Polyphemus [ EPIC: The Musical | Animatic ]

EPIC: The Musical by Jorge Rivera-Herrans

Song: Polyphemus

Mine:

[WolfyTheWitch]

That hand shot and the bow are the reasons i made this animatic

[jerrodlove]

Something I think is missing from a lot of the animatics is the sheer deviousness of Odysseus. But this is the first one where I feel they capture it. Those feral smiles Odysseus has when he believes he's pulling one over on someone else. A reminder that Odysseus is essentially a cunning trickster.

[larkwaterfowl]

This whole animatic is “I’ve tried manwhore, malewife, and manipulate bois, time for manslaughter!” and I love it!

[tumblingartist]

Polyphemus: You break into MY home, kill MY pets, and you think wine will fix this?
Odysseus: …yes?

[flounderingfish]

Odysseus’ hand going around the wine barrel is so smooth man, it drives me nuts everytime I see it

[theemptyspacebeneaththebed]

Another title: Odyssey awkwardly tries to gaslight, gatekeep, girlboss the Cyclop for 3 minutes

[sorry_i_missclicked]

I love how Odysseus's smile slowly grows as he tells the cyclops his "name". This is such a great animatic, well done! I loved every second of it!

[anthonyortiz]

Ah yes the song and saga where everything starts to go horribly wrong!!!

[MaggieJaneSimpson]

i love how polyphemus looks like a kid in a face. genuine sadness over his favorite sheep, happiness when he drinks wine and terrifying indifference when he starts eating them... phew

[Mr.Bobble-]

I like how Odysseus is the only REAL warrior out of the three of them, while the other two are just ecstatic that they've found food, Odysseus is the only one who takes a moment to question why all this food is here, untouched in the FIRST place. He even instinctively grabs at his sword whenever Polyphemus appears, and continues to keep a steady hand on it as he sees Polyphemus' angered tone. He's the only one always clocked in.

[eldritch_izzy]

Right off the bat, I gotta say: I love the wide range of emotions you show Polyphemus having instead of just anger. The animatics I’ve seen(while absolutely amazing in their own rights) always have him being pissed off the whole time, which is understandable since a whole fleet of strangers just…popped into his cave and started taking stuff from him. But you also show him crying for his sheep, happy to be getting new “food and wine”, and show him not just being intimidating; but also creepy.
My sincere, deepest applause for you.
#CyclopsHaveFeelings2

[anthonyortiz]

I like the facial expressions gave to the cyclops. I think your the only one so far to have him so expressive.

[steroacorn]

I love how Odysseus tries to give Polyphemus a handshake only to realize...he cannot lmao

[Ohallo-tpeb]

Nice, loved the Polyphemus’s face when he said ‘a trade you see’ it really felt like a villain making a joke and driving home just how fucked the crew is

[jiado]

1:12 I love the detail of Odysseus’s reaction. He can immediately tell this isn’t the Cyclops just making a neutral observation, he can hear the hurt.

[sarah_mchale]

HOLD UP- I JUST REALIZED- 2:23 That hand swish around the edge of the barrel, his thumb dips in the wine- THAT’S WHEN HE SLIPPED IN THE LOTUS!🤯 THE ATTENTION TO DETAIL IS INSANE👏👏👏

[tumblingartist]

3:19 Polites hugging Eurylocus has my entire heart-

[kaido]

The slight tears in polymephous' eyes and the bead of sweat that drips from Odysseus'...the details in this are insane.

[HighlordLangslock]

"What a nice gift. This was all clearly a misunderstanding, so we'll just laugh it off and I can let these people..."
"I'm so glad we see EYE to EYE..."
"...I'm gonna fuck up this asshole's entire world."

[bananabanana]

Funnily enough, the canon Polyphemus isn’t even this sympathetic. Odysseus stopped his men from stealing anything and waited to ask his permission.