I've been getting a lot of comments about this one particular detail, to the point of people getting upset and accusing me of whitewashing. So I'll address this once and once only: My reference for the physical attributes of the Alethi comes from the official, published artwork present in Words of Radiance. brandonsanderson.com/books/the-stormlight-archive/words-of-radiance/words-of-radiance-art-gallery/ The art piece is about 10 pictures down. It was my interpretation that the Alethi model has an epicanthic fold, ie what most people refer to as 'western' eyes. It was brought to my attention after releasing this animation that Brandon mentioned in an interview that Kaladin, therefore the Alethis are an "Asian-Middle Eastern mix". www.jotdown.es/2016/12/brandon-sanderson-i-want-to-show-in-my-writing-that-there-is-something-inherently-good-inside-human-beings/ If I had know this detail prior to modeling Adolin's face, I would have adhered to the canon. However, as it stands, I can't go back in time and change things.

Faolin Siannodel are they asian?

@@davidfonti1055 My response Screw that shitty detail. This is awesome vid man keep up the good work. Sooo people concern themselves with the dumbest

they are not "Asian," they're Alethi. Yes they tend to have epicanthic folds but from the way they are described in the books they would come across mix raced to us, maybe someone like Keanu Reeves, but more tan. Adolin is blond, to me, anyone with hooded eyes and tanned skin with blond hair would do.

Nitpicky, but true

I'd rather see the Stormlight Archives done as a miniseries, like Game of Thrones. That way they could do justice to the story. A movie isn't long enough to develop some of the core ideas and characters. With a miniseries they could do one session per book and end each season with an incredible finale.

m8 I'm here and i love The Stormlight Archives especially the way of kings an how Szeth killed the shardbearer swiftly even when he was such a powerful opponent

EVERY Szeth fight would be legendary.

Listening to oathbringer!

@@markwebb7179 That's exactly how I feel too. Or even a Netflix series. Definitely not movies though.

I just read that part.

wow amazing quoting there dude XD

Great job !

yoo when does this happen? what book/ page?

Love it, but honestly... nothing compares to the last chapter of the graphic audio book! (not a plug)

So is Adolin

Keenan Krieger Mmmmmm, maybe.

he has some awesome parts in the books, especially at the end of words of radiance....

Alienkatdaddy Cgs - Pattern? =)

lol Syl is better

... and time... and rendering power.

Film rights to the whole Cosmere Universe have been sold, Way Of Kings first on the list apparently.

While I'm definitely excited to see a movie, I do think the only way to faithfully capture this book is with an animated TV series. A movie couldn't be long enough or detailed enough to capture all of the world building, and there's no studio on earth with a big enough CGI budget to do a live-action series. I think an animated series (done with Korra-style animation) could be amazing.

I would say Amazon might be able to produce it.

I’d prefer to see it as a series, as a movie would have to be condensed into two hours or there about per book/ half book. A lot of info and scenes would be scrapped, but a series could run a few chapters an episode

I was just about to comment the same thing!

For what it is it’s a wonderful reindition

Jordan Whitters f that do Kaladin vs Szeth

F that do Kaladin vs Amaran

@@Jam_The_Jammer this would take a ton of time, they are flying through a to of debris and Syl is constantl shapeshifting. CGI is a good choice but it would be very expesive

Is there a fight scene in ANY Sanderson book that wouldn’t be amazing animated? Kel vs Inquisitor, Seusberon vs everyone, Sazed vs Kolas, Wax and Wane in the Blackwatch doublestomp(rotten tomato)? I want to see them all one day. I should learn to draw so I can make these into comics...

Yes and if he does it, we just keep requesting scenes until we have a whole movie

That's the idea, actually.

This scene has so much context that you need to know around it, but the most basic is their armor gives them super human strength.

I died when I saw the man who shot it.

Dark Souls flashbacks.

Rumil I think Sadeas was compensating for something

bridge4 there's a 'making of' vid in the description :)

That was actually Ben McSweeney's Idea! Ben is the one who did a lot of the art in the books that depicted 'Shallan's Sketchbook', though he is also an amazing animator. Originally, Dalinar was just deflecting the wheel. I sent him that shot asking for any advice, and he had the idea for the wheel to be split in half! That's what I love about making movies, it's such a collaborative process where artistic ideas can build on one another.

You should do another scene in Way of Kings if you have the chance. For example Sveth's entrance.

Well to be fair, what it doesn't show is that they've already cut through a bunch of legs already. That was just the last one that was needed. But yes, out of context it does seem a bit jarring

Valid points both! Storm light leaking as mist in addition to the light. I haven't seen the docu so not sure what the engine/rendering system they use is. It's either a very easy addition or stupid difficult depending (since different ones Excel different places. Something like unreal engine could add it in a heartbeat) Maybe changing the chasmfiends color would work for the legs. Like giving it a grey or necrotic color where it has been cut off. Letting you know that portion of limb(s) is dead without having to extend the video greatly I'm at bit if impass on the cut itself. I know they just go through without a mark. But once moved to a visual medium we might want something added in so you can tell contact is made. Again a bit of storm light mist? Maybe coming from 'inside' like it burned it out? Although leaving it as is also makes it bit confusing for the viewer which adds it's own effect 🤔

Also if you're only able to just make shorts I've always loved the scene in the mistborn trilogy where Vin is fighting the inquisitors amongst the spires of the lord rulers palace. It's been years since I've read it but as soon as I saw this I thought how cool you could make that look!

Nightblood is best boi.

Was night blood featured somewhere else ?

@@karlfranzemperorofmandefil5547 SPOILER Appears in the book Warbreaker ( and it also has a lot of importance in the plot )

@@javi6389 how did it get from warbreker world to roshar?

@@andrewjennings7306spolier Vasher can travel betwen worlds

hahaha, I hope to help out with the cinematic adaptations. If you see any social media from DMG, be sure to let them know about this!

On HBO..but they should first wait until Game of Thrones is over. This way no one has to choose. GoT already has a huge following and is the big fish in the pond for now.

GoT is ot a "big fish" compared to Stormlight Archives because they are differet genres. Dark Fantasy and High Fantasy, the latter is way underappreciated today. I don't expect a massive boom for it, so a full on series would be unlikely

Thanks so much! I have another idea that I'm hoping to get started, and if that gets going I may even ask you for some help :)

David Fonti PLEASE DO!! I have a professional email on my channel you can use, if needed. #sandersonfansunite

Already got your details down :) I'll definitely be in touch if I can get the ball rolling!

Connor Thomas I agree

Connor Thomas well of course since season 5 started it’s been a new show where writing isn’t top tier season 5 and 6 are a downgrade but still good but season 7 and 8 have been shit

Agreed, though not so much wheel of time. It's too slow.

@@brandondennis5166 It does lag in some books. But a TV show could fix that. One frame of video could literally account for three pages in a book.

@@connorthomas4826 Yep, someone once said a picture is worth a thousand words. Trite but true.

Cesar Perez Everyone imagines it battle scenes in books differently. That is what the magic is of fantasies like this

Jaggedwater and not every one speaks saying exactly what they mean. Sometimes being polite

THANK YOU 👏

Alex dijo que estaba cutre pero la verdad la veo bastante decente y como que ayuda a visualizar un poco el paisaje (igualmente me imagino las armaduras de otra forma)

I've thought that about a lot of Sanderson's works. I honestly think Hollywood /actors wouldn't do these worlds and characters justice

@@TheHigherFury I think it depends on the budget, but some parts about the world are so dark it think hollywood wouldn't want to capture it like in the books - so yeah: anime perfect solution