Riot Games Spirit Blossom Art Blast
Hey ArtStation!
Welcome to another League of Legends ArtBlast, this time on behalf of our Skins team!
Today we’ll be peeling back the fragile veil between our world and the Ionian spirit realm as we dive sword-first into the craft, care and love that went into our Spirit Blossom event. The narrative for this event takes players on a journey through a ceremony held annually by the Ionian people, during which you commune with fallen loved ones via the mystical Spirit Blossom flowers. As you will see, bringing that vision to life required an extensive amount of work and craft skill from many of our Skins productions teams.
As we started crafting this thematic, we quickly decided that the common thread for all factions, characters and Champions would be, very simply, beauty. This is a departure for us, as we often focus on creating conflicting characters in narrative and visual language, with a focus on appeal in many distinct forms. For Spirit Blossom, we wanted to approach these Ionian folk legends as mystical, beautiful and mysterious… with a more subtle moral compass. Once we arrived at this target, we held that throughline across all disciplines from Concept, 3D, Tech Art, VFX, SFX and Splash, all the way into our Marketing and Spirit Bonds product teams. At any moment during this event, as our players engage with this content, we wanted them to feel immersed in a gorgeous and surreal world filled with unique expressions of the characters they know and love.
This moment in League history was truly cross-team and collaborative, with teams from all across Riot contributing mountains of work to bring these tales of legend to life for our players, and we are proud to share this look behind the scenes. To our ArtStation community: Thank you, and may the spirit of Ionia guide you.
Jon Buran
Associate Art Director, Riot Games
Concept Artists
Rheekyo Lee – Concept Artist
Rheekyo Lee – Concept Artist – League of Legends
Rheekyo Lee – Concept Artist – League of Legends
Rheekyo Lee – Concept Artist – League of Legends
Rheekyo Lee – Concept Artist – League of Legends
Nancy Kim – Concept Artist
Jesse Li – Concept Artist
Jesse Li – Concept Artist – League of Legends
Jesse Li – Concept Artist – League of Legends
Jesse Li – Concept Artist – League of Legends
Anna Maystrenko – Concept Artist
Anna Maystrenko – Concept Artist – League of Legends
Megan O’Rourke – Concept Artist
Megan O’Rourke – Concept Artist – League of Legends
Megan O’Rourke – Concept Artist – League of Legends
Megan O’Rourke – Concept Artist – League of Legends
Oscar Vega – Concept Artist
Oscar Vega – Concept Artist – League of Legends
Oscar Vega – Concept Artist – League of Legends
Oscar Vega – Concept Artist – League of Legends
Oscar Vega – Concept Artist – League of Legends
Oscar Vega – Concept Artist – League of Legends
Thomas Randby – Concept Artist
Thomas Randby – Concept Artist – League of Legends
Thomas Randby – Concept Artist – League of Legends
Thomas Randby – Concept Artist – League of Legends
Thomas Randby – Concept Artist – League of Legends
Illustrators
Jeremy Anninos – Illustrator
Jeremy Anninos – Illustrator – League of Legends
Jeremy Anninos – Illustrator – League of Legends
Jeremy Anninos – Illustrator – League of Legends
Jeremy Anninos – Illustrator – League of Legends
Jeremy Anninos – Illustrator – League of Legends
Bo Chen – Illustrator
Bo Chen – Illustrator – League of Legends
Bo Chen – Illustrator – League of Legends
Bo Chen – Illustrator – League of Legends
Horace Hsu – Illustrator
Horace Hsu – Illustrator – League of Legends
Horace Hsu – Illustrator – League of Legends
Horace Hsu – Illustrator – League of Legends
Chengwei Pan – Illustrator
Chengwei Pan – Illustrator – League of Legends
Chengwei Pan – Illustrator – League of Legends
Chengwei Pan – Illustrator – League of Legends
Jennifer Wuestling – Senior Illustrator
Jennifer Wuestling – Senior Illustrator – League of Legends
Jennifer Wuestling – Senior Illustrator – League of Legends
Jennifer Wuestling – Senior Illustrator – League of Legends
Character Artists
Yekaterina Bourykina – Lead Character Artist
Yekaterina Bourykina – Lead Character Artist – League of Legends
Yekaterina Bourykina – Lead Character Artist – League of Legends
Yekaterina Bourykina – Lead Character Artist – League of Legends
Yekaterina Bourykina – Lead Character Artist – League of Legends
Jordan Ewing – Senior Character Artist
Jordan Ewing – Senior Character Artist – League of Legends
Jordan Ewing – Senior Character Artist – League of Legends
Jordan Ewing – Senior Character Artist – League of Legends
Jordan Ewing – Senior Character Artist – League of Legends
Kylie Gage – Associate Character Artist
Kylie Gage – Associate Character Artist – League of Legends
Kylie Gage – Associate Character Artist – League of Legends
Kylie Gage – Associate Character Artist – League of Legends
Kylie Gage – Associate Character Artist – League of Legends
Kylie Gage – Associate Character Artist – League of Legends
Kevin Jones – Character Artist
Kevin Jones – Character Artist – League of Legends
Kevin Jones – Character Artist – League of Legends
Kevin Jones – Character Artist – League of Legends
Kevin Jones – Character Artist – League of Legends
Liem Nguyen – Character Artist
Liem Nguyen – Character Artist – League of Legends
Liem Nguyen – Character Artist – League of Legends
Liem Nguyen – Character Artist – League of Legends
Hunter Gage – Character Artist
Hunter Gage – Character Artist – League of Legends
Hunter Gage – Character Artist – League of Legends
Animators
Lana Bachynski – Senior Animator
Lana Bachynski – Senior Animator – League of Legends
Lana Bachynski – Senior Animator – League of Legends
Lana Bachynski – Senior Animator – League of Legends
Lana Bachynski – Senior Animator – League of Legends
Christopher Hsing – Senior Animator
Christopher Hsing – Senior Animator – League of Legends
Christopher Hsing – Senior Animator – League of Legends
Christopher Hsing – Senior Animator – League of Legends
Matthew Johnson – Senior Animator
Einar Langfjord – Animator
Stéphane Videlo – Animator
VFX Artists
Megan Bayona – VFX Artist
Megan Bayona – VFX Artist – League of Legends
Megan Bayona – VFX Artist – League of Legends
Megan Bayona – VFX Artist – League of Legends
Megan Bayona – VFX Artist – League of Legends
Kelvin Huynh – Senior VFX Artist
Kelvin Huynh – Senior VFX Artist – League of Legends
Kelvin Huynh – Senior VFX Artist – League of Legends
Kelvin Huynh – Senior VFX Artist – League of Legends
Walker Paulsen – VFX Artist
Technical Artists
Isabella Cheng-Henehan – Tech Artist
Omar Garcia – Tech Artist
