Eva Erickson is a Chicago and Minneapolis based animator specializing pre-production and 2D digital and traditional animation. Graduating in 2025 from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago with a Bachelors in Film, Video, and Animation, she has a well-rounded skill set with experience in both live-action and animated filmmaking.
Before SAIC, she took classes at the California Institute of the Arts and the Minneapolis College of Art and Design.
In her free time, she likes to collect CDs, hang out with her dog, and watch bad movies with her friends.
Scythian Lamb, 2025, Digital Photoshop
Still from Scythian Lamb, 2024, Digital Toon Boom Harmony and After Effects, 1920 x 1080p
Early Concept Art, 2025, Digital Photoshop
Still from Scythian Lamb, 2025, Digital Toon Boom Harmony and After Effects, 1920 x 1080p
Still from Scythian Lamb, 2025, Digital Toon Boom Harmony and After Effects, 1920 x 1080p
Scythian Lamb is an animated sci-fi horror short drawing inspiration from Western European Medieval history and myth. Rival farm owners Meabh and Conall venture into the forest behind their village after a series of strange wolf attacks. Forced to work together in order to slay the wolf, Meabh and Conall must follow a trail of animal corpses deeper and deeper into the woods all while maintaining their composure towards one another. As the bodies pile up and tensions rise, the two farmers discover the true nature of the deadly forest around them, and must figure out a way to escape with their lives.
For my capstone film, I explore ideas of history and mythology within the context of my own experience with femininity, obsession, and sense of being. Using various 2D and 3D compositions, I am applying the skills I’ve acquired here at the Art Institute and in my past internship in order to create a completely realized and rendered piece of media.
Scythian Lamb takes place in 12th century, precolonial Ireland, in a small fictional village to the North. The character designs take into account what I could find out about daily life in 1100’s Europe. In doing the research for this piece I explored myths and legends from Medieval Europe, as well as the Black Plague, peasant life, druidic religion in Ireland, and the colonization of Ireland in the early Medieval era. I take a lot of influences from folk horror (VIY, The Witch, Belladonna of Sadness, Lapvona) as well as from legend (Judith and Holofernes, the Barometz/Scythian Lamb).
Thank you for the continued interest and support for my film!