Polyphemus [ EPIC: The Musical | Animatic ] 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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👏👏👏

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!

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

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.

3:19 Polites hugging Eurylocus has my entire heart-

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

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

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

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

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

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

"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."

He was so smart about the lotus in the wine and saying his name is nobody, only for everything going to hell right after. The animation was amazing, as always! Loved the little bits of humor in the middle with Polites and Eurilicus (idk how to spell him)

"We're just travelers"... "come in peace" i love this part But really amazing work

This is amazing, the wide range of emotions everyone shows, the comedic bit, the whole conversation between Odysseus and Polyphemus, it’s amazing, I am deeply in platonic love with this Odysseus, his expressions are amazing, this man don’t have any idea of what his future will bring.

Ok but Eurylochus petting the sheep was so wholesome 😭😭

The camera work at the beginning? The Cyclops movements? THE HAND. Eurylochus and Polites in the back. Odysseus' smile while saying nobody made me smile mischievously as well. AND FOR SOME REASON I FIND YOUR CYCLOPS ADORABLE HELP

holy shit. that last shot. i was honest to god not expecting to see polyphemus's hand reach out for odysseus like that, but i'm glad you added that. it really adds into the sense of impeding doom waiting for them in the song afterward. great work as always 👏👏

Ohh I love how Odysseus seemed like he wanted to hold out his hand to shake at the start and then pulling back almost embarassed because Polyphemus could shake his whole torso

I love all the “camera angles”!! The animation is great at creating sense of foreboding with added comedic bits

my man Odysseus is so fucking stressed i absolutely love how you drew their expressions, the camera movements, the lighting, everything just sets the mood right it's *chef kiss* amazing

So many amazing details! Love how at 1:53 Odysseus loses his balance a little when Polyphemus sits on the ground XD. And the body language is super expressive, amazing work as always!

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.

The change of Ody's face when Polyphemus says ''You killed my sheep'' is OUT OF THIS WORLD

Something I REALLY want to praise is your design for Polyphemus and how round it is - a couple of other designs I've seen made him things like a muscular, bearded giant or something completely monstrous and inhuman, but this is the only one I've seen where he's almost approachable looking, if not for the clear brute strength in his build, his size, or his tusks. To add onto why I like it, I think you've managed to nail a sweet spot that can flexibly bend toward sympathetic, intimidating, and outright mythical when the need arises. He seems almost childlike when he's tearing up over his sheep and sounds like a toddler parroting a saying their parents taught them when he asks if Odysseus knows that 'pain he sows is pain he reaps,' but then he sits and readies to eat them all and it becomes clear that not only is this COLOSSUS completely in control of the situation, but also that there's an edge of sadism to what he's doing when he smiles at them. For how round, childlike, and almost piggish this Polyphemus is, this is probably the first depiction of a Cyclops in years to remind me why people would have been *afraid* of a concept as simple as a one-eyed giant.

The sliding of his hand around the barrel of wine- WAS SUCH AN INTERESTING ACTION AND SHOT TO ME FOR SOME REASON :) /VERY POS

Also the detail of Odysseus caressing the barrel. You can tell this could be the moment he tempers with the wine (for this version at least since it didn't happen in Odyssey) when he heard that Polyphemus is man eater. He sensed he couldn't be trusted by his perspective (well Odysseus is a screaming thing himself after all so he always thinks the worst) I loved these details! You are one of my favorite creator of these ankmatics of Odyssey!

God, this looks so good. The sly looks from Odysseus, the sleight of hand with the lotus in the wine, the way everyone looks and they're so _expressive_ when they speak. I love it all.

This may be an odd detail to pick up on but I like that you included Odysseus' wedding ring in some of the shots. A constant little reminder of what he's fighting for.

Odysseus looks SO smug during his sales pitch for the wine and it’s gloriously in character.

Meeting Polyphemus, his sweat and nervousness as he tries to shake the hand, the peace symbol... it's so good.

POLYPHEMUS IS OUT >:D I've only just started and the planning is already so good This animatic is basically a combination of Polyphemus' grief and anger, and then there's the comedy of Odysseus and his crew xD 2:10 OOOOHHHH THE PROMPTING. IT'S DONE DO WELL

*You’re the only animator who drew the cyclops EXACTLY as I imagined him!* thick but strong and intimidating 😂 Thank you ❤

It’s amazing to me how brilliantly Wolfy portrays emotions, both with the cyclops having such a emotive body and face but also that moment of realization on Odysseus’ face right before the hand scene. You can see the life drain from his eyes as the realization fully dawns on him. Overall this was splendid as always!

ITS HEREEE!! Super awesome as always. I love how ominous it was when Polyphemus opened his eye for the first time, as when as all of the comedic moments in the background with Eurylochus and poor Polites. This is certainly a turning point in the story, and you conveyed that well!

Idk what it is about it, but Odysseus looks specially cute in this animatic? Lol anyway amazing video I'm living for the camera movements :D

ABSOLUTELY AMAZING, my god the absolute start from it just being flowers and rainbows with Polities being a Disney princess, Euroclychus petting the sheep knowing that sheep gonna be food 💀 then the eye opens and it is just complete awkward slience, with the funny bit of Polties holding one of the sheeps, then Polyphemus approaching and the awkward hello from Odysseus with the peace sign 😭 I also really loved how you portrayed the "you killed my sheep" some potray as a awkward whoops when cuting back to Odysseus but I love that Odysseus looks like he kinda regrets doing that, then the time to drink part was done so well, then the imeddite negotiation from Ody with Polties being like "go, bestie you got this" the hand animation against the barrel 👏 then it going on from there, then the "Nobody" part was definitely another of my favourite parts then things seemingly going peaceful, despite the cyclops standing though surley he was just wanting to go take a litte wal- .... SHIT RUN ODYSSEYUS RUN 💀😭💀 but yeah I absolutely loved this animatic and I'm so happy with how much you've done ever since the first few snippets you showed, absolutely EPIC

The details, man. Odysseus putting the lotus into the wine. Polites and Eurylochus bringing the wine, so they're not so much in the background. Odysseus bowing and smiling while saying his name is Nobody like the trickster he is. Polyphemus kneeling to talk to him. And Polites clinging onto Eurylochus like "Mom come pick me up I'm scared".

i'm in love with this "camerawork".

This animatic is utterly gorgeous! I am obsessed with the scene of Odysseus so subtly putting lotus in the wine. It's a 'blink and you miss it' type deal and for the cyclops, it was certainly missed. If you ever plan on doing 'Survive', I know you will do it such lovely justice 🙏

LOVE that I could get lost in how cute Polites looked with the sheep that I almost forgot this was the "they're all about to die" song. Almost. So fun and expressive as always!!

Ahhh I love how you can feel the Cyclops's weight in this. The subtle screen shakes just add so much when it comes to giving those little bits of intimidation. Amazing work!

I am having the best time of my life thanks to Wolfy deciding to feed us musical animatics.

Amazing!! I love the Epic animatics, they really helped me fall in love with this musical!

You can just see the cunning in Odysseus as he lays his plans. Really good animation. I swear i will never hear about the odyssey again and not think of these animatics. Keep up the good work(:

Ohoho I love this sm. The parts where Polyphemus makes the screen shake are great, my brain just goes "OMG WEIGHT." Also the HAND. The Hand Moment ™. And all the little interactions between the characters in the background!!! So fun. I love everyone's faces and expressions. I got chills! Such a good animatic.

LMAO HES SWEATING BULLETS WHEN HE GAVE THE WINE

The utter nervousness and sweating of Odysseus when Polyphemus gets up and is like "Who are you?" are amazing, 10/10 and that handshot + eye opening will give me nightmares /hj

I love that you made Polyphemus actually sad for his sheep!! Most animatics I’ve seen portray him as apathetic or just vengeful (not that they did a bad job or anything)

The way Polites is carrying the dead sheep at 0:57 is so frickin hilarious to the point where it's making me even sadder about the fact that he dies just a song later- ; v; Nevermind, literally every single ounce of screentime Polites has is making me sad about his death ; v;

The sheep are so friend shaped. Just lil guys. I completely sympathize with Polyphemus.

The shot of him slipping the Lotus into the wine was smooth

I've genuinely never clicked so quickly. Love it

I love how Odysseus' first instinct when he heard the cyclops is to grab his sword. Great work as always! ❤

EXQUISITE Polyphemus’s design and expressions and Odysseus little smirks yet also terror were just👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼🤌🏽🤌🏽🤌🏽

SCREAMING OVER THIS HOLY HELL THIS IS SO COOL?? I am genuinely obsessed with the expressions of the characters, the affable face of Odysseus turning into fear at the very end is so striking! Also the mannerisms of the characters are SO GOOD, there’s so much personality in every little mimic, and it all flows so naturally!! I’m genuinely in love with this

THE RING on Odysseus"s finger 😭 THE details !!!

Oh my goodness.. you've definitely improved in small details & how your characters move and act.. it definitely flows smoother and feels more realistic compared to your older animatics.. amazing !! 🤍

The mischievous energy you gave Odysseus in this is on point!

The sheep make me sad, the one at the beginning even smiles, i cant imagine those cutie patoties ever dying, they ares so adorable, i respect the cyclops for being mad cause they killed his sheep, THOSE THINGS ARE SO CUTE 😭 😭 😭 😭 😭 😭

OML THE EXPRESSIONS THE POSES THE EVERYTHING WOLFY. Odysseus might not be mainsplaining manipulating manwhoring his way outta this one but you certainly are🔥😎👉👉✨

I love this!!! The last shot with Polyphemus's hand reaching DIRECTLY ABOVE ODYSSEUS is really cool too

This is so fire!

"Don't you know that pain you sow is pain you reap?" Probably should've followed his own advice...

The expressions in this are PHENOMENAL, I wish I could explain everything-- The sheep being spooked when the other is shot, the fear reflecting in the cyclops' eye from Odysseus turning into one of some odd acceptance. A sort of 'this is a possible threat' type of serious acceptance. The awkward reach out for a handshake before realizing 'oh this is a fuckin' CYCLOPS'. It kneeling down to Ody's level as if to try and portray his hurt further. Even the subtle motion of him spreading lotus on the wine barrel. There are so many subtle expressions that you can't catch on the first watch, I've honestly come back to this at least 10+ times this week. I sincerely hope you're planning to do some of the others in the EPIC sagas! There's just so much in this animatic alone, it's gorgeously done and amazingly put together.

I love the little camera shakes when the cyclops first stands and sits

Okay holy (sheep) cow! That was amazing! I loved how you showed the flow of emotions from everyone! Also the sheep were so cute!! But there were two moment in particular that stood out to me. 1) Odysseus rubbing the rim of the barrel was so natural I nearly missed the fact that this motion is cueing him spiking it with lotus! You made it so perfect for the choreography that the movement's intent was hidden behind the rhythm! And it was so smooth! 2) The Nobody verse has always confused me in my mind because I could never quite grasp the way someone would block/choreograph that moment because our boy sounds so fake but also melodic in comparison to the rest of the song (of course to show the audience he's lying and putting on a mask). But the way you had him bow made the moment CLICK for me! Like that's exactly what the tone and cadence of the lyric is trying to go for, an overly formal/theatircal introduction, with bowing being the way he reminds humble and maybe hides his smirk while facing the ground. Thank you for feeding the fandom with your amazing animation!

3:08 Wolfy proving to me yet again that the most attractive thing a man can do is bow

WOLFY YOU ABSOLUTE MADMAN I LOVE THIS SO MUCH I’m so happy you added the detail of Odysseus’ ring🙏🙏

Polythemus: DUDE!! YOU BROKE INTO MY HOUSE AND KILLED MY PET!! Odysseus: Hey! Why don't we just?…Drink about it?…

True morale of the Odyssey: Never kill somebody’s pet, even if it’s a sheep.

Gods, these continue to be SO amazing! The subtly of Odysseus adding the lotus, Polites' joy when it seems like the cyclops will spare them, and especially loving the foil of Odysseus smiling as he gives "Nobody" as his name, later repeated on Polyphemus' wicked grin as he learns his true name.

the fact that your animatics can bring attention to the song itself is nothing short of impressive, i never noticed the emphasis on the word “power” when it’s sung until i saw Odysseus lean forward and clench his fists when saying it until this. all their emotions are also conveyed so so so well through the entire thing, with both body language and facial expressions, like odysseus looking sly and smart when he says his name is “nobody” or when he actually looks relieved when he says “i’m so glad we see eye to eye” side note, i absolutely adore how you draw eyes, especially where you can see odysseus’s expression change in the cyclops’s eye

I love your design of Polyphemus and I LOVE Odysseus

WOFLY YOUVE OUTDONE YOURSELF AGAIN. This is absolutely fucking amazing my friend! When Ody bows tho, on my knees *many kerm schreeches*

I love how Odysseus' expression darkens whenever his true colors show

I am an animation student and my teachers showed us one of your animatics in class, and I followed you because I love Epic the musical. But I got to say, every animatic you make just gets better and better, I really look up to you. The viewing, the composition, the art style, everything impresses me

As always looks amazing!!

the way you drew his hand sliding over the barrel does something to me, chefskiss so smooth and beautiful

Oh myyyy I’ve been watching all the clips on tumblr, and I’m late by 39 minutes??? Noooo but seriously Wolfy this was amazing 10/10 phenomenal amsjdjsjdnhdjeejsjsmdn I’m in love

The fact that the soldiers brought a damn BARREL OF WINE into the CAVE just because Love it

1:09 this is my favorite part it’s so good😭😭 no, but rlly this whole animatic is amazing, I cannot get over how impactful the way you draw expressions to be!! I’ll be watching this a few times over again…

I love that you added his wedding ring! That was a sweet little detail. This was another beautifully drawn masterpiece filled with terror, wit, humor, and other various tangible emotions that keep me enthralled with the story, as always! 💙✨✨✨

I really like the added detail that he blocks their way out with a rock like in the original story. I've seen a couple other animatics (which are all great) but they never do that, and it just gives so much more story to his verses.

Amazing animation! Great details! I loved how you added the detail of the rock sealing the entrance! And the way Odysseus's comrades silently speak at the back! Amazing! I also like the way Polyphemus is represented and casually passing over them like they are nothing! You already know that the consolation payment to repay the damage won't be accepted! And this gets downhill! I love the expressions you design! Keep it up

THE EXPRESSIONS ARE DOWN TO THE CORE! The movement you can clearly see in this animatic is spectacular. And don't get me started on the designs! It's perfection! And your animatics are only getting better!

O MY GODS IT'S FINALLY HERE

So many details! Odysseus’s awkwardness offering a handshake, his half step back? Polyphemus tearing up, and later crushing the barrel? The crew giving Odysseus the barrel, the little hand move along the rim of the cask? The expressiveness of everyone!! Ahhh so gooood!

The ''Odyssey'' by Homer It's basically just a story about a man who lies to his wife about why he's late.

Love how you draw hands and just the subtlety with the movements are so smooth. This animatic is so so good.

The ending is just as horrifying as I pictured it being in the actual song, that was PERFECT Polites in the background hugging Eurylochus kind of made my heart sink because he thought they were gonna get out without a fight

The way you showed how Odysseus acted in book 9 was really cool! I'm studying the Odyssey at the moment, and I think you did a great job of showing how poorly both parties acted in this scene and the trickery that was used by both Polyphemus and Odysseus. An interesting fact about the scene that you animated is that it is a perfect example of the ancient greek concept of "Xenia". Basically, act good to your host and your host will do good back. Of course, in this case, both Polyphemus and Odysseus they were performing bad xenia. Odysseus breaking into the cyclops home and stealing his food, and Polyphemus eating Odysseus' men. On top of this, Odysseus offering Polyphemus wine is really interesting since in the original poem, Polyphemus is described as drinking "unwatered milk". This was considered to be extremely uncivilised (with wine being extremely civilised), so when Polyphemus drinks Odysseus' wine for the first time, it is likely it was his first time drinking any wine at all. I could go on and on with interesting facts about this book, but this comment is already too long. Anyway, sorry for the long comment! I've been following your Epic animatics for a while, and it's really cool as a classics student to see them side by side to the original text.

I am binge watching this... ans I am completely in love. Odysseus's story always was my favourite and this is incredible...

YO. THIS IS AMAZING. Your expressions and body movements will never stop amazing me, you make them all feel so alive... I can't even express with words how fascinating I find it.