Howdy y’all, thanks for stopping by! I had a real fun time rambling about all of these shows, so I hope you enjoyed hearing about ‘em too! \(^^)/ All the links for donating to the Bards4Bards 2021 charity drive, as well as links for all of the musicals mentioned in this video, are up in the description! (Also, as a heads up: I’m not gonna be putting prints of Starry and Epic on my Redbubble store ‘cause they’re specifically inspired by shows made by small independent teams, so I’d rather any support y’all wanna give went to the creators of the shows themselves instead 💖)
@ABD Illustrates Can you draw each of the Heartless characters doing their one of their special/ultimate moves? Can you also make more team members for Team Heartless or rivals for each team member of Heartless? Also is it also possible that their magics starts to develop as time passes or start to do more than what their respective magics can do? Is it possible we may see some siblings if some of the Heartless characters do have siblings?
Alex. Alex. Alex Alex Alex. First of all, thank you for this gift, I *will* be listening to Starry on loop for the next week. Second of all: Go listen to We Are The Tigers it is So Fucking Good.
OH. MY. GOSH!!! I am so honored and thankful that you saw my TikToks of EPIC and liked it!!! Thank you SO SO SO MUCH for taking the time to create such a beautiful work of art, and thank you for your amazing and thoughtful description of the show and for spreading the word about it! This means the world to me, your artwork is gorgeous and I teared up multiple times seeing you bring these characters to life.
woah dude omg-- thank YOU for putting so much time and hard work into making such a fab show!!! It's been super fun to see how it's all coming together on your page, and it was super fun to have a go at drawing somethin' for it! I'm so happy you like the art 💖💖 Pls keep up the great work, I'm really looking forward to hearing the full album someday! 😤💪
I don't use the Tiktok, or most social media, I am infinitely happy about this discovery, you are making a wonderful thing, and I shall now pay attention, and tell my humans, because they will be happy too! Ok, my brother wasn't happy, because it's apparently 6am, but he's always cranky anyway. I will target the others at not sleepy-times.
Wow. WOW! We are speechless. Our creators and team were moved to tears from your Starry piece... Thank you for capturing the heart of our show, for expressing these feelings through your own artistry... just, thank you. It is magic ✨ and THANK YOU for sharing and spreading the word on our little show. Your support gives us those breaths of life needed to keep going, onward & onward 💫
asdfgh-- y'all can't hit me with lyrical references like that I'm gonna cry again 😭💖 All of you on the Starry team are a whole bunch of superstars, and your show deserves every bit of love, appreciation and recognition that it gets, and much more beyond! 💖⭐
Coming back to the video that introduced me to Starry, which is easily hands down my favourite musical by a country mile, is honestly pretty emotional. Thank you ABD for introducing me to a musical which helped me push through to the point where I'm not a couple days out from moving so I can go to art school. And thank you to the Starry team for making a musical that I cannot describe how much I love in words. I can listen to it when I need peace and quiet but also when I just want to belt out songs and dance around. I can't wait to see it in London next year when it comes to West End.
For anyone who doesn't know: The Lightning Thief has a musical, for some reason, and also, for some reason, it has some great songs?? I'll admit to having a HUGE Percy Jackson bias, but D.O.A. _slaps_
Actually wriggled out of watching Mary Poppins with my family to go see his valentines musical speedpaint, my dad's argument was "But you love musicals!" he seems to be under the impression that because i'm prone to talking about Hadestown or Beetlejuice and how great they both are. gold star for effort on his part though!
I cannot get over Vincent's expression in that drawing it just looks so soULFUL AND HOPEFUL AND BEAUTIFUL LIKE THE BITTERSWEET REALIZATION THAT YOU'VE BEEN LIVING IN GRAY-SCALE YOUR ENTIRE LIFE AND THIS IS TRUE COLOR AND I CAN'T HANDLE IT AAAAAAA
Though this comment may be buried and un seen here goes, All your designs and techniques motivate me to keep drawing, i use procreate to draw and I only ever drew anime characters back in school but then moved to monster and furry designs ,human like characters are my weakest art link and your work helps me out tremendously , it makes me feel like in time i too can draw humans and maybe some day Phantom of the Opera and other classics! Your art is fantasy, bold and your personality shines in your work! Thank you for all the youtube content you make! Thank you for reading and liking ^^
It's totally the same with me, I really love seeing other artists and Alex's work has inspired me in developing my own unique art style. His drawings have shown me that digital art is amazing, that its not lame to like D&D and all ideas have something good in them. Like seriously Alex has accidentally started a fandom out of a bunch of OCs he made when he was 15, my age.
Alex: "This next musical is actually being written by one guy alone in his home" Me: "There is no way he's talking about EPIC" Alex: "It's called EPIC" AKJSCSIBC DUDE THAT IS SO COOL, I'M SO GLAD MORE PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT THIS EPIC MUSICAL (pun intended) LET'S GET HYPED !!!
AAA I'VE SEEN SO MUCH OF EPIC!! I don't have Tik Tok but my friends do and they send clips to me that remind them of their characters and the songs are incredible! 😍💞
I just finished listening to Starry and he was NOT kidding about how sappy that musical makes a person. jesus christ i am so emotional right now. anyway it's a banger
/slaps knee EVERY TIME Vincent Van Gogh gets brought up my brain supplies me with that one Dr Who ep where they bring him into a museum & he starts crying. And then I start crying also. Excellent video 10/10 would cry again.
Not even sure if this counts because there’s not really a script and it’s never been on stage, but I implore you all to listen to The Raven Locks! Basically it’s about this hat-maker who falls in love with a woman, then immediately gets her killed and goes on a very trippy and ambiguously real journey to bring her back. It’s got a morally dubious protagonist, great themes, and of course stunning music. I can’t put into words how good the music is. If I had to pick three songs to recommend for someone who wants to try out the show, I’d say Solemn Dream, She Was the Gateway to the Empire/Fallen (either one or two songs depending on the version of the soundtrack but I’m counting it as one), and Furthest Star. Honorable mentions go to Bring Her Back (my favorite song in the show), Wasteland (catchy, peppy, and makes fun of the protagonist a lot), and Justice (killer vocals and summarizes the plot from the perspective of the protagonist, the woman who died, and the narrator). Also if you want to know the plot you’ll have to look through these old archived facebook livestreams but it’s totally worth it lol.
Oh man, I've been meaning to give that a look! I've heard a couple of tunes from it (The Same As I being the one that immediately comes to mind) and I've heard some of Dirt Poor Robins' other songs. Good good stuff
I’m glad to have caught the attention of two people already! It’s one of my favorite musicals so it would be super cool if it had a bigger community. I have a playlist on Spotify with the highlights of the show because the whole thing is around 2 hours and I don’t always have that kind of time, so I can try and link it if anyone’s interested (:
@@sofiazazulak8271 That’s a good one but one of the weakest in the soundtrack imo. I’m going to send it in a different reply but lmk if it gets filtered and you don’t see it.
Me: Sees thumbnail “IS THAT STARRY????? IS THAT FUCKING STARRY????” Let’s just say I’m very happy right now. (And seconding that smaller-scale productions part, one of the best shows I’ve ever seen was a smaller musical in NYC and I’m still enthralled by it to this day)
It's 7PM and I'm writing an exam tomorrow in a subject I'm absolutely terrible at and I haven't learned yet. Is this more important? Yes, yes it definitely is.
I absolutely LOVE legally blonde!!! The only time I've seen the musical was also at a small, local theater, so I feel the exact same way about how great even a small production of this show is!
I’d never heard of Starry up until this point, but the idea of the final song being called wheat field and it sounds like don’t fear the reaper? I actually fucking cried okay
Three years later, as a fan of epic, seeing how much love Alex had before it was even out is really awesome, especially of the fact that where Epic currently is, it is almost at the end with the concept albums for each saga. And the artwork is as awesome back then as it is now
Sooo excited! *Plays Starry, gets 3/4 the way through the second song, husband walks in the room. *“Are you watching that Harry Potter musical again?!” Wife: impressed, then explains that cast.
I just want to let you know that I've watched this video a few times and, as someone who doesn't watch musicals often, I cry when you get to the artwork for Starry. The expression, concept, composition and honestly everything about it just gets me so emotional and I don't know why so I commend you for that piece in particular.
Man, I KNOW I’m gonna cry like a baby when I hear Starry because just looking at your drawing already made me emotional ;-; Such an amazing composition, it’s probably my favourite art you’ve made!
ABD Illustrates I know you probably won’t see this but I wanted to thank you for not only your wonderful and inspiring art but for a year ago introducing me to “Starry”, as a young artist this musical made me cry it is one of the best musicals I have ever listened too and I do love myself a good musical… I have it’s songs playing on repeat in my head and I don’t want to try and get them out, it brings joy and pleasure to my life similarly to how your art does.
You don't need to worry about being overemotional. I was nearly in tears with your drawing from Starry. I haven't seen it, haven't heard it but YOUR love for it and emotion within it was clear enough to affect me and I honestly wish I could have a print of it.
I don't know what kind of music you like, but based on your general aesthetic and the shows you drew I think that you'll really like the mechanisms! they were a British folk band that took myths and legends and repurposed them to make gay grim tragedies in space! They may have disbanded (or "died") at the start of 2020, but a lot of their live shows are still up on youtube and are all a great fun watch :D
I've heard about Starry a bit prior to seeing this video, but this is what really compelled me to sit down and listen to it, and BY GOD I'M SO MAD AT MYSELF FOR NOT DISCOVERING IT SOONER IT'S SO GOOD
Theres a musical about Van Gogh??? Oml I have to check that out, I love everything about him and straight up, whenever I do research on him I always end up crying
When you started talking about starry- the storytelling, emotional descriptions, character expression, and noting your emotions through the whole listening to the soundtrack got me super emotional for like- no reason- anyone else?? Or just me-
Starry became such an important musical to me so fast. I listened to it last summer and immediately fell in love. The Road was my most listened-to song of the year, and it's a go-to comfort song for me now. I got a tattoo inspired by the lyrics, and I spent hours reading and learning about the van Gogh brothers. I still cry every time Wheat Fields comes on, and I just admire the show so much.
I've been following you since you were uploading sketchy speedpaints of sanders' sides over copyright-free house music. you've come so far and you never cease to inspire me. thank you!
When you talked about brush strokes becoming interwoven I suddenly realized.. I already heard it before! I love the song and never knew it was part of a musical!
A million thanks for introducing Starry because I never would have found it and I just listened to the whole album and I'm just so amazed. A lot of the songs made me teary but The Starry Night just made me bawl my eyes out. And I just love how the way you drew Vincent with such a soulful expression and that he's full of hope. I love everything about your art and the musical 💙💙💙✨✨✨
I’m so happy that I recognized all the shows! I’ve seen bits & pieces of Epic & Starry, but never listened to the whole things, so thank you for convincing me to finally get around to it!
I started watching for Starry (I've spent hours listening to Starry Night too, it's just SO GOOD), but when the second drawing started I was like "is this Epic?? Omgs, is this Epic?!?" and IT WAS and I got really excited and ahshdhifkf I love this video
This video was the video that introduced me to epic! And now I’ve been a fan for 3+ years, almost all the sagas have been finished, and it’s sparked a deep interest in classical literature and history.
I didn’t take you seriously when you said the Starry soundtrack made your tear up so I was like “lol, yeah right I’ve never cried over an indie soundtrack, lemme go listen to it” and HOLY HECKING HECK. I know literally nothing about it aside from the soundtrack and I got so freakin emotional over the few songs I found on Spotify I literally had to take a twenty minute break to emotionally recover XD thanks for introducing me to such a great show though, the music is phenomenal!
Loved the video! I found the Starry Night musical a couple months ago, and like you I just listened to that one song on repeat for many many hours. I’ll definitely check out the other two! And a smaller musical that you may not have heard of is one called Lizard Boy. It’s got some really great songs, and an interesting, if slightly incomprehensible, storyline. My favorite song from that is A Terrible Ride.
That Starry night illustration is just gorgeous - it might be because I'm an artist myself but it really makes me want to check out the musical, even though I'm not much of a musical person in the first place. The art is truly touching and you sound so moved when talking about the song, it can only be great ✨ Thank you for that new discovery !
Oh hon.... the last one was GORGEOUS 😢 like of course everything you draw is gorgeous but i have a soft place in my heart for van gough and GOD!!! THE COLOURS! HIS EXPRESSION!!! A GIFT!!!!❤❤❤❤
How have I not heard of Starry the Musical??? It's Vincent Van Gogh and Starkid mixed into one, my two favourite things. Definitely gonna check it out and probably cry on the way cause I'm a sap
Can I just say, though never being a theater kid myself (thanks social anxiety) these videos of yours always bring out the utmost respect I have for the craft? Like, I got the biggest rush of emotion hearing you talk about all of these musicals, especially Starry. The drawing you made for it was just... so so good. The swirls of colors are gorgeous, and that expression made my chest fit to burst. Your art is just so inspiring. I have so much love for your art style (and a slight jealousy in your skill in drawing guys. I need more practice)
I'm definitely checking all of these out! An underrated musical that I would recommend is "We Are The TIgers" it's a murder mystery but it has a very peppy feel most of the time (with the exception of a few songs)
I HAVE GOT TO SEE EPIC AND STARRY, i’ve always loved greek mythology and I HAVE to watch starry, you pulled me in with wheatfields sounding like don’t fear the reaper by blu oyster cult, which is my fave song! Thanks for the suggestions Alex!
If anyone is looking for a new indi musical to listen to then you should check out 36 Questions! Its a great podcast musical about 2 people, judith and jase. Judith is trying to fix their marriage after she lied about who she really was, while Jaae is just trying to put his life back together. All of the songs are amazing and i recommend listening to "Natale Cook" first.
I had just watched the new concept corner and was looking through your page then realized I never finished this because.. well.. I went off to go listen to starry. and it is honestly my favourite musical I've ever heard. new horizons is def a fave. and starry night, the finale, red vineyard, and take on the world together are some of my other favourites. I wish I'd found it before I'd finalized my theme for my musical theatre exam. may do it next year. gosh that was a tangent gjfdyh
I've fallen in love with your videos, and after looking at how you turn your love of musicals into beautiful illustrations you made me wanna reconnect with that side of me that loves musicals, and honestly, there couldn't be a more perfect way to dive into it for me than Starry, after reading Blue Period I was left craving for more stories where the artist is the main character, and my god, A musical about my all-time favorite artist of which I have replicated multiple pieces of; is this real? I'm extremely happy I've stumbled upon this recommendation!
I love watching these sort of videos, mainly because it gives me more musicals to watch! I've never been a huge theater kid, but between the Halloween video and this one, I've been more and more interested in musicals. As someone who personally adores the Starry Night, I really look forward to listening to the Starry soundtrack. Epic sounds, well, epic!
I just started listening to starry and it’s absolutely incredible thank you so much for recommending it it’s truly absolutely beautiful I think my favorite song was ether the red vineyard or a new horizon heck maybe even impress me I listened to the entire soundtrack and it was absolute heaven
~Brother we were born with wings~ Stunning pieces!!! Love all of these works (didn't know the last two, but I've checked them out and I'm obsessed hehe) Thank you for introducing me to some 'new' musicals!
Howdy y’all, thanks for stopping by! I had a real fun time rambling about all of these shows, so I hope you enjoyed hearing about ‘em too! \(^^)/
All the links for donating to the Bards4Bards 2021 charity drive, as well as links for all of the musicals mentioned in this video, are up in the description! (Also, as a heads up: I’m not gonna be putting prints of Starry and Epic on my Redbubble store ‘cause they’re specifically inspired by shows made by small independent teams, so I’d rather any support y’all wanna give went to the creators of the shows themselves instead 💖)
Will do good sir!
@ABD Illustrates Can you draw each of the Heartless characters doing their one of their special/ultimate moves? Can you also make more team members for Team Heartless or rivals for each team member of Heartless? Also is it also possible that their magics starts to develop as time passes or start to do more than what their respective magics can do? Is it possible we may see some siblings if some of the Heartless characters do have siblings?
GASP You did the figure 8 for the eyes thingy did you see it on tiktok too??? It looks like it works really well!
Alex. Alex. Alex Alex Alex.
First of all, thank you for this gift, I *will* be listening to Starry on loop for the next week.
Second of all: Go listen to We Are The Tigers it is So Fucking Good.
Um hi I haven’t seen your stuff in awhile I miss your stuff
OH. MY. GOSH!!! I am so honored and thankful that you saw my TikToks of EPIC and liked it!!! Thank you SO SO SO MUCH for taking the time to create such a beautiful work of art, and thank you for your amazing and thoughtful description of the show and for spreading the word about it! This means the world to me, your artwork is gorgeous and I teared up multiple times seeing you bring these characters to life.
woah dude omg-- thank YOU for putting so much time and hard work into making such a fab show!!! It's been super fun to see how it's all coming together on your page, and it was super fun to have a go at drawing somethin' for it! I'm so happy you like the art 💖💖 Pls keep up the great work, I'm really looking forward to hearing the full album someday! 😤💪
I don't use the Tiktok, or most social media, I am infinitely happy about this discovery, you are making a wonderful thing, and I shall now pay attention, and tell my humans, because they will be happy too!
Ok, my brother wasn't happy, because it's apparently 6am, but he's always cranky anyway. I will target the others at not sleepy-times.
dude ive been listening to the snippets on your tiktok and OMG I LOVE IT IM ALREADY ADDICTED!! you're super talented and creative and alsjdaksjdfh
If I had tiktok I would immediately go see your stuff, you seem amazing!!
Odysseus vs Circe showed up on my FYP and has been saved in my favorites for quite a while. i absolutely love it.
I’m a simple theater kid. I see musical theatre. I click.
Yeeee
HI FELLOW THEATER KIDS 😳😳
@@eagledezigns3977 Hello!
What's everyone's favorite musical songs?
Edit: I regret asking, you all have way too good taste.
Yoyoyo hello fellow theatre kids
Wow. WOW! We are speechless. Our creators and team were moved to tears from your Starry piece... Thank you for capturing the heart of our show, for expressing these feelings through your own artistry... just, thank you. It is magic ✨ and THANK YOU for sharing and spreading the word on our little show. Your support gives us those breaths of life needed to keep going, onward & onward 💫
asdfgh-- y'all can't hit me with lyrical references like that I'm gonna cry again 😭💖
All of you on the Starry team are a whole bunch of superstars, and your show deserves every bit of love, appreciation and recognition that it gets, and much more beyond! 💖⭐
Coming back to the video that introduced me to Starry, which is easily hands down my favourite musical by a country mile, is honestly pretty emotional.
Thank you ABD for introducing me to a musical which helped me push through to the point where I'm not a couple days out from moving so I can go to art school.
And thank you to the Starry team for making a musical that I cannot describe how much I love in words. I can listen to it when I need peace and quiet but also when I just want to belt out songs and dance around. I can't wait to see it in London next year when it comes to West End.
@@ChenoWolf Same hat!!
Gay or European replays in my mind rent free, and I can't get enough of it
Same
Same
Same
Bruh can u explain what is musical please (・_・;)
a musical is a performance that mainly uses songs to tell the story ^_^
Epic: **exists in progress**
Me, a Greek mythos nerd who loves musicals: alright, I’m in, take my money!
Yes. I love greek mythology.
I cannot express just how much I agree with this.
Aaa same!! Theater Greek mythology nerds unite!
AYYYYYYYYYYY
For anyone who doesn't know: The Lightning Thief has a musical, for some reason, and also, for some reason, it has some great songs?? I'll admit to having a HUGE Percy Jackson bias, but D.O.A. _slaps_
I never realized that the leaves in his intro move until now
ive never knew that thank you
i never noticed it either until you pointed it out rn. It looks so nice tho, it's so unintrusive.
Wait what?!
thats epic
I didnt know that until you mentioned it
“Sorry math teacher I must leave now, ABD Illustrates uploaded.”
Legit same
Same here
Now I wanna know how many other people ditched math class specifically
Luckily I was already gonna skip my math class for feeling✨sick✨
Actually wriggled out of watching Mary Poppins with my family to go see his valentines musical speedpaint, my dad's argument was "But you love musicals!" he seems to be under the impression that because i'm prone to talking about Hadestown or Beetlejuice and how great they both are. gold star for effort on his part though!
I got home from school and this drops as soon as I walk in the door? Must be FATE
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he was waiting for you
Damn you are the chosen one
I cannot get over Vincent's expression in that drawing it just looks so soULFUL AND HOPEFUL AND BEAUTIFUL LIKE THE BITTERSWEET REALIZATION THAT YOU'VE BEEN LIVING IN GRAY-SCALE YOUR ENTIRE LIFE AND THIS IS TRUE COLOR AND I CAN'T HANDLE IT AAAAAAA
IKR HOLY CRAP IT SO FRIGGIN PURE WTF HOW DOES ALEX DO THIS-
NOW IM EMOTIONAL
Though this comment may be buried and un seen here goes,
All your designs and techniques motivate me to keep drawing, i use procreate to draw and I only ever drew anime characters back in school but then moved to monster and furry designs ,human like characters are my weakest art link and your work helps me out tremendously , it makes me feel like in time i too can draw humans and maybe some day Phantom of the Opera and other classics! Your art is fantasy, bold and your personality shines in your work! Thank you for all the youtube content you make!
Thank you for reading and liking ^^
It's totally the same with me, I really love seeing other artists and Alex's work has inspired me in developing my own unique art style. His drawings have shown me that digital art is amazing, that its not lame to like D&D and all ideas have something good in them. Like seriously Alex has accidentally started a fandom out of a bunch of OCs he made when he was 15, my age.
It won’t get buried on my watch
@@thebardofhearts3449 aww thank you so very much ^^
Alex: "This next musical is actually being written by one guy alone in his home"
Me: "There is no way he's talking about EPIC"
Alex: "It's called EPIC"
AKJSCSIBC DUDE THAT IS SO COOL, I'M SO GLAD MORE PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT THIS EPIC MUSICAL (pun intended) LET'S GET HYPED !!!
agh yess epic is so cool im so glad its getting the attention it deserves
AAA I'VE SEEN SO MUCH OF EPIC!! I don't have Tik Tok but my friends do and they send clips to me that remind them of their characters and the songs are incredible! 😍💞
I know! The moment he said that I was like: epic epic epic epic epic EPIC EPIC EPIC!
I actually had the same reaction 😂
I just finished listening to Starry and he was NOT kidding about how sappy that musical makes a person. jesus christ i am so emotional right now. anyway it's a banger
/slaps knee
EVERY TIME Vincent Van Gogh gets brought up my brain supplies me with that one Dr Who ep where they bring him into a museum & he starts crying. And then I start crying also.
Excellent video 10/10 would cry again.
Not even sure if this counts because there’s not really a script and it’s never been on stage, but I implore you all to listen to The Raven Locks! Basically it’s about this hat-maker who falls in love with a woman, then immediately gets her killed and goes on a very trippy and ambiguously real journey to bring her back. It’s got a morally dubious protagonist, great themes, and of course stunning music. I can’t put into words how good the music is. If I had to pick three songs to recommend for someone who wants to try out the show, I’d say Solemn Dream, She Was the Gateway to the Empire/Fallen (either one or two songs depending on the version of the soundtrack but I’m counting it as one), and Furthest Star. Honorable mentions go to Bring Her Back (my favorite song in the show), Wasteland (catchy, peppy, and makes fun of the protagonist a lot), and Justice (killer vocals and summarizes the plot from the perspective of the protagonist, the woman who died, and the narrator). Also if you want to know the plot you’ll have to look through these old archived facebook livestreams but it’s totally worth it lol.
Oh man, I've been meaning to give that a look! I've heard a couple of tunes from it (The Same As I being the one that immediately comes to mind) and I've heard some of Dirt Poor Robins' other songs. Good good stuff
Oooo it sounds cool!!!
I’m glad to have caught the attention of two people already! It’s one of my favorite musicals so it would be super cool if it had a bigger community. I have a playlist on Spotify with the highlights of the show because the whole thing is around 2 hours and I don’t always have that kind of time, so I can try and link it if anyone’s interested (:
I've only heard welcome to lady hell ( also it would be great if you linked your playlist, it sounds so so cool)
@@sofiazazulak8271 That’s a good one but one of the weakest in the soundtrack imo. I’m going to send it in a different reply but lmk if it gets filtered and you don’t see it.
I was going to work but I saw this and my brain went “ALEX UPLOAD ALEX UPLOAD ALEX UPLOAD-“ so here we are
okay but can I just say that you are the Bob Ross of speedpaints, your voice is SO calming!!!
@@RiptidePen PFFFTTTTTT YES-
Me: Sees thumbnail “IS THAT STARRY????? IS THAT FUCKING STARRY????”
Let’s just say I’m very happy right now. (And seconding that smaller-scale productions part, one of the best shows I’ve ever seen was a smaller musical in NYC and I’m still enthralled by it to this day)
that's what i did! have you seen his drawing for black friday? it's super fun. also starry needs more appreciation!
It's 7PM and I'm writing an exam tomorrow in a subject I'm absolutely terrible at and I haven't learned yet. Is this more important? Yes, yes it definitely is.
Good luck with your essay, mdude.
@@jellykitty9618 thank you! Sadly it went pretty bad, but that's to be expected. Your kindness didn't go unnoticed tho
I’m the biggest hypocrite saying this but DO YOUR WORK
Alex: "... And the music swells up and it's so-"
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BAHAHHAHA-
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I absolutely LOVE legally blonde!!! The only time I've seen the musical was also at a small, local theater, so I feel the exact same way about how great even a small production of this show is!
Idea: Historical Musical Theater speedpaint. Shows like Hamilton, Six, etc. It would be so cool to see them brought to life in your art style!
7:18 Funny how EPIC is now being fully produced and has seven sagas out now- I just want you to know that this absolutely slaps😭😭😭
I’d never heard of Starry up until this point, but the idea of the final song being called wheat field and it sounds like don’t fear the reaper? I actually fucking cried okay
Man, Epic has come so far. Like there's multiple sings, a whole bunch of animatics, and a whole community surrounding it.
I honestly feel like even if I have no idea what the show is about I still have a great time watching the video.
That starry night drawing is so full of emotion I can see it in his face... It's amazing what lines on a (digital) page can accomplish
I'd love your take on musicals that where once off Broadway and are on now ex: the lightning theif,hadestown, in the heights
Tlt so true
DID I HEAR *THE LIGHTENING THEIF?!?*
Three years later, as a fan of epic, seeing how much love Alex had before it was even out is really awesome, especially of the fact that where Epic currently is, it is almost at the end with the concept albums for each saga. And the artwork is as awesome back then as it is now
Sooo excited! *Plays Starry, gets 3/4 the way through the second song, husband walks in the room. *“Are you watching that Harry Potter musical again?!” Wife: impressed, then explains that cast.
I just want to let you know that I've watched this video a few times and, as someone who doesn't watch musicals often, I cry when you get to the artwork for Starry. The expression, concept, composition and honestly everything about it just gets me so emotional and I don't know why so I commend you for that piece in particular.
I miss the days when I could enjoy legally blond
Sadly my high school drama class were horrible people and now I have *trauma* yay
What happened? :( it’s so good
I’m so sorry that happened
FEELLTTT any footloose song is my personal hell now
I'm so sorry :c ❤️❤️❤️
aw no :
I actually Teared up seeing the finished project of the Starry musical one. Dear gosh man, that was beautiful. I can’t- Amazing. Truthfully amazing.
AHHH ALEX YOUR VOICE GIVES ME SEROTONIN-
ME TOO!!!
Coming back to this video after how much Epic has grown through the years really is something
Man, I KNOW I’m gonna cry like a baby when I hear Starry because just looking at your drawing already made me emotional ;-; Such an amazing composition, it’s probably my favourite art you’ve made!
As soon as you said the last song in Starry was called Wheat Fields my heart DROPPED
That Starry picture was absolutely breathtaking and I am now obsessed with this musical
ABD Illustrates I know you probably won’t see this but I wanted to thank you for not only your wonderful and inspiring art but for a year ago introducing me to “Starry”, as a young artist this musical made me cry it is one of the best musicals I have ever listened too and I do love myself a good musical… I have it’s songs playing on repeat in my head and I don’t want to try and get them out, it brings joy and pleasure to my life similarly to how your art does.
His voice is so calming
You don't need to worry about being overemotional. I was nearly in tears with your drawing from Starry. I haven't seen it, haven't heard it but YOUR love for it and emotion within it was clear enough to affect me and I honestly wish I could have a print of it.
I don't know what kind of music you like, but based on your general aesthetic and the shows you drew I think that you'll really like the mechanisms! they were a British folk band that took myths and legends and repurposed them to make gay grim tragedies in space! They may have disbanded (or "died") at the start of 2020, but a lot of their live shows are still up on youtube and are all a great fun watch :D
I've heard about Starry a bit prior to seeing this video, but this is what really compelled me to sit down and listen to it, and BY GOD
I'M SO MAD AT MYSELF FOR NOT DISCOVERING IT SOONER IT'S SO GOOD
The art for Starry is beautiful . This piece was very inspiring to me. Has to be my favorite as well.
me today: :(
ABD Illustrates uploads:
me: :)
I can already tell this is going to be good and I'm not ever 1 minute in
Theres a musical about Van Gogh??? Oml I have to check that out, I love everything about him and straight up, whenever I do research on him I always end up crying
When you started talking about starry- the storytelling, emotional descriptions, character expression, and noting your emotions through the whole listening to the soundtrack got me super emotional for like- no reason- anyone else?? Or just me-
Starry became such an important musical to me so fast. I listened to it last summer and immediately fell in love. The Road was my most listened-to song of the year, and it's a go-to comfort song for me now. I got a tattoo inspired by the lyrics, and I spent hours reading and learning about the van Gogh brothers. I still cry every time Wheat Fields comes on, and I just admire the show so much.
I've been following you since you were uploading sketchy speedpaints of sanders' sides over copyright-free house music. you've come so far and you never cease to inspire me. thank you!
When you talked about brush strokes becoming interwoven I suddenly realized.. I already heard it before! I love the song and never knew it was part of a musical!
A million thanks for introducing Starry because I never would have found it and I just listened to the whole album and I'm just so amazed. A lot of the songs made me teary but The Starry Night just made me bawl my eyes out. And I just love how the way you drew Vincent with such a soulful expression and that he's full of hope. I love everything about your art and the musical 💙💙💙✨✨✨
I’m so happy that I recognized all the shows! I’ve seen bits & pieces of Epic & Starry, but never listened to the whole things, so thank you for convincing me to finally get around to it!
I totally forgot you did a piece for EPIC. Also, if you're still following it, THE THUNDER SAGA AND THE REMASTERS OMG
I started watching for Starry (I've spent hours listening to Starry Night too, it's just SO GOOD), but when the second drawing started I was like "is this Epic?? Omgs, is this Epic?!?" and IT WAS and I got really excited and ahshdhifkf I love this video
This video was the video that introduced me to epic! And now I’ve been a fan for 3+ years, almost all the sagas have been finished, and it’s sparked a deep interest in classical literature and history.
I clicked faster than my sister could unlock my door
I didn’t take you seriously when you said the Starry soundtrack made your tear up so I was like “lol, yeah right I’ve never cried over an indie soundtrack, lemme go listen to it” and HOLY HECKING HECK.
I know literally nothing about it aside from the soundtrack and I got so freakin emotional over the few songs I found on Spotify I literally had to take a twenty minute break to emotionally recover XD thanks for introducing me to such a great show though, the music is phenomenal!
I HAVE SCHOOL RIGHT NOW BUT IM SO EXCITED.
Aaaa I’m so happy Starry’s in here, it’s one of my absolute favorites and Wheat Fields makes me cry every time :,>
Oh so true I LOVE Starry it’s incredible!
Loved the video! I found the Starry Night musical a couple months ago, and like you I just listened to that one song on repeat for many many hours. I’ll definitely check out the other two! And a smaller musical that you may not have heard of is one called Lizard Boy. It’s got some really great songs, and an interesting, if slightly incomprehensible, storyline. My favorite song from that is A Terrible Ride.
That Starry night illustration is just gorgeous - it might be because I'm an artist myself but it really makes me want to check out the musical, even though I'm not much of a musical person in the first place. The art is truly touching and you sound so moved when talking about the song, it can only be great ✨ Thank you for that new discovery !
Epic being all song feels very in line with how greek poems would have, in theory, been told-
At least their plays anyway
Oh hon.... the last one was GORGEOUS 😢 like of course everything you draw is gorgeous but i have a soft place in my heart for van gough and GOD!!! THE COLOURS! HIS EXPRESSION!!! A GIFT!!!!❤❤❤❤
I know nothing about composition but I do know that the one you came up with for Starry is GORGEOUS
How have I not heard of Starry the Musical???
It's Vincent Van Gogh and Starkid mixed into one, my two favourite things. Definitely gonna check it out and probably cry on the way cause I'm a sap
My favorite musical of all time is Hadestown, in my opinion it’s the greatest piece of art ever created
Same. It’s just so magical. The songs are all so story-driven and amazingly written.
@@seineevee so true!
@@kay-sp4gk what’s your favorite song?
@@seineevee definitely Chant, wbu?
Oh my GOD, the way you did the composition for Starry, it, that entire piece brings me so much immense joy
after being introduced to starry i cannot stop listening to the soundtrack but I'm not complaining
Oh I love Starry and you drew Vincent so beautifully! Absolutely agree, it's a wonderful soundtrack
I was so amazed with the art for Starry I started listening to the musical and now I am in love.
Thank you
Emirichu, Kelsey animated, Ginjaninja, and ABD illustrates all made videos today im going to cry.
Can I just say, though never being a theater kid myself (thanks social anxiety) these videos of yours always bring out the utmost respect I have for the craft? Like, I got the biggest rush of emotion hearing you talk about all of these musicals, especially Starry. The drawing you made for it was just... so so good. The swirls of colors are gorgeous, and that expression made my chest fit to burst.
Your art is just so inspiring. I have so much love for your art style (and a slight jealousy in your skill in drawing guys. I need more practice)
Gave Starry Night a listen and oh my gosh it’s amazing! I’m absolutely in love with the emotion in it! Very powerful .
I'm definitely checking all of these out! An underrated musical that I would recommend is "We Are The TIgers" it's a murder mystery but it has a very peppy feel most of the time (with the exception of a few songs)
Also, the Starry piece is stunning! It looks so magical and whimsical and I love it.
When I saw starry night I got "Loving Vincent" vibes-
I love Epic!! I keep coming back to the songs every so often or find myself humming them because they are so good. The vibes are immaculate.
Okay I got to say it the Starry piece is one of if not the most beautiful pieces he has created.
Gosh, hearing you talk about 'Starry' and watching you draw illustrate it was super heartwarming :')
I ADORE these compositions especially the van Gogh one holy shit, they are all amazing but that one hits different
Your videos are so calming and beautiful, it's like coming home to hot cocoa and a warm hug
IM CRYING I LOVE STARRY SO MUCH
I HAVE GOT TO SEE EPIC AND STARRY, i’ve always loved greek mythology and I HAVE to watch starry, you pulled me in with wheatfields sounding like don’t fear the reaper by blu oyster cult, which is my fave song! Thanks for the suggestions Alex!
Starry my absolute beloved-
This art is so amazing omggggg
So I finally got around to listening to Starry and sir this was really uncalled for cause now I'm literally crying at work
Finally starry having some love! You nailed Vincent's expression, it has so much passion!
"Polites, Odysseus' best mate"
This is Diomedes erasure
If I’m correct, Diomedes isn’t in the musical (yet), except for a mention in The Horse & The Infant (“Diomedes will lead the charge”)
If anyone is looking for a new indi musical to listen to then you should check out 36 Questions! Its a great podcast musical about 2 people, judith and jase. Judith is trying to fix their marriage after she lied about who she really was, while Jaae is just trying to put his life back together. All of the songs are amazing and i recommend listening to "Natale Cook" first.
I had just watched the new concept corner and was looking through your page then realized I never finished this because.. well..
I went off to go listen to starry. and it is honestly my favourite musical I've ever heard. new horizons is def a fave. and starry night, the finale, red vineyard, and take on the world together are some of my other favourites. I wish I'd found it before I'd finalized my theme for my musical theatre exam. may do it next year.
gosh that was a tangent gjfdyh
I’m a huge fan of Vincent Van Gogh and I never heard of this musical... ty for presenting me to it, I’m so excited to hear it
I've fallen in love with your videos, and after looking at how you turn your love of musicals into beautiful illustrations you made me wanna reconnect with that side of me that loves musicals, and honestly, there couldn't be a more perfect way to dive into it for me than Starry, after reading Blue Period I was left craving for more stories where the artist is the main character, and my god, A musical about my all-time favorite artist of which I have replicated multiple pieces of; is this real? I'm extremely happy I've stumbled upon this recommendation!
I started to cry just during the first seconds of the first song in Starry
Went and listened to Starry because of your passionate rec. Loved it, cried at the last song, thank you for introducing me!
I love watching these sort of videos, mainly because it gives me more musicals to watch! I've never been a huge theater kid, but between the Halloween video and this one, I've been more and more interested in musicals. As someone who personally adores the Starry Night, I really look forward to listening to the Starry soundtrack. Epic sounds, well, epic!
I just started listening to starry and it’s absolutely incredible thank you so much for recommending it
it’s truly absolutely beautiful
I think my favorite song was ether the red vineyard or a new horizon heck maybe even impress me
I listened to the entire soundtrack and it was absolute heaven
~Brother we were born with wings~
Stunning pieces!!! Love all of these works (didn't know the last two, but I've checked them out and I'm obsessed hehe) Thank you for introducing me to some 'new' musicals!
Man, That Starry drawing is beautiful. 10/10 video
I discovered Starry and I really hope it gets more love. I listen to the soundtrack to just chill and listen to.