Skin is an indispensable thing in League of Legends. Inspire players. And yet, Skin also helps the Summoner’s Rift become brilliant and not a monotonous color. That is also the main source of revenue for the Game.
* For example: Skin DJ Sona, Butt stretch O w O*
Therefore, costume production is a “vital” task for Riot Games painters. And have you ever wondered how the Skin we bought in the Store was created? What inspires Riot engineers? The photos below will tell you how to create them.
Victor “3rdColossus” Maury said: “This is one of the pictures I took as a model while drawing the background image of Beast Hunter Draven, and that is the model I like the most. It is true that Draven’s way of presenting an arrogant face is so inspiring to make it easier to draw that picture. And almost every artist is full of models like that. ”
Joshua “HUGEnFAST” Smith shared: “Reference images are often used to visualize the postures that artists will paint in the background. Sometimes, you can use photos from Google, or for unique photos and unique faces like Beast Hunter Draven, you can’t find anywhere else, other than having to yourself modeling. “.
However, according to the two Riot Games artists, it is not necessary to take pictures all the time, but simply imagine and draw. But if there are reference pictures, we can save time than drawing in the unconscious. HUGEnFAST even has hundreds of pictures of his hands in different poses and angles, so that when he needs an idea, he can use it as a model for his future photos.
When asked where the idea of taking the actual model came from, 2ndColossus replied: “when the camera was invented”. HUGE nFAST also added: “In the past, Riot artists needed to hire people to stand still for hours as models. But because the new technology was born, we didn’t need to hire models and still get extremely good models. Good, fast and convenient
However, each general in the Game has a different personality and stance, so the artists need to create poses that match the personality of the generals they are about to draw to produce a picture. most perfect. For example, when drawing Warwick, they definitely had to crawl abnormally under the land, or wanted to draw Shen, they needed to stand still and clasp their hands together to perform an ancient magic, or even take pictures of teddy bears to model for … Gnar Gentleman.
