DEAD gODS - Giants

[@connendarf3857]

I've been loving the concept of Dead gOds for a while, and while I can't offer money as a broke grad student, I can offer support in the KZbin traditions. Rock on, brother! This stuff is really cool, and you bringing up "got an idea? start it" is kind & motivating, looking forward to hearing and seeing more

[@mattrhodesart]

Much appreciated! And glad to hear it

[@nairocamilo]

Hey Matt! A suggestion for a future video: make one of those scale comparison videos people do with building, ships, spaceships, planets and what-not, but with all of your material when it reeeeally stacks up with stuff! If you don't know what I'm talking about, it's those videos that start with the smallest subject in a category (let's say spaceships from fiction, you'd start with a simple shuttle from Star Trek or an eject pod), and then the camera pans continuously showing the bigger subject than (a TIE Fighter, maybe), then the next and so on (The Millenium Falcon, and so on). I think it would be very interesting in the future to see the scale of things!

[@mattrhodesart]

Great idea!

[@dexdixy4913]

3:25. I needed this honestly, I’ve got so much to put out there, and it’s coming along.

[@joelyoung8286]

This really reminds me of primal and I’m in love with it

[@zachofthebattery2864]

Always a good day when dead gods updates.

[@jasonpaul6418]

Just discovered this series a few weeks ago. It is such beautiful artwork, and I love the style, but it's the worldbuilding I love the most. The use of history myth and reality to build a realistic story that is inspirational. Keep it coming.

[@sir-sedeka]

Man you are pumping these out what the hell absolute speed demon

[@ChocolateZteak]

I get so excited every time I see something new about Dead gODS

[@Kaito57]

Mammoths and Giants : It just works !!

[@26th_Primarch]

Skyrim Space Program flashbacks

[@ArtWithSR]

As a fellow concept artist in the industry, this is always a joy to watch! You've already given quite a few simple, yet meaningful ideas on how to see all the work done together, and that invaluable. Can't wait to see more, and to use some of your tips for my own projects I'm working on

[@byAlbyU]

Man, this makes me want to see a scifi iteration on the Anunnaki and the Sumerian myths from you! Like Zecharia Sitchin described them, go full in on the ancient astronaut theory

[@rquiem88]

Sheer talent, crazy creative.. so many new but somehow old and ancient ideas

[@verrdantwilds]

The way I was rewatching the rest of Dead Gods videos yesterday and today you release this! Love this project and your work, thank you for broadcasting it!

[@ReaganLodge]

Another fantastic vid! Love the kinda Stargatey vibe of the dog-masks worn by the third nephilim's servants.

[@MRmr-ps2sd]

I am glad I stumbled upon your channel, your ongoing project is truly one of a kind and a well of joy and inspiration. The creativity and vivid liveliness that seep off each subsequent character(s) in these videos keep me hooked for more. I admire the primal vitality that your characters and world easily display, such that I feel inspired to capture some of that vital energy and distil it in my own life. Keep up the good work!

[@manicpixiedreambuoy]

This is amazing, Matt! I bought Tellurion in hardcover and cannot wait for it to arrive! Looking forward to more DEAD gODS, keep up the great work!

[@mattrhodesart]

Thanks, that means a lot!

[@huhubagoly2000]

I have already got better at drawing thanks to your inspirational work.

[@jordanbarber6376]

These designs are absolutely inspiring 🔥❤️

[@gabrielaubry1334]

I imagine the Herdsmen Giant sounds like the Yeti from The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy, in the episode where the Grim Reaper, Billy and Mandy chases him as a guy who dodged Grim's reaping.

[@chrisoduro2214]

i need wendigoon to see this video

[@Stinkymoe]

Wendigooner

[@ValkiriStudio]

Dang Matt, this is amazing!

[@eebaumgartnerful1]

Your worldbuilding is exactly what I'm looking for, both to enjoy it and also to emulate it. I'm a teacher at a small, Christian school and an author on the side. I've been trying to get audiobooks done for my channel, but it's so tough to find time to write. Need suggestions for good AI text-to-speech to do the reading for low cost (not the clearly AI trash done for the algorithm).

[@kalez238]

It is so hard to make it in the publishing world because there is so much out there. I have been writing for 15 years, and people say my writing is great, but my presentation and marketing sucks in a way that I don't know how to fix it. I have so few readers that it is depressing and makes it all feel like a waste of time if I'm going to spend all that time perfecting a story just for it to be stuck in a drawer. But I'm glad your stories are becoming real and people love them. I love them, and envy you for it :P

[@mattrhodesart]

I think a good question all creators have to ask themselves is: would I still work on this, even if I knew almost no one would ever see it? Hope you find your audience.

[@12egon34]

There is a thing where many ancient cultures, seemingly by coincidence, worshipped the same fish head god type that carried around a purse/hand bag thingy, possibly ancient humans who survived the sinking of 'atlantis'. Could fit in well in your awesome anti diluvian world

[@12egon34]

Graham hancock and his contemporaries talk of this quite a lot*

[@tranqilparade]

Bangin content

[@sethbrandhagen3175]

As always, it is fantastic work. I love that all designs start with character and narrative first. It is very inspiring and something I will attempt to do as I continue to world-build. I want you to know I would have never had the courage or confidence to start my own world if I had not stumbled upon Tellurion years ago (I got one of the first printings (I still love the widescreen format of that book). Dead Gods feels like another epic, and I can't wait to see where you take us. Thanks again for everything you share.

[@JoJoBizaureAdventure]

Also please post longer videos 🙏🏾🙏🏾

[@Lydia-hc9tu]

These are all so cool. It's often tricky to find creative and fantastical Biblicaly based content. But you've found a fascinating way to do it. I cannot wait to see what stories come out of this. I want Angel Studios or someone to turn this into an animated show.

[@SB5SimulationsFerroviairesEEP]

Merci du partage! Stéph.

[@Poptart94]

As always, fantastic work

[@walidsidisaid2521]

Your concepts are really cool, each week I'm waiting for the next video ! The giants are fascinating I'm eager to learn more about their societies, their cultures and relationship with other elements of Dead gODS Universe

[@theelementalstation947]

Glad to see the giants getting their own arc of sorts (pun half intended), though there is something I had wondered about since the start, how did you came up with the insignia/logo for the project?

[@mattrhodesart]

Thanks! It's the angular capital "D" and lower case "g" from the word-mark put together in a monogram.

[@twasbrillig33]

Wow what a gorgeous presentation. your work is stunning.

[@JacyMartin-y1j]

I love the bonk giant

[@sir-sedeka]

You’re an absolute inspiration!

[@Gigantic1000]

Now, did the Herdsmen do something unforgivable bu Giant Standards, or Human Standards? I feel like there is a world of difference there.

[@rowanmulhollem5267]

I heard elephants mourn their dead and have taken vengeance on hunters who killed their kin. How does that relate to the mammoth herd?

[@yeahbutwhytho]

Hey Matt, great stuff! Now that the artworks are beginning to stack up, are there any plans for future vids to have existing entities collide? Like giants ambushed by dinosaurs? Or hunting parties of men attacking giant domiciles? Curious to get an idea of contrasting or coexisting factions in this world

[@mattrhodesart]

Ooooh absolutely. Right now I'm starting to put toys on the table, and the more that get added, the more I'll be able to play with them. I think that those overlaps are where a LOT of the fun of this project will come from.

[@ThatOneShockedLad]

Very cool

[@zacharyvance2365]

Great work! I’m curious to see designs for the vessel that the shipwright will build. Also, will there be designs made for his family as well? Very curious to see where this story will go.

[@mattrhodesart]

I've got some early sketches of the ship, and his family. Definitely planning on covering that too.

[@zacharyvance2365]

@ can’t wait to see them.

[@alexandresilveira6905]

I'm loving those giants, although I think that regular human villains are still needed, if it cannot be the hunter (though I believe it added to his character), then someone else. History shows us that men are some of the most terrifying beasts afterall.

[@mattrhodesart]

There will definitely be many

[@shinygamer3424]

The statement at 5:59 is pretty interesting. I wonder why the watchers would teach people to worship multiple different things that shouldn't be worshipped, and also, what are the things in that world that should be worshipped? I I think I remember earlier in the video series there was mention of multiple gods that would show up. Are these gods the things that the people are meant to worship, instead of things like constellations or people? Or is it that the watchers have thaught people to worship them specifically and creations of theirs, instead of things of the natural world?

[@martinwinter6596]

So cool, espacial the Blades at the mamoth tusks

[@G_zuz]

Maybe it is time to start

[@TheGioguy]

Love the exiled giant's design, what kind of crime would he have committed to get exiled? Killing a fellow giant or some sort of more Promethean thing?

[@BenjaminChapman-v6v]

Ok. How about the Big 3 behemoth, Leviathan, and Ziz

[@Empress_Theresa]

I love how limited our imagination really is. Using the pen and paper, we can create anything...ANYTHING possible or impossible, and yet, we can't come up with anything truly original. Same clichês, same recycled ideas, same old stories.

[@lorcanmcloughlin3686]

She kinda reminds me of the evil Queen in primal (I highly recommend watching primal might give some inspiration for this project)

[@WyvernRider90]

Have you considered the primitive weapons that can be thrown like a discus to be worn as jewelry that can be easily be used defensively or offensively? Giants in much of fantasy are known to be throwers of immense weaponry. It is Goliath hubris that he comes at David at close range. Even in prehistoric times ranged weaponry is king.

[@КошкинКирилл]

Tormund: BIG WOMAN IS HERE! 5:44

[@Palpatine15688]

So this world is basically pre flood earth?

[@Palpatine15688]

Like this world is pre flood bible?

[@mattrhodesart]

Correct

[@Palpatine15688]

@mattrhodesart so lucifer/satan is real in your world?

[@mattrhodesart]

@Palpatine15688 yup

[@Goby-c4l]

I think the nelihime would be more humanized because it would make more interesting villeins and give more opportunities for conversation and worldbulding if they aren’t just mindless brutes

[@MrStrides]

MAMMOTHS MENTIONED

[@martonadammarton1878]

supportive comment

[@rodionkotseruba]

❤

[@jalenashley3909]

AMAZING JOB SO FAR MATT!!! Feel like I'm being introduced to a whole movie or television series🔥Question tho: Is the Shipwright going to have a family similar to Noah from the Bible? If so, will they be mixed ethnicity since they were the fathers of the nations to come? Just thought I'd ask and I can't wait to see where this story progresses⚔

[@JoJoBizaureAdventure]

Under an hour 🙏🏾

[@mieymies427]

How are you this fast?

[@mattrhodesart]

A dripping bathtub overflows faster than you'd think. A few hours of drawing a day, a few days a week, and all of a sudden you've made a thing.

[@luchaliber2220]

Where can I see the artworks you show us in high resolution?

[@mattrhodesart]

On my website! (Link in description)

[@teeth716]

Be careful with making giants that herd mammoths, someone might get jealous if this project becomes successful

[@remuslazar2033]

You shortned the opening intro song. Why ? I liked it the way it was

[@mattrhodesart]

I’m glad! I’m kind of experimenting with everything, seeing what feels right.

[@wexit_wes]

❤❤

[@kevinobill4818]

I’m not sure how to say that but the giants that you drew here are like spoiled humanoid race in the past, but I know it’s fantasy so no complaints here.

[@shinygamer3424]

I wonder if honestly benevolent giants will be depicted at some point. It'd be interesting to see the bible's black and white claims of the maliciousness if the nephilim to be challenged in that sense, with how limited its information of the antedeluvian world would be in comparison to what all of that world's complexities would have been outside the book's pages.

[@Palpatine15688]

If this world pre flood earth....forgive me if i am wrong ..i have question does lucifer exist in your world?

[@Digglet-j2w]

Mommy?

[@Ave_Christus_Rex3777]

💙