Arik Moonhawk Roper is a visionary illustrator from New York City. He graduated from The School of Visual Arts in New York in 1995 with a degree in cartooning, and an independent study in screen printing. Merging his love of music and art, he began his early career primarily working with bands creating album art for which he has built a significant following. Arik has also worked extensively in storyboard art, animation design, screen print design, book and magazine illustration, skateboard and snowboard graphics, film poster and prop design, visual design for music industry artists and music festivals, and gaming companies. Arik’s work encompasses diverse styles, ranging from black and white illustration, to lettering and logo design, to simple graphic imagery, to vibrantly detailed color illustrations. He works proficiently in traditional mediums such as watercolor, ink, and gouache, as well as digitally. 



Arik mixes the light and the dark within his art to reveal imagery which is at once strangely unique, distantly familiar, and always soaked with an earnestly fantastic aesthetic. He draws inspiration from a variety of sources such as Mythology, Consciousness, Psychology, Religion, Animated films, Science Fiction and Fantasy literature, Graphic Novel and Comic art, Golden Age Illustration, and Nature itself.

Previous clients include:
Penguin/Tarcher Books
Abrams Books
Warner Bros Animation
Sony/Columbia Records
Super 7
Mojo Magazine
New Scientist Magazine
Burning Wheel Games
Desertfest London
MTV Animation
Volcom
RCA Records
Magnolia Pictures
Arthur Magazine
Waxwork Records
Vice Magazine
Stumptown Coffee Roasters
Revolver Magazine
Guitar World Magazine
Bill Graham Presents
Drag City Records
Southern Lord Records
Strange Attractor Press
Nickelodeon
Relapse Records
Real Skateboards
Alien Workshop Skateboards
Bravado Merchandising
Instant Live Productions
Wieden and Kennedy
Mishka
Thrill Jockey Records
E1 Entertainment
Pacific Northwest Films
Burton Snowboards
Atomic Skis
Land’s End