Anyone remember this?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1pChVZ8syk

Note: my priority still is game development. With that being said, progress on this animation will be slow.

It was a music video I made for the rap artist from the UK 'ShaoDow.' He and I have since kept in contact on and off. A sequel has been in discussion for quite some time now.

This time around, I wanted it to have more depth into it. With that, I have a few ideas that we came up with that I'd like to list here.

- Goal for our hero is to save the trapped artists from each of the 'overlords (bosses)'
- Setting; high up in rocky / snowy mountains. Oriental feel to the region
- The artists will be trapped up in a cage in a high location, bound by their contract ( scroll )
- 2 bosses, 1 finale boss
- each boss unlocks a new found ability
- Music related abilities
- Bosses spawn minions. Each minion will explode into smoke / dust upon death.


Additional animation will be done by Julermud. He and I will be working together exclusively on this project.

Track for this sequel;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErTaJUGCZAg

Character design;


Ability Ideas;

- Sound Waves
- Powerup via headphones
- Use lyrics to emphasize hits
- the staff is actually a futuristic portable stage microphone
- staff 'shoots' out a mic that explodes AOE damage when ShaoDow shouts
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Bow Staff Poses; - source [ https://www.youtube.com/watch?list=PL6oRJ80VaDU8h-mCE0Z6XjhM4wOyMKVir&v=NvEntWu0_S4#t=117 ]

Overhead Strike
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Combo
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Uppercut
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ability idea, "the Zone"
He stops to listen to his headphones. Colored pulses vibe off his body to the music.
And then in a burst of aura-like colors his eyes go blank and he's faster and stronger, moving like he's relying purely on instinct.

Weapon sketches.
http://puu.sh/aghA7/3a6b197511.jpg
- Wireless Microphone Shuriken is one I didn't draw on there.

Fur cloak idea.
http://puu.sh/afXF6/90ff9de861.jpg
This would literally just be 4 or 5 different movieclips inside a graphics symbol.

I got some more stuff to contribute later, but for now I have to sleep.

Edit 7/19/2014 ; http://puu.sh/aieZU/6dfd4169e0.jpg
Some more weapon concepts provided by the community.

SOLID.
I love the weapon ideas!

Weapon idea:dagger drumsticks?

Another was a guitar weapon but I didn't want to seem like a Mordekaiser ripoff

Cant wait to get started already, keep posting your ideas guys, also for the minions/bosses, that can help characterize them :D Maybe they can be very useful!

I would say to use skull masks to characterize a minion. Kindof like the mask of a Vaizard from bleach or something,obviously made to a more unique level,of course.

What about a strong, big monster of steel that can break the music.
Or someone that replays the time, and the music.

The Playback who records his enemy's moves with his beloved cassette player, which will transform into the copied weapon, with the tape latching onto his body to give him the enemy's ability.

Whaaaaaat no way Stone I loveeeed the first video can't wait for this! I actually do karate and we are practicing real techniques with bo staffs so you can ask me stuff about that if you want to :P

Weapon idea: h-Amp-er / Amp-hammer

Ability idea (separate from hammer): Boom Box blast, character punches ground and stage speakers pop up knocking enemies in the air. (Optional: enemies would be bounced into air for four beats)

Ability idea #2: Flow, the music flows for a few seconds and the character matches the flow of the music as it is slowed, landing a hit each beat.

A boss could have a platinum record chainsaw or a suit made of DJ stuff, or daggers that when connected form a full bass guitar sword.

Cool your weapon ideas are stunning.

Sorry for bumping, but does anybody mind if I use the HAMPER idea and the soundwaves for the crossover competition?
I'll give full credit

Weapon: mus-ica (music-bazooka) its a huge speaker dat shoots sound waves and can be controlled with power from 1 to 10 its heavy but powerful level 10 can destroy almost whole army with 4shots level 1 is strong but not dat strong and it pushes enemy back so he cant get close...how would it be? cool o not? tell me what you think :D

Have him like a shout ability. Kinda like the one in Skyrim.

Ooohhh dang this is going to be big :D looking forward to this stone gl ^ ^