Scylla | EPIC: The Musical Animatic

That's a lot of heads ma'am
I recently got really into Epic, thanks to a friend of mine, and seeing all the insanely talented people on here motivated me to try my hand at making an animatic.
I wasn't confident enough to make it a full one, but it was a really nice experience nonetheless.
Since I learned about Scylla's story, I wanted to show that, instead of the fight with Odysseus' crew.
I hope you enjoy, thanks for stopping by!
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Music by Jorge Rivera-Herrans @JayHerrans

[@omega7971]

I LOVE IT, this is so refreshing to have a different take on the song by showing Scylla's backstory. Really amazing !!

[@loonelytoon6523]

OMG THIS IS EXACTLY HOW I IMAGINED THE SCENE AS A KID!!! I swear Scylla's backstory *terrified* me back then, and you portrayed exactly why: the fact she saw her new heads coming out of the water without being immediately clear they were a *part of her* ... that was such an uncanny image and you captured it perfectly!

[@melozzou]

Great minds think alike 💅 no but thank you, I'm really glad to have captured that well for you!!

[@despinasgarden.4100]

I love that reference to the painting "Circe Envidiosa" by Jhon William Waterhouse. I'm using that painting as an inspiration for my own version of Circe. Poor Scylla, the poor girl was just minding her bussiness and ended up transformed into a monster.

[@Skystep1]

This is amazing!!!! It’s such great visual story telling too because my knowledge of the Scylla myth going into this was iffy at best and I still could tell what was going on 100% of the time. Scylla’s transformation at the end was heartbreaking I wanna give her a hug

[@danimendoza4663]

NO FUCKING WAY, I LOVED IT!!!!!!!! The transformation was SICK ❤❤❤❤

[@MajjesticSquid]

There are just... No words I can say at this moment but just say how much I ADORE THIS ANIMATION!!! I didn't know the story, but I know with Greek Mythology, it had to be some sort of tragedy.. I also just love how at the beginning, it's Scylla behind the stone, and as she swims, it transitions to Poseidon (Or Glaucus? Unsure..), as we get a flashback to Scylla before she became the way that she is now.

[@Nicole-pc2hc]

CIRCE PAINTING REFERENCE SPOTTED HELL YES (also love your Glaucus design, it looks so cool!)

[@book1182]

Wow that ending has such a different feeling after that backstory. It almost feels like a “Look at the beasts they made of us” The way that gods have toyed with them until they became unrecognizable

[@Fallen_Crow333]

For anyone who doesn’t know the tale of Scylla’s origin, I’ll explain it. Or, well, explain the one portrayed in this amazing animatic, for there are many! So I am assuming this is the origin that is being portrayed…Scylla was once an absolutely gorgeous nymph, so beautiful that she caught the attention of Poseidon. Poseidon claimed her, but this created jealousy from the other water nymphs. Poseidon’s wife, Amphritite-pardon my most likely misspelling-was enraged at this affair and poisoned the spring water from which Scylla drank out of. This poison transformed her into the creature we now know her to be. Insert bow, there you go my fellow mythology disciples, may you take this insignificant knowledge and create significance for it, such as this wonderful creator has done! Good job on the animatic, it is quite lovely!

[@SleepingCryptic]

Thank you for the explanation

[@Fallen_Crow333]

@@SleepingCryptic The pleasure is mine dearie!

[@donnguyen1107]

alternatively this is prob the origin story where it's the mer god Glaucus who wants her but she rejects him and he asks Circe for help but Circe wants Glaucus for herself so takes her jealousy out on Scylla by turning her into the monster.

[@manthannandha1095]

@@donnguyen1107 Yeah that is probably what's in this animatic imo

[@melozzou]

@@donnguyen1107 yes that is the version I was actually going for!

[@nerd589]

OH. MY. GOD.

[@TheBasikShow]

Ooh, nice! I love how long and wormy the new heads are. And those teeth! Cool concept, great execution.

[@melozzou]

Thank you so much!! That was indeed a lot of teeth so I'm glad they had an impact hehe

[@nakhiricoyllur3877]

Wow esto es bello, me encanta que hayas mostrado la historia de Scylla. Ella no siempre fue ese monstruo hambriento, alguna vez fue una joven inocente cuyo único "pecado" fue gustarle al crush de Circe.

[@iMonikah]

Absolutely incredible! Your work is SO GOOD, the only reason you're not instantly one of the top animators of the fandom is because not enough people have seen this yet!!

[@melozzou]

THAT'S SO NICE OF YOU TO SAY TYYY 😭

[@marienaresch]

I loved it!!

[@xtwiliight6709]

WOW. JUST. WOW

[@Snowolfpup04]

This is soo good!!!! >:DD

[@melozzou]

Hi everyone! I wasn't expecting all these kind comments, it's really heartwarming, thank you all for your support!! To clarify on Scylla's story (since there are a few versions and the animatic itself might be confusing), the guy pestering Scylla is actually Glaucos, a god who was once a fisherman. After she rejected him, he went to Circe for help, who became angry with Scylla because of her own love for Glaucos. And that's how it went! Poor Scylla, really. Again, thanks for all the love on this

[@doveamor]

U should probably pin this so people don’t get confused 🫶🫶

[@disofbz4467]

Not her being malnourished on the time the song is taking place with Odysseus (Loving that detail and how it shows that she has had it rought ever since)

[@LuisHenrique-lx8vo]

No flowers,no "hi how you doing",Greek gods are horible flirts (That poseidon right?)

[@cels_arts]

Insanely beautiful good job!!

[@euclidtheorem4817]

The Poseidon design is amazing

[@alexesmarshman5923]

2815 Gerhold Via

[@blad3w0rk58]

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