GRRRLS | The collector animatic

silly star child, oh,, he has millions of years of trauma

[thenoobgameplays]

It's impressive on how accurate it was to the lore and to the finale, especially that it was made before WAD aired.

[bananabutterbread]

they literally had the cheat codes for the collector's entire backstory

[Echo-tnwk]

I love how you portrayed the collector as they are simply forced the role of the "bad guy". Even if they're a child no one recognized them as such.

[sugarcloud_]

watching this after the series finale hits different … man, the writers really went for the feels, didn’t they?

[hehegatitololz]

It’s cool to see the backstory and origin behind the original group of collectors who seemed to come to the titans to try to put them in monster scrolls and, when they refused, tried to intimidate them with their super abilities until they realized that a titan's power can counter that of a collector's. It’s sad seeing how our current little collector seemed to really love titans and find their hatchlings adorable, but everything fell apart when the collectors decided to commit genocide upon titan kind...

[Louie-etmf]

Just realized luz and the collector’s stories are like exact parallels

[cono]

I LOVE THE COLLECTOR SO MUCH this is beautiful and so perfectly made, thank you for giving him justice<3

[nutella]

damn…. this really puts into perspective how the collector is just a kid who’s probably been manipulated his entire life, and all he wants is a genuine friend. it makes him seem more innocent, which is really interesting
also, i love this art style so much, i’d honestly die to read a comic or something in this style. the way you draw the collector with buck teeth is so cute!!

[Rosa-hexb]

OHHH THIS IS ABSOLUTELY AWESOME! I love how you portray their story and on beat with the song so well! My favorite part is at 2:20 where everyone has their eyes covered by shadows looking at the collector with the exception of Luz….she’s the only one looking at them with no shades of shadows on her eyes, seeing him for what he is.

[snoogurt]

I love how this actually is still close to how watching and dreaming plays out! The collector is definitely my favourite character, how he’s shown here is gorgeous

[tonyrolyaccilioaguirre]

What an incredible way to tell the collector's story, Let's hope it ends its story well in "Watching and dreaming"

[cor-connaisseur]

2:09
I love the way Luz was drawn here, it's not only funny, but depicts how The Collector saw Luz.

2:16 tells a different story. Everybody seems mad at The Collector, but Luz is just staring at them. She genuinely looks like she feels bad, and she probably does.

[rikzy]

Holy crap. How'd you put the entire history of one God in less than 2 minutes? And so beautifully made too. It's like a whole rundown on The Collector and showing everyone their motives and how easy it is to make mess based on a misunderstanding.
You, are awasome!

[MAEZETHERIAN]

"COLLECTOR IS INNOCENT!" I screamed as they threw me in a marshmallow room.

[zecaneca]

This is probably the best thing I've seen from this fandom

[justenoughforacoffee]

Man watching this after watching and dreaming, they really were just a kid.

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Luz mentioning how the collector didnt have a concept of death then actually dying trying to protect Collector was probably such a painful wake up call. It puts into perspective that they really were *just a kid.* Bravo on this, it sums it up perfectly even though it came out before the episode lmao

[fangparbati]

This has to be the best GRRRLS animation I've seen yet! The fact you animated through the whole song, and had it hit every feeling grit and sense of weighted lore into the story is so amazing! I love the way you interpreted the Titans too, they look so epic and the other Collectors so much more terrifying! Thrilling yet pensive, that's honestly the best way to describe this work. The stylization and visual nods to the story is everything 🍂🙏🏿✨

[IM-vvdm]

What a superb animatic! I love the section of 2:07 to 2:09 as it really sums a lot about the Collector. They're so desperate to cling onto King, who looks much like a doll here, showing how they treat him more like a possession than an equal because they're so afraid to let go of him. Luz looms over as a threat who will take King away from them, but the fact the drawing is done in crayon helps highlight how childlike and innocent the Collector is.

[hyalophora]

This entire thing is incredible but something I really really want to point out is the colors. I really started to pay attention to the colors the first time I watched it at 0:40 when the contrast was really obvious, and then again at 1:12 where the colors keep changing and the green caught my eye.
At the start The Titans and Collectors were all black & white on a colorful blue, purple & orange background: obviously, the colors of our Little Collector, which is already great in and of itself because we love our Collector but it also just makes the art look really nice.

I think it's especially effective in the frames where our Collector is one of the only colored parts. He stands out and is isolated from the rest of the picture in a way. (0:49, 0:52 & 0:57)

Then 1:02 and 1:05 are the dullest parts of the first segment, the colors darkened from the vibrant shades that've been used so far, corresponding to our Collector's mental state in those moments.

And as I mentioned before, at 1:09 that changes, and now there's green, too, completely altering the mood.

When the middle part with Philip comes in, 1:20, the colors are even more desaturated, with the exception of the Collector's star doodles at 1:24. The Collector themselves are in their shadow form now, so even they are colorless. Not only does this make the cave seem dark, but it's also just... generally the aura any place with Philip is going to have, lol. Also, it could also correspond with our Collector's mental state, at least in hindsight when they've realized that Philip was using them.

Notably, the value is even throughout the whole segment until 1:33, when King comes in, bringing back the brighter colors with him, which is again suitable for the way our Collector should be feeling right about now. The colors are still not as bright as in the beginning, still more similar to the middle segment, but now there're yellows instead of just the gloomy blues from before. (Compare 1:31 with 1:37)

By the point our Collector has taken over, 1:44, the colors go back to how they were at the beginning. Blues and purples, black and white, and occasional orange.

Since the part starting at 2:02 basically recaps what's already happened, it makes sense. We get the same pallette as the beginning as we see the Collectors again.

Then Philip is as dull as ever!

I think my favorite part, the one I give the most importance to, is that at 2:11 we go BACK to the Philip colors as (at least in our Collector's point of view) King essentially BECOMES Philip! It's perfect!

2:14 is unique. I don't think there's been a single frame all in oranges/orange-adjacent coloring until this. There were a few very orange frames at the start, but something about them was different (maybe because they had a lot of white, which this one has none of.) It definitely works to catch your eye as a frame that stands out from the rest, which is good since it lasts so long compared to the others. There ought to be something special about it to catch your attention. It looks nice.

And then it all comes together for the perfect ending, 2:30. I don't know how to say this other than to say that I don't think it would have worked if the colors were more normal. Our Collector is isolated again as the only blue in the frame, and then joins the other, yellow-lineart characters and just, like, belongs I guess.

I'm not sure how much of it is completely intentional, how much was subconscious, or how much I'm just overthinking it, but sometimes people can do something genius by pure accident anyways, so I don't think it really matters whether or not it was all perfectly planned out. In any case - fantastic job!

(Edited to fix a timestamp)

[mariamkeita]

I find it so sad that the collector has been disposed of by everyone when he stopped being helpful