Fan animatic of Kristen's brief time in the afterlife from Dimension 20's Fantasy High (Freshman Year) Audio from: • Rise of the Dead Teens... Instagram: / smoureart Twitter: / smoureart Made in Storyboard Pro 20
Arthur Aguefort acting like a wise mentor figure and then consistently doing the most batshit thing possible in any given circumstance is my favorite Fantasy High bit.
In the animation you really see how utterly illogical it is for this grown man to crawl inside a girl's backpack. like how does he fit in there?? *shh magic* lol
The funniest part is she does eventually start getting some of her questions answered, at least a little, but it’s from a demon/fallen angel, who also the first adult to actually give her some straight answers and tell her the Harvestmen are a cult and she shouldn’t be listening to them.
Well technically the first person to answer the question was a demon inside of a fire at the skate park whose answer was. "People cause suffering onto themselves." Which honestly I think is a good if not horrifying answer.
I love that the "later" could have just been a passing joke about the nature of religious 'blind faith' and what it asks of you, but it literally shaped Kristen's whole arc.
I love the fact that Kristens entire believe got shattered because her god didn't have the answer to one of the hardest questions when asked on the spot.
Honestly, Kirsten probably would've stayed Corn God (at least depending on whether he genuinely makes gay people go to hell) if Helio just gave her an honest answer and didn't try to avoid the question.
Helio’s literally chosen to embody a thought-terminating cliche. Already he’s caused more harm than any presumed good in one’s life (especially Kristen). Personally, I’m not gonna give any “grace” to a self-appointed paragon who’s a literal God-complex.
It’s not about the fact that he didn’t have an answer, it’s that he *refused* to give one. Helio didn’t say “I don’t have an answer” he SAID “later” and VANISHED 😂
At 3:19 is the face of a god who doesn't know that he has sent his (unreplacable) chosen prohet on a path of doubt that ultimately ends with him chosen-less.
Hello! Sorry for the wait on this one. I had been planning to make another D20 animatic ever since I finished my last one, but I've had difficulty finding the time to work on it (and any time I did work on it, I would end up restarting lol). But it's finally done, and I'm just happy to have finished it! Hopefully I'll be able to find more time this year to work on animatics. Thank you all so much for your patience, as well as all the kind & encouraging comments!! Enjoy ❤
"Why is there so much suffering in the world?" "Because, aside from the free will of mortals and the burden/privilage of consequences that entails, there are also other gods, including literal gods of Cruelty, Malice, Hedonism, just to name a few divine domains."
THIS IS SO GOOD I absolutely adore your Kristen design, and Aguefort looks like the perfect mix of distinguished gentleman and crackhead lunatic. Phenomenal!!
AGHHH I NEVER THOUGHT WE’D EVER GET ANOTHER FANTASY HUGH ANIMATIC FROM YOU!!! This was SO GOOD!! Your artstyle is so so gorgeous I cannot sing your praises enough this was such a treat!!
I love how this was the literal start of Kristen's trajectory to finding Cassandra and leaving Helio all because he's conflict or question averse. Also your artstyle is just so lovely 🥹
This is harder to watch all things considered in junior year: Kristen gets yoked, turns party animal, runs for student body on populist rhetoric, is dangerously close to failing all her classes, and her girlfriend dumps her for being emotionally immature, inconsiderate, and unavailable for a fear of commitment. See, Kristen immediately broke it off with Helio when she met him and found out he was kinda a frat boy… but that’s what she’s turned into.
The thing is Helio was actually pretty chill and sweet in this interaction and Ally would just go on to categorize him as a “frat bro” and hate him based off this… Brennan went along with it and would for the next several seasons entertain their wish washy attitude towards various deities, but I always kind of wished he played Helio a bit more “hey where is this assessment of me coming from? I was nothing but nice to you” for a bit to give them more reason to actually hate them
I was so happy to see this posted. I was such a fan of your last animatic and this one is awesome too. To me this artstyle is how I see the scenes in my head when they're playing. Great work. 👍
This is so adorable!!!! The background, the character design, the landscape, the character’s actions… it’s somehow better than how Brennan described it. It’s phenomenal, excellent work!
This animatic is so clean and professional!! (I’m assuming you ARE a professional) I absolutely adore how Kristen looks in your style, and the corn gates looks so freakin good! The little waddle she does after Arthur Aguefort gets into the backpack cracked me up 😭 I’m so excited to see another animatic from you, I can’t wait to see more! (Regardless of fandom!)
Keep up the good work and if you’re finally having doubts, remember this, we have these all the time and if we cannot control it, we just took a break walk away from it all and probably take a nap. Keep up the good work and I can’t wait for the video egg fort, running the joint and make sure to take a nice good break after this
I’ll be honest I’ve only ever imagined the corn god as an actually talking stalk of corn, so when Helio came down in this vid I honestly got a bit confused.
Four out of Five Stars (4/5), great job all around. Subtracted one point because the angels were not properly depicted with polo shirts. It may sound picky, but the fact that they are wearing polos is very important to aesthetic of white high school 'cool kids' of the 80s...
