I really like the weird poker design on Aphrodite, it repersents just how chaotic she is. really, no idea how harmonia is her daughter when she was the cause of the trojan war
@@idunnoguess6482 depends on the apathet, I suggest watching Overly Sarcastic Productions episode on Aphrodite or any other gods to understand that apathet thing. Basically its like every god has multiple forms, Aphrodite first apathet was most likely something like Ishtarr, a semi-war godess, hence her relationship with Ares. But the Atheneans and most of Greeces dislike for women at the time changed that into the love and beautey flower petals aphrodite, some would worship that, some would worship a more sexualized Aphrodite and some a mellowed down version of the warlike one, all true at the same time. In tex the gods would be callled by another name or a name before their actual one to clarify which apathet is currently in the story and if youre talking to overprotective mother Aphrodite or matchmaker Aphrodite. So yes, there would be one or two that relish in chaos. Also Harmonia's father is Ares which makes even les sense
@@idunnoguess6482 Aphrodite and peace are not something I ever thought to hear in the same sentence, mf that girl wants everything but peace, she's that one bully in highschool who manage to become a god
Oh my gods Odysseus' mother in Aphrodite's mirror??? And how Aphrodite is unaffected by Athena's logic and reason, but wavers when Athena appeals to emotion instead?? ANd the shadows cast by Athena and Ares' war helms??? Aphrodite shows her face, as is essential for a goddess of love and emotion, but Athena and Ares are gods of war - the only reason we see Athena's face in her plea to Aphrodite is because her show of vunerability is also part of her plan! ^v^ Thank you so much for this! (and I love how the marks on Athena's face are shaped like wings!)
I always thought that when Ares showed up was a bit strange because NO ONE else in the song shows up like he did, until I realized that 1:Aphrodite and Ares (I'm used to Venus and Mars, leave me alone) were the only two who are together and 2:Ares showed up when Aphrodite was about to be convinced, making her not agree to let Odysseus go, like Ares wanted.
so the funny thing about Odyessus mom "dying of heart break" if we look at the song "underworld" she says "ill always love you" and "ill be waiting " and Odyessus shows GENERAL REGRET when he goes "I toke to long....and venture to far" then in Monster he literally says "I lost my mentor, my mom 300 men gone, this cant go on!" HE REGRETS! he did not WILLINGLY take so long and thats what Aphrodite fails to realize
Ok what I love is how Athena and Ares are similar with the shadow and helmets to show how they’re both gods of war. Then I absolutely LOVE Ares boar themed armor since it IS his sacred animal while Athena’s is the owl. ❤
I like to think the thing that convinced them to release him wasn’t the promise of bloodshed but rather how strongly Athena felt. That what reached them was how Athena abandoned her cool demeanor and started what she wanted honestly. It’s like the cool headed guy/girl finally blowing up. They realized how important this was for her and decided if he can even make Athena lose her cool, he must be something special.
So that couldve convinced Aphrodite since she appreciated acts of Passion and wouldve as you said probably responded top a stoic Athena speaking like that.......But Ares would not have cared about that so the bloodshed line was for him specifically
@@MrJpc1234 Ares is the passion of war, the bloodlust of the fight, but also the companionship you feel with your fellow soldiers and rage when they are slain by your enemies. He shows this when the first insult he throws at Odysseus is him letting his men die without Trying to stop or even fight scylla. Athena being the Calm headed general of war, would rarely if ever give in to her passion. So Areas seeing even the calm headed Athena giving in to passion over this guy Would catch his attention and make him more likely to spare him, if only to see this side of her more often.
@jackagonis9302 Plus I don't think I've ever seen a fandom turn themselves into knots tp create these elaborate theories to avoid characters having or needing to have harsh or cruel traits even when those traits are needed for a situation
Some things are as they appear, some are more than they might seem. I told you why I believe Areas could have been affected by Athena’s passion, You don’t have to believe it, but unless you bring a counter to my argument I will still believe it. If you want to believe Areas is just a dumb war loving asshole, go ahead.
I love this design for Athena! The way she effortlessly can change from the fearsome goddess of war and strategy to the serene goddess of wisdom and insight! It's just *chef's kiss*
I love how when Aphrodite mentions the cyclops a piece of her hair gets in her face covering one of her eyes. I also love when Athena was being more gentle towards Aphrodite she showed her her face, showing her vulnerability and how genuine she actually feels as she pleads to Aphrodite to reconsider, but the moment Ares comes in Athena‘s “mask“ comes back on. The subtle details in this are absolutely amazing!
This would have been even more surprising as Athena is one of the few gods whom Aphrodite's power cannot affect (perhaps because our judgement can be impaired when it comes to love, and that'd be bad for a goddess of wisdom), so watching Athena _willingly_ show vulnerability to her would have made it clear just how much Odysseus's fate mattered to her.
@@umseraleatorio2428 That wouldn't surprise me. Even if lust is the way she's immune, she's still very aversive to getting emotional, so the impact is the same. Thanks for the info!
I love how you can see Odysseus in Athena. And that Athena’s smiling when you can see him. Like she’s like “Yea. He’ll do that. I TAUGHT HIM TO DO THAT.”
god i love the touch of Athena's shadow softening and then revealing her face to Dite, Showing she is Physically and Emotionally VULNERABLE at this moment, practically BEGGING Aphrodite to rethink her decision. Then when Ares comes in she turns on a dime and not only is it dark but her eyes are FRANTIC, like she is genuinely to her core UPSET that Ares is infront of her right then and there. Like he just commited something unFORGIVABLE. Or maybe im just reading to hard into this LOL.
Oh my gods I ADORE this animation and especially the moment when Athena's grinning face lines up with Odysseus's wicked smile at the prospect of ending the suitors!
I love how Athena drops the shadow on her face to signal sincerity and...almost submission? To Aphrodite to try and gain her favor, but the SECOND Ares shows up its on sight.
Having a specter of Odysseus firing an arrow between Ares and Aphrodite was such a great visual. On one hand it foreshadows the slaughter of the suiters in Ithaca, but I think it also acts as a great visual metaphor of Odysseus' relationship with war and how it affected his loved ones.
@@DilutedH2SO4 yeah. Either hepheastus abducted hera with a chair and negotiated himself into Olympus as Aphrodites husband or Zeus got tired of everyone arguing over her and gave her to the ugly one, depending on the version
Tbf, Aphrodites appearance changes depending on what the person, who's staring at her, wants to see. Like her beauty quite literally changes depending on the standard.
@@morriganedda2472yes, Percy Jackson (books) are very accurate to the myths but did take liberties like all other media and shouldn't be taken as a source
0:49 I'm sorry, is no one going to talk about how cute it was how Ares caught Aphro and just held her as Athena asserted her position to get them to listen? That was so cute and I love Aprho's facial expressions- like girl, her movements and expressions are perfect and so amazing ✨✨✨
I love the similarities in Athena’s and Ares’ designs! It really drives home that they’re siblings. When Athena stops time to try and convince Aphrodite in a more emotionally responsive way, her face emerges from the shadowing of her helmet showing her compassionate side, but then Ares speaks and not only does her face disappear into the shadow of her helmet, but she also has a much more urgent expression beneath it, knowing that if Ares was here, she was gonna have to take a much more aggressive approach💀
Ain't no one gonna mention how Athena seemed to swoo aphrodite when she took down her poker face? Like dang it looked like she got some riz in her to almost persuade her. 😳🫢
@@stanabd9920 ah now I understand. I didn't know they were siblings but now that you mentioned it, I now know why they have a similar style in clothes.🤣
oh wait I love the animation where "If you want bloodshed, let him leave because when he reaches there he'll make everybody bleed" and Odysseus is reflected through her intentions. I love that she's cruel about it, after all she's the goddess of war.
i mean on the one hand you could argue that her reaction is pure shock of athena being so vulnerable with her, but you could also argue that athena is trying to appeal to her in ways that will connect most deeply for aphrodite (as she does with hera and ares, referencing the things they value most) and aphrodite would probably be swayed more strongly by an appeal that has flirtacious undertones as the goddess of love (but also symbolizing lust and sensuality). i think both the vulnerability aspect and the flirtacious aspect could represent things aphrodite values though
I’m really impressed how you designed and animated Athena. Making her a tall, dark and imposing war god; showing that she is a side of the same coin as Ares and Poseidon.
In love with your Athena design-having her face visible when she decides to be vulnerable and sycophantic with Aphrodite, but then immediately covering back up with the shadowy mask as soon as Ares appears is genius ❤
I loveeee Athena's movements in this so much!! It's so fluid, and the way she instantly snaps back to having intense aura at Ares's entrance, and Athena embodiment in Odysseus when he kills the suitors?? And the way she surrounded them??? ITS TOO GOOD
Aphrodite keeps forgetting that she indirectly causes the war because well if she hadn't ship Helen (a literal married woman) with Paris then Odysseus wouldn't even be in war would he
Even worse, All of Helen's suitors made a oath to protect the marriage, everyone knew that interfering with her marriage to whoever she chose would cause war. Aphrodite very directly caused the war, she and Paris knew exactly what they were doing
Girl, I am in LOVE with your art! I love how near the end Athena starts to look like Odysseus and how Athena looks at Ares when he appears! You really did an amazing job on this!
I love how feral Athena goes when Ares shows uppp and silhouettes of Odysseus?? They're so good, especially when it's superimposed over Athena, she's like "let him show you what I taught him". I also love your Aphrodite design, she just exudes confidence even when face to face to Athena, who is bigger and likely more powerful
The stare Athena gives when Ares shows up is just AMAZING!!! My favorite part!! Also love how both Athena and Ares design are simillar yet diferent, since they are brother and sister and represent two sides of war!!
Oh man, this is so fire!! Your Athena and Ares designs feel REALLY similar because of the face shadow thing and I was uncertain about it but honestly I feel like it adds so much to the untold story - after all, both of them are gods of war so in the end they are essentially the gods of the same thing... And Athena taking off the shadow when trying to get through to Aphrodite, by being something she usually is not is really cool! Also, I will die praising anything pointing to Ares and Aphrodite actually being lovers and how fast he jumped up to her during Athena's answer is so adorable! Like, sure, Greek gods' morality is very skewed but I really like this humane aspect of their bond, that since they're lovers they got to have affection for one another... So kudos to you for that, really loved it! Not to mention the ending with Athena's smile mirroring on Odysseus' silhouette and then this phantom arrow actually flying by... It's just such a cool visual for this lyric! I'm not sure if you plan to animate God Games once they come out but I really loved this snippet in your interpretation and I HAVE TO see the rest of your stuff so... bye!
I REALLY like your drawing style, the images and clothes of the characters, the folds of clothes and their shadows, the small elements of their images. And this shot, when Odysseus pulls the bow, and Athena seems to openly patronize him...Oh my God. More precisely, oh my goddess, it is. simply. It's fucking amazing.
Oh man! This has to be my favorite version of God Games with Aphrodite & Ares as you incorporated Ody in the argument as silhouettes and also had Athena show just how terrifying she truly believes Ody will be to 'fulfill' Area need for blood shed. Also enjoyed how she lowered her war life demeanor when was just trying to talk to Aphrodite personally until Ares interrupted. I love this~!
Wow. I've never seen Athena depicted as deranged/bloodlustful before. That face... 1:12 ~{:D Terrifying. I can see why those two agreed so fast XD. Love how Athena's helmet can hide and unhide her face. Also, goopy black shapeshifting _Chef's kiss_ gotta love it. Really well done and unique take.
So awesome! I love Aphrodite's outfit, and how Athena showed them the future of what Odysseus is going to do to the 'suitors' once he returns home. ^_^ I also really liked the parallel between Ares and Athena being both war gods and their face not being visible, but Athena still showed it when she was begging Aphrodite, as a show of vulnerability. Awesome detail ^_^
I love this one, definitely tied with the AnniFlamma version (my absolute favorite one thus far). I love how you had the faces of Athena and Aries covered in shadow, but had Athena show her face to try and better relate to Aphrodite. I also love how we see Aphrodites first reaction to seeing Athena in the mirror. And another thing I love is how you have the "spirit"? Odysseus lined up with Athena and shooting the arrow. Great job!!!
I love that when Athena says ‘he’ll make everybody bleed’ ody is INFRONT of her wielding a bow and arrow. Because in the Odyssey, Penelope held a contest for the suitors saying ‘whoever can string and shoot with Odysseus’s bow, I’ll marry them’, none of the suitors could do it. But then Odysseus in Athena’s disguise ,when he finally got home, asked if he could try-he strung the bow and shot it perfectly. Athena then took the disguise off Ody and he was revealed to Penelope-then Ody and Telemachus killed the suitors 🤩 (fun fact; he uses the same bow to kill Antinous and some of the other suitors 🙌)
Athena actually says “he’ll make everybody bleed” foreshadowing the up coming massacre in Odysseus’ palace when he kills all of Penelope’s suitors as you mentioned. Athena promised Ares he’d get more bloodshed and our boy odysseus will soon deliver lol
Why is no discussing the awesome thing of Aphrodite’s reflection in the mirror? Idk if this is intentional or not but it gives off the vibe that they’re two separate beings. Like the reflection’s eyes are letting the actual Aphrodite know that Athena has entered, and she knows (or at least, believed) that the Goddess of War can’t win this. And I love it.
@@makaramuss it’s literally in the lyrics to her first song. “Warrior of the Mind”. And there can be more than one God of war. Just like how Apollo is God of the Sun and Helios is the Sun God. Just a quick google search will tell you that she is indeed Goddess of War. Ares is God of war, yes, but that doesn’t mean Athena is not one as well.
I'm sorry but Ares entrance makes me laugh everytime because something about that voice saying "Ares" just sound so strained(?) and it's just weirdly funny to me
It’s edited. The “Ares” is said by Athena and its kinda warped. Apparently it’s(shown in the short that Jorge posted) supposed to be something about Ares using his powers to get into Athena’s mind. It’s not in this animatic, but in a lot of them, you can see Athena grasp her head as if she has a headache.
Additionally most of the animations show it via the color shading like it's blue in the beginning for Athena and turns red in that ares moment@@ThatOneNerdInCabin13
Love your designs for Athena and Ares. I'm getting bird vibes from Athena with the little wings near the eyes and the beak-like point over her nose. Then there are boar tusks on Ares' helmet which was a great nod to one of his more well-known sacred animals. I also love that the use of sharp angles to tie Athena and Ares together visually as war gods.
One thing I can almost never find while looking for drawings fan art and stuff like that of Aphrodite is her red hair and this isn't exactly the real color her hair would have been but it's closed and I'm happy about it
I absolutly adore Athena´s design!! So far i had been playing all over again the "This is the way" animatic and im so glad i get to see her design again! now with even a lot more of phases!
HOLY CRAP THIS IS AMAZING!! THE MOVEMENTS?? THE CHARACTER DESIGN?? THE COLOURS?? YOU KNOCKED IT OUTTA THE PARK THIS IS SO GOOD!! I absolutely love Athena’s design with the armor but the markings on her face and also the tusk-like design for Ares’ helmet- you captured their personalities so well oh this is awesome!!!
i love how sinister athena looks at 1:10 and the overlay of odysseus is 💯💯💯💯💯 promise of more bloodshed to come and ody knows better now than to rebuff her 👀
Oohhh! This is beautiful! Love the interpretation! Especially Aphrodite's heart shaped earings showing her role as the goddess of love and how Ares has tusks or something similar near his helmet, really gives off the tough guy vibes! Also also the scene at 1:09 just fits so much like aaaaaaa
One thing I love about your Ares design is the tusks on his helmet. Is this meant to be symbolic of how one of his sacred animals is a boar? If so, I love it. It’s a great design overall.
OMG OMG OMG- this is so well done and gorgeous!! I love the gods designs, especially Athena’s. Super creative how she can choose when to show her face, that’s a great touch. Somehow its rlly funny to me how as soon as Ares insults Telemachus, Athena just ABSOLUTELY LOOSES IT- XD
OMG just when I think your art and animatics have reached their peak, you blow it out of the water every time! The way Odysseus's silhouette is superimposed over Athena's at the end gave me shivers. (also Athena really became the three states, solid, liquid and gas lol)
I LOVE these designs! They portray the characters very well (I’ve never seen anyone give Ares boar tusks before which I really like) you have incredible skill
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I really like the weird poker design on Aphrodite, it repersents just how chaotic she is. really, no idea how harmonia is her daughter when she was the cause of the trojan war
Well Aphrodite is the goddess of beauty too whats more beautiful than peace?
@@idunnoguess6482 depends on the apathet, I suggest watching Overly Sarcastic Productions episode on Aphrodite or any other gods to understand that apathet thing. Basically its like every god has multiple forms, Aphrodite first apathet was most likely something like Ishtarr, a semi-war godess, hence her relationship with Ares. But the Atheneans and most of Greeces dislike for women at the time changed that into the love and beautey flower petals aphrodite, some would worship that, some would worship a more sexualized Aphrodite and some a mellowed down version of the warlike one, all true at the same time. In tex the gods would be callled by another name or a name before their actual one to clarify which apathet is currently in the story and if youre talking to overprotective mother Aphrodite or matchmaker Aphrodite. So yes, there would be one or two that relish in chaos. Also Harmonia's father is Ares which makes even les sense
@@idunnoguess6482 Aphrodite and peace are not something I ever thought to hear in the same sentence, mf that girl wants everything but peace, she's that one bully in highschool who manage to become a god
@@Nooneishere21she's literally a soap opera on legs
@@Nooneishere21 maybe it's a symbolic thing, that by the balance of war and love you can achieve peace??
I absolutely love that she gets vulnerable with Aphrodite, but the second Ares comes in she puts her warrior face back on like "Bitch who the fuck-"
(0:29) Athena: Ares!! How many times must I tell you not to interrupt girl talk!
Ikr
Lol
Oh my gods Odysseus' mother in Aphrodite's mirror??? And how Aphrodite is unaffected by Athena's logic and reason, but wavers when Athena appeals to emotion instead?? ANd the shadows cast by Athena and Ares' war helms??? Aphrodite shows her face, as is essential for a goddess of love and emotion, but Athena and Ares are gods of war - the only reason we see Athena's face in her plea to Aphrodite is because her show of vunerability is also part of her plan! ^v^ Thank you so much for this! (and I love how the marks on Athena's face are shaped like wings!)
I always thought that when Ares showed up was a bit strange because NO ONE else in the song shows up like he did, until I realized that 1:Aphrodite and Ares (I'm used to Venus and Mars, leave me alone) were the only two who are together and 2:Ares showed up when Aphrodite was about to be convinced, making her not agree to let Odysseus go, like Ares wanted.
"HE DIDNT EVEN TRY TEQUILA"
IKR
so the funny thing about Odyessus mom "dying of heart break" if we look at the song "underworld" she says "ill always love you" and "ill be waiting "
and Odyessus shows GENERAL REGRET when he goes "I toke to long....and venture to far"
then in Monster he literally says
"I lost my mentor, my mom 300 men gone, this cant go on!"
HE REGRETS!
he did not WILLINGLY take so long and thats what Aphrodite fails to realize
Ok what I love is how Athena and Ares are similar with the shadow and helmets to show how they’re both gods of war. Then I absolutely LOVE Ares boar themed armor since it IS his sacred animal while Athena’s is the owl. ❤
I like to think the thing that convinced them to release him wasn’t the promise of bloodshed but rather how strongly Athena felt. That what reached them was how Athena abandoned her cool demeanor and started what she wanted honestly. It’s like the cool headed guy/girl finally blowing up. They realized how important this was for her and decided if he can even make Athena lose her cool, he must be something special.
So that couldve convinced Aphrodite since she appreciated acts of Passion and wouldve as you said probably responded top a stoic Athena speaking like that.......But Ares would not have cared about that so the bloodshed line was for him specifically
@@MrJpc1234 Ares is the passion of war, the bloodlust of the fight, but also the companionship you feel with your fellow soldiers and rage when they are slain by your enemies. He shows this when the first insult he throws at Odysseus is him letting his men die without Trying to stop or even fight scylla.
Athena being the Calm headed general of war, would rarely if ever give in to her passion. So Areas seeing even the calm headed Athena giving in to passion over this guy Would catch his attention and make him more likely to spare him, if only to see this side of her more often.
@@jackagonis9302 Have you ever heard of Occams Razor ? You probably need to bring a bit of that into your thinking
@jackagonis9302 Plus I don't think I've ever seen a fandom turn themselves into knots tp create these elaborate theories to avoid characters having or needing to have harsh or cruel traits even when those traits are needed for a situation
Some things are as they appear, some are more than they might seem. I told you why I believe Areas could have been affected by Athena’s passion, You don’t have to believe it, but unless you bring a counter to my argument I will still believe it. If you want to believe Areas is just a dumb war loving asshole, go ahead.
What I like the most about this depiction of Ares is the tusks on his helmet. This could be symbolic of how one of his sacred animals is a boar.
Wait- I just realized- "A magic boar only the best could kill"- is that intentional or???
I love this design for Athena! The way she effortlessly can change from the fearsome goddess of war and strategy to the serene goddess of wisdom and insight! It's just *chef's kiss*
I love how when Aphrodite mentions the cyclops a piece of her hair gets in her face covering one of her eyes. I also love when Athena was being more gentle towards Aphrodite she showed her her face, showing her vulnerability and how genuine she actually feels as she pleads to Aphrodite to reconsider, but the moment Ares comes in Athena‘s “mask“ comes back on. The subtle details in this are absolutely amazing!
This would have been even more surprising as Athena is one of the few gods whom Aphrodite's power cannot affect (perhaps because our judgement can be impaired when it comes to love, and that'd be bad for a goddess of wisdom), so watching Athena _willingly_ show vulnerability to her would have made it clear just how much Odysseus's fate mattered to her.
@@illuminategacha9776 Athena is literally incapable of feeling lust or romantic love If i'm not wrong
@@umseraleatorio2428 That wouldn't surprise me. Even if lust is the way she's immune, she's still very aversive to getting emotional, so the impact is the same. Thanks for the info!
I love how you can see Odysseus in Athena. And that Athena’s smiling when you can see him. Like she’s like “Yea. He’ll do that. I TAUGHT HIM TO DO THAT.”
THATS MY GOD DAMN CHAMPION OF COURSE HES DOING WELL -Athena
god i love the touch of Athena's shadow softening and then revealing her face to Dite, Showing she is Physically and Emotionally VULNERABLE at this moment, practically BEGGING Aphrodite to rethink her decision. Then when Ares comes in she turns on a dime and not only is it dark but her eyes are FRANTIC, like she is genuinely to her core UPSET that Ares is infront of her right then and there. Like he just commited something unFORGIVABLE.
Or maybe im just reading to hard into this LOL.
Oh my gods I ADORE this animation and especially the moment when Athena's grinning face lines up with Odysseus's wicked smile at the prospect of ending the suitors!
Love Aphrodite's "that's my man" face when Ares shows up!
I love how Athena drops the shadow on her face to signal sincerity and...almost submission? To Aphrodite to try and gain her favor, but the SECOND Ares shows up its on sight.
0:37 Aphrodite thirst for Ares is so clear, bravo! And I love how they vibe with each other.
Having a specter of Odysseus firing an arrow between Ares and Aphrodite was such a great visual. On one hand it foreshadows the slaughter of the suiters in Ithaca, but I think it also acts as a great visual metaphor of Odysseus' relationship with war and how it affected his loved ones.
The way Athena sings to Ares "tell your lover that a broken hearr can mend" while Aphrodite cheated on Haephestous with him 💀
@@nefelibata8773 tbh she never wanted to marry him and was forced into the union
@@DilutedH2SO4 yeah. Either hepheastus abducted hera with a chair and negotiated himself into Olympus as Aphrodites husband or Zeus got tired of everyone arguing over her and gave her to the ugly one, depending on the version
I love how whenever people draw Aphrodite she MUST have the largest fluffiest hair imaginable
Like the waves she came from 🌊🌊💖💛
Tbf, Aphrodites appearance changes depending on what the person, who's staring at her, wants to see. Like her beauty quite literally changes depending on the standard.
@@multidebbie1isn’t that just in Percy Jackson?
@@morriganedda2472yes, Percy Jackson (books) are very accurate to the myths but did take liberties like all other media and shouldn't be taken as a source
@@multidebbie1dude thats Percy Jackson stuff
0:43 Didn't even try ★ TEQUILA ★
😂
@@sonidoliberto I like how Ares section is like a rap with slant rhymes.
Ares and Athena are so on-sight that Athena looks pissed the second he says *anything*
They're half-siblings, so it makes sense tbh
0:49 I'm sorry, is no one going to talk about how cute it was how Ares caught Aphro and just held her as Athena asserted her position to get them to listen? That was so cute and I love Aprho's facial expressions- like girl, her movements and expressions are perfect and so amazing ✨✨✨
i honestly love these designs, ares's helm having boar tusks is a good touch what with the boar being one of his sacred animals
samee
Can we appreciate the boars tusks sticking out of Ares' helmet?
YES!!I love it when gods have their animals represented in their designs!
00:28 I love the way Athena's eyes look when Ares shows up. Just like "oh not this a**hole" lol
The way Ares holds Aphrodite is so cute 1:00 ❤❤❤❤
I love the similarities in Athena’s and Ares’ designs! It really drives home that they’re siblings. When Athena stops time to try and convince Aphrodite in a more emotionally responsive way, her face emerges from the shadowing of her helmet showing her compassionate side, but then Ares speaks and not only does her face disappear into the shadow of her helmet, but she also has a much more urgent expression beneath it, knowing that if Ares was here, she was gonna have to take a much more aggressive approach💀
Ain't no one gonna mention how Athena seemed to swoo aphrodite when she took down her poker face? Like dang it looked like she got some riz in her to almost persuade her. 😳🫢
Eugh She with this brother
@stanabd9920 huh? Are you saying Athena and aphrodite are siblings? Because I never mentioned Aries.
@@anabear9174 you want her too riz his brother girl friend
@@stanabd9920 ah now I understand. I didn't know they were siblings but now that you mentioned it, I now know why they have a similar style in clothes.🤣
I love how Athena drops the intense aura and shadow when she tries to connect with Aphrodite to convince her
oh wait I love the animation where "If you want bloodshed, let him leave because when he reaches there he'll make everybody bleed" and Odysseus is reflected through her intentions. I love that she's cruel about it, after all she's the goddess of war.
I love Ares and Aphrodite here 0:38 Aphrodite is smirking
1:00 Ares is protecting Aphrodite 1:06 Aphrodite hides behind ares
Athena's deranged smile when talking about Odysseus making people bleed is everything.
Is it just me, or does Athena kinda rizz up Aphrodite with the “please reconsider this” line 💀
nah?
There was a blush so I'm pretty sure
i mean on the one hand you could argue that her reaction is pure shock of athena being so vulnerable with her, but you could also argue that athena is trying to appeal to her in ways that will connect most deeply for aphrodite (as she does with hera and ares, referencing the things they value most) and aphrodite would probably be swayed more strongly by an appeal that has flirtacious undertones as the goddess of love (but also symbolizing lust and sensuality). i think both the vulnerability aspect and the flirtacious aspect could represent things aphrodite values though
I’m really impressed how you designed and animated Athena. Making her a tall, dark and imposing war god; showing that she is a side of the same coin as Ares and Poseidon.
Athena: Peace is an option.
Ares insult Telemachus.
Athena: Peace was never an option.
EDIT: Wow, I didn't expect so many likes.
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The boar tusks in Ares's helmet are a nice nod to his sacred animal
Athena’s “ARES” caught me off guard because of the way it was edited 💀
In love with your Athena design-having her face visible when she decides to be vulnerable and sycophantic with Aphrodite, but then immediately covering back up with the shadowy mask as soon as Ares appears is genius ❤
I loveeee Athena's movements in this so much!! It's so fluid, and the way she instantly snaps back to having intense aura at Ares's entrance, and Athena embodiment in Odysseus when he kills the suitors?? And the way she surrounded them??? ITS TOO GOOD
Aphrodite keeps forgetting that she indirectly causes the war because well if she hadn't ship Helen (a literal married woman) with Paris then Odysseus wouldn't even be in war would he
Even worse, All of Helen's suitors made a oath to protect the marriage, everyone knew that interfering with her marriage to whoever she chose would cause war. Aphrodite very directly caused the war, she and Paris knew exactly what they were doing
Girl, I am in LOVE with your art! I love how near the end Athena starts to look like Odysseus and how Athena looks at Ares when he appears! You really did an amazing job on this!
0:47 Love how Athena glares at Ares and almost steps in front of her chosen to defend him when he was in despair
I love how feral Athena goes when Ares shows uppp and silhouettes of Odysseus?? They're so good, especially when it's superimposed over Athena, she's like "let him show you what I taught him". I also love your Aphrodite design, she just exudes confidence even when face to face to Athena, who is bigger and likely more powerful
The stare Athena gives when Ares shows up is just AMAZING!!! My favorite part!!
Also love how both Athena and Ares design are simillar yet diferent, since they are brother and sister and represent two sides of war!!
YOOOOOO THAT SHOT OF ODYSSEUS AND ATHENA OVERLAID WAS SO FUCKING COOL WHAAAT
Oh man, this is so fire!! Your Athena and Ares designs feel REALLY similar because of the face shadow thing and I was uncertain about it but honestly I feel like it adds so much to the untold story - after all, both of them are gods of war so in the end they are essentially the gods of the same thing... And Athena taking off the shadow when trying to get through to Aphrodite, by being something she usually is not is really cool!
Also, I will die praising anything pointing to Ares and Aphrodite actually being lovers and how fast he jumped up to her during Athena's answer is so adorable! Like, sure, Greek gods' morality is very skewed but I really like this humane aspect of their bond, that since they're lovers they got to have affection for one another... So kudos to you for that, really loved it!
Not to mention the ending with Athena's smile mirroring on Odysseus' silhouette and then this phantom arrow actually flying by... It's just such a cool visual for this lyric!
I'm not sure if you plan to animate God Games once they come out but I really loved this snippet in your interpretation and I HAVE TO see the rest of your stuff so... bye!
Eldritch horror athena was not on My bingo card for today but I accept it
Athenas Death Stare was so goooooood 😍
Ooooh I love their faces overlapping
1:01 They look really beautiful together
I REALLY like your drawing style, the images and clothes of the characters, the folds of clothes and their shadows, the small elements of their images. And this shot, when Odysseus pulls the bow, and Athena seems to openly patronize him...Oh my God. More precisely, oh my goddess, it is. simply. It's fucking amazing.
0:37 Aphrodite is 10000%simpin for ares hard at this point you can see she’s biting her lip
I love the pfp
Oh man! This has to be my favorite version of God Games with Aphrodite & Ares as you incorporated Ody in the argument as silhouettes and also had Athena show just how terrifying she truly believes Ody will be to 'fulfill' Area need for blood shed. Also enjoyed how she lowered her war life demeanor when was just trying to talk to Aphrodite personally until Ares interrupted. I love this~!
Athena really gave a death stare when Ares showed up
I love how barbaric and intimidating Ares’s design looks
Wow. I've never seen Athena depicted as deranged/bloodlustful before. That face...
1:12 ~{:D
Terrifying.
I can see why those two agreed so fast XD.
Love how Athena's helmet can hide and unhide her face. Also, goopy black shapeshifting _Chef's kiss_ gotta love it.
Really well done and unique take.
i love how the portrayal of your aphrodite ohh
You made Athena feel very majestic and mysterious in her own way and I love it. And also, your style it's so smooth it soothes me
that lip bite Aprodited gave to ares🤭
when?
@@Nuzi4life-yes 0:37 small lip bite shes giving
This is amazing! I love the illusions of Odysseus and his mother. Especially when it overlaps with Athena’s face.
So awesome! I love Aphrodite's outfit, and how Athena showed them the future of what Odysseus is going to do to the 'suitors' once he returns home. ^_^ I also really liked the parallel between Ares and Athena being both war gods and their face not being visible, but Athena still showed it when she was begging Aphrodite, as a show of vulnerability. Awesome detail ^_^
I love cosmic horror Athena you got a NEW sub
I love how Aphrodite always has a blush
Ody and Athena's face overlapping is soooo cool and chilling! You are an absolute genius❤
Love your Ares design. The giant spikes on the shoulders and the tusks on the helmet create. Really interesting silhouette
Ares's mask kinda looks like a boar's head and I love that
I love this one, definitely tied with the AnniFlamma version (my absolute favorite one thus far). I love how you had the faces of Athena and Aries covered in shadow, but had Athena show her face to try and better relate to Aphrodite. I also love how we see Aphrodites first reaction to seeing Athena in the mirror. And another thing I love is how you have the "spirit"? Odysseus lined up with Athena and shooting the arrow. Great job!!!
I love that when Athena says ‘he’ll make everybody bleed’ ody is INFRONT of her wielding a bow and arrow. Because in the Odyssey, Penelope held a contest for the suitors saying ‘whoever can string and shoot with Odysseus’s bow, I’ll marry them’, none of the suitors could do it. But then Odysseus in Athena’s disguise ,when he finally got home, asked if he could try-he strung the bow and shot it perfectly. Athena then took the disguise off Ody and he was revealed to Penelope-then Ody and Telemachus killed the suitors 🤩
(fun fact; he uses the same bow to kill Antinous and some of the other suitors 🙌)
Athena actually says “he’ll make everybody bleed” foreshadowing the up coming massacre in Odysseus’ palace when he kills all of Penelope’s suitors as you mentioned. Athena promised Ares he’d get more bloodshed and our boy odysseus will soon deliver lol
Why is no discussing the awesome thing of Aphrodite’s reflection in the mirror? Idk if this is intentional or not but it gives off the vibe that they’re two separate beings. Like the reflection’s eyes are letting the actual Aphrodite know that Athena has entered, and she knows (or at least, believed) that the Goddess of War can’t win this. And I love it.
wisdom*
athena is goddess of wisdom.
@@makaramuss War too. It’s even in the lyrics. “Goddess of Wisdom. Master of War.”
@@mikeyann2493 she is goddess of wisdom and peace bro
Sure she is a master at war because of wisdom but god of war is literally Ares
@@mikeyann2493 also... Which lyrics? Because this thing isnt fully relased I might not be following but does song say that?
@@makaramuss it’s literally in the lyrics to her first song. “Warrior of the Mind”. And there can be more than one God of war. Just like how Apollo is God of the Sun and Helios is the Sun God. Just a quick google search will tell you that she is indeed Goddess of War. Ares is God of war, yes, but that doesn’t mean Athena is not one as well.
I'm sorry but Ares entrance makes me laugh everytime because something about that voice saying "Ares" just sound so strained(?) and it's just weirdly funny to me
It’s edited. The “Ares” is said by Athena and its kinda warped. Apparently it’s(shown in the short that Jorge posted) supposed to be something about Ares using his powers to get into Athena’s mind. It’s not in this animatic, but in a lot of them, you can see Athena grasp her head as if she has a headache.
Additionally most of the animations show it via the color shading like it's blue in the beginning for Athena and turns red in that ares moment@@ThatOneNerdInCabin13
@@BloodqueenLeonie Yea that too
Love your designs for Athena and Ares. I'm getting bird vibes from Athena with the little wings near the eyes and the beak-like point over her nose. Then there are boar tusks on Ares' helmet which was a great nod to one of his more well-known sacred animals. I also love that the use of sharp angles to tie Athena and Ares together visually as war gods.
One thing I can almost never find while looking for drawings fan art and stuff like that of Aphrodite is her red hair and this isn't exactly the real color her hair would have been but it's closed and I'm happy about it
LOVE Ares being protective of Aphrodite.
Aphrodite's married... and not to Ares.
@@shadowrath1388 I know?
@@shadowrath1388 they got divorced after the Golden Net incident
@@jessnalulila5552 Huh. Never heard that version, interesting.
I absolutly adore Athena´s design!!
So far i had been playing all over again the "This is the way" animatic and im so glad i get to see her design again! now with even a lot more of phases!
This has to be the most beautiful depiction of Aphrodite I've ever seen.
I Love the death glare the moment Ares appears
The animation is just *chef’s kiss*
Ahhh having his mother in the song really brings the heartbreak home 😭 Fantastic choice. I'm really falling for your animations!!!
Chefs kiss all around. The designs are immaculate.
HOLY CRAP THIS IS AMAZING!! THE MOVEMENTS?? THE CHARACTER DESIGN?? THE COLOURS?? YOU KNOCKED IT OUTTA THE PARK THIS IS SO GOOD!! I absolutely love Athena’s design with the armor but the markings on her face and also the tusk-like design for Ares’ helmet- you captured their personalities so well oh this is awesome!!!
Oh really cool use of the silhouette with Athenas face
WHY ARE WE IGNORING ATHENA SAYINH HIS SONS HER FROEND??? LIKE WHEN SHE TRIED TO SAY THOSE ARE A WASTE OF TIME ITS SO AHH
I do like the fact that Ares insulting Telemachus is what triggers Athena's second wind. "You leave the boy out of this, he's got to worry about."
i love how sinister athena looks at 1:10 and the overlay of odysseus is 💯💯💯💯💯 promise of more bloodshed to come and ody knows better now than to rebuff her 👀
The theme ares has in his introduction just repeating his name. That is how you introduce him proper.
Ares and Aphro were look like a bunch of kids when Athena started throwing tantrum 😁
I love how Ares protects Aphrodite here!
Amazing animatic!! Loved the end part with Odysseus' being an archer 🏹
Oohhh! This is beautiful! Love the interpretation! Especially Aphrodite's heart shaped earings showing her role as the goddess of love and how Ares has tusks or something similar near his helmet, really gives off the tough guy vibes!
Also also the scene at 1:09 just fits so much like aaaaaaa
One of Ares ‘animals’ was a Boar so it makes even more sense than just tough guy
@@Synthesyn342 oh, I didn't know that, that makes a lot of sense, thanks for sharing!
One thing I love about your Ares design is the tusks on his helmet. Is this meant to be symbolic of how one of his sacred animals is a boar? If so, I love it. It’s a great design overall.
I love Athena's design here!!
OMG OMG OMG- this is so well done and gorgeous!! I love the gods designs, especially Athena’s. Super creative how she can choose when to show her face, that’s a great touch. Somehow its rlly funny to me how as soon as Ares insults Telemachus, Athena just ABSOLUTELY LOOSES IT- XD
OMG just when I think your art and animatics have reached their peak, you blow it out of the water every time! The way Odysseus's silhouette is superimposed over Athena's at the end gave me shivers.
(also Athena really became the three states, solid, liquid and gas lol)
Athena’s design is great!
best and most original ares design ive seen so far
I loved that you made the arrow strike the wall in time with the music
I LOVE these designs! They portray the characters very well (I’ve never seen anyone give Ares boar tusks before which I really like) you have incredible skill
Love the floating shadow form for Athena when she's angry
Ares looks like total badass dude 😱
the patterns on athena's face look like spiderman 2099 and it fits surprisingly well
Your designs for the gods are amazing! All of them look so cool!