warrior of the mind - lmk animatic 

okay so i've seen people commenting that they don't know what lmk is? i didn't expect this video to reach outside of the lmk fandom which is why i didn't explain what this was sooner sorry dskhfghk lmk stands for lego monkie kid, a cartoon animated by the same people that animated rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles! it's a beautifully crafted take on the story journey to the west, both visually and writing-wise, and i would super recommend it if you're an animation fan :) you can find it on prime video, binge, 9now and happykids!

A little detail that I’m not sure most people caught but in the original Journey to the West, Sun Wukong is literally an allegory for the mind

Thinking about it, this song suits Sun Wukong perfectly! Because in Journey to the West, each of the main characters represented a certain aspect of humanity, and Sun Wukong represented the human mind.

BRO THIS IS SO GOOD- This is going to be those type of animatics where you'll look back in the fandom and be like "Awww NOSTALGIA, I'm so glad I was there at that time." Cuz like- I still look back at old content from fandoms I'm in since my childhood, this animatic is 100 PERCENT a core memory for me. 😭😭😭

This is actually really thematic because in the original allegory the monkey king represents the chaotic but limitless potential of the human mind, hence why hes so powerful but so hard to control. So in a sense they literally are warriors of the mind😂😂😂

The little stims and quirks MK does throughout the animatic are so adorable!!!!!!! I was in the kitchen with half my family and I had to keep my hands over my mouth to keep me from squealing! Of course, the animation itself is just so friggin amazing! I can only dream of gaining so much patience and talent to do something like this lmao Congrats on finally finishing it after a month! /pos

HO BOY THIS IS SO COOL!!!!!

mk's little movements are everything, my personal fav is at 2:48 !! this is so amazing i heart all your animatics a lot good work making a full 3 MINUTE ONE

Sun Wukong: " Don't disappoint me... " *Mk proceeding to gain trauma* Edit #1: This is how many times I've re-watched the video: 64 times.

there aren't enough words to describe how much i love this rough animation bc genuinely how much i love this fandom for dedicate their time and effort to this cartoon who obv deserves the love anyways my jaw was on the floor and now my eyes hurt just bc i wasn't blinking at all while watching this

I had never seen Lego Monkie Kid before seeing this animatic and it was because of this animatic I thought the monkey King was a girl. I was completely thrown off when I started watching the show

Finally someone made this! I had this idea in my head because the song fits so perfectly but Im a procastonato. This is amazing! I love all of MKs expressions and the way that he smiles after saying I was lying and you fell for my bluff perfection! And then the flashing at the end with different key scenes is so good! Like arhghg I can't put into words how amazing this is 🐢💜

EXCUSE ME BUT.. THE MOUVEMENTS?! I LOVE IT! I love the overall idea and the way that in the begining, MK could only see him through the golden vision, which match the "how can you see through my spell?" And also the end, omg thats so cool, good job!!

at 1:45 bro really turned into frozen 2 Elsa for a sec….. on an unrelated note THIS ANIMATIC IS AWESOME LIKE OH MY GOD

I- THIS IS SO GOOD? WHAT THE HELL, ITS BEAUTIFUL, ITS SO DAMN WELL ANIMATED. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO THIS FANDOM. GET THIS THING A MILLION VIEWS DAMMIT

NOT THE SCROLL BREAK 3:25

When I discovered this animatic, I thought it would be a good fanwork that I'd watch maybe once or twice in my lifetime. I would never have guessed it would introduce me to not one, but two amazing projects! I was instantly attached to the music the first time I heard it here and I fell headfirst into EPIC the musical. It turns out that another creator I follow had been creating fanart based on EPIC in the community tab for months. It was a neat revelation, like "Huh, so *that's* what they were drawing this whole time!" I grew to love your art style in the animatic later on, as I'd come back to this specific video most often to listen to Warriors of the Mind. At first, it would be once every few days, then once every other day, but before I knew it, this video came back to my recommendations daily, so I'd rewatch it that many more times, falling in love with the music and glowing visuals all over again. It's all such eye-candy! Eventually, I remembered how often I'd seen LMK floating around my recommendations, and really wanted to watch the series (legally) for myself. No surprise that I came from the still grieving RotTMNT fandom (robbed of a Season 3), but seeing the personalities of MK and Sun Wu Kong come to life and your comment on where to find the series really encouraged me to hunt it down and I could not be more thankful that I did, since the series is beautiful, the characters are as rambunctious as I'd hoped, and the animation does not disappoint!! I guess this is a long-winded way of saying: Thank you for sharing this amazing work of art - not only for the sake of it, but also for being the gateway to some of the greatest media I have experienced this month. I'll probably be back next time to comment what I like about your animatic by itself, but I felt it was important to share how big of a role your video played into showing me both EPIC The Musical and Lego Monkie Kid. I now love them both, and I know for sure I'll be hooked on both of their developments for a long time. Thank you so much!

Jdjsjnfndfn I love this sm! The colors and blending of yellow into the smooth animation are so gorgeous!

Don’t worry, this silly little Lego monkie show has me in a chokehold too!! 😭 I love this sooooo much!! I love the show, the musical, this song! I’ve been seeing PMVs of LMK with Warrior of the Mind and I’m so hyped to see an animatic of it!!! This is wonderful🎉😊

ahhh the season 4 cameo at the end :(( can’t wait for you to watch the special! absolutely beautiful work!!

I feel like the algorithm is taunting me for not finishing The Iliad, The Odessey and LEGO Monkie Kid all in one swoop with this magnificent work of art

This turned out absolutely spectacular! The composition, the movement, all of it is just amazing! I love seeing them in your style Incredible work once again spoop🎉

OMFG I CANT EVEN THIS IS TOO BEAUTIFUL I COULD WATCH THIS FOR DAYS AND DAYS AND NEVER GET BORED GOOD JOB SPOOP! I STILL CANT BELEIVE HOW BEAUTIFUL OF AN ANIMATIC THIS IS! HONESTLY, NO WORDS CAN EXPLAIN THIS! ITS SOOO SMOOTH AND WELL DONE! (i just love your art style) Edit: Btw what tablet would you recommend ( for beginners ). Thanks for 100 Likes!!

The first time I saw the unfinished version of this I was like " Aw dang this is so cool! " I literally rewatched it for an hour LMAO, the full version didn't fail it's so freaking great JRJEKSJDJSJRJ not sure how many times I have replayed this already but yeah JEJSJDJXJDU IT'S SO GREAT I LOVE IT AMD THE ANIMATION ( I also love how you drew them *screaming eternally* )

THIS IS SO BEAUTIFUL, i love your style and how you draw these two SO SO MUCH and my god i could just watch this for HOURS

FUN FACT: sun wukong is the representation of the human mind in the book The music matches a lil too much

Bud, this is amazing!? Seriously I got a shock a good one, at the end though with like the flashy looking things similar to the season4 stuff like my goodness this is great!!

THIS IS AMAZING, you have a lot of talent and I can tell that you put so much love and thought into this animatic and it pays off super well. I love the golden vision effect and how well it works in this animatic, the characters expressions are flawless and this is overall just really really awesome. 💚💚💚🐵

RU-vid will not stop recommending this to me every single time I open my homepage (which is probably because I've watched this a good 20 times already lmao), but I still click and enjoy it all the same

I’m literally in awe speechless this is the one of the best animatics I’ve ever seen

1:57 omg I love mk 😭

okay okay okay, let me just process what I just watched cause that was AWESOME! The goldvision! the glowing eyes! the movments! the faces! the ENDING! It's just, AAH! I love it so much! I think, honestly, that this is my number 1 favouret Monkie kid animatic! I just love it so much!

Bro your animatic is literally so good. I love the way you make the god move and the glowing eyes of the boy in the animatic- ANYWAYS this is just too good I can't describe how incredibly this animatic is 😭

am i the only one who saw his eyes go huge tho at 0:32

I have never heard of this show (just an Epic fan here for the song) but this is easily one of the coolest animatics I've seen. You animate the glowing orange light(?) so fluidly, and your art style is so cute!

THIS IS SO GOOD THIS IS SO GOOD OML Love how the yellow lines are slightly blurry to make them look like light!! Love love love your artstyle and how smug and encouragingly confident Sun Wukong is and how it matches MK’s excited and curious actions. OML!! Also this switches the context of the original song from stern and remind-you-of-your-place to playful and proud! Edit: I knew I recognized the artstyle!! You made the “World’s Smallest Violin” c!Skeppy animatic!

Oh my lord, the gorgeous style, thought process and then the flashes at the end. This animation is everything I needed, so glad I found this!!

i don’t know a whole lot about lmk but this is very cool!! the animation style is amazing and it tells the story very well you’ve done a fantastic job mk!!!

I absolutely love this! Looks so stunning and beautiful! Your artstyle is just so beautiful to look at! Wow! And I love how amazing the characters look, the body language and everything. And the way they interact is so so so cute! So endearing and adorable! My favourite part was where you showed both their hands and MK's hand is super duper small compared to Wukong's. SO CUTE! Beautifully made!

Mk's little smirks are so cute, especially the part where he tricks Wukong

THIS IS THE BEST ANIMATION I HAVE EVER SEEN, I WANT TO ERASE MY MEMORY TO WATCH THIS AGAIN

FIRST OF ALL - THIS IS AN AMAZING ANIMATIC, QUALITY IS THROUGH THE ROOF, IT'S SO NICE TO WATCH! AND SECOND - I *CRIED* WHEN I SAW THOSE LAST FRAMES. LITERALLY. IT'S SO GOOD! It felt like that "Don't disappoint me" was more of a fatherly request than order of goddess AND THEN THOSE FRAMES HIT. Amazing, showstopping, totally unique, never seen before, beautiful!

I just wanted to say thank you because i watched your animatic, got reminded i said was gonna watch it and now it is absolutely my hyperfixation. You did sun wukong and MK so much justice with portraying their relationship, holy!!

This is the video that got me into lmk haha I appreciate your amazing work

this is sooo amazing and incredible!!!! I love your art style and the glowy effects. this whole animatic makes me so happy and excited and the lyrics really fit them. I like all the transitions like at 0:40 and 2:19 it makes the scene really feel alive

3:04 was so fudging cute! I love this animatic so much I want to scream-❤

This is amazing! It’s so smooth and I love the expressions wow

Amazing job! This is a wonder to watch! You have these characters personalities down and the animation shows your skill is getting better and better! I cant wait to see what you show next keep it up!!

This is SO good! I’ve always loved how bouncy and fluid your animation is and it really shines in this animatic. But god that ending is a gut punch.

This is so good !!! Omigosh , I can't stop watching it! It's so well made, but I also can't help myself but geek while watching. The fact that some interpretations of JTTW say that Sun Wukong might be a metaphor for the mind (I mean he is litterly reffeared to as "Monkey of the Mind" in JTTW in some parts of the story((funny enough one of the times beeing right after the "Lady white Bone" arc)) ) and the song lyrics "warrior of the mind" , just chefs kiss really

Боже это так красиво, и мимика и жесты и рисовка, особенно нравятся руки и лица. Это это, у меня нет слов просто ШЕДЕВР ❤

I remember seeing the WIP on Twitter! I was really excited to see the end result, and here we are! This animatic is really beautiful! I love expressions, animation and how you told the story. The nods to the fourth season in the finale are great!! Amazing job, I love it a lot!! :D

2:53 Love Monkie Kings face here ☺️

Flawless animation! This phenomenal, how did you not lose motivation in creating such masterpiece???? ❤

YOOOOO, THE PAPER TRANSITION!! AND THE WHOLE 2:15 SEGMENT IS SO COOL

Leaving my mark to brag that I was there before this work of art became famous

LOVE IT! :D Especially the glowing eyes and the contrast between grey and orange! Anf of course the smoothness!

After seeing all of S4 and the Special ive never felt so excited after witnessing the best battles and animation This makes it even BETTER!!! ITS SO AMAZING!!

i have watched this so many times, and forced my friends to watch this. this is so awesome and cool!! just wow!! :0

okay this is absolutely fucking fantastic holy shit??? it's so fluid, i love the hand motions and everything throughout, it's so well-animated i love it!! ..i have to say, my only knowledge of the monkey king is from Overly Sarcastic Production's journey to the west videos, and i've never watched any lego movies/series. love this though!! especially like the detail of the golden eyes/SWK's outline in the beginning, and then his outline turns black as he becomes more tangible!!!

This is beautiful!!! 10/10 it’s so good! They’re so cute! And MK’s little sneeze had me giggling so hard they’re so adorable your honor

I think this animation helps lmk become a more well-known cartoon. This is so good!!!! I dont even know how many times I watched it, this really makes me want to create a animation with this song with my characters, but I really dont know how to animate :')

This music video was what got me into LMK and I absolutely loved it and this video!!! Everything put into it was absolutely gorgeous and so well made that it blew my mind when I first saw it! I’m so glad I found you. 😊 Take whatever you like! You deserve it! 🍒🥭🥠🥮🍦🍩🍪🧋🍫🍿🍬🍭🎂🍰🥧🍦🍨🍧🍡🧃☕️🍵

This is so beautiful and fun and utterly a JOY to watch that I keep replaying. You did SO AMAZING!! Everything from the expressions to little movements was done so well!! 1000/10😭🩷

okok i just want to say how much i love your artstyle, animation, like it is stunning every time (even with animatics such as these) and thank you for providing the world with such beautiful content this is amazing (also lmk is such an underrated fandom boo)

Dang! Why is this so good! Y'know, if MK and Sun Wukong had a theme song that wasn't the main theme song, than this would probably be it!

Gosh this is beautiful, I've watched this so much, leaving my mark so I can come back to this beauty.

I'm just going to sit here and watch this over and over and over again from how absolutely amazing it is and then sob uncontrollably at that ENDING

OH?? MY? GOD?? THIS IS ABSOUTELY INCREDIBLE!! Your animation and transitions are stunning this might be my new favorite animatic

This is amazing. I loved the way you used the astral projections and such. Also your designs are basically how I imagine these two I really like the way you drew them.

No bc ive been looping this for days and it always makes me so happy, the way you sync up their movements and lines to the song so well i TEARED UP BECAUSE OF HOW MUCH I LOVED THIS (the brainrot talking) thank you for making this because it made me so happy lmao

GODDAMN, THIS WAS AWESOME. I couldn't look away the whole time. You did such an awesome job on this!

I’m not even in the lmk fandom, but this animatic is so beautiful I keep rewatching it. I love your style and the animation is so smooth.

AHHH ITS SO GOOD!!! I’ve been seeing your updates on Twitter and they looked amazing, but seeing the whole thing is like SO FREAKING GOOD! I love the expressions and movements, they flow to fluidly

I love how you incorporated the gold!! *chefs kiss* 10/10 animatic ❤

That is AWESOME! I love the style, the animation, the attention and the effort that you put to the golden details and the song itself fits SO WELL. It is really well done! KEEP GOING 🤩

This absolutely fucking slaps. I’ve never watched the monkie series, but it’s easy to follow what’s happening and I adore the camera work

This is so amazing! I love that golden glow and how it danced around!

It's crazy how well this song fits to the both of them, I cannot stop watching it. Everytime I rewatch it I have the exact same reaction, I just get really hyper and happy. LOL

What a masterpiece!! I stumbled upon this not knowing what it was but the animation is fun and bouncy! The little details and tricks with the lighting was great! Definitely subscribing!

THIS WAS SO GOOD OMFG I LOVED EVERY SECOND OF IT! I hardly ever see LMK content so this was so wonderful to see 💕💕💕

OH MY GOD YOUR ANAMATION IS SO SMOOTH THIS LOOKS AMAZINGGG!!!

WHAT THIS IS SOO GOOD!!!!!! Nice job it’s very clean and well thought through!!!!

Owww espero que saques mas animaciones asi!! Con canciones!! Es tan genial!!! 0:20

Bro the warrior of mind definitely suits this lmk animatic! Gosh I'm such a big fan of lmk and really I love the animatic you made it's so smooth and beautiful!❤❤

THIS IS SO INCREADIBLE OMG I'VE WATCHED THIS SO MANY TIMES. THE ART WITH THE SONG AND THE WAY YOU ANIMATED IT IS JUST SO

I LOVE THIS SM OMGGGG HES LITERALLY THE MIND MONKEY IN JTTW THIS SONG FITS SO WELL

ALL THE GOLD CLOUDS THE REACTIONS SO SMOOTH THE DIFFEENCE BETWEEN MK AND MONKEY OMG I LOVE YOUR ART MAKING ME FEEAL

I watched this the first time like a month ago and was VERY impressed but for some reason on this second watch through I’m grasped and obsessed. You clearly put a lot of work into this and it paid off!!

This is amazing! Your animation is so smooth holy hell? The movement and expressions! The gold vision is such a cool idea for this concept! I just - aaaah!

It looks so good!!! Just want to re-watch it over and over again :). And now I'm interested in watching lmk !!! I love the way it's animated.

This is so good. You managed to make the show and song even more alike that I thought possible.

That's it. I want a behind-the-scenes of this since I have Flip-a-Clip and I wanna learn how to animate like this now. This is absolutely beautiful. So beautiful I literally rewatch it everytime I open YT because it's just there Also, the title actually fits because apparently, in the original Journey to the West, Monkey King represents the mind

So THIS is where you’ve been? Anywhizzle, DAMN THIS IS GOOD, THE EXPRESSIONS, THE FLUIDNESS, IT’S A FRIDGEING MASTERPIECE!!!

OMG THIS IS GORGEOUS!!!!❤

OMG THIS IS SO GOOD. HOLY COW. I WAS LOOKING FOR LMK ANIMATICS BECAUSE MY HYPERFIXATION IS IN FULL GEAR AND I FOUND THIS AND I CANT STOP SCREECHING OVER HOW GOOD THIS IS 1000x KUDOS TO YOU THIS IS GORGEOUS ❤️ 💕 💗

I can tell this took so long but honestly its beautiful and worth it ❤❤

I had already seen a piece of it on twitter and I had commented on how cool this work was going to be, and I had seen it wrong... IT'S AWESOME!! HOLY GOD A MASTERPIECE🤩⭐⭐🧡🧡

I love how the eyes glowed orange when she appears

THIS IS SO PRETTY IN BOTH WAYS