Trust Me Not (Hero & Villain Duet) - oc animatic

IMPORTANT: they are siblings. Absolutely do not ship them.
This animatic has been sitting in my files, 95% done since 2021. I originally meant to post a few illustrations along with it, but I decided to just forget about those and post this so I finally have it out ^^;
For a bit of background for the characters:
Taren and Ashula lived in an orphanage as children, until their maternal uncle showed up and offered to take Taren away. Taren accepted his offer, went to live with him in his mansion, leaving Ashula behind (the uncle didn't realise she was his niece, only Taren knows this truth). He was then educated and trained to fulfill this position of a "hero" in the future, for political and other reasons.
After Taren left, while she was sad, Ashula didn't resent him. The orphanage burned down some years later and she was left to grow up on the streets, eventually losing her arm due to being accused of a crime she didn't commit. I won't say much here, but Taren's negligence played a part, and it wasn't until that moment for her trust and belief in him to completely shatter :)
Taren thought she had died, but she survived thanks to help from others. They meet later on as adults. Ashula is in her early-to-mid-20s, Taren is in his late 20s.
Ashula is an amputee, though I have yet to design a proper prosthetic arm for her. These designs were done fairly quickly, so I didn't do much research on how amputated limbs work/how they're attached, but I've definitely learned more since creating this.
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Programs I used:
- MediBang Paint Pro / FireAlpaca (for the duration of the song)
- Clip Studio Paint (for the last 20 seconds of the video)
- HitFilm Express
Thank you for Natalie Chavez/Backseat Vagabond for the song and allowing me to use it for the animatic!
Original Audio: • hero n villain duet (t...
[I only own the characters and art shown in the video. Everything else belongs to their respective owners.]

[@Wrrrenn]

The subtitles are great❤

[@sammalsikuri3828]

Thank you, hearing that makes me feel better about how long they took me to make them work 🙏😭❤

[@Frogsarechasingyou]

Oh, I love this song. I am so glad there is an animation for it! It is so pretty. ❤

[@sammalsikuri3828]

@@Frogsarechasingyou thank you!! ❤❤

[@TheAngel277]

honestly really good animation. I think this portrays the song very well :)

[@sammalsikuri3828]

Thank you!! I really enjoyed how much emotion the song had and wanted to do my best to match that with the characters 💖

[@DrawingWithKeeks]

OMGGGG THIS NEEDS MUCH MORE VIEWSSS I LOVE THIS SM

[@sammalsikuri3828]

Ahhh thank you so much!! 🥺🥺💕💕

[@DrawingWithKeeks]

@@sammalsikuri3828 ofc!! 🥹💕💖

[@camalemsy]

THIS IS SO UNDERRATED OMG I LOVE THIS

[@sammalsikuri3828]

@@camalemsy thank youu!! 🥺💖

[@COLYULD]

This animation fire ngl👏👏👏

[@Winters_Playhouse-hx8qw]

How did you do the subtitles like that? For once I actually like the subtitles. But this whole thing is amazing! It's so good and you are so talented! But seriously I have to learn how you made the youtube subtitles look cool in your video please! Well, have a good day/night and take care!

[@sammalsikuri3828]

@@Winters_Playhouse-hx8qw thank you! I had to use a separate program for the subtitles, I had originally done them in KZbin itself until I realised KZbin doesn't let you customise them at all, and since I had to add everything manually both times, it took me five hours or so to finish uploading the animatic 😅 I had looked up "how to add colour to KZbin subtitles" and just clicked on the first video I saw, I believe the channel name is "I Tried This". They have easy to understand tutorials on how it all works, as well as a link to the program (which is free, by the way).

[@ahomelessprinter6364]

Low key remind me of dungeon Meshi art style lol! So good!

[@sammalsikuri3828]

Funnily enough, I've yet to watch or read the series at all 😅

[@ahomelessprinter6364]

Hahah, I recommend it! ALSOOO YOUR CHARACTERS ARE SO PRETTTYYG

[@xamiranimatics]

Underrated! Good job! Subtitles are appreciated

[@sammalsikuri3828]

@@xamiranimatics thank you very much! ☺️💕

[@luoallison1859]

PLEASE THIS IS SO GOOD WHY SO UNDERRATED

[@sammalsikuri3828]

@@luoallison1859 wahh thank youu 🙏🥺❤

[@Kurama_Ori]

OH GOSH, I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT YOUR OC, BUT THEY SLAYYYY I love this song so much, and you managed to represent it so well, it's amazing ❤ Can I marry Ashula ? She's so pretty, I want her to stay a villain and distroy everything and ANGSTTTTTT I LOVE SO MUCH 'villain' OCCCC

[@sammalsikuri3828]

Ahhhh thank you!! Hopefully I'll get to making more content of them in the future, I have a few animatic ideas for other songs involving them (including a few different ones about their childhoods and past with different perspectives), and hopefully I'll find some audios to use for shorts content as well 😁 Honestly I feel you with Ashula, she could kick me and I'd probably thank her 🙏 (Funnily enough, Taren deserves some villain appreciation as well - I hope some of those intentions came across in this animatic 😉)

[@Kurama_Ori]

@@sammalsikuri3828 Yipee, more content :D That is why I love oc so much, we have the power to make them do everything we want, and as a content creator you can either melt other's heart or CRUSH THEM I totally FULLY SUPPORT YOUUUU, but don't overwhelm you with that as some pepole I know- I just read the description I LOVE EVERYTHING EVEN MORE NOWWW, AND NO IM TOTALLY NOT OVER HYPED BY THIS It's obviously easier for me to see Ashula point of view, but i don't doubt that Taren is also a complex character

[@lilyannavalley6057]

Yessssss ❤

[@s.msaiyedali5837]

i love your animation and song

[@GreayWorks]

Very nice!!

[@callmethecommentcountess9329]

I think I like the song from the whole rise of red perspective much better than this OK