childe animatic draft

OFFICIAL LORE — https://genshin-impact.fandom.com/wiki/Tartaglia/Lore


  • SONG: "Meet me in the Woods" by Lord Huron
  • TIME TAKEN — Drafting & Storyboarding , Drawing (July 8 - ???)

I need to lock in, hopefully I finish this on Childe's birthday. at least a few days after if not possible.


  • Thumbnail — Childe in the woods, sideview. To intrigue viewer ?

LYRICS

LOV VOLUME — CREDITS

  • VHS like and black background
    • Song — Meet me in the Woods by Lord Huron
    • PMV by @hazelmynte

INTRO (flashes of abyss?)

  • 1...2-3... [ lost foot focus, walking in snowy woods , exhale ]
  • 1...2-3... [ look back , run into crack crack from wolves , falls ]
  • abyss falling > black screen
  • 1...2-3... [ fallen, abyss view, view again zoom out feel small ]
  • 1...2-3... [ fighting blurry , skirk ]

- - -

  • I took a little journey to the unknown...
    • ajax exploring, pan up to eyes, light bg happy, white light fenkko
  • invert color palette
  • And I come back changed / I can feel it in my bones.
    • dead eyes / tartaglia in military clothes , wider screen + zoom out
  • I fucked with forces that our eyes can't see.
    • abyssal eyes , closing
  • Now the darkness got a hold on me...
    • kid ajax with abyss aura environments
  • Oh, the darkness got a hold on me...
    • older tartaglia with abyss ties, zoom out, eyes tired
  • 12345...
    • liyue adventures
  • Lala - 2 - 3
    • killing spree blood
  • 12345...
    • more adventures
  • Lala - 2 - 3
    • manic

- - -

  • How long, baby, have I been away?
    • Ajax with family , blurry and vague
  • Oh, it feels like ages though / you say it's only days.
    • Abyss flashback, looking at hands
    • glitch and blink
  • BLACK CUT
  • There ain't language for the things I've seen.
    • black bg, white eyes scratchy sketchy glitchy
  • And the truth is stranger than my own worst dreams.
    • sleepy eyes underwater, purple
  • The truth is stranger than in all my dreams.
    • childe floating and whale above
  • Oh, the darkness got a hold on me.
    • abyss ties drowning, zoom out, eyes closed

- - -

  • I have seen what the darkness does.
    • ajax traumatized eyes
  • Said goodbye to who I was.
    • patting ajax on back
  • I ain't never been away so long.
    • glancing back
  • Don't look back them days are gone.
    • sad smile sigh
  • Follow me into the endless night.
    • fighting, point triangle composition
  • I can bring your fears to life.
    • back view
  • Show me yours and I'll show you mine.
    • side view woods, blurring zoom
    • Afternoon / Dusk light in woods ending, through the woods creating this spotlight shaped composition again
  • Meet me in the woods tonight.
    • smiley eyes

- - -

12345...

Lala

12345...

Lala

CUT


TRANSITIONS, MOVEMENT, COMPOSITION
  • Frame panning
  • Camera zooming out in abyss scene
  • VHS Movement overaly, flicker, & Blur in flashbacks
  • Slanted angle = instability = unpredictability = out of control
  • Angle from below POV = feeling small = helpless
TEXT
  • hard visible on beat
  • marker and chalk text

NOTES

PMV shows Childe narrating Tartaglia

  • Fog , Snow
  • Trees lead the eye
  • Texture !!! Scratchy thinner line for insanity
  • Chalky

Pursued by bears and wolf packs, he lost his footing and fell into a bottomless crack in the earth's surface.

There, he witnessed the endless possibilities of another ancient world. There, he would meet a mysterious swordswoman...

Or perhaps one should say that this dark realm had sensed the burning ambition in this boy's heart.

This darkness was something that the Harbinger Childe could never again delve into.

Thus did Ajax's first adventure end, with his now-rusty shortsword in hand.

This would mark the end of his youth and the beginning of his days as a warrior.

By the time he returned home, the young man was no longer the same.

He was no longer frightened and hesitant but had become frivolous and confident. He acted as if this world revolved around him, and as if battle existed for his sake.

Conflict often brings about change, and this capricious, incalculable change attracted Ajax like a revolving kaleidoscope.


REFERENCES

ART / OFFICIAL

  • Skirk trailer
  • Toy Salesman
  • Childe falling in sea cutscene
  • Shiyado Abyss Childe
  • Fenkko Childe Comic
  • Pachimation Happy Childe
  • Childe art reblogs on tumblr*

ANIMATICS

  • Pink in the Night
  • Clusterhug
  • Fuelled
  • Zemyata
  • Passerine
  • Poor George
  • Yellow
  • Villain
  • MAD
  • The mind electric
  • Yelp, AHUB

EXTRAS

Favorite thumbnails

Childe Stickers

Reblog initial post about song

Happy birthday to my favorite beloved traumatized loser
thank you for existing

i think this song is neat. sounds tenderly bittersweet, lighthearted despite the lyrics. you will not hear me out, you will listen to me this song is very childe coded


NEXT

  • Azula, Aishite x3
  • Scara in trust is for fools scene
  • Pretty please Chaeya
  • Childe Misery Meat
  • Sparks AMV
  • Chaeya Dilaw
  • Chaeya favorite crime
  • Waterbomb, shimmer eyes
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Pub: 20 Apr 2025 20:30 UTC

Edit: 22 Jul 2025 12:44 UTC

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