Sultan Nashira Ariva Portfolio 2026

Portfolio 2026 Malang, Indonesia

Sultan Nashira Ariva

Designing interfaces that are pleasant to use, then bringing small worlds to life in pixels. D4 Informatics Engineering student at Politeknik Negeri Malang.

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UI/UX Design Game Development Pixel Art

Work index

One person, two disciplines.
Pick whichever is relevant.

01 interface

UI/UX Design

Flows, wireframes, and prototypes for apps and websites. From mapping product needs to handing over developer-ready files.

  • 01 Lokalinggo
  • 02 CMS Laboratorium
  • 03 Information System Harapan Jaya Printing
FigmaUser FlowWireframingPrototyping
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02 play

Game Development

2D games and pixel art assets. Movement mechanics, sprite integration, and the visual identity that gives each game its face.

  • 01 Home Sweet Home
  • 02 Guardian's Tail
  • 03 Magicaffeine
GB StudioAsepriteUnityC#
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Photo of Sultan Nashira Ariva wearing glasses and a light shirt
sultan-ariva / 2026
00 About

Design taught me structure. Pixel art taught me limits.

Informatics Engineering student at Politeknik Negeri Malang who has spent the last two years on two sides that rarely meet: designing interfaces in Figma, and drawing 2D game assets in Aseprite.

In UI/UX I learned that design decisions have to be explainable: the flow, the hierarchy, the reason behind the layout. In game art I learned the opposite: working inside limits, because a palette and a canvas size force every pixel to justify itself.

I still work on both, side by side.

I like work that needs a reason: why the button sits there, why that colour, why this sprite is eight frames and not twelve.

Focus
UI/UX Design · Game Art
Campus
Politeknik Negeri Malang — D4 Informatics Engineering
Semester
Semester 5 · 3.63 / 4.00
Location
Malang, East Java · WIB (UTC+7)
Languages
Indonesian (native) · English (proficient)
01 Interface

UI/UX Design

Three projects where I owned the flow and the interface: a language learning app, a lab CMS, and a printing information system. All in Figma.

01 Regional language learning app Apr — Jul 2025 UI/UX Designer

Lokalinggo

A regional language learning app built on Duolingo’s daily-lesson habit: one short lesson, repeated every day. I owned the navigation flow and every main screen, from onboarding to profile.

  • Mapped the user flow across onboarding, lessons, practice, community, and profile.
  • Designed the key screens: splash, onboarding, and a home screen with a culture map.
  • Kept visual consistency through a single terracotta palette, one card system, and a fixed type hierarchy.
  • Linked the screens into a clickable prototype to test the order of steps.
FigmaPrototyping
Open the Figma file
Lokalinggo splash screen with the bird mascot
splash
Lokalinggo onboarding screen
onboarding
Lokalinggo home screen with the culture map long screen
home
Figma board — all screens figma
Figma board containing every Lokalinggo screen
Three key screens from the Figma prototype: splash, onboarding, and the home screen with its culture map. scroll the screens sideways →
02 Laboratory CMS website Oct — Dec 2025 UI/UX Designer · team

CMS Laboratorium

The Software Engineering lab needed one place to manage its profile, activities, and research assets. I designed the information structure and the CMS interface, then handed it to the developers.

  • Mapped the lab content into a flat navigation hierarchy that scans quickly.
  • Laid out list pages, detail pages, and the content management forms.
  • Built reusable visual components so pages stay consistent.
  • Supported the developers while the design moved into the website.
FigmaInformation Architecture
cms-laboratorion.fig wireframe
Page structure: navigation on the left, content list in the middle, data table below.
03 Printing information system Feb — Jun 2026 UI/UX Designer · team

SI Harapan Jaya Printing

An information system for Harapan Jaya Printing, with one main problem: printing service details had to read clearly without making people ask twice.

  • Designed the interface around the readability of service information.
  • Structured pages and interface elements so printing data reads in order.
  • Adjusted the design to the system requirements together with the team.
FigmaDesign System
si-harapan-jaya.fig wireframe
Page structure: service list, detail panel, and input form.
02 Play

Game &
pixel art

Three 2D games: I built one myself and made the visual assets for the other two. The first taught me logic, the rest taught me consistency.

01 Exploring a house, Game Boy style Jun — Aug 2024 Game Developer
dot matrix DMG · GB Studio
Screenshot of the first room in Home Sweet Home

living room · 1/2

home-sweet-home press → to change screen
Home Sweet Home pixel art logo
logo & title

Two game screens. Press ▶ to switch rooms.

Home Sweet Home

GB Studio · Game Boy ROM

My first game: one small house you can walk through, built inside 8-bit console limits. I handled movement mechanics, sprite integration, and how the rooms fit together.

  • Implemented character movement and room-to-room interaction with GB Studio events.
  • Integrated character sprites, tilesets, and props into each scene.
  • Kept the look consistent on the Game Boy’s limited palette.
GB StudioAseprite
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02 A barista in a fantasy world Aug 2025 Pixel Game Artist · team
Magicaffeine key art: a blue-robed barista character
key art
Pixel art coffee cup set
cup set
Screenshot of a customer dialogue in the coffee shop
dialogue scene
Screenshot of the coffee brewing interface with parameter panels
brewing UI

Magicaffeine

Unity · GameSeed 2025 team

A GameSeed 2025 jam game about a barista opening a coffee shop in a fantasy world. I made the visual assets: characters, cups, and in-game interface pieces.

  • Drew the dwarf character sprite and a coffee cup set on a limited palette.
  • Designed icons and small panels for the game interface.
  • Delivered assets in the format the Unity team needed for integration.
AsepriteUnity
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03 Environmental puzzles Jun — Sep 2025 Pixel Game Artist · team
Guardian’s Tail main menu with start and options buttons
main menu
Screenshot of the Guardian’s Tail play area
play area
Guardian’s Tail character sprite
character sprite
Chapter 2 plaque for Guardian’s Tail
chapter 2 plaque

Guardian's Tail

Unity · KMIPN VII 2025 team

An educational game for KMIPN VII 2025 that asks players to look after nature through environmental puzzles. I owned the visual identity: logo, menu, and chapter cards.

  • Drew the pixel art logo and wordmark that became the game’s face.
  • Designed the buttons, main menu, and chapter story cards.
  • Made supporting character sprites consistent with the game’s style.
AsepriteUnity
View on itch.io

raw assets

Asset pieces handed over to the developer team.

  • Six frames of the dwarf character
    character · 6 frames
  • Six coffee cup sprites
    prop · 6 cups
  • Chapter 1 plaque for Guardian’s Tail
    plaque · chapter 1
  • Wordmark and emblem for Guardian’s Tail
    wordmark · menu
03 Archive

Visual archive

Work outside the two tracks: pixel art portraits, game assets that never became a project page, and graphic design for promotion.

16 works
04 Experience

Learning by
building with other people.

Roles at Workshop Riset Informatika taught me to write materials, teach, and see things through. The rest is freelance design work since 2020.

  1. Head of UI/UX Division

    Feb 2025 — present

    Workshop Riset Informatika · Polinema

    result Session attendance rose from 2–3 people to around 30.

    • Ran the UI/UX Division programme for the 2025/2026 period.
    • Wrote the syllabus and teaching materials for the UI/UX Design miniclass.
    • Mentored Project Based Learning for semesters 3–4, from interface design to prototype.

  2. Game Development Division Mentor

    Feb 2025 — present

    Workshop Riset Informatika · Polinema

    • Prepared teaching materials for the Game Development miniclass.
    • Taught the basics of 2D pixel art game assets: objects and environment elements.
    • Supported the division’s programme through the period.

  3. UI/UX Beta Test Mentor

    additional role Oct 2024 — present

    Workshop Riset Informatika · Polinema

    • Guided UI/UX Design miniclass participants through beta test sessions.
    • Gave feedback on participant design exercises before final assessment.

  4. Graphic Designer

    Dec 2020 — present

    Freelance

    • Made posters, character designs, digital illustrations, and promo materials themed around games and anime.
    • Developed visual concepts through typography, composition, colour, and illustration.
    • Adapted work for digital publishing and social media content.
05 Education

Formal education
and one certificate.

Informatics Engineering gave me the software engineering base; the interface design courses gave me the first place to practise designing.

Aug 2024 — present Malang

Politeknik Negeri Malang

D4 Informatics Engineering

GPA 3.63 / 4.00

Relevant coursework

  • Interface Design
  • Software Engineering
  • Object-Oriented Analysis & Design
  • Web Design and Programming
  • Project Management
Jul 2021 — May 2024 Kediri

SMA Negeri 1 Kediri

Natural Sciences

Grade 92.55 / 100

Certification Jan 2025 — Jan 2028

Basic Front-End Web Developer

Dicoding

06 — Contact

Let’s talk
about work.

Open to collaboration on interface design, digital products, or game assets. Send a short brief and I’ll reply with the approach that fits best.

sultannanda55@gmail.com

Malang, East Java · WIB (UTC+7)