Warrior of the Mind - Rough Animatic- WIP

These are some rough boards I did for Warrior of the Mind! I really love the Epic Musical so far and this is defiantly one of my favourite songs from the saga as of now. I plan on cleaning this up in the coming months but instead of leaving this animatic to rot on my hard drive until I get the time to clean them, I decided to upload the rough version. Thank you for watching!

I used designs from the Hades video game for both Odysseus and Athena (loosely) and the boar is from Princess Mononoke :D

Song: Warrior of the Mind from @JayHerrans
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[justClaya]

Placing Warrior Of The Mind after/in the middle of Just A Man is literally so perfect oh my gosh. I love how you portrayed older and younger Odysseus so differently and how Athena treats Ody!!! This is a masterpiece! 🤩

[lnbhrcu]

I love how you choose to place it in a different part of the story. Also the moment when older Odysseus kinda questions if his younger version sees him is super interesting

[merusotajio]

I love how happy he looks fighting the boar

[loginlost_horizon]

Damn, she really did just yeeted the guy in the depths of his mind... Being chokeslammed into the flashbacks was not something i expected.

[Psychoinnocent]

Odysseus being like “who, me?” Is such a mood im having a lil second hand embarrassment 😂😂😂😂

[pancakeandwaffle]

I love how Athena woven the scene with the boar between her fingers, representing her aspect as god of weaving too

[xuar]

3:12 I loved the idea of Athena teaching war tactics to Odysseus as a literal chess game, not giving an identity to any of the pieces more than their figure's names, to then jump to the present and have Odysseus realize that the "King" he slayed with ease in the past has now not only a name (Astyanax - literally meaning "high king") but is also just a baby. Probably my favorite animatic on this song!!

[KatherineLibby]

That slam at 0:40 and Athena's badass boss frame at 2:30 are my absolute favs, but also OMG THE MOVEMENT WTF!!! I love this!!

[im_frayed]

I love how you've played with the past and the present, overlapping them and having them influence eachother, and also you've experimented with perspective and space. Also the fluid identities of the gods - how Athena changes in size and shape much like how the Ancient Greeks believed the gods to be larger than mortals but also able to shapeshift.

[dmen]

I really like teh movement in this and Athena flexing her godly powers by teaching old Odysseus a lesson while also meeting young Ody for the first time is genius!! Also young Ody reminds me of Zagreus and I love it!!!

[VI_VA.]

Young Odysseus looking like Zagreus from Hades ❤

[laurenwoods]

Oh man I love love love this. Your giant Athena placing him on a chessboard really emphasizes that she's still very much a god and just as manipulative of humanity as all the others. I hope to see the final piece!!! <3

[Sonderwalk]

This is fantastic! I love how their dynamic in this one is less friendly and way more flawed. It leaves some interesting area for character growth/tension, especially with Athena.

In this animatic, Athena is manipulative, threatening, and borderline apathetic, and Odysseus seems genuinely wary of her(for good reason, being literally thrown around and threatened).

Great movement and expressions!

[nicholasbalbuena]

The action choreography is crazy on this.

Everything about this screams movie or High High HIGH quality TV Show

[TheofficialSonya]

I love how he looks like he’s having fun while fighting the boar and isn’t making it look like he’s miserable during it

[aceheartless]

All is see is Zagreus in young Odysseus

[KiraMilotic]

Young Ody is adorable
But can we talk about your movement for a moment? Like this is absolutely ✨ chef's kiss✨

[AnonEMouse-lsfp]

Very clever take putting Odysseus in the nursery during Warrior of the Mind. I've always been of the mind that even though that Athena would have also been there and would have told Odysseus the exact same thing Zeus did about what to do about that baby

[grace_edge]

holy shit I am shaken to my core by how fucking sick this is. the CHESS VISUALS???

[chaospatriot]

I can't tell if that was a flashback to a younger Odysseus, or Athena just straight up showing Odysseus his replacement if he doesn't follow through on killing Astyanax. I love it.