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What is it like in the artistic world?

Répôrt My ADC··6 votes·5,524 views

This isn't just directed at riot, but anyone who does animations, art, a game team, freelance music maker, story writer, etc. Don't mind me asking questions ! --PS, I am an aspiring artist (I still haven't decided what kind of art..) so any advice would be appreciated w/ answers to the questions! --PPS, Have conversations with each other if you'd like, and ask questions if you're curious as well! Q; What's your favorite / least favorite part about what you do? Q; How do you stay motivated? Q; Where does your inspiration come from? Q; What was your favorite work?(song story animation drawing etc) Q; If you had your own team to help you produce something (story, music, animation, amusement park, anything) what would you make and what would it be about? Q; What place, person, piece of history, song, movie (etc) do you base your characters/art/music off of? (If any)

Just an outsider looking in, I'd love to hear your answers !

/edit: this is mostly an @Riot thread, so it might not feel league related, mods feel free to move over to GD if it feels out of place //edit of an edit: just editing

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warlordekko1 votes

Well! I'm not that great of an artist but i'd love to answer your questions! Q1: Hmm. Probably the editing, colouring and shading on pc! Q2: I'm always motivated on what i'm doing! If not, i watch tutorials on yt on how to draw certain stuff xD Q3: Well. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbIx0dGY7B0 Q4: Drawing! :D Q5: It would be about comic-making! It would be about a specific imaginary comic book series, medieval-like! :D Q6: Hmm. Depends on the character honestly. For example, if i want to make Yone, Yasuo's Brother, I would read yasuo's lore, get some detail about how Yone looked like, and would make a zombie-like samurai, or sth else As i said, i'm not that much of a great artist, infact i suck, but I wanted to answer those questions! :D What about you mate? :D

Répôrt My ADC1 votes

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Well! I'm not that great of an artist but i'd love to ask your questions! Q1: Hmm. Probably the editing, colouring and shading on pc! Q2: I'm always motivated on what i'm doing! If not, i watch tutorials on yt on how to draw certain stuff xD Q3: Well. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbIx0dGY7B0 Q4: Drawing! :D Q5: It would be about comic-making! It would be about a specific imaginary comic book series, medieval-like! :D Q6: Hmm. Depends on the character honestly. For example, if i want to make Yone, Yasuo's Brother, I would read yasuo's lore, get some detail about how Yone looked like, and would make a zombie-like samurai, or sth else As i said, i'm not that much of a great artist, infact i suck, but I wanted to answer those questions! :D What about you mate? :D

Q; What's your favorite / least favorite part about what you do? A; My favorite part of drawing is saving as jpeg, opening the image, looking at it and say "that's pretty good" then send it to my friends My least favorite would be noticing I put something on the wrong layer after I saved / can't go back and having to start over / wanting to draw but no inspiration Q; How do you stay motivated? A; I don't draw often but the feeling of just "I made this.." is just utter bliss to me! Q; Where does your inspiration come from? A: depends on what I'm drawing but inspiration randomly hits me (a story, a song, a quote, a funny picture) Q; What was your favorite work?(song story animation drawing etc) A; I drew blue diamond once, but nothing like full scale Q; If you had your own team to help you produce something (story, music, animation, amusement park, anything) what would you make and what would it be about? A; I would make a game or anime about save scumming, where one person has the ability to save and reset to that save at any time, wibbly wobbly timey wimey style Q; What place, person, piece of history, song, movie (etc) do you base your characters/art/music off of? (If any) A; A lot of my inspiration comes from my favorite things (Steven universe, Madoka magica, critique videos etc) so when I write and draw a character, they aren't static and they have life to them

NekoniClaws1 votes

What's it like..? Well professionally everyone either wants you to draw something for free (or near enough), or over the weekend (friday meetings are so popular!)

Socially? Artists are... artists are..... not balanced people and generally have very little in common with eachother even if we can draw. Also you get to stay at home all day in almost every scenario, which is either awesome or super isolating.

Motivation is either money, or a need... a need to perform- art can be like an ear worm, you start humming, singing the lines, can't help it, it's basically compulsive, could even be defined as an addiction.

Répôrt My ADC1 votes

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What's it like..? Well professionally everyone either wants you to draw something for free (or near enough), or over the weekend (friday meetings are so popular!)

Socially? Artists are... artists are..... not balanced people and generally have very little in common with eachother even if we can draw. Also you get to stay at home all day in almost every scenario, which is either awesome or super isolating.

Motivation is either money, or a need... a need to perform- art can be like an ear worm, you start humming, singing the lines, can't help it, it's basically compulsive, could even be defined as an addiction.

My problem with motivation is that I always feel like im just not good enough, and i get lazy, and even with praise from my peers and friends (I'm in highschool), I still feel like crap about what I do and make, even if it turns out good in their eyes I still feel like its not what I wanted to be, even with the euphoria of making something people legitimately like (ex; im doing a meme of supports and what they are associated with and my friends love the thresh one because its cute, but i still feel like its just a sketch with paint on it)

NekoniClaws1 votes

I'm not going to tell you that's going to go away... and you shouldn't want it to. But stop hating that part of yourself. Self-criticism is a gift--- even if you become so good no-one can tell you any flaws, you will keep improving. Sure it feels sucky to not consider yourself the best artist in the world, but embrace it and use it!

DearPear1 votes

I'm still somewhat a beginner in the world of music composition, but I would absolutly love to work for a video game company, especially an indie one.

I still think I can answer these questions from a personal POV. On a side note, it feels like the thread doesn't belong so much in "story, art and sound" sub-board.

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Q; What's your favorite / least favorite part about what you do?

Not having the time to do it. There's so much I need to do that I can't find as much time as I'd like to put into music. There's also that sometimes frustrating moment when I just can't figure out what's wrong with what I'm doing.

My favorite moment is when I can listen to what I've composed and actually like what I'm hearing. That's something I wouldn't have heard if I didn't do it and that's really pleasant.

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Q; How do you stay motivated?

I'm not forcing myself. To be fair, there is no such thing as "staying motivated". Either you are, which means that you currently want to do what you're doing, or you aren't, which means that you wish you were doing something else. I'm not sure you can achieve great arts when you're not 100% in it. So uh, listen to your body and mind, don't force things upon yourself.

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Q; Where does your inspiration come from?

Kind of a funny answer but most of my work comes from either hearing a sound and liking it so much that it inspires me a song... or either humming in the bathroom. Yup, that's a thing.

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Q; What was your favorite work?(song story animation drawing etc)

I'm still non-pro so I can't really precisely answer this one. My favorite work is definily my last work, a 3 months champion creation that you can find in my profile. Composing Alyx' song was simply amazing and I'm really proud of the result!

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Q; If you had your own team to help you produce something (story, music, animation, amusement park, anything) what would you make and what would it be about?

Gonna keep that one for myself for the moment, but I really do have a project in mind, a video game dev project.

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Q; What place, person, piece of history, song, movie (etc) do you base your characters/art/music off of? (If any)

I... uh.. I... humming in the bathroom... To be fair, I'm sometimes inspired by things I hear or see, but that's more of a sudden realisation rather than a will to base my things off something else.

Répôrt My ADC1 votes

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I kind of thought I should've put it in GD, but I wanted a story/art/music rioter to give a response since the questions were mostly targetted to them, but I just wanted to hear stories in general so I thought it would be fitting? I dunno, if the mods think this isnt where it should be i really dont mind if it gets moved

No shame in the bathroom thoughts, I get a lot of my ideas in the bthroom too and sometimes i wish i had waterproof paper to write stuff down in the shower. I get on my PC, and poof, my idea's gone! I personally only play the viola and the trombone so I don't know how to actually compose an make music; I get told what to play, but I nver get to make.. Drawing is more of my thing anyway, and I'm trying to build a technique. Thing is, I don't know what I want to do most of the time, which is abit of a struggle..

I want to do animatics / animated skits, but not having time is really darn frustrating, I'm on your side for that one. I also get a lot of my inspiration randomly or from things I like, and I usually don't base my characters off of anything unless I want a specific feeling or vibe. I might listen to your songs sometime, though! [slayer-jinx-wink]

DearPear1 votes

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I kind of thought I should've put it in GD, but I wanted a story/art/music rioter to give a response since the questions were mostly targetted to them, but I just wanted to hear stories in general so I thought it would be fitting? I dunno, if the mods think this isnt where it should be i really dont mind if it gets moved

I think it's really ok. That was really a side note that you could have disregarded without any further notice q: !

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No shame in the bathroom thoughts, I get a lot of my ideas in the bthroom too and sometimes i wish i had waterproof paper to write stuff down in the shower. I get on my PC, and poof, my idea's gone! I personally only play the viola and the trombone so I don't know how to actually compose an make music; I get told what to play, but I nver get to make.. Drawing is more of my thing anyway, and I'm trying to build a technique. Thing is, I don't know what I want to do most of the time, which is abit of a struggle..

The thing I've been really proud of, recently, is being able to keep an idea in mind for an extended period of time without losing it. That's REALLY helpful!

I'm sure that the more experienced you are, the easier it is ;) !

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I want to do animatics / animated skits, but not having time is really darn frustrating, I'm on your side for that one. I also get a lot of my inspiration randomly or from things I like, and I usually don't base my characters off of anything unless I want a specific feeling or vibe.

That's a really time consuming field tbh! But that's also really interesting! I tried to animate things recently, it turned out quite ok, but it took me hours and days.

As I said before, do whatever you feel like doing when you feel like doing it. That's the best way to do art!

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I might listen to your songs sometime, though!

I would love that AND your feedback if you happen to do so q: !

Whyte Lyon1 votes

This is lovely and all but the contents of this thread has nothing of any relevance to Leagues of Legends. If you wanted to ask questions about the art industry in this specific section of the boards why not have question of art in this game? Otherwise this all could have found a better home in 'General Discussions' or somewhere on Reddit.

Terozu1 votes

Everyone. Literally everyone, even that small child down the street is somehow a better artist than you but people occasionally buy your stuff instead for some reason.

Ink Rose1 votes

You can find my artwork here! https://www.artstation.com/inkroseinc

Q; What's your favorite / least favorite part about what you do? My favorite thing by far is being able to design/create characters, creatures, and worlds! This goes hand in hand with being a writer, visual storytelling is a super important and amazing part of being an artist. I love making things that people love and can relate to. https://cdnb.artstation.com/p/assets/images/images/012/164/873/large/anastasia-snyder-thunder-thighs-turnaround-by-inkrose98-dcj5uhy.jpg?1533373533 Worst? Probably the sheer amount of time and effort it takes to get to a professional level. Takes dedication!

Q; How do you stay motivated?

Listening to TONS of music and looking at a bunch of art! Seeing what other people are doing and trying to help yourself get to their level is a great motivator. https://cdna.artstation.com/p/assets/images/images/011/974/712/large/anastasia-snyder-kindred-surprise-by-inkrose98-dcgzc42.jpg?1532386758

Q; Where does your inspiration come from?

League of Legends, Star Wars, Disney, Legend of Zelda, Bethesda Games, Blizzard, Fire emblem, Fantasy novels, etc etc... https://cdnb.artstation.com/p/assets/images/images/008/977/623/large/anastasia-snyder-zoesmall.jpg?1516422725

Q; What was your favorite work?(song story animation drawing etc)

Currently this one! It's a bit old but I can't help but to be very proud of it! https://cdnb.artstation.com/p/assets/images/images/008/887/149/large/anastasia-snyder-urbosasmall.jpg?1515919930

Q; If you had your own team to help you produce something (story, music, animation, amusement park, anything) what would you make and what would it be about?

Definitely a high-production value tv series based on the characters and world of my book, Dragon Queen: Scarlet Reign! I'm really dedicated to bringing that story to life. It's kinda my art/writing baby. https://cdnb.artstation.com/p/assets/images/images/010/424/637/large/anastasia-snyder-fixed-small-aelwen.jpg?1524360400

Q; What place, person, piece of history, song, movie (etc) do you base your characters/art/music off of? (If any)

Fantasy concepts that I think might be underutilized in a certain way are always great places to start working. I get a lot of inspiration from a lot of places, it's hard to name them all! https://cdnb.artstation.com/p/assets/images/images/008/429/003/large/anastasia-snyder-aelwenredesignsmall.jpg?1512693644

Hope you enjoyed! https://cdnb.artstation.com/p/assets/images/images/012/528/617/large/anastasia-snyder-spectral-lakes-poster-by-inkrose98-dcl1yvm.jpg?1535245930

Summonah123691 votes

It's nothing more than creativity here tbh. If you wanna draw say, a non-existant skin for a champion then you also have to make sure the design fits with the theme.

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