Ariel Kaplan is a Los Angeles-based creative project manager, illustrator, and visual storyteller with more than a decade of experience in the entertainment industry. Working across immersive design, graphic illustration, and large-scale creative production, Kaplan has contributed to numerous high-profile film and television projects including Stranger Things, Black Panther, and Lovecraft Country.

With a multidisciplinary background that includes anthropology, illustration, and experiential design, Kaplan approaches storytelling through both conceptual development and visual worldbuilding. Her work reflects an interest in narrative structure, character, humor, and the intersection between entertainment and visual culture.

Alongside her professional production work, Kaplan creates irreverent cartoons and animated comedy shorts that showcase a playful and personal creative voice rooted in illustration, satire, and independent animation.