡✨ @arianamperry.com · 31/03/2026

why is being a woman a fresh torture at least once a week??? going insane rn trying to get a refill for the same birth control i have been taking for over a decade and suddenly it's problematic and i'm just so

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ariana!! 🗡✨ @arianamperry.com · 30/03/2026

some extra photos of cool stuff i saw!!

a photo of me (center) with four cosplayers from the Hollow Knight / Silksong games series. they look extremely cool!!!

a photo of me squatting and smiling in front of Mossy Snorlax from Pokemon Pokopia.

a photo of me squatting and smiling in front of Thunder Goober from Goobie Garden. i met him for the first time yesterday and i enjoy his roundness.

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ariana!! 🗡✨ @arianamperry.com · 30/03/2026

had a wonderful day at #paxeast yesterday with two of my favorite people in the world 🥹💖 also felt WILDLY strange to be at an event and not working it for once, my brain kept thinking i was late for boothing LOL

a photo of me (left) and my friend (right) smiling at the camera!

a photo of my partner (left) and me (right) smiling at the camera!

a photo taken from above at the 0.5 angle of me (left) and my friend (right) looking very small and cute in the lobby.

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ariana!! 🗡✨ @arianamperry.com · 13/03/2026

saving money on the 3am flight vs. showing up for the 3am flight (i just did this to myself last weekend)

"Breaking Bad" meme of Hank looking very happy, then very upset.

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ariana!! 🗡✨ @arianamperry.com · 11/03/2026

missing all my cool industry friends rn........ please enjoy GDC for me......... please don't forget me.......

a sad little puppy (me) sitting on the shores of the ocean, gazing wistfully into the distance

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ariana!! 🗡✨ @arianamperry.com · 10/03/2026

just found out i was in Little Tokyo at the same time as the Square Enix pop-up shop and DID NOT EVEN KNOW THEY HAD ART BOOKS AND FF9 FIGURINES I'M SO

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ariana!! 🗡✨ @arianamperry.com · 09/03/2026

this is #WhatAGameDevLooksLike!! not at GDC this year (😭) but i've been in games as a marketing professional for 4 years now! it takes a LOT for me to celebrate myself, but in that short time i went from a beginner with no industry experience to a director role, and i think that's pretty cool :'^)

a mirror selfie of me in a grey crop top, smiling at the phone camera.

a photo of me smiling in the snow in a winter coat, framing my face with my hands.

a photo of me posing in front of the skyline of kyoto.

a photo of me squatting in front of a sega & friends window display with my arms out, absolutely swagged out.

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ariana!! 🗡✨ @arianamperry.com · 17/02/2026

also i need you all to know that it might not look like it, but the horse in the first photo is 19.5 hands high which makes him 6.5FT TALL AT THE SHOULDER HE IS A BIG BOY

a photo of me standing next to an enormous brown horse, giving him nose scritches. his head is the length of my whole torso LOL

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ariana!! 🗡✨ @arianamperry.com · 17/02/2026

happy year of the horse from your friendly neighborhood horse girl!!! 🐴💖✨ wishing us all a year of adventure, freedom, stability, and strength (and many many more good horses to pet)

a photo of me (in a long yellow winter coat) smiling and standing next to a very large draft horse, who is brown with a white stripe down his nose.

a photo of a very pretty brown horse with a white diamond on his forehead and two little grey patches on his nose bridge.

a photo of a horse's nose taking from underneath at 0.5, so his nose looks especially funny and big

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ariana!! 🗡✨ @arianamperry.com · 12/02/2026

the little paws gripping the pillow oh my god

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ariana!! 🗡✨ @arianamperry.com · 07/02/2026

very cool trailer but unfortunately i grew up playing Ham-Hams Unite on GBC so whenever i hear this song all i can think about is the dancing clock hamster

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ariana!! 🗡✨ @arianamperry.com · 05/02/2026

✨ graphic novel enjoyers: ✨ pitch me some of your favorites!! i recently picked up This One Summer, Are You Listening?, and Monotone Blue for my "to-read" list, but would love to add more to my backlog 👀 (bonus points if they are gay) #graphicnovels #comics

a photo showing a stack of graphic novels (Monotone blue, Are You Listening?, and This One Summer) on top of various other graphic novels (Heartstopper, Hello Sunshine, Kid Gloves, Kokoro, etc.)

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ariana!! 🗡✨ @arianamperry.com · 26/01/2026

happy community manager appreciation day to every community manager doing their best right now, god knows y'all are not appreciated enough!! 💖

a photo of me patting my very cute dog on the head. he is smiling happily. the word "me" is written above my hand, and the words "community manager" are written on my dog's torso.

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ariana!! 🗡✨ @arianamperry.com · 06/01/2026

i'm so proud of all that i accomplished personally and professionally in 2025, and i can't wait to see what new adventures 2026 has in store for me :'^) bonus honse content for ur enjoyment:

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ariana!! 🗡✨ @arianamperry.com · 06/01/2026

happy new year!! here are some 2025 highlights i'm still celebrating: 💖 moved in with @tonycomputerentertainment.com hehe 🗻 first mt. fuji sighting 🎉 anniversary in NYC 🎵 STRAY KIDS CONCERT 🎮 first Gamescom trip (+ ran all of our B2B meetings!) 🎂 turned 30!!!!! 🐴 started volunteering with horses

A photo of a seaside town in the Japanese countryside. Across the water, Mt. Fuji is visible on a perfectly clear day.

A photo of me and my partner smiling at each other in Central Park.

A photo of me and my coworkers smiling at our Gamescom booth.

Two photos of my friends and I smiling at my 30th birthday party. In the second photo, my dog is standing in the way of the camera and we're all laughing.

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ariana!! 🗡✨ @arianamperry.com · 19/12/2025

i think someone in this room might want a sandwich..

a picture of my lovely partner making a pb&j sandwich. to his right, you can barely see the nose and ears of our extremely cute dog

the same view, but now our extremely cute dog is slightly more visible

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ariana!! 🗡✨ @arianamperry.com · 10/12/2025

wishing everyone in LA a very happy Game Awards weekend :'^) please know we wish we could have made it this year and we hope to visit sometime soon!!

doodles of the "yippee" creature (representing me) looking extremely sad. the center text reads "[bleats pathetically]"

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ariana!! 🗡✨ @arianamperry.com · 17/11/2025

i think awards shows should limit games to one nomination per event so a greater variety of games can be highlighted

norman rockwell "Freedom of Speech" painting representing my hot take

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ariana!! 🗡✨ @arianamperry.com · 06/11/2025

how it feels when my boyfriend brings me a mcflurry and french fries

happy little spinny hat dog holding a lollipop, aka me right now

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ariana!! 🗡✨ @arianamperry.com · 24/10/2025

i'd really like to take a moment to honor "awesome shirt"

screenshot of a teal shirt with a shark yelling "LOL!". in the corner a handwritten note from 2011 ariana reads "awesome shirt"

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ariana!! 🗡✨ @arianamperry.com · 24/10/2025

2025 vs. 2011!! ✨✏🦈 participated in "Do-Over-tober" with some art friends and redrew some ancient art from my 14-year-old scene era LOL super fun way to stretch my art muscles after a long break!! #oc #illustration #redraw

a fish-eye perspective full-body illustration of a scene boy against a teal background posing for the camera, grinning and holding his hands like a frame around his face. his outfit has many iconic scene/alt features: fishnet gloves, silver piercings, studded hot topic belt, checkered socks, yellow converse, etc.

EXTREMELY old ariana art of the same scene boy circa 2011. to the left is a bio listing a bunch of random facts about him, and to the right is a sketch of his hairstyle, as well as three outfits he might be seen wearing.

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ariana!! 🗡✨ @arianamperry.com · 23/10/2025

WHY IS IT ALREADY 2:30 WHERE IS THE DAY GOING

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ariana!! 🗡✨ @arianamperry.com · 20/10/2025

had my last ren faire of the season over the weekend, felt quite happy with how my fit turned out ✨

a photo of myself in a fun and busy alleyway at a ren faire, wearing bunny ears, various furs, a tan corset, and a long black skirt.

a photo of myself in the same outfit, standing in front of giant blue butterfly wings and posing in a heart with my arms.

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ariana!! 🗡✨ @arianamperry.com · 14/10/2025

bonus mirror selfies from each morning of the con bc i could not find the professional photographer for the rest of the weekend LOL

a mirror selfie of me dressed as deku from BNHA squatting in front of a mirror, wearing green cat ears and doing a peace sign above my head.

a mirror selfie of me cosplaying howl pendragon with black bunny ears.

a mirror selfie of me dressed as bunny maid miku, squatting in front of a mirror.

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ariana!! 🗡✨ @arianamperry.com · 14/10/2025

had the pleasure of cosplaying bunny maid miku at Anime Ink 2025 earlier this month to help a friend at her tattoo booth 💖 i hadn't been able to cosplay all year and was really missing it, so this was an especially happy weekend :'^)

a photo of myself dressed as miku in a maid's dress, wearing large black bunny ears!! i'm smiling and waving with both hands, and behind me there is an anime backdrop of some mountains and fields with pink and blue lighting.

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ariana!! 🗡✨ @arianamperry.com · 22/09/2025

thinking about undertale's 10th anniversary and feeling quite nostalgic and sentimental :'^) what a beautiful piece of media that undoubtedly changed me for good. here are some of the doodles i had in my sketchbook circa 2015.. can you guess who my favorite characters were LOL

sketchbook illustrations of Undyne and Mettaton from Undertale. the dialogue for Undyne reads "Say that again, PUNK!" and the dialogue for Mettaton reads, "Oh yesss... she's quite a firecracker. <3"

sketchbook illustrations of various Undertale characters in cute poses, specifically Muffet, Undyne, Sans, Frisk, and Mettaton.

sketchbook illustrations of Undertale characters in various poses, specifically Sans, Mettaton, and Undyne

sketchbook illustrations of various Undertale characters, including Mettaton, Undyne, Napstablook, Papyrus, Frisk, and Sans.

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ariana!! 🗡✨ @arianamperry.com · 12/09/2025

but genuinely NEW FIRE EMBLEM GAME AAAAUUUGHHHHHH LIFE IS WORTH LIVING AFTER ALL

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ariana!! 🗡✨ @arianamperry.com · 11/09/2025

patton out here playing bingo

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ariana!! 🗡✨ @arianamperry.com · 11/09/2025

walking into the vet like "my dog has a bunch of new lumps and three kinds of allergies and also needs some vaccines and also puked this morning and is also scared of the kitchen floor and also here's a bag of his poop and also he's licking his feet again"

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ariana!! 🗡✨ @arianamperry.com · 09/09/2025

new dnd campaign started tonight and we now have a new tradition of drawing our character art in MS Paint

charmingly low-detail drawings of a dragonborn character, frog character, and catgirl character

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