I'm Back From The Dead

I Died For You [A Malevolent Animatic]

Voice acting and audio by @malevolentcast , who very generously sent me this audio file to use for this animatic. Thank you for creating such a beautiful show.

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I began this animatic early last year after finding the audio on TikTok. Once I heard it, I was immediately struck with the thought of how those first couple of weeks in the Dark World would be for John immediately after Season 2. It seemed perfectly fitting, how John might be tortured by his guilt and uncertainty if Arthur was even still alive, and that torment would only aid his regression to his more… Kingly qualities.

I began to draft the thumbnails of the animatic in my sketchbook before transferring it to my digital workspace, which was incredibly intimidating at the time. This was my first independent animatic. In last year’s InvictusCon, Harlan popped into my stream as I was explaining my animatic thought process to my viewers, shaking with both excitement and terror. I was stunned when he offered to voice it himself. The next day, he sent me the audio file. To this day, I am still stunned he spent so much time and effort to create something. It was the encouragement I needed to finish a longer-form animatic. It may be only a minute and some change, but this is a whole year of my life condensed - my obsession, my adoration, my passion for not only this podcast but for art in general, both visual and audio.

It’s by happy accident that I finished this right at the cusp of the Season 5 finale. It almost perfectly slots in. So… let’s all pretend that this animatic took me a month to do rather than the year I spent sweating on my couch and complaining about the number of times I forgot Arthur’s wooden finger.

YEEHAW MOTHFUCKERS

do y'all remember when they found all that tf art in Osamu Tezuka's drawer post-mortem because I think about it often

anyway keep chasing your bliss and draw weird shit, god knows we need that right now

I'm goig to cry if theres gonna be argenti angst in peacony

KAVEH IN THE SUIT IN THE COLLAB ART IM SCREAMING

one chance kaveh one chance kaveh oNE CHANCE KAVEH ONE CHANCE KAVEH I CSN GIVE U EVERYTHIGN U WANT I CAN BE A BETTER HUSBAND THAN AL HAITHAM IM

oh to be held like they had a long day and your their comfort

MY POOR BBY NOOOO

Alhaitham: Ok, maybe playing ‘whose family is most dysfunctional’ wasn’t the best idea we’ve had. Kaveh's been crying in the bathroom for an hour. We can’t get him out...

Kaveh /from inside the bathroom/:...aND SHE JUST LEFT??? LIKE WHO DOES THAT???

Just curious, do you have a design for Oliver Banks? :)

I did a drawing of him a while back ye!

molk

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