All Night // The Magnus Archives Animatic

I had so many thoughts while making this animatic (especially since I have been doing almost nothing else for the past month) that I forgot all of them now that it is finished.
In my opinion this song fit so many aspects of season 4 and 5 that I actually pushed through illustrating all of it (which - fun fact - took about double the amount of sketches compared to my other animatics).
Also, the fact that some of the frames genuinely turned out the way I imagined them in my head as well as seeing my artstyle grow in comparison to my older animatics, just fills me with so much joy.
I do not own the Song. It's called "All Night" by Fox Stevenson and it has engraved itself in my auditory-cortex forever (/pos).
The characters are inspired by the Podcast "The Magnus Archives'' by Rusty Quill and I will continue to believe their lives are not the tragedy I just spent hours upon hours drawing.
my slowly but steadily growing tma-playlist that continues to be the pit of all my ideas can be found here: open.spotify.com/playlist/7li...
btw I am on instagram: / polekands
and occasionally on tumblr: / polekands :)

[@oginpat7280]

The Magnus Archives animatic? In 2023? I had to check it TWICE you know, because I just couldn't believe the fact that there would be an animatic of such a quality I had not watched before! You are my favourite human being now, you know it, right?

[@kieransaul2711]

Oh dude there have been so many good ones this year, would you like a list? (I am legitimately asking)

[@g3rbyl129]

I THOUGHT THE SAME EXACT THING

[@theodoreringquist2486]

People are relisting because of the Magnus protocol

[@g3rbyl129]

trueee i need it@@theodoreringquist2486

[@oginpat7280]

@@kieransaul2711 oh you beautiful thing, of course I would!

[@sqermygeco]

the way basira shoots daisy oh my god shivers its somehow so much more visceral than her actually shooting her

[@shadowrin8655]

I really love the close up on Jon's face where you can see all the other symbols of the entities in his eyes. All this art is fantastic. Thank you for sharing!

[@kieransaul2711]

2:56 Okay so this is actually so crazy because of how it lines up with the original (abandoned) ending of the show which is Jon, after killing Elias and taking his place, essentially Knowing what his dead friends would say to him now if they could and being berated by what’s basically their ghosts as he sits ruler over a ruined world

[@polekands]

woah I have never heard of this ending, very cool!

[@averyfields8183]

That hurts my soul more.

[@azulBjort_1406]

....🥲 dam jonny and his tragic writing

[@birb7353]

Holy hell, this is incredible! Out of all the TMA animatics out there, this one portrays John in the most vivid, stunning, and compelling way I've ever seen

[@lphigenia]

Spiders in my tea cup? No thank you. But what great visuals! ❤

[@prokopstehlik7647]

"the apacolips is kidna cool" just hits diferent the visual is amazing and the song is perfect alsou love how basira kills dasiy ❤

[@mewtwo3395]

As a massive fan of both the Magnus Archives and this song, I sincerely cannot thank you enough. From the moment of "the devil's at the front door" I just KNEW this was gonna be a good one. Probably my new favourite MAG animatic. Basira's gun? Jon's eyes? The literal Watcher's Crown when he opens the door?? Sublime

[@DeadKarr]

the way you render the eye as billowing smog from Jon is beautiful!

[@ivy-queenofworms]

This whole animation is fantastic but one thing I really loved is how you had Daisy being the only one to actually look at Jon with almost like pity and understanding in the shot where the girls were clustered together in the archives and Jon was alone. Aside from the finale, their friendship was the highlight of season 4 for me honestly. Also the degree that all of their eyes glowed to show how far gone they were - Melanie and Basira having only a dot, daisy her iris, and Jon the entire eye - was a great use of color. So much detail is crammed into every panel this feels like a real labor of love.

[@hoodie_cave]

AAHHHH THIS IS SO COOL!!! THE COLOR SCHEME IS SCRUMPTIOUS AND I LOVE THE EYEBALL SMOKE MOTIF ITS SO SICK

[@lizakamyshanova5929]

You’re so underrated OMFG.

[@fableye]

oh my godddd every frame of this is delectable, fantastic designs and incredible art! also thought it was quite clever how at 3:07 jon literally became the pupil of the eye, lovely work 💚

[@Kahnah23]

Dude, this is absolutely amazing??? I got shivers!

[@crowned_crow493]

This is so good dude I love that green is the only colour against all the greys and the way the eye is portrayed as that kinda inky goop (for lack of a better term) coming out of Jon 🤌✨

[@AHorrorFanatic]

0:37 This frame is absolutley beutifull

[@Thanat0s28]

THE ART STYLE! THE SONG! THE VISUALS! THE DESIGNS! THE EVERYTHING!!! AAAAHHH I LOVE THIS!!

[@kaygirl10101]

This is absolutely amazing. I adore your designs for Annabel and Oliver.

[@aurone7235]

its flesh coded but i want to devour your art its so tasty, and also its corruption coded but now this song is an earworm, and its slaughter code but this music makes me go feral i just love every single frame, thank you for giving us such good food 🥰

[@user-dd6jo3em4y]

I LITERALLY JUST FINISHED S5 OMG Watching this felt like when you see the anime version of a manga you just read (a GOOD version). This is totally going on my tma hyperfocus playlist hahsgqhbagsh

[@PigeonPrey]

I ADORE THIS

[@omgfiredragon]

Ahh!

[@marsmalphas5742]

gODDAMN NICE

[@skyeaurelliah9883]

this goes unbelievably hard.

[@cosmodoge6565]

I CAN’T STOP -listening to this song -watching this video -squeeing and kicking my legs

[@demianwire6805]

damn that's so cool loved the watcher's crown lol

[@oldwoman1837]

SO SICK!!!

[@rebeccalambert3240]

Don't go here but saving it for my bestie 👍Just gotta say while I'm here though that your art is stunning

[@ZealTroublemaker]

This is gorgeous thank you for your art and vision

[@thedirtnymph]

ABSJFJFJEHSBDJR I DONT THINK YOU REALIZE HOW MUCH I LOVE THIS. THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE ALBUMS AND I WAS WAITING FOR SOMEONE TO MAKE THIS SONG INTO AN ANIMATIC thank you I am very normal about this

[@cadencelewisart]

THIS IS SO COOL!! I love the compositions there are so many banger shots

[@iiiinkman]

THIS IS INCREDIBLE I LOVE IT :))))

[@ceciliadicesare2574]

THIS IS AMAZINGGGG

[@RamenNoodlesStudio]

THIS IS SO COOL OMG I JUST FINISHED TMA AND THIS WAS AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!❤❤❤❤❤

[@amclark8225]

THIS IS BEAUTIFUL OH MY GOD.

[@jjjm7322]

ooo Helen grim reaper in the hallway

[@SeerOfTime577]

GOSH. This is phenomenal. Jon's expressions throughout this entire video are absolutely incredible, and the song fits SO well. You deserve a pat on the back; I cannot imagine the work that went into this.

[@scl2006]

THIS IS INCREDIBLE!!

[@ShiftingStorms]

Your character designs are SO GORGOUS!!

[@tea_n_ink]

this is EXQUISITE

[@Maissi]

This is so good!! Also omg I love your Oliver design

[@lilyhill4432]

Not only did I get to see an absolute work of art based on one of my all time favorite series but I also got a new song to (obsessively) listen to. Thank you so much for sharing this, it's beautiful!

[@firebetty9919]

THIS IS SO GOOOOOOOOOOOOD!!!! LOVED IT SM!!! THANK YOU!

[@caitlinschrock52]

This Simao good!!! I love your art style!

[@aliased_aryl]

AHDKDKSLD THIS IS AMAZING

[@zvarrivelociraptor]

Wooah you did a really good job on this! Great choice of song too I hope this gets a decent amount of views as it deserves haha

[@amee-racle]

this is GORGEOUS. ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC!! I love your art and the song fits so well, this is amazing!

[@razberrymist9475]

Oh my gosh the way everything was illuminated with green light is so captivating. Beautiful art.

[@Ohallo-tp2eb]

Nice

[@sudenkieppi]

YOOOO this is so cool!!

[@NightGlyde]

The art in this is gorgeous!!!

[@Cricket-the-Kobold]

The song choice, the visuals, style, expressions, pacing!! All of it on point! This is so good!

[@cutecat3004]

This is so cool, good to see TMA animatics continuing strong

[@laf_e_taffy]

This song fits so well and the animation is amazing the art work and shading is so pretty!!!

[@lilithreusch2614]

How does this have so few views??? The art is sooo good

[@propercreature]

CHRONCHA MONCHA

[@dekuloveshair5667]

WAS ELIAS/JONAH IN THE FAMILY GUY DEATH POSE????

[@polekands]

omfg - if he was it was 100% unintentional lol - I literally just went for crumpled pathetic mess in the bg, but who knows, maybe he was 👀

[@BeanSpino]

ne grün :3 ❤

[@professionalrockeater]

tgus us SIIIIII ciik