Ruined King | League of Legends | Official Announcement Trailer

Special moments with a special team! Characters|Props Lead - Modelling |Texturing|Shading. Between 2019 and 2022, on an animated series for Riot Games’ League of Legends, at Axis Studios, I led a team of exceptional artists in bringing a richly hand-painted world to life—what later became widely recognised as the “Arcane style.” This particular adventure was called 'The Ruined King: Opening Cinematic.
Throughout this time, I had the privilege of working on most of the characters and props, refining their final look through hand-painted textures and shading in their completion.
I remember during the production, someone posted in our work chat, the main heroes going into the inn, with our names on top of their heads. We’ve been smashing it! Sweet times!
One of the greatest joys of this experience was mentoring younger artists and giving them the opportunity to work on characters they had long dreamed of contributing to.
I believe true leaders give rather than take.
Everything mentioned above was part of a collective effort.
Apologies. The credits have been somewhat lost, so I’ll continue checking and will add names if I’ve missed anyone.
Big thank you to the asset team: Tamas Sarffi, Carlo Kasongo, Thibaut Granet, Julia Pishtar, Femke Schaars, Viktor Sághy, Joffrey Ferrandes, Lucile Thyrard, Alexey Vasilev, Elina Karimova, Amy Sharpe, Bojin Shi, Linda Dussine, Vini Tokue...