Happy Tree Friends (NSFW)

A huge and early inspiration for Akumu Ink's distinctly creepy cute style, when we started back in 2007, was these very violently cute animations called Happy Tree Friends. They are  in the same violent vein as The Simpson's Itchy & Scratchy shorts. I would watch these clips and even bought their dvd when I was in college in the early 2000's.

Check out all their videos straight through MONDO's youtube channel here.