#ERSKINE DESIGNS

[fhtagn-and-tentacles]

THE UNSEEN TEMPEST

by Erskine

[siryl]

"Dismal Dominion" by Mark Erskine.

[haaaaaaaaaaaave-you-met-ted]

The Insidious Call by Erskine Designs

[madcat-world]

Frozen Purgatory - ERSKINE DESIGNS

[al-ghoul]

ERSKINE DESIGNS

[alkalische]

recollection stuff. fidel and erskie..

and erskine redesign

[guy60660]

Isamu Noguchi | © Erskine, Hall & Coe | Stuart Burford | Underwood Archives | Getty Images

[drondskaath]

Conjureth | The Parasitic Chambers | 2023

American Death Metal

Artwork by Erskine Design

https://conjureth.bandcamp.com/album/the-parasitic-chambers

[hotniatheron]

Barnes is literally the ghost in the machine

[zot3-flopped]

So let’s say it’s a stunt, PR or whatever they call it but this is Harry’s 5th girlfriend or so since being a teenager so why don’t they leave him alone then. I mean, what’s the point of writing think pieces about a strangers love life over and over again saying how much the stunting disturbs them. If not that larries , PR harries are all mentally ill bullies with serious holes in their own lives, you will think they would have left harry alone by now. Just plain stupidity.

Claiming that all his relationships are stunts is a preposterous position to take and the PR hags know this, so they feel the need to constantly defend it.

[fhtagn-and-tentacles]

THE GREAT ODD ONES

Cover art by Erskine Designs

[siryl]

"Outer Space Landscape" by Mark Erskine.

[haaaaaaaaaaaave-you-met-ted]

Elder Ritual by Erskine Designs

[mizusnose]

Mrs. & Mrs. Smith

In which Mizu and fem! reader are assigned to top-secret missions that are high-risk under the guise of being one another’s wives. Violence and sexual/romantic tension ensue!

based off maya erskine’s new series—I’m obsessed..

You both are very cold, calculated killers that the government has placed in this mission. It’s meant to be a long term thing, months for sure, years? most likely.

The first time you both meet, it’s awkward. Mizu is all long pale limbs and a dark spill of hair against strong shoulders, stronger chest.

She eyes you as you blatantly check her out. “You know this isn’t real, right?”

And you shrug, bite your lip and get moved in. Ignoring the way you can feel Mizu’s glare on you as you walk up the stairs to your room.

Your missions are vague. A note at the door step in the mornings. Mizu wakes before you do usually, and when she saunters into your room, bedtime robe slipping off her rippling shoulders, you try not to drool too obviously.

She gives you the rundown and you’re dressed in an hour. The mission is simple: deliver an unmarked package, then leave.

Yet, as Mizu ties up her hair as you’re both being chased onto a boat where the designated drop point is, you feel your heart race—not from the adrenaline or danger.

Her jaw is sharp, cut into a jagged point where it slopes off soft and connecting to her ears—the ones that stick out slightly. Make her look younger. You blush despite the situation.

Fast forward to after dropping off the package when suddenly the package erupts and sends you both flying off into the pier.

You’re both soaking by the time you’re on shore, but you’re met with enemies who leave you no option but to surrender.

You try very hard not to focus entirely on the long katana pressed to Mizu’s neck: the heartbeat you can see flutter there as she quickly knocks the man unconscious.

As if on autopilot, you do the same: respond to her move, meet her in the middle.

More men come, but you’re both fighting: a flow that mimics the sea and the flow of clouds on a windy day. You flip Mizu over your back with ease, her grunts sending a deep heat into your belly.

When you both return home, Mizu showers, and you slip inside, hands finding her waist, her shoulders, the place on her neck where the sharp of the blade was earlier.

You kiss it, an apology. A promise, maybe. She cleans the dried blood off your forehead and you laugh, amused.

What? she’ll ask, confused. Nothing. Just, happy wife, happy life, right?

Mizu kisses you to shut you up.

———

The amount of blood loss from a bloody nose alone would have me in shambles..imagine seeing mizu in action…wow

[ex0skeletal-undead]

The Fractured Heavens by ERSKINE DESIGNS

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[chillyfeetsteak]

5 pieces of animation that knocked my socks off in 2023

TMNT: Mutant Mayhem

My favorite thing about this movie is how different it looks compared to most of the things coming out of mainstream animation right now. A lot of the rules that studios like Disney have laid out about what makes a character design appealing are ignored here, and it is so refreshing. They’re also doing all kinds of cool and interesting things with the rendering style and effects animation. I loved watching this.

Scott Pilgrim Takes Off

When I was younger I read the comic and enjoyed the movie a lot, but haven’t thought about these characters much since. I was expecting some cool animated fight scenes and a fun cast-reunion from this series, but not much more. We got that, but we also got some really thoughtful, funny, meta writing that showcases the supporting characters in a novel way.

Nimona

I’ve cried all three times I’ve watched this movie. When I’ve talked to the people who worked on it it is so clear that it was an incredible labor of love, both to the people who will be changed by it and to animation itself. It elevates the comic in every way while still being loyal to the source material. And it is a miracle that it was finished and released at all after Disney initially axed it. It feels extremely special.

Blue Eye Samurai

After Primal’s second season last year, I have been hungry for more adult animation that isn’t primetime sitcom. This show scratched that itch in a very satisfying way. It utilizes beautiful 3D animation that mimics traditional Japanese screen prints to great effect. Set in Edo-period Japan, it includes themes on race, gender, imperialism, colonialism, and revenge. Maya Erskine is incredible as the protagonist, Mizu. 

Scavengers Reign

I have been following @charleshuettner on tumblr for ages, so when I saw he had a show coming out I was psyched. I have long been a fan of his design sensibilities and weird animations. Scavengers Reign exists in the overlapping space between sci-fi and horror. One of my favorite things about it is that it kept surprising me: obvious writing decisions that other shows would have made are continually waived in favor of unexpected and compelling character choices. It doesn’t talk down to the audience, and it doesn’t pull its punches. It is also absolutely beautiful.

Honorable mentions/other recommendations: Spider-Man: Across the Spiderverse, Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake, Star Trek: Lower Decks (season 4), Invincible (season 2)