I just wanted to share a vfx concept I've worked hard on for the past week or two.
The placeholder name is Enigmatic Nemesis Ryze. The theme is supposed to be a kind of a ying-yang type of skin, with strong ties to the black and white color scheme.
I don't know how well it will fit in the LoL universe, but a negative or black/white color scheme is something that I've always wanted to create as a vfx concept. Thanks for watching :).
These are some REALLY good VFX! The only one that looks strange is the speed tails on Overload, but otherwise it’s stellar. Out of curiosity, how did you make all of this?
When the champion concept Dah Mah was made into a Ryze rework
@EATARI Thank you! The answer to your question is kind of long(?) - I don't know how specific or detailed you would like the information but I will try to explain without being overly long or too vague. Also I'm still on the ropes for learning vfx stuffs myself :s.
First off, the VFX would not have been possible without the base iteration of Ryze. There is a very sturdy framework for you to build your ideas ontop of within it. Like the way certain projectiles are shaped, the way some of them explode - the language of the VFX is very clearly explained in the base skin. All I did was adopt the formula provided by Riot's original skins and redesign some of the colors and shapes to make something new. Like the original rune trail texture provided by Riot was a godsend, an absolute necessity for this design to work as well.
In the end, a lot of it is trial and error. You just keep doing stuff until they start looking nice. Like the shield speed tails you mentioned, I was kind of on the edge of that and another version I had made. You just keep iterating and hopefully, it turns out okay :D - but sometimes it's a little ambiguous and/or not as good as as you hoped it to be. As I'm making the effects, I'm also replaying SkinSpotlight's video a million times lolol.
@Manxxom Please revert ryze to pre 9.14 xD.
Wow, a Ryze rework that does not create new problems and actually fixes old ones? Unbelievable. Well done.
Holy shit dude, I have so many questions.
Someone's getting hired
