Stellar Cyclops - Mythical Galaxy, Theogony, and More Cartoons

My team and I have been working tirelessly on a cartoon retelling of Hesiod’s epic poem: The Theogony.

We still have quite a way to go, but I thought I’d showcase our progress by releasing this unfinished animatic of one of the film’s best scenes.

The scene in question is an (almost) direct telling of verses 463-465 of Hesiod’s Theogony, where the goddess Gaia informs her son, Kronos, about a prophecy that he’ll be overthrown by his children someday.

The Theogony

After playing around with different ideas, I finally made a poster for my Theogony animated film in production.

It features Hesiod reciting poetry that’s being whispered into his ear by the goddess Kalliope.

I had a lot of fun with the Grecian patterns, too.

Hey guys,

I've had this Tumblr account for years, since I was 15, and kept it the same ever since. Now, after all this time, I've finally changed my username: stellar_cyclops!

It was formerly: quasarcartoons (Quasar Cartoons)

(Reupload for better quality)

Official Zeus Model Sheets

I spent the past month and a half working on these turnarounds and character poses for all the most important characters of my film retelling The Theogony that is currently in production.

These are both full turnaround and character pose model sheets for the young and old versions of the king of the gods himself, Zeus.

Official Rhea Model Sheets

I spent the past month and a half working on these turnarounds and character poses for all the most important characters of my film retelling The Theogony that is currently in production.

These are both full turnaround and character pose model sheets for the Titan of motherhood, Rhea.

Official Gaia Model Sheets

I spent the past month and a half working on these turnarounds and character poses for all the most important characters of my film retelling The Theogony that is currently in production.

These are both full turnaround and character pose model sheets for the goddess of earth and life, Gaia.

Official Ouranos Model Sheets

I spent the past month and a half working on these turnarounds and character poses for all the most important characters of my film retelling The Theogony that is currently in production.

These are both full turnaround and character pose model sheets for the pre-Olympian god of the sky, Ouranos

Official Kronos Model Sheets

I spent the past month and a half working on these turnarounds and character poses for all the most important characters of my film retelling The Theogony that is currently in production.

These are both full turnaround and character pose model sheets for the Titan of time and main villain of Hesiod’s Theogony, Kronos.

I participated in the 24-Hour Animation contest a month ago, and this is the animation I created as my contribution to the film my team was tasked with completing within that exact timeframe.

I was literally up that entire night working on this fish and polishing it.

Goodnight, Irene (Mythical Galaxy)

Official concept art for my comic, Mythical Galaxy, featuring the main character, Cepheus, reclining on a marble statue of the goddess of peace, Irene (Ειρήνη). Cepheus wishes a peaceful night for both him and her.

I've finished the background art for the opening shot of my film based on The Theogony. The shot begins at the very top and slowly descends, giving the audience a glimpse of the entire wall. 

The wall is covered in Ancient Greek mythological symbols and characters, including: Orpheus, Eros, Atlas, Thanatos, Irene, and Pan, as well as a bunch of the constellations named by Claudius Ptolemy. The very bottom of the shot then reveals the main focus, a marble bust of Hesiod himself. 

(Edit: I don't like how I drew a few of the poses for Pandora and Epimetheus, as they aren't very anatomically believable. Some mistakes slipped through the cracks as I was drawing these, and I didn't realize until it was too late. But I'm keeping them to show my progress as an artist.)

Prometheus, Epimetheus, & Pandora Model Sheets

(Edit: I don't like how I drew a few of these poses, as they aren't very anatomically believable. Some mistakes slipped through the cracks as I was drawing these, and I didn't realize until it was too late. But I'm keeping them to show my progress as an artist.)

I’m finally finished with all the necessary character models and references for my Theogony short film in production. 

Please follow along with this Theogony film project if you’re interested.

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This is the official character model for my versions of Prometheus and Epimetheus, the Titans who created humanity. Their designs utilize a lot of warm and heavenly colors to represent their divine statues. Prometheus also stole fire for humanity, so another reason for the warm colors in his design.

It also portrays Prometheus sculpting an inanimate human out of clay, like in the myth.

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This is the official character model for my version of Pandora, the demi-goddess who married Epimetheus and released all hardship onto the world. I used marble statues of mythological Pandora as a reference for my version, hence the swirly look of her hair. Her pithos is a part of her design and is modeled after typical Ancient Greek pithoi used at the time.

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Gods of Mount Othrys Model Sheets

I’m finally finished with all the necessary character models and references for my Theogony short film in production. 

Please follow along with this Theogony film project if you’re interested.

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This is the official character model for my version of Rhea, the goddess of maternity. Her entire design is directly based on Hellenistic depictions of Mariam (Mary), the mother of Yeshua (Jesus). I figured portraying the goddess of motherhood as such would be fitting. Her entire face is permanently fixed in a frowning expression to represent her grief from the loss of her children.

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This is an extra character model sheet for my version of Kronos (or Saturn), the god of time, but portraying the various intimidating forms of his monstrous side. Kronos is the main villain of the Theogony, and I didn’t just want to have an intimidating, human-like design, but also have a variety of inhuman, demonic forms to threaten the protagonist, Zeus. When I actually get to animating him, it will be a lot of fun to play around with his distorted, creepy forms.

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Gaia & Ouranos Model Sheets

I’m finally finished with all the necessary character models and references for my Theogony short film in production. 

Please follow along with this Theogony film project if you’re interested.

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This is the official character model for my version of Gaia, the goddess of Earth. Her pupils resemble petals, and her feet are like vines.

It also portrays Gaia being courted by her husband, Ouranos, like in the myth.

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This is the official character model for my version of Ouranos (or Uranus), the god of the sky. His hair is made of clouds, and he floats in the air with his flowing toga.

If you're a fan of my comic, Mythical Galaxy, consider giving it more attention and notoriety via Webtoon.

I actually published it on Webtoon a while ago (literally right after I finished it); I just never advertised it via my Tumblr.

Thank you guys for being so supportive of my work. Mythical Galaxy has so much more planned for the future.

Theogony Animation Project Progress

I’m in the middle of production for my animated short film based on the Theogony and the actual animation process is a lot of work.

To show my progress, here is an unfinished animated scene I did with the main villain of the film, Kronos. I still need to color it, add more of his design details, and manually animate the swirling clouds.

For context, it’s depicting the part of the Theogony where Kronos realizes Zeus and Metis poisoned him.