"Ruthlessness" FAN ANIMATIC - Full - Epic the Musical 

Love how at the beginning he was just throwing the ships around for fun, then when shits really got down, freaking whirlpool

I love how Poseidon is constantly taking shape/falling apart into the waves again, looks awesome!

This is so good! Love how Poseidon drags Odyssey underwater to drown him then forms an air bubble around him like no I'm not done with you yet

The fact that I've seen several animatics to this song but my jaw STILL dropped at the horrific destruction of the fleet and that following hollow silence. I hope every artist that has made stuff for EPIC gets really good animation jobs that give y'all lots of money and recognition for your talents because WOW, the way you made this fandom come to life!

I think something that is missed in this song is that Poseidon doesn’t hate Odysseus for hurting his son, he hates him for showing mercy, something that Poseidon just can’t do. He is trying to break Odysseus which is why he gave him that chance to apologize(to pass the blame to show that he is just a mortal, to be ruthless) Odysseus doesn’t, and thus just pisses the god off more.

I love how he just summons his own boss arena with that giant wall of waves

I love how Poseidon at 1:50 could have killed ody but he lets him live and in turn allowing ody to escape, ironically on the "you totally could have avoided all this had you just killed my son" line, amazing animatic deserves all the attention

In this version, it feels more casual in a way? Like Poseidon knows he has all the power rn, and he’s just toying with them. Which is a different type of scary, when you can that you’re enemy your isn’t even showing you a tenth of their power. Ughh, it’s so good, great job!! I love him forming and reforming!

2:09 can we talk about how good this scene was? Despite now facing the wrath of THE Sea God, the crew still did their best to help their captain. Which makes it more heartbreaking when Poseidon killed entire fleet, expect Odysseus main ship with only 43 left.

I love the ways Poseidon controlled the water and attacked Odysseus with it! The wall of water goes well with the water sounds in the background. This was incredible!

This is probably the best Ruthlessness animatic I've seen so far- I really love how he progressively killed them, starting with a few ships, then giving Ody a chance to explain himself, but when he turns his trident and Odysseus thinks he's letting them live, he actually sinks the rest of the fleet. And Poseidon's design itself is incredible, especially when he blends in with the waves and sometimes is giant versus a normal human size, and that he's such a drama queen that he creates a whole arena just for that. I really hope Jay sees this, it's incredible!!!

You know, the thing I like most about this animatic is that at moments it doesn’t quite feel like Poseidon is truly angry, merely that Odysseus forced him into doing this by his actions and therefore he must go through, sort of like Odysseus says in monster.

This might be my new favorite Ruthlessness animatic. I loved the wall of water. Really nice perspective work on that one! And the expressions convey the emotions so well. Absolutely FANTASTIC job - I'm so happy to see you've finished it!

Okay I **love** the high waves making a wall, but honestly the waterspouts being how the rest of the fleet gets destroyed!?!? INSPIRED. A beautiful way to bring that chaos up and in his face instead of at a great distance or down below. EVERYWHERE he looks has the bodies of his ships and crew. Beautiful design element!

I am speachless. the wall of waves, the dramatic sass, the water transformation. THE RIPPLE!!! I love this soo much.

Honestly, I love how Poseidon slowly lowers his trident from Odysseus' neck, only to aim it at the fleet instead. That was a powerful moment for me.

Just- WOAH 😨 that was amazing!! I remember watching part 1 and loving the water becoming the shark(fin) and then turning into Poseidon *and* the waves responding to his every move. And now that the whole thing is here- 😮 that was amazing- Incredible! --- Some things I loved about this: (SPOILER WARNING) - Poseidon constantly morphing with the water thought all of the animatic. He's everywhere, that terrifying. I already said that, but it blows me away every time I re-watch this. - the shark consisting of actual water !! They're swimming with the shark, that is the ocean (that is Poseidon), they are in danger. 😅 - that one scene at 1:30 when Poseidon over leans over Odysseus, disappears and then reappears through the water. God the timing is brilliant there. - the way the ocean split apart, help that's terrifying. I don't even have a fear of the ocean *but that would be horrifying.* - the differences in Poseidon's height/size: the way he's all big and intimidating and terrifying at the beginning and then switches it up to slightly bigger than Odysseus and his crew when he gives him an "out" in the form of an apology. Yet he's still towering over them (he's still in power here). - Poseidon pointing his trident at Odysseus while waiting for an apology, and when he didn't get one he simply pointed it at his crew and said "you had one job, you blew it. Now watch them pay the price for it." - Odysseus' face as he realizes what's about to happen right before Poseidon kil|s his men (when the trident is pointed at the other ships). - that same scene still ‼️ if I was hearing this song for the first time and seeing these visuals, I would've thought Poseidon would've let him go when he moved his trident away, too. And then be just as confused and horrified when he pointed it at the crew instead and said "di€" - 3:16 this establishing shot >:000 everyone's getting slaughtered and that one ship is clearly shown to be unharmed as they're forced to watch. - the way even the teardrop becomes a ripple that then shows Poseidon in the reflection as if to answer the question. (_"when does a ripple become a tidal wave?"_) - 3:45 the subtile movement of the pupils ahhhh - And lastly that ending 😮 Insane. You should be proud, this is amazing.

this whole animatic looks like charcoal drawings and I'm obsessed

CAN WE TALK ABOUT THE FACT THAT MY MAN POSEIDON IS AN ABSOLUTE DRAMA QUEEN? I mean look ad the first minute, He slays so good he kill men fr

3:24 THIS IS HAUNTING AND IT LOOKED LIKE THE HANDS IN THE UNDERWORLD!

AAAAAAAAA THIS IS SO SO GOOD I LOVE YOUR WET HADES DESIGN :DDD

Great video! I love how Poseidon kept turning into waves and crashing into Odysseus' party. It felt like he wasn't just a god in human form but the very force of nature itself! Probably my favorite depiction of Poseidon so far! Also the use of Odysseus finding the bag of wind as a means of foreshadowing was great! He had it, but couldn't use it right away because of the wall of water preventing the ship from leaving. Then opening it when Poseidon drops all the water barriers, thinking he's already won.

ugh, i love how you made poisdeon look so inhumane in this animatic - the way he shifted and moved so fluidly around, really represented the unpredictable nature of the ocean

1:03 😮 1:37 😮 1:41 😮 2:27 😮😮😮 3:15 holy shit! 🫣🫢 3:47 😢 4:04 the reflection of Odysseus's face on the Triton😮❤

There is so much personality oozing from Poseidon! Absolutely stellar character acting.

Ani flamma used to be my favorite Ruthlessness but this is def in the running for my favorite like omg you made it so freakin TERRIFYING and i honestly done know what to say there is too much to love about it!

I love how in almost every animatic posidon PHYSICALLY messes with ody, knowing that he can fully kill ody at any moment but choosing to mess with him.

I love how you portray Odysseus’ expressions during his ‘all I gotta do is open this bag’ line as desperate

Absolutely agree that your take on the 'apology' scene is cinematic as chuff, but I'm just happy you fixed a huge issue with the "all I gotta do is open this bag" line. That comes off so weirdly cheery with how it's sung, and so many animatics try to match that energy. You at least had him look appropriately weary, given the dozens of his men he just watched die.

I absolutely loved this. I love the effects of the water from when Poseidon shifts form.

god the way you animated ALL the water was just GORGEOUS, the swirls. the shapes? the vortexes and splashes are so 😍

I AM SPEECHLESS the waves, the fluidity, the sheer danger poseidon embodies as they are truly helpless in every sense THE WALL OF WATER CAGING THEM IN POSEIDON TOYING WITH THEM THEN JUST KILLING THEM WITH THOSE PILLARS DEVASTATING (i love how u drew the waves so much) JUST OMG THIS IS SO GOOD

There's so many amazing animatics out there, but artists just keep delivering new and fresh interpretations to these songs and I love it so much. I think this one is special because you really managed to make me feel the danger Odysseus and his men are in, you made Poseidon feel so BIG and POWERFUL, he is The God of Ocean and you can tell, in contrast Odysseus looks both terrified and small compared to him, like he knows he has no way to stop Poseidon and is at his mercy, the god can raise big walls of water and throw their ships around like if they were toys, he knows he fucked big time. I really liked that, the sense of danger, even if we know exactly when everything is going to hell you managed to build the tension until that one "Die" line and I loved it. I thinks it's really interesting too how you didn't only wait until that moment, I mean we see Odysseus save one of his men and also getting thrown into the water before that, the threat is constantly there against him and his men, they are standing against a force of nature and only waiting to see what he'll do. Also I appreciate you keeping the serious tone on the bag part, don't get me wrong I completely understand why artist make that moment funny and it's well justified because the line sounds funny, but since your whole animatic was so tense and painful for the protagonist I think it's just right he kept the serious expression when using his last resource to save himself and the few men he still has. There's also your beautiful artstyle, so pretty and expressive, I can't not mention it when praising this whole piece❤️ Thank you for taking time to create something so good.

my god the way you made poseidon just turning back into water is so amazing, him just moving around freely showing his power was just amazing omg

Wow, this is INCREDBILE! The way you depicted poseidon as one with the water was so rad, and really got across just how formidable he is. I can't get over how dynamic you made the environment as well, what a great use of the ocean as a foe. Ugh. One of my favorite animatics to this song to date.

1:32 Oh I LOVE how Poseidon leans over Odysseus there! It's a perfect threatening gesture to go with Poseidon reminding Odysseus that he's dealing with a literal god at this point! And Poseidon turning into water and just shifting where he is - this is so frigging good! 2:07 And Odysseus's men catching him! The details in this are incredible! But dear lord, the sassy leaning at 2:32 👏 I live for that frame And I ADORE how you depicted Poseidon's final destruction of the ships, it is so perfectly animated!

One of the best animatics in how it handles Posiedon being the sea and having total control of it. If one day epic gets animated, one can only hope that the animator team is at least as inspired and dedicated as the fans.

Oh my GODS, I love how you drew the waves forming him as he looms over the fleet and Odysseus, and how he turns to water after saying “ aren’t even great “ this entire animatic and the symbolism you put into this is AMAZING

This is so amazing! Thank you for making it! I love how much of a drama queen Poseidon looks like here, it's all so good!

I love the concept of Poseidon melting into water instead of rising and lowering

I don't know if it's just me but the silence after the massacre in this animatic feels longer than the one in the song. As a result, the loneliness hits harder.

omg this is so good !! the part where Poseidon brings up Odysseus in the water column and he falls back onto the ship is really creative ,this is so cool and you’re very talented :D

I am obsessed with this Poseidon design oh my GODDDDD I love how he is gigantic and almost mocking with his gestures rather than just pure rage. And oh my god the scene where the crew members’ hands reach out from the whirlpool is so chilling

the water is just gorgeous, oh my gods. and that part when we see them from up where they surrounded by water wall- amazing. beautiful. unbelievably cool. also poseidon, his design in general, his appearance, i cant describe my joy. and reflections. gods, this is my favorite animation of ruthlessnes now

I've seen a lot of people being like Poseidon gets mad all the time. That's the thing though THIS STORY is what gave him that reputation.

The complete cease of active destruction with the sudden silence, leaving him with the slow destruction of the mind... *chef kiss*

Oh my god, the part near the end where he shifts his aim from Odysseus to the crew instead and they all get captured in those columns of waves was absolutely stunning!! Lovely and amazing work, I had chills the whole time

A tiny detail I appreciate is how much he looks like he's taken directly from his depictions on pottery and statuary around him from the time period! Very nice!

The water following Posiedon's every movement is a great addition showing his control of the seas.

I really like your Poseidon design. You're probably gonna have the inevitable comparison with Anni and Gigi but yours is really cool. I like how sharp his features down to his facial hair is when its usually flowy like water and I like how his eyes deviate from the standard way to depict gods with just pure empty eyes. Also like how you show Odysseus looking at the bag right after he gets out of almost drowning and how his reaction to his men drowning is pretty delayed. He doesn't look horrified till they're all gone and its sunken in what Poseidon just did

Being turned into mincemeat in a murderous water blender its really fucking scary I love it You achieve a nice sense of awe showing the humongous walls of water and Poseidon's figure standing out with his trident

the amount of personality and movement that you put into the water itself is incredible, especially in that underwater scene !!!

Your choice in artistic direction in this whole video is BEAUTIFUL and SO SO SO interesting!!! It makes me is so so curious as to what your storyboarding process looked like. Just so imaginative!!!! Thank you for sharing your hard work!

There are some really awesome ideas in here! I'd love to see this as a fully animated music video. With color and the whole 20 fps. Great work!

You make him feel truly godly.

Love how ya started with the dramatic "ODYSSEUS OF ITHACA,...." 👌

This is my favorite animatic! I love how you really captured the change of pace between really dramatic scenes to more calm ones. And I just love the close up of Poseidon’s eye on 1.03, I feel it really helps to emphasize the emotions of the vocals, and makes Poseidon more humane in a sense. And I love how you also included a moment were Odysseus finds the bag and prepares it for later a neat detail. And I also love how your frames give even more deep meaning to the lyrics, for example when Odysseus helps his crew mate and Poseidon tells him that he isn’t as good as he thinks, or the part of breaking ice. And you got really creative with the water! Shots inside the ocean and the last scene… chef kiss, they are on Poseidon’s domain, nowhere to run just plead. And beautiful expressions, how Poseidon isn’t always angry and Odysseus pain in the end. So good, I just loved it so much, you did an awesome work.

God this is the best animatic for this song, hands down. The way you choreograph all the scenes, it makes me wish that this show would get an animated movie as well as a stage show! Poseidon is just as threatening when he's large and towering as he is when he's as tall as the men and the use of the waves, whirlpools, the ocean in general to showcase his power is frightening and beautiful. And ugh the moment when his trident moves from Odysseus to the ships behind him after Odysseus fails his test by apologizing, despite this god just telling him he's "too nice, too righteous, you should be ruthless" and proving to him not to be so trusting and naive by killing over 500 men, it's so seamless! You give Poseidon so much personality while also making him so threatening I love it!!

A. Mazing. There's so many details I love. I think other commenters got most of them, like the fluidity (pun intended) of Poseidon's movements, the way the ship's crew try to help each other stay afloat, the pulling Odysseus into the water and almost drowning him there... And right when Poseidon puts his trident in Odysseus' face at the end, the reflection on it! I can't tell you how much I love this.

wow i LOVE the scale of this!!! the way he locks the ships into his vortex, the water spirals into tendrils and PIERCE the ships and swallow the crew members... and i LOVE the way poseidon materializes from the water and eventually disappears into the waves at the end. wowowow!!

This is an absolute masterpiece. The giant wall of waves, the whirlwinds, their expressions, the way you used reflections and camera angles- AH I love every second of this.

This version is definitely one of my favorites. I’ve never seen Poseidon’s song portrayed in such a beautiful way.

The storyboarding for this was unreal! I love the way you portrayed Poseidon's control over the water

One of the few things I love about every ruthlessness Animatic I’ve seen, Poseidon is always bending or doing something the proves how ‘other worldly’ he is compared to humans but is mainly in a humanoid form.

I think this is one of the best animatics as you look at the portrait of the shire power of a god...

I’ve been waiting for this for a bit but omfg completely blew expectations out of the water (: definitely the most intimidating, dynamic, and visually interesting version of this song I’ve seen

I love everything in this animatic! The water choreography, the hint at the wind bag, Poseidon’s way of moving, the final killing of the soldiers! So freaking creative!🤩✨

The water is rly well animated, rly shows Poseidon is master of the ocean. I think you illustrated the heavy moments rly well. The action of everything feels very powerful.

Absolutely loved this! Might be my new favorite Ruthlessness animatic.

This has to be in my opinion the BEST Ruthlessness animatic I've seen just far... beyond simply technical skill, the framing and intentional choices behind each scene is SO BRILLIANT and just visually STUNNING. It all felt out of an anime, to be very honest? Especially with how you draw water and air, and some of the shots, it very well could be the storyboard to an anime sequence--though the style I notice has some of those elements, is also in itself unique? And much more complicated than a simplified or homogenized animation style, especially with the detail on hands and clothes, which honestly just adds to my awe. (Me as a (less talented) artist attempting to say it's incredible and reminded me of an anime scene without likening your style to anime as I know how that can be a blow sometimes! I do not know if I am doing a very good job of this) This is gorgeous, nothing short of a work of art. I just looked into your channel and watched the snippet of Remember Them, and seeing how beautifully you choreograph (and having read that far), I would die to see you make an animatic of No Longer You! You would do the song SO much justice, but all the same, I am really looking forward to your next animatic!

Hands down the best animatic I've seen of this song. Your use of water dynamics and frame distribution is immaculate. Bout to rewatch frame by frame to truly take all the details in. Awesome job

This is definitely among my favourite animatics of this song! I love this so much! The "when does a ripple become a tidal wave, when does a man become a monster" is just so good! And I love how water-y Poseidon is! It's so cool looking! I also love the attention to him picking up the bag and I really liked the touch of Odysseus helping someone out of the water. I also got chills when the choir chants "Poseidon"! The timing and angle of those waves and Poseidon appearing in them! Amazing job! There were also a lot of cool close ups and angles. The way that Odysseus' face reflected in the trident was just so good!!!

I absolutely love how you animated the water and wave transformation. My favorite moment was the "your are the worst kind of good" part.

Oh my GOSH I love your Poseidon's casual confidence and grace, the ego in the way he flicks his hands 🩵 How easily he could crush and drown you... and that underwater scene with Ody??? 🤯🤯 great work, thank you for sharing

This is by far the best illustration I've seen yet!! I can only imagine how amazing it would look fully animated❤

Omg this is freaking amazing! I love how you can feel the anger in how he summons the waves and traps them and how they are completely at his mercy as he toys with them, keeping them guessing on where he’ll appear and what he’ll do next and when or if he’ll actually kill them!

Absolutely Brilliant! I love how Poseidon's scale is all over the place, how he can loom over all of them or stand on the water and look at them eye to eye!

This is amazing!! The details in the facial expressions and the water and how Poseidon manipulates it is chef's kiss, so good!!

i am amazed at poseidon’s first entrance and subsequent melt back into the waves you have such an amazing design of him and his power

The way you make poseidon appear and disappear in the waves and how his form dissolves with the water goes so perfectly with the melody I'm obsessed with this animatic 😳😍

This is definitely one of the best animatics of this song. It's really cool that you portrayed Poseidon as water. He's literally an ocean. Constantly changing. I'll be keeping an eye on your work! 😄

THAT WAS SO COOL, I’M IN LOVEEEEEE THE DETAILS WERE JUST>>>>>>>

OMFG that was amazing! Poseidon's authority of the sea, you animated that so powerfully I kept getting swept up in how it played out.

holy shit the shots in this one and the charactalization are on freaking point also the WATER??? HELLO??? AND EMOTIONS?????

I like how you included the "ODYSSEUS OF ITHACA! Do you know who I am?" in the beginning. Also, seeing the high walls and pillars of water gave me chills and reminded me of when Moses parted the sea in The Prince of Egypt, that was a nice touch, really showed how intimidating and dangerous water can be.

ok can i just sayin i LOVE that you added the ending of the previous song because him yelling ODDYSSUEEEUSS OF ITHICAAA slaps so hard i love u

I love how he keeps melting into the waves and back again, it's so cool?

YOOO this is fire. This is the best showcase of Poseidon's powers I've seen compared to other animatics. I love how he keeps popping in and out transforming to water.

god. it almost feels like Poseidon is, in his own fucked up way, trying to help. "The line between naivete and hopefulness is almost invisible; so close your heart, the world is dark, and ruthlessness is mercy upon ourselves." He knows there's no way (in his mind) Odysseus can make it through this without losses. So rather than drag it out losing some here and some there, he'll get his chunk of flesh for recompense and make Odysseus face that loss outright and come to terms with what he will have to face and do on the journey home. also your animatic has been haunting me for the past few days. the shift of the trident from threatening odysseus to the fleet and the columns of water filled with the drowning sailors screaming for their captain and shattered ships is absolutely incredible. this is amazing and thank you for sharing it and introducing me to Epic!

First off, 100000/10 Animatic I love how your animatic looks so rough BUT SO POLISHED?! And Posiden looks so cool too in this everything just flows so good and him also being CONNECTED to the ocean water too like forming from the ocean waves that hit the ship and everything ITS SO GOOD I AM LOVING IT!

Just a comment for the video to get some attention because it deserves it sooo much ! It's absolutely incredible !!

Somebody who finally gets the vision at the end of Keep your Friends Close, YESSSS

I LOVEEEEE the shots where Poseidon goes in and out of being shapes of water!!

OOOoooooh godness. The man is just frightnening. I like so much how the waves take odysseus and his crew, became Poseidon, let them go and came again, you know that he is everywhere and never let you go (thanks, magical bag :3)

Absolutely my FAVORITE animatic for this song WHY IS THIS SO UNPOPULAR YOU DESERVE SO MUCH MORE THAN JUST 90K VIEWS

wow wow WOW so many absolutely fantastic choices in this animatic. - Love the walls of water rising up with the chorus of "Poseidon". The way you animate water is beautiful. - Poseidon himself moving about like water, taking form, and returning back to water (like 1:34 and 1:43). - Love that you point out that Ody has the bag already at 2:10 as well. - The trident getting pointed at Ody, then shifting to the other ships. Ouch. - At 3:36 when Ody's teardrop causes the water to ripple in time for "When does a ripple become a tidal wave?" *chef's kiss* - Something about the way you animated the wind breaking through the water at 4:11 tickles me in the all the right places. Anyway, what I mean to say it- fantastic work!

THIS IS SO AMAZING WHAT THE HECK? Especially loved the ending, wonderful job!!

Idk how you made Poseidon even MORE intimidating, but you sure done did it 😮

Fantastico!! Lo adoro! I love the movement of the waves! And when they shape Poseidon... wow!

Finally, I found an animation which includes words of Poseidon from “Keep your friends closer”. Kudos for you!