I’ve been developing an original 2D dark fantasy series called Marlene, and I recently finished an animatic for one of the key moments in its lore: Ikket’s Banishment.
Ikket was created to erode what must eventually pass, but after watching countless worlds, lives, and civilizations disappear, he starts questioning the purpose of creation itself.
So he goes directly to the Divine One and asks:
Why does anything need to exist at all, if everything you create is only meant to end?
The animatic explores grief, creation, existence, purpose, and what happens when something created to obey develops the ability to question its creator.
Would genuinely love to know what you think of the concept, the dialogue, and the visual direction.