The Last Day of Summer Animatic 

“I did everything they ever asked yeah I did! And for what?!” Jeez that line hurts more and more every time I hear it

I'm honestly quaking?? This is the first time I've seen anyone draw the age difference between Luke and Percy properly

It's actually sad to remember that Percy was really only 13 - 14 years old at the time and Luke was maybe 16 - 17. So this was really scaring for Percy.

Ahh, Lukes sword!! I distinctly remember Percy being disturbed that it was celestial bronze and metal since they aren’t supposed to attack mortals! Also, the scorpion and how he killed it but it was too late, Lukes quest and his scar! Amazing animatic and great book representation!

OW this HURTS. But it's SO GOOD. And Percy is so small this is one of the few animatics that's reminded me that Percy's only in the sixth grade. Percy's face when he realizes that it's Luke, Percy tearing up, Luke tearing off his necklace, the flashback the Luke's quest, the scorpion, how book accurate it is, just YES.

I never felt sympathetic for luke while reading the books, but the way he sings so desperately plus how you showed his backstory 👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻 very nice

Luke is misunderstood character and I love how when he thought he was going to help other demigod but at the end of the pjo he died saving the gods.

The Attenion To Detail -lukes scar -How luke got that scar -lukes sward -the scorpion -THE AMOUNT OF BEADS ON LUKES NECKLACE LIKE YOU MUST BE A TRUE PJO FAN LIKE THE ATTENTION TO DETAIL IS BETTER THAN GARLIC BREAD

Baby Luke getting hurt really made me feel

Luke's part always gives me chills.

I LOVE THIS. You captured percys fear and how damaged luke is DAMN

I really admire how the musical captured Luke and Percy's relationship in just a few line better than in the movie, the musical really gets how Luke was a father/big brother figure to Percy who never had those, making Luke's betrayal even more painful

Watching this after rereading The Last Olympian hurts my heart to see Luke again

I love how they reuse the good kid tune yet change the lyrics to fit Luke's POV. Percy's whole life he wants to fit in and be a good kid But Luke has realised that all the effort he put into being good was useless to him so why be a good kid or a good son.

Oh god, I just realised. Luke made his weak spot the place where he hurt Percy. They have matching scars. He made hurting Percy his weakness. The thing that would kill him. Hurting an innocent kid that he cared about against his will.

Ooh, that confrontation gave me chills

First animatic I have seen with luke using his sword and the scorpion.

Holy cow! You drew them not only in the accurate age, but also with a frick ton of references to the original book! This was amazing! Awesome job!

This really shows the over-confident and crazy messed-up psychopath that Luke really is in the first book. I though that that exquisite detail was impossible to show in animation, but you did it! THANK YOU FOR THIS! Keep up the great work! :)

I haven't watched the musical (I Haven't been able to find a video of it online) but I've seen clips and listened to all the songs, and honestly, this is one of my favourites. the way Luke sings Percy's song of searching for acceptance back at him in a cruel irony is amazing. and this animatic just made me like the song so much more! my favourite bit is 1:10, the true face of "oh shit."

The pure freaking horror on Percy’s face when Luke was monologuing his plan, ten out of freaking ten!

oH MY GOD ITS BOOK ACCURATE WHA T(when luke tries to kill percy at the end of tlt) ALSOOOO ITS SO GOOD JUST ART A AAAA A HOW

Every time Luke says “good” it sends shivers down my spine. It shows that he’s willing to be a puppet just to get his revenge. But I can’t find it in myself to blame him for it. Everything he’s been through gave him every reason to hate the gods. It gave Kronos the perfect way to twist and manipulate him into the nearly perfect weapon.

THE SCORPION Y E S

Aaaaaaa you included Luke's backstory and the scorpion and Luke's sword! This is amazing!

I love the shadows, and that you didn't have just one scene for like 1 minute, but you kept the characters moving, even though I bet it took a lot of work! I also love the really emotional expressions! You really nailed the feeling and mood!

I think this has got to be the best Last Day of Summer animatic that I have seen!

Sorry, but the way Luke says “Good!” at 1:29 when Percy says that Kronos is using him just hurts me so much, because I’m finally getting it, and Hermes was a terrible father. Luke was scared of his mom because she tried to become the oracle, and Hermes knew, and he did nothing. I think that although it was wrong of him to betray his family, (the campers, not the gods) he had every reason to do so.

Luke's face when he says "good" has me well and truly shook oh my god

Beautiful art work! As a huge PJO fan... (And fangirl) I approve! And so does everybody else!

" I get it, my quest was supposed to be the biggest thing in my life. I came back changed... But the rest of camp was *exactly the same* " Oh Hermes, go hug your son. I swear Luke is such a great character but no one treated him as such. Also, LORD JESUS that gave me some vertigo. Gimme the holy water.

The Scorpion is in this!!!!Many details I love!!!!!! :)

1:20 that jump though xD I love it for some reason xD

Godsdam this is beautiful, Luke getting his scar, the beads. Absolutely the best things I've seen all day. 10/10 subscribed. Hope to see more in the future.

This song reminds me so much of Varian in Ready As I’ll Ever Be, like the bit where Luke says for what, it’s exactly like “but whatever I’ve done you’ve deserved” and where he says “I’ve done anything” makes me think of “believe me I know I’ve sunk pretty low”

"As long as our parents ruled over the stars!" My favorite,Lukes part hits me everytime

OOF MY HEART THIS SERIES AND THE MUSICAL ARE SO GOOD. This animatic is so fantastically done! Their expressions feel right at every moment and the addition of bits from the book was clever! Hope to see more soon!

This is so great! The flashback of luke, and he ripping off his necklace, this is the best animatic I’ve seen of this song!

*LUKE IS ACTUALLY REALLY HURT, AND THIS ANIMATIC HURTS, AAAAAAAAAH.*

This is so great! I was thinking today of how I would block that scene, and I liked the fact that Luke has his back turned when revealing he’s the lightning thief. It allows Percy to realize what’s going on without seeing Luke’s face, so that way the next time he sees Luke it’s in a completely different light. Also I had it in my head that Luke would pull out his sword at that exact line so it felt satisfying to see that animated! Great work!

I really like this animatic I haven't seen any other one that has actually included the Scorpion and the fact that Luke had a sword

1:57 Percys face is just like ‘BISH THINK OF YOUR OWN SONG’

After watching this video for ..the 10th time(it’s too good I can’t stop) I remember in one of the later books that when Percy told Annebeth about this scene she pointed out that Luke had shown him mercy and let him live. Then, when Percy wasn’t convinced she explained that Luke could have easily killed him, he was still a newbie and didn’t know how to fight, Luke was a master swordsman so instead of playing around and throwing a scorpion at him and giving him an opening to save himself, he could have just challenged to a duel and killed him. However, he didn’t which meant that even though he was angry at the gods enough to side with Cronos he didn’t actually want to hurt Percy or any of his fellow half bloods that we all know have the same or similar struggles as each other which makes them the only ones who can relate to what Luke is going through. He shows plenty of signs throughout the series of being conflicted with going against his former friends and family. I won’t spoil anything else if someone hasn’t read the books, but honestly overall I never saw Luke as a bad guy his actions were bad and extreme , but I could never be convinced that he was really evil, just angry, confused, and frustrated with the life he lived and the bad stuff that all connected back to his dad who it felt like never really gave him a lot of attention. Honestly I’m surprised it took this long for a halfblood to revolt against the gods, they are very neglectful of their kids and with their lives being constantly in danger of monsters their mortal parents can’t see or fight that would easily build resentment. So in the end I just feel really bad for him (shrug) he had a rough life and he tried to get some control back, but the cost was betraying his friends.

NOT THIS AGAIN!! AHHHHH!! I JUST GOT OVER THIS A DAY AGO!! But it’s really good... *tearing up* ...Luke... why...

woaahhhhh this is great! I love your design for Luke, his flashback scene to when he got the scar is awesome! Percy's expression when he realized was perfect, the end with riptide and the scorpion was so cool! Thanks soo much, you're very talented!

Book accurate, chills... When Luke threw his bead necklace on the ground... Whoa. The scorpion, the sword, the quest flashback, all amazing

I love the design of Backbiter! Amazing drawings!

AHHH THIS IS SO WELL DONE I LOVE HOW BOOK COMPLIANT IT IS AND THE LITTLE FLASHBACKS OF LUKE AND THE EXPRESSIONS AND JUST WOW THANK YOU

I liked how they used percy's monologue about fitting in, into Luke's breaking off point...

Okay but like I can't be the only one that is insanely in love with Luke Castellan during every event of the series. like hey he turned his back and everyone but like... Luke

The expressions are spot on

WOAH I love how loyal this is to the books! I also love the expressions and the composition of this animatic, it turned out amazing!

I loved Percy’s expressions when he realized Luke was the Lightning Thief. Really nice animatic!

I love how this basicly sums up luke's side of the story! I love the animations of the heads falling and the scorpion bite weakening percy! Please keep it up!

OMG I HAVE BEEN SQUEALING FOR LIKE TEN MINUTES WATCHING THIS!!! All the things right here: -Age gap (SUPER IMPORTANT AND OFTEN MISSED) -it’s by the creek -Beads On Luke’s necklace -Scorpion -EVERYTHING OMG it’s SO GOOD I can’t STOP FREAKING OUT OVER IT

I really hope you make more animatics, not only The Lightning Thief. You are a great artist!

Luke has always been one of my favorite characters. He is so complicated and there are so many things that go into his characters but at the end of the day he was just a scared kid who grew up desperate for his father's love and acted out when he didn't get what he was working so hard for.

The moment I realized it was the Good Kid thing was the moment I bROke.

The part when luke said he didn't care if he hurt anyone had me.😭 My child.

This is so freaking awesome! How you draw Percy's realization that Luke betrayed him is just amazingly well done, and the sequence where he's scotting away is really well animated! Keep up the great work!

Omg that last scene with Luke wielding Backbiter and then the scorpion was absolutely fabulous!!! It just made the scene so much more powerful because it shows the intensity of the situation Percy was in as Luke confronted ^w^

This is really good! It stays true to the book, too! FRICKING AWESOME!

No matter how many times you listen to this song, this part always hurts.

Dang I know this ending so well, but I still got chills!

AHH THIS WAS SO GOOD!! the expressions you drew percy with really expresses how panic inducing this moment would've been for him, and i like that you made him smaller since he is supposed to be pretty young in this scene!! also just luke in general is sooo book accurate hes very scary and clearly 'villainous' but imo he's very human and i like that you showed flashbacks too!! there are so many little details that i adore in this animatic you did such a great job on this!! :D

This is so great they even have where Luke tried to poison Percy with the scorpion wow just wow

i really love how in “good kid” the line “six schools in six years” is repeated parallel to “summer” in this song

“Betrayed by a friend” that just makes it so much more depressing when you realize Luke saw Percy as a friend

I love this so much! This was done perfectly, the expressions were the best!

Argh, this was so perfect, i love the way you stuffed the book in the musical... thank you for this gift, may you get many more subscribers!

Okay that’s it. That’s it. You’ve earned a sub. This is 💕 I can’t wait for more!!!

Okay maybe I’m looking too deep into it, but at 2:06, the gleam in Luke’s eye looks like Saturn, and Saturn is the Roman counterpart of Kronos. Maybe I’m looking way too much into it, but I really love this animatic anyway

I love how as soon as he processes that Luke is the lighting thef he jumps like 5ft back

One of my favorite songs from the musical. Represented perfectly. Great animatic. Luke is such a tortured soul. He went through so much. He wasn't the best guy, but in the end, he made the right choice. Hayden emphasizes the pain in Luke's voice. Love this so much.

I’M SO LATE BUT YOU REMEMBERED IT! RIPTIDE BEING GOLD AND NOT BLUE, AND BACKSTABBER!! This is SO ACCURATE! It makes me remember that Luke was of high schooler age, maybe adult age, while Percy was in about seventh grade! I HAVE to appreciate the detail of Luke tearing off his necklace, Backstabber being celestial bronze and metal and that creeping out Percy, his quest to get that golden apple, Luke slashing at the water with his hand, probably indicating his hatred for Percy. Even the way Luke slashes at Percy before summoning the scorpion. Instantly subbed!

Luke’s story is really really tragic and this puts everything into perspective. You can see how sad he looks and how much he just wanted love from his dad, y’know?

This is in my music playlist and the next song just happened to be blame it on the kids, both songs kind of fit together

agh it feels good to see this scene properly handled. It's perfect!

It just breaks my heart to see Luke again...He was one of my favorite characters, and I didn't care if he was evil. Also, why does he look hot in this animation?

I love the way Luke looks at 1:54

Finally someone who’s read the freaking books!!

The look of pure horror and fear when Percy realizes Luke is the lightning thief is just... Amazing *chef's kiss*

Holy snap, like, this is beautiful??? I absolutely love the way you drew Percy’s reactions and that along with the music, my heart just started racing because you captured the intensity and betrayal of the situation so well!!! Hope you continue with more; this is absolutely amazing!

I love this so much I just love the parrelels between this song and good kid

Luke's lyrics are hitting hard, I can hear he is angry, sad, everything, when he says that " it doesn't take to be a good kid" and the "I don't care if I hert anyone."

It makes me happy how accurate this is to the book

Oh my goodness PROPS TO YOU!!! Seriously even working in the proper ending with the scorpion is amazing and I’m so excited to see whatever work you continue to put put’ :D

My favorite part HAS to be when he takes off his necklace that was genius! Please do MORE!

What’s really amazing if you can just tell that you’ve read the books and such! This is so awesome!! You even have Luke wearing the beads and the sword and ah I love it. The art it’s amazing!!!

That was amazing! It really made me feel for Luke, how you showed the backstory.

Percy’s face when he realized luke was the lightning thief 1:10 🤣🤣🤣

This is the most accurate and most thought out of all the animations I have seen, keep up the amazing work!!!

When you realize LUKE was 19 and Persassy was 12

I think that people always forget that Percy was only 12 and Luke was one of his only friends when everyone else hated him. I can’t believe that Percy doesn’t have trust issues.

!! yay now i can just play my favorite part on loop! in all seriousness i love this!!

AHH THE BACKSTORY

I love how you added the bit about Luke’s quest in here, keep up the good work!

Wow. Everything in this video is amazing, but my favourite two moments are seeing Backbiter again and the scorpion sting. Utterly amazing animatic.

WOWOWOW THE DETAILS IN THIS ARE SO SMART! Luke flashing back to his quest, his sword, him tearing off the camp necklace. Honestly gorgeous

This is so amazing! You did such an fantastic job on this! Can’t wait for more!