God Games (Aphrodite) || Epic The Musical Animatic

man i thought i could finish it untill ares part but my back is killing me. its probably the consequences of sitting like a crossaint everytime i draw this animatic😭😭 also this is my new obsession lmao

Epic the Musical by Jorge Rivera- Herrans

[Zephirite.]

I love how bubbly Aphrodite’s hair is! And I haven’t seen an interpretation yet where she’s not frozen by Athena’s quick thought when she says “Ares”. Here she’s happy, and it’s very cute!

[agnieszkakmieciak]

Oh wow! It looks amazing! Aphrodite is so lovely! I love that you show her actually angry on behalf of Ody's mother instead of bored & petty. It's fresh! I like it. And it's really fun to see Athena actually pleading. Especially in this case, with Aphrodite really caring. Their expressions when Ares shows up are great too! Will you make the whole song once it comes out? I would love to see it!

[glytchedmuffins]

It's nice to see an animatic of this song where Athena is the one to personally visit each god, she's the one who has to put in all the effort after all.
The design and personality you gave them is also amazing, makes them feel alive and like they are able to exist outside of the song as well

[nananamamana]

I love the expressions, and the 'flat' detail on the gods. Like, humans have wrinkles and noses and pupils and other such fine details that are consequences of our biology, which are things gods don't need to possess, yet even without them they're able to be expressive, yet within like, within the bounds of their characters if that makes sense? Like, Athena does a very good job of selling her plea, but Aphrodite does a better job of expressing herself through expressions, which makes sense given one is a god of war and the other is a god of love. You can see Aphrodite light up when Aries makes himself known, and you can see Athena *not* express herself. Like she's gone into "tactics" mode.

I like that Aphrodite has stinging points to make and she knows it, its in her expressions and flauncy demeanor. She has Athena on the ropes here... then _Aries_ shows up and, as the song goes on to prove later, that gives Athena the ammo she actually needs to shame Aphrodite into giving up her position. "If *you* can be fucking one man while married to another yet claim to love them both, then of course, surely, Odyssius can love his mother just as much far from her as he does by her bedside."

[anav.r.]

I really love your rendition of Aphrodite. Like sure, everyone can make a very vain looking, petty acting Aphrodite, but the fact that you made her look like she CARED... Priceless. (And she is so cute, she looks like I can hold her in my hands)

[starfriez]

THIS IS SO GOOD- Detailed, expressive expressions despite having no pupils- body language and everything! I love it!!

[Justaguythatcameby]

0:25 i like that this it's just Athena begging and not her putting an spell on Aphrodite, it just gives it a different turn of so many other animatics

[NerveUnderscore]

Love this! The detail that Athena has cards of every "Boss" that she has to "fight" is so cool! And that she goes to every room/domain love it
The thing that both Aphrodite and Athena say "Ares" with the overlaping of voices was amazing xD is the first time that I see someone interpreting it like this

[minniemirthful]

Loving the "birth of Venus" vibes from Aphrodite's design, idk if that's intentional but I love it sm <3333

[UmbraticForest]

Incredible designs. Aphrodite is so smol! And I love that Athena's head/face is reminiscent of an owl, one of her symbols! The motions are so fluid too, this is by far my favorite animatic of this part of the song

[corancoranthemagicalman]

This has probably my favorite depiction of Odysseus' mourning mother. It's so haunting and beautiful. Amazing job!

[tumblingartist]

OH MY GOSH
these character designs are SO COOL
and the facial expressions!!
Athena looks So Done at Ares’s arrival and Aphrodite looks adorably happy-

[Rain-able]

I am so in love with your Aphrodite design! The way the shape design of a heart is repeated throughout is so well done. Not to mention the character acting oh my god!!

[ariadnefrolich]

I love how much of Aphrodite's personality shows through in the animation (especially how excited she gets when Aries shows up). I also appreciate that you made her shorter and somewhat chubby, it makes for a nice contrast to Athena.

[FoolOfA_Took]

I love the contrast between Athena and Aphrodite when Ares shows up, it perfectly shows each gods feelings in just a moment

[SchrodingersCas]

I love how, when Ares appears at the end, the motif that usually plays on the piano in the background of Athena's songs plays on... idk, the violin? I'm bad at instruments lol

[sarilchowdhury]

I just loved the done expression on athena when aries arrived

[justlimonika]

This animatic is gorgeous I love your designs and your style
Also when Athena sings "Please reconsider this" It's so perfect I want to cry her voice sounds so pretty and soft and sad and she holds Aphrodite's hand omg this musical is so good and all the animatics I've seen are awesome

[aduckwithayoutubechannel]

I love this setup way more than the big video game style battle with Athena vs all the other gods. It’s definitely more fitting to see Athena traveling between the gods various domains, convincing them to join her side.

[Mayt]

I love how Aphrodite is very serious and then Ares shows up, and all I can think of us is a happy little kid.