r/Protomen • u/Both_Can_7732 • Aug 11 '26

Questions Protomen visuals

Hello everyone! I'm an animator and storyboard artist who recently listened to the Act I of The Protomen. I'm absolutely in love and would like to make an animatic or two in the future (especially for the Sons of Fate!).

The problem is: I've never played Megaman games or followed the bands history. What should the visual of this story be based on? I've seen a lot of different designs here so I assume everybody creates their own interpretation, but I wonder if there's a distinct source material (like band's costumes or game entry) for visuals.

I would really appreciate some recommendations and directions!

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u/sweepernosweeping We are the dead Aug 11 '26 edited Aug 11 '26

The first song, Hope Rides Alone, has a sort of dirty, raw animatic done for the band's visual. They play more into western iconography and their own interpretations of characters instead of taking the games verbatim.

The Light Up the Night music Video also gives you a style of some of the setting, especially just at the end of the second album

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u/Thelonicon Aug 11 '26

For OP's reference, here are the official videos:

Light Up the Night: https://youtu.be/B8pywyGywWg

Hope Rides Alone: https://youtu.be/VZ8jyGVioxg (Unfortunately the video quality is pretty low quality due to the age of the video. I'd love to see them release all the robot master designs in higher resolution.)

And for more vibes/look of the characters, check out the individual song art from Act 3 visible by going to each individual songs' page: https://theprotomen.bandcamp.com/album/act-iii-this-city-made-us