League of legends Skin Designer Q&A Session: "Make the greatest efforts to meet the needs of players"

Riot designer of the skin poster "Silver" recently discussed about the creation of a hero at the Forum Q & A Session, below are the summary:

Q: Are there plans to replace the older skin painting? For example Katarina or Master yi?

A: depends on the situation , a while ago we redo the Morgana / Tryndamere , Riot 's original design team concluded after conducting discussions , original paintings if we want to create high-quality , then must invest more time on each one of the original painting . Originally takes two weeks ( in some cases even one to two days ) of the original painting, are all fixed now completed in four weeks. Our team also increased to 8 members. So we have a reasonable allocation of time , prioritize .  The most important thing at the moment is to replace all outdated heroes painting model with new ones to meet the needs of most players. Wait until this thing done, we will start working on others,


Q: How long does it takes to paint a Champion poster ?

A: It varies, if one person is doing , then, is three to four weeks .

Q: How do you determine the position of the hero in the painting poster ?

A: Normal flow is painted on three to five black and white sketches, with the hero in a different locations. We will then work with the writer , model building division, as well as to discuss the hero's loyal players elect the best feeling , then for subsequent processing. Set the general direction until we start adding color , depicting the details.

Q: You are also responsible for doing background animation login screen?

A: The design team responsible for the original painting illustration plane parts, and then handed over to the team dynamic image post-processing .

Q: Why is it rare to publish videos about the process of making the Champion skins ?

A: Unfortunately, because the assessment of the original painting style and the time constraints of the relationship , sometimes we do not go to the creation of a video recording of the original painting . Because the creation itself will take up a lot of computer resources , if they would re- record some cards , the whole process of recording became a very time consuming thing. We are exploring new ways to showcase these players artistic process. I do not know the final outcome will be , but I will go and talk Riot headquarters .