Currently, Ariana is a Head Writer and Producer on the short film "Mom, Dad...I Want To Be A Pornstar." Ariana arranged interviews with real-working sex workers for research, break story beats in collaboration with other writers, and oversee/edit drafts. The project is being produced by Our Small Majority, directed by Matthew Goriachkovsky of Hungry Man Productions, and shot by Corey Cao Nguyen of A24, Hulu, and Amazon Studios.
You can find updates on this project at our Seed and Spark page here. We raised over $20,000, filmed, and are currently in post production. Expected to release early 2024.
In 2021, Ariana Claire Isbell performed as a co-host on the Funsmith Fireside Chats, an ongoing series of interviews with working video game senior designers, managers, and artists. During her tenure, Isbell was able to interview the likes of Nathan Tiras of Singularity 6, Rian Trost of Blizzard, and Osama Dorias of Unity, among many others.
Hired to animate an asset and graphics based animation video for the University of California, Irvine instructing professors and Teaching Assistants on the medical grant procedure. Not allowed to link directly to video due to NDA confidentially.
Illustrated Kari Duet's children's book entitled, "My Dad's Shoes". The book is self-published on Amazon where it can be purchased.