"The Challenge" - Epic the Musical FULL Animatic by Gwendy [ DEMO AUDIO with ENHANCEMENTS]
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- Опубліковано 23 вер 2024
- NOTE: This is the demo audio recorded over a phone. I enhanced it as best I could and while the lyrics and melody are untouched, portions of Odysseus singing "Penelope" were added to enhance the story.
This has been in my WIPs and drafts for a long time so now I thought I'd finally finish it. And finish it I did. HOWEVER, this will be very rough, sketchy type animation. The polished version and updated will not be released until AFTER the Ithaca Saga drops, so I can have access to the HD audio. As of right now, what we have is a low quality phone recording of Anna Lea's vocal performance. Still, her voice is just mesmerizing and I can't wait to hear the full song!
EPIC the Musical is created by Jorge Rivera-Herrans @JayHerrans
Performed by Anna Lea
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Penelope: waiting... waiting... waiting
Odysseus: I'm right here love, can't you see . I'm coming!!!!
WHY YOU GOTTA MAKE ME CRY LIKE THAT!.....I approve.
No way, I'm crying now 🥲
Can you imagine that could be a possible line of the song in the final version?
@@TJWellingtonMatamu
Odysseus
Wait for me, I'm comin'
Wait, I'm comin' with you
Wait for me, I'm comin' too
I'm comin' too
@@my_girl_seraphine5294I understand that reference
@@my_girl_seraphine5294 Nice Hadestown reference
They are all so fucked when Ody returns.
Hey, spoilers lol!
Pssht don't spoiler. But yeah they are screeewed
@@paleflamehow's it really a spoiler? Most people read the Odyssey, or have a basic idea of how it went, but that doesn't take away anything from the musical!
@@paleflame is it??? Isn't it pretty much guaranteed that he's gonna return home??
@@paleflame is it??? Isn't it pretty much guaranteed that he's gonna return home??
Love how she's still sleeping on her side of the bed and looking for him on his side when she wakes up. There's a lot of moments where you show that's she's missing him as much as he's missing her, and then he's actually sneaking through the crowd at the end of the song!
I just noticed that the slight armor kind of thing on her shoulder is on the opposite side of the siren’s, which shows that the siren failed to see the clear picture of Penelope in Odysseus’ head because of the beeswax!
YES! Thank you for noticing because I actually went through painstaking detail to make the siren look like Penelope but give her traits that are dead giveaways that she's an impostor.
@@ns2dstudios wait that’s actually genius visual storytelling
@@ezracohen6020 Ikr!!!!
Great observation
@@ns2dstudios I also noticed that the clothes the siren wears are more provocative, but Penelope’s are actually more modest and elegant.
I love Athena giving her a sign!!!!
I love how Odysseus is reaching OUT for herrr
It's in line with the myth in that it was Athena who gave her the idea about making the challenge :D
@@ns2dstudios Athena never gave her the idea :) Penelope came up with it all herself! She brought it up to Odysseus while he was in disguise and having dinner.
It's quite funny in how Athena basically had to guide Odysseus the entire time but Penelope basically had very little guidance from Athena for her plans, as Penelope basically had it all figured out. Athena was mostly giving Penelope metaphorical "pats on the head" of "Good job!"
@@dootznbootz Strange. I could've sworn I read that somewhere where she dropped a hint to Penelope to do the challenge but I could be mistaken.
Where
@@ns2dstudios she proposed it to beggar Odysseus and he agreed
Also Ody following her through the crowd 😭😭
the way her personality shifts for Ody, goes from regal to excited and full of hope
my heart ugh
Can’t wait for the vengeance saga to come out, this is my MOST anticipated song. Along with dangerous and get in the water.
isn't the challenge the first song of the ithaca saga?
@@VimyGlide I thought it was the vengeance saga? I might be wrong, it’s been awhile since I saw the list of epic songs
@@VimyGlide ah yeah, I checked. It is the Ithaca saga, just got some songs mixed up
SAME!! So hyped for this song!! It was my favorite unreleased song next to Olive Tree (before it got cut)
It’s in the Ithaca, I wish it was in the vengeance saga! That would be really cool!
Came faster than Odysseus coming home
And also, ODY REACHING FOR PENELOPE GYAAAAAA 😭😭😭😭😭
@@rosa-san5259 (jokingly) that's not a difficult feat!
@@margheritaparacini7729 I know!
YES!!!
less than 20 years?? Impressive!
@@rosa-san5259 came faster than Angelica on a ship to shit talk Hamilton for cheating on Eliza
I've never heard the full song and now im crying. Penelope singing waiting just like Ody's mother is so heartbreaking
Well this shouldn't be the whole song either. Just a long snippet kind of like what we had for love in paradise where we had most of the Calypso section but not ghe whole song.
@@arghhhhy5874 That just makes it even better because it means that there'll be more
The way I started crying when Penelope imagined FINALLY seeing Odysseus again.😭❤
My eyes filled with tears when I watched Odysseus and Penelope together in her imagination. They're so precious and deserve only the best. And their son Telemachus is great, he's so ready to defend his parents honour. This family deserved a really good long break from all of this mess that lasted 20 years.
I love the owl in the sky at “some kind of sign”, and the pan through the axes is _amazing!_
This is so good! I absolutely cannot _wait_ to hear this song in its full glory!
Ooh, the camera flying through the 3D axes (like the TSG entertainment logo) was perfect! I am LOSING IT over how the suitors' arrows are aimed at Penelope, because if they win, it really is the end for her.
YES! TSG logo mention! That was the main inspiration for that shot. And you are very correct in your analysis. Penelope knew they wanted her for her power and would kill her to get it if they can. But she'd rather die than marry any of them.
*sobs in a corner*
BUT TITA GWENDY COOKED SO GOOD 😭😭😭
*sobs in olive tree*
I KNOW JORGE HAS TO TRAUMATIZE US A FEW MORE TIMES BEFORE THAT HAPPENS THO 😭😭😭
oh it’s the spicy bee again
Ok after a bit of digging my favorite small detail in this video is the bow itself. Instead of making the bow a more traditional recurve or even a medieval long bow style, the bow depicted here is accurate to the bows of the time, that being the Scythian bows. When the bow is relaxed it is curved down in a U shape as seen in the video. It's such a small detail but I absolutely adore it. (this rant was fueled by me asking myself "I wonder what the draw weight on Ody's bow was that all the men struggled. for reference the Scythian bows had a draw weight of 80-140lbs so Ody's was probably 140)
i started sobbing when penelope started to imagine odysseus in the throne room with her
The callback to her “theme” in the beginning is awesome
OMG!!!! Penelope seeing Ody like how he saw her when he was with Zeus just goes to show she misses him as much as he misses her and will do anything to make sure he stays by her side rather than a suitor. Man it hits hard!
I love everything about this, but I really enjoyed the part where she gets so excited to finally do the challenge!! I've seen other clips and takes on this song where Penelope just seems unhappy when I've always envisioned her to be excited cause it clearly shows that she knows that once she gives the challenge, she'd be able to find Odysseus again!
2:24
Odysseus: I will protect you my love
Penelope: thanks love
😭😭😭😭
OH THAT ENDING IS DIABOLICAL, JORGE
The last part gave me tears when Odysseus appeared 😢
Ngl, I thought the "waiting" line was originally Penelope's lerics because I heard the snippet of Chalange before I heard the official song for the underworld
PENELOPE!!!
(Idk if it's just me and this is an intentional detail but she's certainly not as bouncy as the siren ver, it's pretty cool ngl)
Rough sketch😏
That is 100% intentional. The sirens couldn't see well into Ody's head coz of the beeswax and they exaggerated her features to lure Ody into the water.
@@ns2dstudios 😂
@@ns2dstudios in other words they mistook Odysseus fot another pervert
@@justsomeone883 They thought he was like any other man but Odysseus is....a DIFFERENT BEAST *puts on sunglasses and walks off to the sunset
Hey Gwendy! I love your animatics! You’re one of my biggest inspirations!!
Thanks dear! Glad to inspire ✨✨☺☺✨✨
@@ns2dstudios ❤️
Currently working on an animatic of Casper’s “I’ll do it myself” Hades God Games
@@ns2dstudiosupdate: CASPER SAW IT :D ✨
Love how ody appear in 2:54
This isn’t an animatic, it's a full-on animation! It's amaizing!
*Penelope is REAL (loyal) one* 😢😢😢
Be still my heart this is so amazing! The part where Odysseus shows up alongside her with the arrows part and how she still sleeps on her side of the bed is just perfect! Having Ody there in the crowd trying to follow after him at the end is also just😭
WOOO !!! I love the Challenge and your really showcase the quiet strength that Penelope has in persisting against the suitors that are constantly pressuring her and Telemachus - I love her smile and the way she reaches out for the owl!! And then the dream scene with her and Odysseus??? And Ody in the crowd!!! Reaching for her!!! Love this so much
OH my gosh..the details of him weaving through to the crowd to get close to her while he's in disguise..
This song was already one of my favorites just based off the snippets (that chorus omg), and the animatic definitely does it justice. Shoutout to that 12 axes shot with the camera movement and 3D elements!! I also love that this means when the official song drops this will have animatics out the fastest lol
DW PENELOPE AFTER ALL THIS MESS U BOTH COULD HAVE A GOOD SLEEP SNUNGGLE AND CUDDLE EVERY NIGHTT😭😭
"Cause I'd rathe die
than grow old without the best of you"
chills!! I'm so excited for this song but the Ithaca Saga's probably not releasing for a while T-T
I am obsessed with this! Cant wait for Ithaca saga for Ody and Penelope to reunite! They look so cute in Penelope's daydream TOT
How could this be so beautiful, the part in which she imagines Ody with her and hugging her and then Ody actually appearing in the "Waiting..." part and following her and reaching out when she dissapears behind the doors... it almost made me cry 🥺
Also her excitement at the prospect that Ody could be coming home at last.
Very well done
I direcly cried to that part
Love the transition from a happy and hopeful wife to a composed and almost stoic queen in front of the suitors
THE WAY SHE RAN AND HOW HER EYES LIT UP OH MY I CAN’T 🥹🫶
I wanted to show a more playful side of her :)
heck yea a Gwendy Challenge animatic. its gonna be awesome i just wanna say i love what you did for Jorge's Live Stream and i find myself rewatching your Animatic on Ody getting back to his palace a couple times a week.
This art style is so beautiful. It feels super distinct. One thing I really enjoyed in this video stems from a minor nitpick in Gwendy's *Suffering* video.
The siren had very exaggerated "assets" and moves in more provocative manner. Watching this video, Penelope clearly doesn't carry her body the same way. She's more distinguished and has dignity.
So, this video adds another hole in the siren's illusion. She can't inro Ody's mind well enough to carry herself like his real wife would.
Thank you so much! And the absence of certain....assets....is 100% intentional. The sirens couldn't see well into Ody's head coz of the beeswax and they exaggerated her features to lure Ody into the water. So Ody actually took one look at her and KNEW INSTANTLY that it wasn't his wife.
Loved you adding Odysseus within the crowd, as a nod to the original!
I hope that when the official animatics come out, that it does show Ody being there already
Excellent animation! Ody sneaking through the crowd is excellent. As the first time in a while hearing this song since the official stuff has been coming out, the waiting at the end hit like a ton of bricks.
Oh my god, when Penelope was imagining Odysseus, I teared up. Definitely my most anticipated song, and I will definitely need to have a box of tissues on hand when the Ithica sage gets released!
Love this scene 😊 1:54
I wonder if they're 3d🤔
It's not :) It's 2D image but layered and given a 3D camera in after effects
@@ns2dstudios interesting 👍
I hung in there until I heard her sing the first waiting at the end. Pools of tears man. Thank you Jorge
I can't wait to hear this song in its full glory!
I saw this on stream but I still can't get over how clearly you can see Penelope's longing for Ody. And Ody in the crowd is just so cool. Amazing work, Gwendy!
I literally got goosebumps at the bridge part where they shot the arrows at her... so cool!!!! Also the axe zoom out was just chef's kiss! I'm sorry I haven't been able to join your lives recently cause of my exams or time differences but I will again when I have time
I WAS NOT READY FOR THAT "AXES" SHOT! THAT WAS SO BEAUTIFUL ALL THE WAY THROUGH!
I just got to a point where i don't cry every time i hear this song but your animation had me tear up again 😭
THAT BEGINNING WITH ODYSEUSS SINGING PENELOPE OMG THAT WAS SO EMOTIONAL SO TOUCHING OMFG OMG-
Well this just absolutely destroyed me 😭. I love that the “Waiting…” lyric echoes Ody’s mother’s line in the Underworld song
THIS IS SO GOOD!!!!!! also i love how you showed the passing of time with her reflection on the mirror
Thank you so much!!!
Can I just say, you are what I aspire to be in terms of animation someday. Thank you for motivating me and providing incredible art for us all to view.
Thank you so much! I've been in your shoes before, and trust me, as long as you keep at it and never stop learning, you will improve and reach heights you never thought were possible. Keep going!
This is actually INCREDIBLE!
Im jst sitting hear in tears so excited for the full release one day (waiting, waiting)
God I cant wait for this to get the attention it deserves, well damn done!!!❤
10/10 story telling😢
The animatic is very beautiful! It's really cool that some scenes refer to other ones on your animatics with Odysseus! And this scene with Penelope and Ody together is just amazing😭❤️
I love how u included odyy in the background
Odysseus moving through the crowd after her- GWENDY MY HEART 😭😭😭
I love this so much omg you should be hired to do animations for actual shows, you’ve outdone yourself with Different Beast, The Challenge and God Games, you’ve actually impressed me to unimaginable levels 😭😭😭
You do Penelope justice 😤
I can't wait for the finished version of this song to come out, although I know your animation will be magnificent when it comes out complete like the song, all in the right time.
Cannot wait for this song, every song from the final saga sounds amazing, but this is an easy top 3… top 5? It’s hard to choose. Great animatic!
I can't WAIT For the full release of this song!!
Oh my heart... That was beautiful
The part with the 12 axes is supreme!! All about this song is amazing and i really love the part where the suitors are aiming at Penelope
Goodness gracious you can animate these well! AHHH The poses and outlines are sooo good! I love the little snippet of her remembering Ody too! Nice job!
Yippee I can’t wait, I loved watching the livestream.
Thank you for being there System!
After the Underworld Saga, that waiting line always brings tears to my eyes
Call Gwendy the King of Ithaca, because that shot through twelve axes was CLEAN!!!
My biggest pet peev is an adaptation where the hole is in the side of the axe. Axes already have a hole in it just take out the handle. Beautiful animation btw probably the best I've seen.
I did a lot of research and yes, I saw the one where the holes are at the bottom of the axes. It took a lot of careful deliberation before I decided on this visual because it was the easiest to understand visually and also it's based off of Mythbusters and the TSG Entertainment logo.
@@ns2dstudios oh that's so cool
Out of all the animatics you've made so far, this is the one that hurts the most 😭😭❤️🩹❤️🩹 I WANT THESE TWO TOGETHER SO BAD
This song is going to mess me up when the official version comes out... Your animations are so stunning and beautiful. Thank you for always sharing your stunning work, Gwendy! ♥
The 12 axes shot is incredible!
I really like this one, dude! Very cool camera work!
GWENDY THIS IS SOOOO GOOD. THE CHALLENGE IS MY FAVORITE SONG, AND IM SOO EXCITED TO HOW THIS LOOKS WHEN THE VENGEANCE SAGA COMES OUT
Don't think I'm supposed to be crying but when Penelope had that shoujo-esque scene right after envisioning the suitors aiming for her made me ridiculously happy but also confused, like during Suffering when I thought Odysseus could see Penelope again. And then he gets ripped away and the camera switches to a shot of Penelope shuffling her grip on the bow to hold on just a while longer before she surrenders it to the pack of dogs. That in and of itself already made my eyes blur. But then we see Odysseus in disguise at the edge of the crowd, closest to Penelope and when Penelope makes her way out of the throne room, he FOLLOWS HER, up until he can't anymore and the door falls shut between them. It was such a visual representation of how much they've been through, one hoping nad wsiting and one reaching out and never holding. And you paired it with one of the saddest, most tear-jerking melodies in the musical. How could I not cry?
I can’t wait until we get this song!! Animations are beautiful !!!😊
Gwendy you’re making me cry…and not the end asdejckndkfjdmfm 😭
Jorge better commisions you for the anamatic when the time comes bc this is insanee!
Im crying... WTF I'm actually crying, this is beautiful
This is beautiful i love the fine details of her armor and the fact that ody is following her. As we know from behind the scenes videos Jorge posted Ody is the final boss and he will fuck everyone up oh I can't wait to see that in the final saga.
I'm not happy crying, you're happy crying.
I just want them to be happy and live a long happy life together
Oh my God this is so well done! Penelope hearing Odysseus’ voice in the beginning, as if he’s calling for her in her sleep?? Such a beautiful detail! 😭
Thanks! It's an enhancement for story telling purposes though. Far as I heard from the audio we have available, that part is not in the original demo.
@@ns2dstudios Yeah, I know! It’s great that you’ve added it here!
Ohhhhh I'm so excited for them to get back together
Gwendy, this is beautiful! 🥹🥹🥹
I'll be waiting waiting for this song
Amazing animation btw!
Oh my heart. This is gorgeous
If that “Waiting” reprise is actually in the final song I will be a mess
Uh..........oh boy....... You ok with spoilers? Coz I have quite an answer.
That was so good, I'm in tears. This is just a rough draft and I'm in tears, wth will the final version do to me😭😭. I really loved the part when after the arrows are released and Ody just comes and hugs Pen, it was so sweet. And the end when Pen's leaving the room and Ody is there off to the side and starts weaving through people to get to her, just beautiful. Gwendy my heart can't take this, this song is my absolute #1 favourite out of all the Epic songs and I'm so excited to see the final results for this animatic after the song is released❤❤
Thank you! Really excited to hear the song in its full HD glory! Might need to update the animatic if there are changes to the lyrics.
that moment when she started imagining odysseus next to her and almost kissing made me sob
1:14
Athena: uh who knows, i don't know Pen, i clearly didn't camouflage and told him to hide behind the suitors or anything *nervous laughter*
TITA GWENDY COOKED SO HARD SHE GAVE US A THREE COURSE MEAL AAAAAA
For real though I absolutely love this!!!
AAAAAH THANK YOU CAMALEMSY!!!
The next two sagas are gonna break me they have some of the best songs of the whole musical IM SO READY
Bro cooked, ate and left no crumbs
Hey Gwendy! I love your art style and animatics you are one of many people that inspire me to become an animator
Thank you! Keep learning everyday and keep being inspired! As long as you keep at it, you'll continue to improve!
This is exactly how I imagined it to be!!!
I lowkey cried when I saw him and I was like: "Penelopeeeeeeee turn arouuuuunnnddd" 😭😭😭
God this is great! Thanks for making and posting this animatic!
I want what those two historical characters have❤
I love them sm
@@ns2dstudios and we love u for doing this 😭
I can't wait for the full dang release. 😢
this made me internally cry. And also, I don't know why but I like to sing this song in the shower :) It's so GOOD!