Space Groove Blitz & Crank (Blitzcrank) - Painting Process - Splash Art League of Legends

__________________________________ In Collaboration with Riot Games Client: Riot Games Riot Games AD: Jessica Oyhenart West Studio AD: Mingchen Shen Final Polish: League Splash Team __________________________________ Space Groove BlitzCrank! I’ve been super lucky to be part of this groovy skin line! This is the most fun character design I’ve seen from LoL! Figuring out the thumbnails was a bit tricky because of the need to balance out the two cats and the robot body and to be able to fit them in the game portrait crop while keeping the whole splash dynamic enough. Instead of doing the typical hyperspace, I tried for a more graphical background with light and fun colors while keeping the retro vibe. When rendering, Riot sent me a screenshot of their 3D model matched on top of my sketch. This made it a lot easier to figure out the details. I went all out with masks when rendering this to the point that I had tons of layers without names. This helped make the