Eric Skillman
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Designer/art director, the Criterion Collection. Writer, Action Journalism with Kate Kelly—available for preorder now!
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Last Seen Profiles
Like all Criterion covers, Astra Zero's beautiful Querelle artwork was created by a 100% human artist. No AI has been used in this, or any, Criterion design. We remain committed to the talent and creativity of the illustration community.
Artwork I made for the
@Criterion
release of Querelle, shout out to Eric for such a fun project.
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The base was sculpted in 3D and then painted over in Procreate
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There was ZERO, I Repeat NO AI used to create this , lol
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Hi! I'm looking to expand my rolodex of storyboard artists. Particularly interested in expressive/loose/unexpected stylists and artists versed in classic/arthouse film grammar. Portfolio links will be greatly appreciated!
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As the designer of that package, I think it's now fair to tell people that I've had my work adapted into a
@rianjohnson
film, right?
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I'm not really on Twitter anymore but I am stuck in the hospital with COVID and could use some pick-me-up vibes in anyone has 'em.
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Yesterday I learned that I will be this year's recipient of
@soi128
's Richard Gangel Art Director award. I'm honored and humbled and deeply grateful to everyone at the Society. Thank you all!
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Rob Jones & the crew at Mondo not only made great posters, they changed the course of movie poster design in the 21st century like no one else. It’s the end of an era. I’m excited to see whatever they do next.
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For anyone impressed by Elizabeth Warren tonight, here’s a thread on why I think she’s the right candidate for this moment.
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P.S. I'm now officially home and on the mend, easing back into things. I'm sure I owe you all emails. ;)
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I'm particularly proud of this set and can't wait for folks to get a chance to see it in person. It's one of those where the physicality of the box really adds something, I think.
...documentaries on Pasolini’s life & career featuring archival interviews; a '66 episode of Cinéastes de notre temps; interviews with filmmakers & scholars; a 100-page book featuring writing by James Quandt & writings & drawings by Pasolini; a new cover by
@EricSkillman
; & more!
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@famiconsumer
@pattonoswalt
@criterionchannl
There's a 2-second camera zoom in Flavor of Green Tea over rice and I swear to God all of us in the Criterion screening room that day gasped in excitement.
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Still coming down this morning... Thanks again to
@SOI128
and everyone who's been in touch... Honored and humbled...
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New, improbably dignified profile image by the one and only Vivienne Flesher.
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I just bought this gorgeous R. Leveille piece and I am VERY excited about it.
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This book looks gorgeous and Akiko is probably the best movie poster designer working today. Very excited for it.
Oscar worthy movie posters. A new monograph Akikomatic: The Work of Akiko Stehrenberger (Hat & Beard Press)
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This has been (is still!) a massive undertaking for us so I'm thrilled it's finally been announced to the world!
Announcing 100 YEARS OF OLYMPIC FILMS — Our biggest box set ever!
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Did a drawing whilst waiting for some client feedback today...
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This monster has been months in the making—so exciting that it's finally out in the world! Check out this packaging sneak preview with work from 16 unimpeachable artists!
Godzilla: The Showa-Era Films, 1954–1975 is a colossal set, and we’d have it no other way for our 1000th release! We can’t wait to share it with you when it roars into stores on Blu-ray on October 29. Take a look inside!
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A little warm up sketch from this morning that I wound up liking...
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Action Journalism is out TODAY!
If you can, please consider purchasing a copy today, so that
@MiklosFelvideki
and I can keep telling stories with these characters that we love.
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For those who don't know what they're missing: a short comic about secret identities that Rachel and I made together in 2010.
I ask this once every few years but whatever happened to Rachel Friere? The cartoonist, not the costume designer. She was my favorite artist for awhile.
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Sterling Hundley's gorgeous Diamonds of the Night artwork has a new home.
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21 years in, I figured it was time to finally make one proper movie poster with the big movie star heads and everything. Glad it could be for this delightful, crowd-pleasing film, which deserves a big audience.
New poster for Louis Garrel's THE INNOCENT! He will be IN PERSON
@IFCCenter
this weekend for select q&as:
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I made a Batcave-dollhouse for my Batman-obsessed daughter. It is ramshackle but awesome.
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I find this fascinating for purely selfish reasons. Once it's pointed out, it's obvious the style is 30 years too late. But I never considered that film living without that poster. Makes me wonder which of our covers (if any) will get retconned into "original poster" status?
Without looking it up, what's your best guess as to the year this was painted?
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My daughter and I are working on a space book today and we're very proud of our drawings.
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Layer-build animation for The French Lieutenant's Woman cover:
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Apparently what I do instead of sleep now is make 8-bit copies of modern art in Animal Crossing.
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Some insufficient thoughts on our friend Jason Polan:
We’re deeply saddened today by the passing of our friend Jason Polan, who was an integral part of the Criterion family for over a decade.
On The Current, our art director
@EricSkillman
pays tribute to the beloved New York artist:
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Ooh, which of these should we pick up for the
@Criterion
office?
I put my LAST 7
#Inktober
Arthouse Muppets illustrations for sale on Ebay: ERASERHEAD, STALKER, THE HOLY MOUNTAIN, 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY, BARBARELLA, YOJIMBO, and INLAND EMPIRE. Auctions close on Sunday!
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Signing back onto Twitter to share that the print edition of Action Journalism with Kate Kelly
#1
(by me &
@MiklosFelvideki
with colors by
@M_arih
) is in comics stores tomorrow!
If you're someone who likes this type of thing, then this is exactly the kind of thing you like.
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Action Journalism
#2
—by
@MiklosFelvideki
,
@M_arih
, and myself— is in stores today! If you missed issue
#1
, don't worry! This issue contains a complete, start-to-finish story that doesn't require any prior knowledge to enjoy it.
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Over on that other image-based social media website, I shared some pages from an abandoned comics project...
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I assume people are sick of hearing about the Consumer Protection Bureau but it’s genuinely such an impressive accomplishment—she built a new Federal agency FROM SCRATCH, that has already returned over $12 BILLION to defrauded people. She is very, very good at the job.
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Cleaning around my desk this morning turned up some doodles from recent (and not-so-recent) meetings, so I thought I'd do a social media!
Here's an early-ish Koker Trilogy sketch...
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Congratulations, Jason!
My
@Criterion
cover art for Rouge was selected for the 42nd annual
@AmericanIllust
competition. Thanks to the judges and best in the biz CD
@EricSkillman
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I thought Action Journalism
#5
by
@MiklosFelvideki
& me would be up today but I'm not seeing it... Memorial Day delays? Dunno, sorry.
Anyway, here's the complete
#1
to tide you over.
(
#1
-4 here for $2 a pop if you prefer: )
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Just got my preview copy of Action Journalism in the mail—it looks great! Check out the swanky spot varnish!
@MiklosFelvideki
@M_arih
@OniPress
Preorderable at link in bio or wherever you buy books!
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Per conversation with
@rhuntstudio
and Greg Manchess last night, I found a few of my art direction doodles when cleaning off my desk today. These are just proof of concept for me, doodled during meetings; I never show these to the artist...
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Well, we’ve sold at least one copy!
Action Journalism with Kate Kelly
#1
, by
@MiklosFelvideki
& myself w/ colors by
@M_arih
, is in stores right now!
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Look for these banners to find
@MiklosFelvideki
and myself at HeroesCon in Charlotte all weekend! We WILL have early copies of the Action Journalism collected edition for sale!
(And if you can't be there, you can still pre-order through the retailer of your choice!)
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Great News! Action Journalism-themed gifs are now available for YOUR use! Just search "actionjournalism" wherever you get your gifs. Please use and share!
Use this one with all your most exciting updates:
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This is all super helpful everyone. Thanks for all the kindness.
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I used the phrase "who's that pterodactyl?" in emails to two separate people today.
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I really appreciate the evolution of
@phoebe_bridgers
visual identity for this new record, and hope she continues it to its obvious next step...
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Pre-release books, singles, exclusive sticker sheets, even original art! All thing Action Journalism are available at
#HeroesCon
, table 1125!
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I don't know how appropriate is is to contribute from this side of the table but this conversation feels valuable:
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Listen to the great
@cliffchiang
and order your copy of Action Journalism today!
Available THIS WEDNESDAY at your local comic shop or orderable wherever you buy books!
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As an art director, I think about this Mitchel and Webb sketch a lot:
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Criterion Designs features:
@crazymorse
@seanpphillips
@plunkert
@PULPH0PE
@jimrugg
@GregRuth
@Shaptonia
@yukoart
@sinKEVitch
@SamsMyth
...
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My 7-year old spent two hours this morning pause-playing
@bonappetit
Baking School so she could take copious notes on the recipe, then we spent the rest of the day making this cake. It is no one's birthday, she just REALLY loves Claire from the BA Test Kitchen.
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I'm helping to judge the advertising/institutional category for the
@SOI128
annual this year. Please enjoy this lovely poster by Hannah K. Lee. Submission deadline is October 28!
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NYC comics fans, be on the lookout this week for these Action Journalism promos, available FREE at many local comics shops. Then while you're there, preorder AJ vol. 1 by
@miklosfelvideki
,
@marypotts
, and myself! (Also available wherever else you do your preordering.)
@OniPress
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Last week I swore off social media but since I seem to be stuck home for a while... hi.
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Apparently
@RaynardFaux
and I are now Elder Statesmen with wisdom to pass down to the young (NYC-based) artists of today:
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The best briefs, imho, leave possibilities open while still establishing clear parameters for what you're hoping to achieve. Otherwise you're just asking the artist to flail around in the dark trying to please a client who refuses to say what they want.
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Thank you Jody! You did a wonderful film proud.
Dream
#illustration
job : Creating the cover art for
@Criterion
release of Hollywood pioneer Dorothy Arzner’s film “Dance, Girl, Dance”. I highly recommend this film about ambition, friendship, female artistic struggle and self-actualisation⭐️👌 Thanks so much
@EricSkillman
🙏😊
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(Also, not that anyone on Twitter cares, but my case for Warren over Biden, Klobuchar, Buttigeig, etc is that the only case FOR those candidates is “a return to normalcy,” and to my eye that’s a false hope at this point. The moment requires a more significant course-correction.)
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RIP Seijun Suzuki. Branded to Kill is an all-time classic: the very best argument for style as substance.
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If you haven't yet, please consider pre-ordering the Action Journalism paperback by
@MiklosFelvideki
and me. The more demand we get, the more likely it is we get the chance to make more, and we have so many more stories to tell in this world!
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My honest assessment of the electoral realities is that Warren probably scrapes into office with 51% of the vote where Bernie might get 53%. But I am absolutely CONVINCED that Warren will accomplish more with her 51 than Bernie could with 53.
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Over on IG, my devious plan to lure people in with movie-adjacent content when really all I want is for them to pre-order Action Journalism vol I continues...
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Hey!
@MiklosFelvideki
and I will be at HeroesCon this year! Come say hi and pick up a copy of Action Journalism!
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And hey, while you're at it, tell your local comics shop you'd like to pre-order issues
#2
and
#3
, with the standard Miklos & Mari covers OR the variants by
@max_sarin
and
@EricaFails
, respectively. (Both of whom also contribute back-up stories!)
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I think I screwed up the timing of the upload so no new Action Journalism this week, I'm sorry to say! Instead here's the entirety of issue
#3
, for free, just 'cause. By
@MiklosFelvideki
and myself.
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Summer party idea: everyone dresses up like Ziggy Stardust and cooks up a bunch of seafood. Glambake!
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@dirtbagg
@joshjcochran
Finally, someone figured out the bold marketing approach that under-appreciated series needed.
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Hey, remember comics? Well,
@MiklosFelvideki
and I made one, and the first issue is up on Comixology now:
It's called "Action Journalism" and we'll be posting an issue a week for five weeks. Self-contained, all-ages stories. Fun!
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Criterion Designs features:
@joshjcochran
@JCoelhoPT
@darwyncooke
@Rodrigo_Corral
@Jordan_Crane
@mingdoyle
@laurentdurieux
@marc_english
...
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Conversely, while Warren would obviously welcome mass support (and needs some to get elected, like anyone), it’s not crucial to her governance. She understands the levers of power, she knows who to staff in what position to take full advantage of the existing legal framework.
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I've only just today made the connection that Jack Kirby and my dad share a birthday.
I'm now 100% sure there were a few years I remembered Kirby's and forgot my dad's.
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@ewarren
(Just thought I'd squander all that Richard Gangel award goodwill with some low-key politics posting. ;) For the record: I admire Bernie and will enthusiastically vote for any dem in the general, but I think Warren would be best at the actual job so she's got my vote.)
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I have no affiliation with it but this is a very funny play and more people should see it.
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This piece by Oliver Munday is well written, well worth a read, and all too familiar. (The handwriting-practice false start idea in particular is one I've had rejected myself.)
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(And the case against Bloomberg is that, c’mon, he’s only there for dramatic irony, right? To be the penultimate boss Warren or Bernie needs to defeat before they move on to the big boss? Nobody’s serious with that, right?)
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Back cover of Matinee Junkie
#2
by
@snackaddict
. Picked this up at
#MoCCA
. How could I resist?
http://t.co/wfrPUSD9zq
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I could use some help flatting colors for two very detailed comics-style illustrations. Anyone out there who works fast?
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It will be a minor miracle if the tree outside our kitchen window is still standing/not on fire tomorrow morning.
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If you like Connor Willumsen's cover art for Scanners, wait 'til you see what he did with the rest of the packaging! GORGEOUS.
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