Here's the Arcane skin collection for 2XKO which I had the pleasure of handling art direction for.
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We started working on these skins early in development and it's only much later that they became a cohesive collection with all the extra features such as custom VFX, themed KO, etc.
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One fun bit of trivia is how the cosmetic toggle was born. When coming up with Vi's look, our Art Director was a fan of her jacket while I was quite keen on exposing her tattoos like in the show. Our tech art team made everyone's day when they came up with a solution that would allow players to chose between both provided they entered a "secret code" during match loading. This new feature was really exciting and we immediately looked for opportunities to use it on Arcane Ekko and Jinx as well.
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It was an honor bringing a little Arcane to 2XKO and taking inspiration from Fortiche's masterful work. I was very passionate about this skinline in particular and even did a bit of modeling on Vi. Warwick is getting fewer images here because my contribution was limited to the concept phase. In the end, each skin is a massive team effort and you can find extended credits below:
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Creative Director: Mike Henry
Art Directors: Katon Callaway, Hai Phan & Mohamed Gambouz
Associate Art Directors: Arron Simpson, Zac Berry, Vincent Ménier
Tech Art Director: Jeremy Ernst
Concept Leads: Nico Lee Lazarus, Hong Ly, Anson Tan & Brandon Vuong
3D Character Leads: Camille Delmeule, David Viola & Rafael Juárez
Animation Lead: Ron Pucherelli
VFX Lead: Brandon Zhao
VFX Art: Jonny Cadman
Tech Art: Alyssa Diaz, Mason Smigel, Waleed Boghosian
Concept Artists: Peirong Huang, Kaye Ke, Syrena Li, Yi Zhang, Marlon Zhu, Fred Wu
3D Artists: Junsheng Xu, Guochao Zhou, Dopik Yu, Jian Zhao, Bolun Yuan, Liam Liang, Asher Liu, Yi Yin, Dave Hansan, Li Zhang
Additional Polish: 2XKO CGP Team
Store Portraits & Banners: Arron Simpson
Outsourcing Partners: Kudos Production, Winking & Sparx*
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I would like to also extend a special shoutout to my producers Mei Xu, Louis Chow & Vincent Chou who were instrumental in getting things done!