Watch: Hand-Made Animated ‘Einvik’s Curse’ Music Video / Short Film
by Alex Billington
November 26, 2025
Source: YouTube
This is a must watch short film for animation geeks. After years of working on this project, the spectacular animated short film / music video called Einvik’s Curse has debuted online. This is an animation project by a creator named “Arkana” for a new graphic novel series set within the “world of Arkana.” “It took years to bring this 3-minute animation to life,” he says. It’s all hand-drawn, made in their own time, without an AI or any other tricks. “If this vision resonates with you, please consider supporting our pre-launch campaign.” Arkana creates music but has also discovered something else while working on it: “I wasn’t meant to just be a composer. I was meant to build an entire mythos.” He explains this fantasy world is split: two powers have risen – one seeking to restore order through absolute technological control & the other vowing to unleash primordial chaos in a cleansing fire. This music video is a first look at some of the characters, the vision, the vivid world and action and magic, and much more. It’s incredible. And I really hope he gets to make more – telling more of this story and more animated films within this world. The idea is by Samuel J. Finn, and the animation is by the superbly talented Anthony F. Schepperd. Click on play below & you’ll want to see more.
Thanks to Twitter for the tip on this. Intro via YouTube: “Arkana is a myth about the shadow side of good intentions, about how the desperate urge to mend what’s broken can pull the wound even tighter. It unfolds in a world where a living star is dying, scarred by a fallen civilization that tried to bend the laws of nature & failed. From the ashes, 2 new powers have risen: one seeking to restore order through absolute technological control, the other vowing to unleash primordial chaos in cleansing fire. Caught between them, a lone outcast must uncover the buried truth of a fractured pattern or watch both factions impose their own catastrophic cure upon the world.” This music video for “Einvik’s Curse” is an animated short proof-of-concept created by Samuel J. Finn (aka “Arkana”) & Kamilla Finn. With animation by Anthony F. Schepperd (visit his Vimeo page). Directed by Anthony F. Schepperd & Samuel J. Finn. With music by Samuel J. Finn (visit his YouTube or official site). Finn explains the project is “Fully hand-drawn. Self-funded. This is the first step into a massive sci-fi/fantasy mythos I’ve been building for a decade.” It’s currently looking for more funding on Kickstarter here. For more info, head to YouTube. To view more shorts (including animation), click here.
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