Keep your friends close | EPIC The Musical | Animatic

Finally
I thought it would’ve taken longer and if I were to refine it, yes it would, but I’m tired and end of the year exams are coming up.

Wish me luck 🫡

Anyway
I’ll be making more Hazbin Hotel memes later (if I have time in the next 2 weeks)

#animatic #epic #art #odysseus #odyssey

[fireflyer]

Turning the windions into hair and giants was a clever idea.

[rafaelaveralugo]

I just realized that as soon as Odysseus got that bag, the gods probably started betting on whether he's gonna open it

[serenac.]

I love the idea of the winions whispering things like "never know who you can trust" and "sometimes sneaking is a must" into the ears of the crew, involving themselves in planting thoughts of opening the bag in their heads and making things harder for Odysseus on purpose.

[hfar_in_the_sky]

Takeaway from this: if you ask a god "What's the catch?" and they start laughing? Be very, very afraid

[brodycaldwell]

I love how it looks like Aeolus and the little winions are spreading distention among the crew.

[ShacoAlon]

Like how as soon as the winds went into the bag Aeolus' hair was tied up

[klutzydani]

The winnions being part of Aeolos' hair is genius!

[supersaiyandiclonius]

"IT'S TREASURE!!" fuck those clouds.😂😂😂

[andrewdarby]

Odysseus' main flaw throughout his story is hubris.

He brags to Polyphemus, revealing his name for no reason just so that Polyphemus knew who beat him (and Polyphemus then prays to Poseidon to kill 'Odysseus' rather than 'Nobody'). When they sail past the sirens, he decides that he alone can resist their charm and doesn't need to wear earplugs, because he wants to know what they're singing about (admittedly, he does still tie himself to the mast, but it was still a needless risk he took because he believed that he was smart and strong enough to handle the consequences).

Here is no different. In the original myth, he just assumes that the task of keeping the bag closed is 'too easy' and 'beneath him' and doesn't come up with a plan to make SURE it stays closed. Instead, he just keeps watch over it because 'of course the great hero Odysseus could never fail a task this simple'.

He actually makes it 90% of the way home (they can see Ithaca) before his men open the bag in the original and the only reason they open the bag is because they're never told what it contains, just that they aren't allowed to open it (and they start wondering if it's some great treasure from the gods that their great leader wants to keep for themselves). Then, the winds blow them back to Aeolus, who refuses to help them again because he thinks Odysseus must be hated by the gods to have the end of his journey so cruelly snatched away from him.

All of this is to say that I really like this interpretation of their interaction with the brewing resentment between Odysseus and the crew and the almost nonchalant way he accepts Aeolus' challenge.

[Broken_Teacups]

I love that wind goddess's hair is her little minions. It's so creative and looks great.

[Urlocalbedrotter]

I love how you draw Telemachus as a boy, in other animatic people forget he would technically be not fully 20-21 so I assume he would be 10-14 when this is all happening

[CustomBeet]

ahh 'keep your friends close and your enemies closer' he already does keep his men close but the one who opens the bag is his closest friend therefore his enemy

[speedy]

if the captain stayed awake for 9 days straight I would think that is evidence that he truly believes in what he is saying, like seriously just wait till you get home, once you are on land the storm would probably still be devastating but you can't be flung far away.

[cchaudhari]

I love how aeolus blows the wind while trying to drown odysseys ship

[NerveUnderscore]

Oh this is GORGEOUS, and Penelope and Telemachus! The little critters of the wind, Aeolus themself! This was amazing!

[helloemma]

I love this so much, especially the design choice of having the Winions be Aeolus' hair - that's such a great and clever touch.

[Wargames]

I absolutely adore Aeolus' design, it's just so original and fun and flowy!! Odysseus at the end looks incredibly Tired like. Look at that boy. Can you blame him for falling asleep? He's lucky he didn't fall off the ship.

I just keep coming back to this animation because ahhhh you did an AMAZING job!!!

[RFWally-headboss]

I love It how The cloud dudes Connect Together And The Back of her Head Into a Braid❤

[VoidofKarma]

I love how you didn't give Telemachus much detail to his face, considering it would make sense that Odysseus wouldn't know what his son looks like grown up, only what he knew from when he left, when Telemachus was a baby.

[doctorenvy]

Aeolus in Gigi is this silly lil gremlin but Aeolus in YOUR animatic got me on all fours begging