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A vast Renaissance court gathers beneath sweeping blue and gold cosmic clouds, monumental planets, and luminous celestial architecture.
ART. INSTINCT. COMMERCIAL IMPACT.A TWO-PERSON CREATIVE STUDIO

Imagery that
refuses
to behave.

A highly boutique brand studio.
Built for the bold few.

We’re allergic
to ordinary.
A DIFFERENT WAY TO SEEOPTIC RIOT / INDEPENDENT IMAGINATION

LET YOUR CURIOSITY LEAD.

To capture attention,
you have to capture
the imagination.

Stop them.
Make them
feel something.

The unexpected.
With a commercial
purpose.

We help aspirational companies stand apart with unconventional imagery—earning attention, building recognition, and giving people a reason to choose them.

An astronaut beneath a pink sakura tree, looking into a painted cosmos above rivers of turquoise, magenta and gold.

A world
at your fingertips.

Tap or drag to stir the blossoms. Or focus the painting and press Enter or Space.

An in-depth look at Optic Riot’s Medusa platform.

Old-school instinct.
An entirely new nervous system.

Medusa brings our minds, tools, and projects together—turning artistic instinct into unexpected work.

Preparing the view
The mechanical Medusa: pale ceramic armor, reflective glass and titanium, a layered reactor, and eight articulated tentacles with violet and cyan accents.

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Two people.
Considerable
force.

A PROVEN BLUEPRINT
FOR COMMERCIAL SUCCESS.

For some companies, aspiration is in their DNA. We help the few who truly have something to say stand apart visually.

Monaco Six and Steven each bring a proven track record in their industries. For years, we talked about collaborating. Now we’re putting that experience to work together—to show how visuals drive value.

Monaco Six

Artist & cofounder

Original art, a distinctive visual vocabulary, and an instinct for the unexpected. The eye that takes the work somewhere you haven’t been.

Steven Ayres

Creative entrepreneur & cofounder

Creative direction, narrative, and commercial judgment. Connecting emerging technology with what a brand needs to say—and why anyone should care.

Distinct imaginations. A shared direction.
Something neither could make alone.

Inside Optic Riot.

Art, ideas, and the people behind them.

A pink-suited figure looks across a turquoise pool and cypress garden beneath a floating red car, with surreal objects and pink clouds.

No one’s paying
attention to
ordinary.

Give them a reason to look.

Just call us and we’ll build your brief

(612) 418-2787

A vast Renaissance court gathers beneath sweeping blue and gold cosmic clouds, monumental planets, and luminous celestial architecture.
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A world of its own

A celestial gathering. A familiar world, made extraordinary.

An Optic Riot visual study.

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THE FIRST EXPRESSION OF A COLLABORATION

About this
experience.

The story of Optic Riot is drawn from the studio’s supplied website story and copy: a collaboration between Monaco Six and Steven Ayres, exploring the possibilities of art, storytelling, and technology.

Original art. Unusual encounters. A point of view you can feel. Optic Riot explores how images, movement, and interaction can captivate the imagination.

We bring other exceptional minds into the work when their perspective can take it further. Artists, filmmakers, motion designers, and technologists contribute to a shared creative direction.

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