Arkana

It took years to bring this 3-minute animation to life. Fully hand-drawn. Self-funded. This is the first step into a massive sci-fi/fantasy mythos I’ve been building for a decade. Turn the sound up. 🧵

@firstshowing happy new year man. Thank you for covering the video!!

@arkanavoid All the best 👌🏻

Great writeup about Einvik's Curse by @firstshowing. Never spoke with Alex... he just found the video here and intuitively captured exact what I'd want to say about the project. Quite rare to find press coverage like that.

Article here: firstshowing.net/2025/watch-han…

2025 was a year of extremes. From a rapid paced chaotic cross-country move and the loss of my father, to breaking massive ground on a trilogy screenplay and landing a short film on Adult Swim / Toonami. There's always been a story behind the music, and I'm currently raising funds to commission concept art for the trilogy. Learn more about that with the 🔗 on my profile. The faster we hit the goal, the sooner we can bring this world to life. Thank you for the continued support, however you can. It all fuels the next chapter.

‘Einvik’s Curse’, an animated short film by @arkanavoid has released. The short recently premiered on Adult Swim’s Toonami block. [Help the short become a graphic novel: gofundme.com/f/unearth-a-my…]

Tonight during Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War - The Conflict, #Toonami aired a music video titled "Einvik's Curse," with music by Arkana and video by Anthony F. Schepperd!

Check out the latest #Toonami animated short film by Arkana on the #AdultSwim YouTube channel! youtube.com/watch?v=OLnM6g…

🚨 UPDATE: The video aired on Toonami, and was posted on the Adult Swim YouTube last night! youtu.be/OLnM6gqNu2I

It took years to bring this 3-minute animation to life. Fully hand-drawn. Self-funded. This is the first step into a massive sci-fi/fantasy mythos I’ve been building for a decade. Turn the sound up. 🧵

Last night Einvik's Curse premiered on @adultswim / Toonami😱 Shows like Gundam Wing aired on this exact block and were some of my earliest creative sparks growing up. So to watch my own work be featured in that same space... I can’t really explain the feeling. Huge thanks to everyone involved, and for everyone who has supported me on this journey. Time to keep going!

@CalderMoore_ wow. i love the color scheme

Another DND art I got to make for the upcoming book!

@CalderMoore_ clean af

just a quiet morning

@catsuka incredible.

Btw, french illustrator/animator Lili des Bellons is currently working on his first comic book, "Les premiers humains dans la Lune" (The first humans on the Moon).

@Rainwontmiss Scavengers Reign

Name a canceled TV show that deserves another season.

@ionomycin incredible

nursery

@CalderMoore_ exactly

@arkanavoid Conjurer of planets

what kind of caster do you think uses this staff?

@bejeweledpro @nemesis_lol Really groovy! Love the lead lines and counter melodies. Keep it up!

@arkanavoid @nemesis_lol I think your DMs are locked, so I’ll send it here. I’ve been in a creative rut for a while and haven’t released anything recently. I make a variety of different genres. Here’s a jazz tune I wrote, and you can find the rest of my page through there: on.soundcloud.com/irSkYosiM22bTh…

@bejeweledpro @nemesis_lol I'm also AuDHD! I think you know what I mean when I say that executive function struggle / other sensory difficulties cannot be described into words. Btw send me ur stuff! I'll check it out.

@arkanavoid @nemesis_lol You’re very welcome. As a musician/composer myself, with executive functioning difficulties to boot (AuDHD), I understand and empathize with a lot of those struggles. I always try to give artists their flowers when I enjoy their work on my TL, because great art beckons praise!

@SonikuRaharu @LeevaiNFT I fluctuate back and forth on it. It's important to finish things, but my soul feels more aligned when I'm in the deep end of creating, rather than just showcasing the result

@arkanavoid @LeevaiNFT That's a interesting concept. I wonder if it's unique to artists. Personally, I have a lot of ideas floating around that I would love to see come to fruition, but I'll never be able to without a million dollars, or better tools... like AI. I respect the process, too, though.

@waterkid72 Def working on it! It's coming along well

@arkanavoid Either way I wish you the best of luck. The short was amazing and it deserves to expand to a full story!