Digital Artist · 2D Animator · Spec Fic Author
Multimedia Designer · Grad Student
Toronto, Canada
My name is Suprabha Irugalratne (Su Vida for short). I'm a multimedia designer, artist, 2D animator and speculative fiction author from the central hills of Sri Lanka.
I hold a Bachelor of Multimedia (Hons) Animation & VFX from Multimedia University in Malaysia. I've been producing art, design and animation (mainly motion graphics) for many clients, primarily in advertising, while building my own IPs in the form of speculative fiction novels, which come with my own art and lush worldbuilding rooted in southern Asia.
Due to my multidisciplinary skills, I often take projects from ideation to final product.
I'm currently enrolled in the Master of Digital Media program at Toronto Metropolitan University. When I'm not drawing, animating, volunteering or crafting stories, you can find me geeking out over anime, video games and hard sci-fi.
I hold a Bachelor of Multimedia (Hons) Animation & VFX from Multimedia University in Malaysia. In my final year, I worked as an intern for 4 months full-time at Sunrisez Entertainment (formerly Frogtale Studio) in Sunway City, where I did storyboarding as well as 3D modeling and texturing for Sam McHamm & the Kingdom of Foodoo.
After returning to Sri Lanka, I worked as a Digital Art Director at Wunderman Thompson, where I produced art and animation for some of Sri Lanka's biggest corporates, such as Sri Lanka Telecom, MAS Holdings and Sri Lankan Airlines.
My extensive volunteer work in the environmental space and vegan advocacy brought me an opportunity to work remotely for Food Frontier in Melbourne, and in a few months, I became the Creative Director of its offshoot, The Food You Choose (TFYC), which supplied sustainable food to major Australian universities. I was in charge of all creative work, including branding, art, web design and social media content.
After the pandemic, I became a freelance artist and animator, working for many clients, primarily boutique advertising agencies, while building my own story IPs. In 2025, Balmond Studio and its advertising offshoot CLAN B hired me full-time to produce architectural animations and a 15-minute animated adaptation of the mathematical book, Number 9 by Cecil Balmond. I'm currently enrolled in the Master of Digital Media program at Toronto Metropolitan University.
Where I've Worked
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Knight of Illusions | Art & design
TFYC Australia | Web design & newsletters
TFYC Australia | Social media graphics
TFYC Australia | Branding & print
Game Design
This is my brand new video game for Dr. Kris Alexander's game design class at TMU.
The game is being built on Godot, and this is my own art, animation and narrative design. Since I am not a coder, coding assistance has been provided by ChatGPT and Gemini.
Darkenlolly: The Lost Bear is a sci-fi metroidvania. Follow Lavaria, a quirky scientist girl, as she shrinks herself into the microworld of her terrarium to find her lost tardigrade, aka water bear. Watch the first game demo on YouTube.
Original art brand
goth · chibi · kawaii
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Art & Animation
I like nonsense.
It wakes up the brain cells.
Dr. Seuss
My imagination is powered by rock/epic music, dark chocolate and amazing science. As a lifelong otaku, I have devoured a massive range of stories and creative content. Some of my biggest influences:
・Sony Pictures Animation, Disney, Tim Burton
・Anime: mostly Naruto, Bleach, Death Note and One Piece
・Video games: Don't Starve Ori, Hollow Knight, Oxygen Not Included, Deponia, Prince of Persia, StarCraft, Command & Conquer, Gris & Alice Madness Returns
Showcased below is a collection of my art, design and animation work. View the full portfolio on Behance.
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Stories
I write YA speculative fiction—sci-fi, fantasy and horror. I love all three, but I tend to gravitate towards sci-fi. In fact, funky science plays a role in all of my stories, since I geek out over it and love science communication.
My three completed webnovels to date have garnered over 60,000 comments from readers around the world! They contain: nerdy heroines, Asian-ness, lush worldbuilding, ace rep, goth aesthetics and anime/gaming/fairytale elements. Despite global interest in sustainability and plant-forward food systems, it's still very rare to find eco themes and vegan characters in media. My stories are out to change that!
I began penning my novels during the pandemic while working freelance. My first novel KOMOREBY was shortlisted for the Watty Awards 2022, which had over 40,000 entries, and entered Editor's Choice on the homepage. Wattpad invited me to join its inaugural Creator Program, exclusive for authors with high engagement. I've also volunteered for 3 years as a Wattpad Ambassador to uplift indie writers, and eventually led teams as a senior, vetting hundreds of stories and judging contests.
Almost all of my second novel, RHODOREEF, was written on my phone due to the power cuts in my country. It won the Amby Awards 2023 on Wattpad under Science Fiction. My third, BLACK AVATARE, won the Amby Awards 2024 under Paranormal and entered the overall Grand Favorites. Now I'm writing my fourth offline.
My stories are currently available free as webnovels on Wattpad. I hope to traditionally publish in the future!
fun · smart · anime-esque · quirky
BLACK AVATARE
A dark sci-fantasy re-imagining of the Black Prince from Sri Lankan folklore.
Grand Favorite of the Amby Awards 2024.
The Great Haunting was just a historical plague. The alluring demon Black Prince wasn't real—it was the disease that drove the unfortunate maidens to take their lives. Cityfolk with sense know that. Binara knows better.
For those acquainted with her, Binara is just a teen spending school break in her ancestral estate with a strict governess, a workaholic mother and an ailing great uncle. Only her missing sister knew of her ability to detect ghost essence and the mysterious dark matter the city is using as a power source. Armed with science, Binara is confident that she's a better ghosthunter than the city's shadowy ghostbusting agency.
Now, history is repeating itself with increasing incidents of missing girls and hauntings—which Binara blames for the disappearance of her sister. It's time to fight back before darkness takes over her home. What better way than to set a trap for none other than the Black Prince?
Sample chapters only. Currently querying.
