That Cassiopeia redesign is absolutely incredible! I love the more monster approach you took with her and she gave some serious Mileena vibes from Mortal Kombat franchise, I would love if you can do a full on redesign video with the full body, lore, skins, gameplay/VFX someday in the future, thank you for giving the snake queen more love and appreciation like she deserves.
love this! cass and elise's current designs always felt low effort for me, and i really like what you did to them. the mask and the jewelry look amazing and add so much to their visuals.
Honestly, it's hard to believe just how good you make these, every design is just so good, filled with so much possiblity, my creative juices just can't help, but start flowing, I just can't get enough of it. I really want to see what you have in your head for the rest of the regions. I myself got a decent idea to do with the shuriman ascended.
OOOH YEAH! We're entering my favorite region now bby. Can't wait to see a new face for LB, Cassiopeia and maybe some fresh new looks for our big brothers.
@@gabrielvaleri4755 to let you know preemptively: I left lb the way she is portrait in arcane - but I explained why 😄 and the boys will come in a follow up, but Cassio on the other hand yeah she will get some changes 😁
@@Arthis_ fine by me honestly, LB is such an old and mysterious champ that it's cool for her to have that face. But Casio, Kat and Riven really needed some unique faces. Can't wait to see my main getting a fresh new look, Darius deserves that since he was the one character that defined the whole Noxus aesthetics.
I love Noxus, but it is one of the most one dimensional regions in the entire game :( There are many interesting stories' characters tho, who are not champions or even cards in Legend of Runeterra. Hopefully "Noxian Arcane" will change that ^^
@ I can’t believe I finally found someone that agrees about Briar looking out of place in league, you’ve scratched an itch that’s been gnawing at me for so long haha. I especially love the frenzy rune markings, such a beautiful touch
I strongly believe Ambessa should return as a member of the grey legion. All that effort and sacrifice to fight the black rose only to wake up on an operating table as the newest member of their undead army?
It's interesting how Noxus really lives up to its lore in having diverse faces and people that come from it. I'm sure it was hard to figure out good ways to improve on what they already got running for them, but I think your Cass design was the best part of the video with how unique it is! Also, I'm curious if you think Mordekaiser looks better with his more European face from the LoR concept art or the more Mongolian Genghis Khan look from Wild Rift's conept art?
Thanks for the kind words! I will check out bother versions for him as I grew up with the Mongolian but I like his new interpretation just as much so looking forward to the dude :D
I always thought Briar would've been so cool if she was bald, as a nice reference to nosferatu/gollum, but with the scription on her head you made it's even cooler. Unfortunately people are afraid of bald woman forRiot to commit in that direction i guess...
this is one of the best approaches ive ever seen on cassiopeia!! I think chanaging the green to gold would be a better choice, still, its beyond awesome, you did an amazing job there mate.
Elise is gorgeous! She’s looks like such an interesting character now, literally perfected how someone like her should look. She has a look of intrigue in her eye.
Ugh, that Cass design really draws into sharp relief all the reasons I was so flabbergasted by people who thought Nickiboy's design was like LEGIT vgu material as opposed to like, cute fun fanart. Nickiboy's design: -Had zero Noxian cultural signifiers whatsoever -Brings in the ancient Egyptian iconography of Shurima for her clothes and makeup. This isn't inherently bad - she's a Black Rose operative who needs to work covertly, there's no reason she WOULDN'T try to blend in by adopting native fashions. But given she's, again, a BLACK ROSE operative, it would be way better to have her Shuriman garb be an alternate skin and work on trying to create some kind of order-wide visual signifier for Black Rose members. (That said, I've seen people dislike the fact that she was made into another race in the redesign, which I think is incredibly flimsy. Most of the biggest visual updates have changed the characters' lore a little, there's no reason why they couldn't make Cass a half-sister by a Shuriman man her mother slept with. That's extremely workable.) -The design makes her generically pretty, an abjectly terrible choice for a character whose central fantasy is being transformed against her will into a monster. -Dresses her in skimpy clothing to make her a "seductress", a choice that makes absolutely no sense. The ratio of political enemies to Noxus who want to fuck a snake-monster is bound to be pretty slim, and even if it weren't, hey, THERE ARE NO OTHER SNAKE-WOMEN IN RUNETERRA. She's not a Vastaya! She's a singular oddity, which means if she's trying to seduce someone, word will get out very very quickly that there's a Noxian agent with a snake body trying to seduce people. I'm so goddamn tired of people coming up with the flimsiest Watsonian explanations for drawing pretty women. “You painted a naked woman because you enjoyed looking at her, put a mirror in her hand and you called the painting “Vanity,” thus morally condemning the woman whose nakedness you had depicted for you own pleasure.” ― John Berger, Ways of Seeing
I think what he done with Cassiopeia is that he choose a side of her then turn it up to 11 instead like how Viktor in Arcane was design well kinda not really because the Riot higher ups is still not completely commiting to a completely different character. Her current design is kinda in the middle of being a sexy lady and a monster lady she really doesn't commit on either of them so he picked a side for her to completely turn into. He did create a more monstrous design for Cassiopeia he just put more money in the sexy lady design.
Real. Nicky's design of Cass doesn't even scream League of Legends at all. It's neither Shuriman nor Noxian. Just a generic pretty Egyptian lady wih skimpy clothing and snake legs. You don't even need to make a character dress skimpy clothing to make her a "seductress". The design is overyped and put to face value.
Bro thank god I'm not the only one. His redesign somehow felt more generic and sex bait than the original Cass, completely losing the monstrous aspect integral to her character. I really wish he just went with the monstrous versikn he had and not gave in to the gooners.
Ight let's get detailed design review cuz your amazing work deserves it: 1. Super on board with adding a demonic effect to Annie when using her powers...personally I think you could go even harder and contort her face to vaguely be more ursine in the demon form 2. funny enough your Ambessa design looks younger as you praised her visible age lol 3. I think for Briar we could actually make her look like an adult when riot so insisted that she is one 4. cassiopia is fantastic. no nitpicks/ 5. I think elise could use an insane twist.like a mouth that splits into 4 mandibles, truly going into the whole horror vibe. 6. Kata could very much use more scars in my opinion 7. On board with the leblanc points 8. scars were a good idea on Rell. i think giving her piercings could also work 9. Riven could use the "aged by war" thematic i believe 10: I think Samira has a major point in specifically looking Middle-Eastern, both in facial structure and choice of jewellery and makeup. Thank you for putting time on all this fabulous drawings
Thanks so much for all the great feedback :D 2. yeah now that you say it I see it too haha :D 3. Is Avery good point, might stretch the face, or in another direction make it more gollum like :D 5. I really wanted to make her as perfect as possible, but I think her face ripping open and showing of things that are completely hidden would be super cool!! 6. agree! 9. great idea - I think nothing new on the western front has a good depiction of that, have to check back how to make that work :D 10. have to check back with that, if so I would take some different references :D ty again for letting me know that's super valuable going forward if I want to visit them again!
I LOVE arcane’s bat vastaya, so that briar redesign makes a LOT of sense to me. In fact it looks kinda similar to my own void-touched bat vastaya character i designed for a runeterra DnD campaign ❤❤❤
The redesigns are so great!! Hoping in the next part you can do a Talon face redesign, my poor boy has like 9 different across the lore and skins (And none of them has the scar that katarina gave him in the comic)
Oh yes!! I want to make a talon one for a while, also his cloak needs some love and care :D (just to make it more floaty and usable, maybe like an actual weapon.) I thought about giving him a half mask like the new samira skin, but him showing of the mask would also be cool :D aaah talon yeah, have to paint him soon :D
@@Arthis_ Yeah making his cloak more unique and a half mask would be so cool! I think that would make him more interesting and not an Assassin's creed ripoff. Also, in my opinion, I think it would be nice to change his colour because blue is not that of a noxian color. Pathienly waiting to see the final result (I know it would be great coming from you :D)
Its really cool how you take everything one step further to make it more interesting. Exploring their unique traits... Amazing!! I gotta admit that at first i did not enjoy Cassiopeia with the monster mouth, but damn, it was genius, covering it with a veil so she still keeps that elegant mysterious look, but as soon as she uncovers there's that monster. It gives her so much depth and makes her more interesting for sure. Nice work and keep it going!🩷!❤
Das Cass Design ist richtig, richtig mega, passt vor allem auch gut dazu, dass die Black Rose-Mitglieder ja gerne Masken nutzen. Gefällt mir so als "Monster" auch besser.
Love your work, your channel remind me of old youtube, when people use to do this for love and not for the money/views. Keep it up, you have a real thing going on here.
amazing work! though i'd like to point out that Briar's splash artist (Hozure) is known for drawing a lot of yordles, and that's pretty much what let her to looking like one. really love your design of her and Cassio, btw.
yeah I saw the interactions after the splash got out and recognized some consistency in her works - Hozure is great tho! :D I dont like thematic inconsistency in fantasy design (as she is no yordl) and if something is weird I try to find out why it could be that way :D thanks for the compliment!
Cassiopeia and Annie redesigns are just FIRE ❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥 For Elise, it's a bit of a complicated situation, because unlike Cassiopeia who sort of transformed into a half-serpent, Elise is still a woman, but with the power to become a Spider, so there's no way to give her those characteristics. I just wish Riot gave a more detailed explanation of how she transforms into a Spider, would it be like a Belveth who has monstrous body parts that resemble humans and when she turns into a Spider her body opens up like a Demogorgon's? Would it be like an instant spell, where she uses and poof, magical mist and a spider comes out of it? I know Riot wants to sell, but for me, in Spider form, Elise should remain a half-breed, like a boss from Souls-Like games.
The Briar rework is my personal favorite! Changing her species to the bat-vastaya from Arcane really makes her character feel a lot less less out of place, and it feels like such an elegant solution to the problems you highlighted
haha thank you :D I have a great idea for an Elise rework :D next year once im out on the internship (early spring) I plan to dedicate half a year to work on reworks because its pretty hard to do both at the same time :D
I think LeBlanc's look in Arcane is merely another persona of her's, there's probably a million copies of that design in noxus working as a guide or looming threat for people to fall within her plans. Regarding her relation to Mordekaiser however, I feel that she might be his daughter who grew through his ranks to corrupt it from the inside and bring him down, possibly for personal revenge, like maybe she was the result of a fling that Sahn-Uzal had but abandoned which caused LeBlanc to grow up on the streets alone and made her desire more power and control.
3:30 you cannot tell me that this isn't margaret thatcher's hair and honestly, with her character in season 2: yeah, that tracks... loved the video, love those designs and laughed out loud at least three times!
What I found interesting while watching your video that I never noticed, whenever there's a champion holding some high position in Noxus, they're usually have some form of inhumanity in them, whether it's Cassiopeia and Elise with their monstrous forms, Swain with his demonic arm or Vladimir being a vampiresque man (or onion head in League). Most champions that still are very humane are most often just some kind of "tool" or they're working for their higher ups. Also I agree with Annie headband being out of place and even with Isha bunny ears, I still think her demon horns headband is out of place. Piltover and Zaun are regions that are supposed to be closer to "modern" age with all the tech and steampunk feeling, while Noxus is (currently) portrayed as militaristic and harsh. That being said, I always imagined that some kind of bow on the back of Annie's head could work well to create that horns silhouette (which ironically isn't that big of a deal if we look through her more recent skins) while also giving that false sweetness and innocence that seems to be direction Annie is (or at least I feel she is if we consider her LoR version since League one still is more of a unknown, even with her origin story that didn't explain anything). Also great video as always! I loved your version of Elise with small details of red jewels on her headpiece tapping into that spider imagery even more.
There is a lot of truth to that, its an interesting symbol for losing humanity in the conquest for power :D Have to agree on the headband, it feels really out of place with Annie, the bow tie is a good idea! I will see if I can apply that or a similar design in a follow up :D Thanks for your thoughts always happy to read them!
Hello arthis! as usual a beautiful redesign! cassiopeia isnky favourite one, the veiled version is cool because it feels like she take some shuriman element. By the way, do you have any opinion about the viktor rework? or how will you rework him? im curious since thats a recent ruckus.
Hi there I will not go to much into detail because there is the possibility that I tackle the subject in a video :D But in general I think that the victor design has a bit on an identity crisis :D he wants to keep the gameplay that does not really fit the new design, (where are the golden tendrils that hover people around?, turning people would be cool and more..) and the design ofc is no machine victor anymore. I would either have given him the new design and scrapped his kit, make it an aatrox and dont apologize. Or do it like this, but make a skin similar to volibears release skin that features a modern look of the machine herald and ofc change the skins they made for him, prototype is a missed opportunity and I would love him to be something fitting the viktor from the show on his way to become the glorious evolved - so those would be my 2 cents :D
@Arthis_ Thanks for the response! You and Skyen are the go to youtuber for character design, so its great having both ofn your insight! I agree if they want to replace viktor they should go all in, i prefer old vik because there are no other cyborg scientist anymore im zaun. But, his arcane (not in game) design is very cool, but the kit should feel more powerful i guess? (i mean he is the strongest champ in zaun now), maybe add his puppets, tendrils, or the anomaly as an ult. But, i hope they release a new cyborg scientist with that at least i have a semblance of old viktor. I'll be waiting for your other videos!
@@2pa42_ersennicholaas It's quite an honor to be set next to people like skyen whom I watch for years now, thank you! Yes this would probably be a sensible thing to do, picking up the things he lost in a new champion so what both ideas can live on :D!
Thanks so much! Im happy when the internship is over ( the company is great! dont get me wrong, I learn a lot and the people are awesome) but I really want to do so many of these :D
Briar is such a complicated design to change. She really does need some more narrative-meat on her story-bones, but change a single thing and it will make someone go "yeah thats not briar anymore".
Illoai is an older woman as well. I do think Abessa is older, but Illoai has to be at least 40, because she was already an adult when Miss Fortune was a child.
These are all really impressive but there's something special about Elise. She looks really alluring in a sort of Bene Gesserit way. An extremely expensive looking lady who seduces people into their own destruction.
Spoilers I am anticipating a big part of the Noxus show will be Darius' comic. The one where he had a love interest who was killed because she was deemed too weak. The story that really made him who he is in League.
The Cassiopiea redesign is really thoughtful. Definitely prefer this play on her character since it reconcile the dissonance that Riot never bothered to fix when they made her. Annie looks better than ever(although I didn't really get the comparaison, I will comeback to it later) like you said she felt more like a cosplay than a character. I actually like Leblanc's redesign but I am wondering if maybe it's too far from the champion original identity. Because while I think the new Viktor is 100% better , the people that main him think his design is too far from what he once was(and that Riot was lazy). Same thing for Arcane/Fortiche Warwick people hated it. So while I think Leblanc redesign is an improvement it might alienate a lot of people if the champion appearance deviates to much and it replaced their lol design. Now for the comparaison: When you say Genshin do you mean general anime art style or do you like really mean Mihoyo design philosophy. Because if that's the case I don't really see how characters like Annie or Briar feat in either way. Annie looks more like a Cartoon Network characters that escaped to Runeterra than an anime character. Her design in lol looks simple, and while Mihoyo never deviates much from standard silhouette, yet one thing that holds true is that they blast their characters with small amount of jewelry, floppy bits of clothing with a lot color and sometimes pattern. Which some of those things are rare for riot or something that they actively avoid looking... at Fortiche Herald of The Arcane and League of Legend Herald Of The Arcane side by side. Meanwhile Annie looks restrained, simple albeit a bit outdated. Annie standing beside Sigewinne , Iansan or Kachina (all from Genshin) definitely make me think she looks more like a cartoon characters more like than Mihoyo or anime character. Briar current design would never be in a hoyo games because while she definitely is the closest weeb characters in LoL the microscopic half assed small amount of body horror she brings is something Mihoyo has never done(and I doubt they will ever do.). She feels more like a FGO(Camazotz is Briar but better now that I think about it), AFK Journey, Dyslite and maybe Arknight if I push it. Funnily enough I think Samira and Katarina fit more closely to that comparaison(or criticism) since hoyo games in general are filled with hot fighter women in sexy attire like Samira(Acheron (HSR),Dehya,Chasca, Cesar(ZZZ), Eremites faction and a plethora). Finally I want to say It's not really a criticism but has someone who plays their games the comparison really confused me. Because I can sometimes hyper fixate on details and this was bugging me.
one thing I have to mention is that the pupils are a bit too far apart making it look like some of your drawn characters are a bit boss-eyed other than that amazing stuff really
What if.....Ambessa hedge d her bets. What If Mel and Rell are twins? What if Rell was kept a secret? Maybe Ambessa knew the Black Rose would come for them and kept one of them a secret? .....I just think that might be interesting.
You have a lot of talent, congratulations! But, I noticed that you changed Katarina's face too much, her face is longer and thinner, ending in a thinner chin, the result was good art, but I believe that this standard design for Katarina's face should never be thought of as a change, because it is already perfect for her and is one of the champion's great precious identities, which is her long face matching her also long scar!
Hi! Great work as always! Have you considered commissioning some people to make custom skins out of your visual reworks? I'd love to play as your noc rework
That Cassio was jaw-dropping.. or splitting hehe. I loved how gracious it looked with purple fabric, mask and everything. Would love to see full body version for her. Similar feelings with elise and annie but i just have to disagree with leblanc man.. Sadly arcane missed this one so bad. First of all its incredibly boring to paint a character full black smoke and calling it a day. It shouldnt have done any character if its not an npc summoned shadow soul, but doing it to Leblanc of all people.. The queen of sass and fashion. They should never had allowed man. She should look the most avant-garde if anything. Unapologetiicly flashy and glamour with gold jeweleries and capes. Her LoR crown was a major improvement for example. She should look different than other generic noxians cuz she was there even before noxus is noxus. Turning her magic to boring red everday bloodmagic was a total downgrade. I just hope her rework wouldnt adopt any of that. I have to respect that if you liked that version but i just wished to see your version of her so bad🥲 I just know it would be infinitely more creative and striking than black sheet.
Agree.. if its a form of her, mayybe but as an actual default look? Hell to the nah. It doesnt even deserve to be an arcane skin. Just so empty, soulles and nothing like her😕
Why not make Cassiopeia a shape shifter? Let her retain her human form, but put a catch to it. Maybe something like she shifts anytime she get heightened emotions. Literally, any strong emotion can and will cause an involuntary shift. Or maybe it takes effort and will to maintain her human appearance and it quite literally drains her energy, either physical or magical energy. She might only be able to fully keep it up for a few hours before things start to slip or she gets physically tired and has to eat and rest before she can do it again. She can still have the mask or veil just in case she's in public or mixed company and doesn't want people to see her true face. Maybe her face is the 1st thing to change before the rest of her body.
@SketchNinja-oi9pp good idea! Then I probably have to go with a new champion for Ixthal aswell. Sounds like a good idea but that would need some good research and setup - but I can do that for sure :D
I dont have one, currently im always taking one or two days after doing videos to be online and to interact and in-between have to juggle a lot of things but it could be a good idea for a time when I have more space - but before so long I would recommend either Dominic Meyer art - he is an artists with a discord server where people give good advise - I keep it in mind tho because I think a dc server could be very cool!
Im a Katarina main yet im so disappointed by this. Lierally nothing changed. The red eyes are already canon from the Lor spell arts. Cassio, Elise look so good and Katarina looks so empty and unflavoriful compared to them . Any jewerly/ make up/ haedpiece that would make her more interesting? Shes the head of the assasin's guild, but also a noble woman and i wish that she got something to show that shes both. She looks like shes just a random Noxian girl with no importance or involment to politics or in Swain's circle. Id love a more interesting version of you.
very valid feedback. I take this as a first draft, and will make an improved version for her for sure :D Actually planning something. thanks for being frank! I think there is still a lot to be explored with her!
@@Arthis_ Ohh im so looking forward to see what you've planned on her. I've been sturving for interesting and lore accurate designs for Kat!. The new masque of the Black Rose skin is literally what im referring to. Even if she's just disguised for the noble party im glad to see Kat dressing up like she could dress up in some occasions. Btw im glad that you sound so passionate about this project you're doing. As a lore lover im always excited to see and hear your opinion on the universe.
@ I did a small thing on the x account (the last thing I posted) and in the ig stories that should spark your imagination of what is eventually to come 😁 thanks so much for the kind words always happy to hear what other passionate people think about it 🫶
I agree, I just don't think that the standard facial style that we already have in the league should change, as it matches perfectly well with her hair and her long scar, carrying her mischievous and clever look. Some artists tend to change Katarina's facial appearance to a rounder rest or with a square chin, and her chin has always been thinner as a precious detail of her design to better highlight her scar that is not small, so I am a staunch defender that this should never change!
@@raladark Sorry dude im not refering to her face. This is actually close to her canonical face and its pretty. My problem is that she is a noble spy assasin and the captain of assasins so it would be logical to get an outfit/ makeup/ accesories that give her lore justice. It might never happen, but we can only hope.
That Cassiopeia redesign is absolutely incredible! I love the more monster approach you took with her and she gave some serious Mileena vibes from Mortal Kombat franchise, I would love if you can do a full on redesign video with the full body, lore, skins, gameplay/VFX someday in the future, thank you for giving the snake queen more love and appreciation like she deserves.
Cassio will definitely get a full reowork at one point, I am very curious where a deeper conception would lead :D thanks for the kind words!
love this! cass and elise's current designs always felt low effort for me, and i really like what you did to them. the mask and the jewelry look amazing and add so much to their visuals.
Thanks so much! :D Making casual beauty special always makes me sweat because you can easily go too low effort! :D
Elise and Cassi looked amazing, great job
Honestly, it's hard to believe just how good you make these, every design is just so good, filled with so much possiblity, my creative juices just can't help, but start flowing, I just can't get enough of it.
I really want to see what you have in your head for the rest of the regions. I myself got a decent idea to do with the shuriman ascended.
OOOH YEAH! We're entering my favorite region now bby. Can't wait to see a new face for LB, Cassiopeia and maybe some fresh new looks for our big brothers.
@@gabrielvaleri4755 to let you know preemptively: I left lb the way she is portrait in arcane - but I explained why 😄 and the boys will come in a follow up, but Cassio on the other hand yeah she will get some changes 😁
@@Arthis_ fine by me honestly, LB is such an old and mysterious champ that it's cool for her to have that face. But Casio, Kat and Riven really needed some unique faces.
Can't wait to see my main getting a fresh new look, Darius deserves that since he was the one character that defined the whole Noxus aesthetics.
I love Noxus, but it is one of the most one dimensional regions in the entire game :( There are many interesting stories' characters tho, who are not champions or even cards in Legend of Runeterra. Hopefully "Noxian Arcane" will change that ^^
Briar Cass and Elise are such massive upgrades, holy
thank youuu :D!! happy you like em!
@ I can’t believe I finally found someone that agrees about Briar looking out of place in league, you’ve scratched an itch that’s been gnawing at me for so long haha. I especially love the frenzy rune markings, such a beautiful touch
@ really happy I could help with that 😄🤝 I sometimes have this too and feel like - am I the only one??
I strongly believe Ambessa should return as a member of the grey legion.
All that effort and sacrifice to fight the black rose only to wake up on an operating table as the newest member of their undead army?
This is so disrespectful i loved thiss😭😭
Wow everything is awesome but that Cassio design is pure gold, insane work
Glad you like it! :D Thank you!!
It's interesting how Noxus really lives up to its lore in having diverse faces and people that come from it. I'm sure it was hard to figure out good ways to improve on what they already got running for them, but I think your Cass design was the best part of the video with how unique it is! Also, I'm curious if you think Mordekaiser looks better with his more European face from the LoR concept art or the more Mongolian Genghis Khan look from Wild Rift's conept art?
Thanks for the kind words! I will check out bother versions for him as I grew up with the Mongolian but I like his new interpretation just as much so looking forward to the dude :D
Mongolian Morde fits idea he invaded Leblanc's land from when she was a queen sorceress
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i cant wait for the next part, This video is Awesome
Thanks so much yeah I have to keep rolling :D!
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@@gravity_of_light thank you so so much 🙌 hope you will like it here! 🥳
Love that take on Briar and Cassiopeia!
And the art on all of them is great, thanks for sharing your awesome work!
I always thought Briar would've been so cool if she was bald, as a nice reference to nosferatu/gollum, but with the scription on her head you made it's even cooler.
Unfortunately people are afraid of bald woman forRiot to commit in that direction i guess...
TBH a bald female champion would be pretty bad ass - when painting that scrip on her head I really thought she looked a bit like gollum 😆
I like how you leaned into the more esoteric parts of their lore and characters, like Katarina's hemomancy or Cassiopeia's snake body.
These are very beautifully drawn, my only critique would be that Samira should have a slightly darker skin tone due to being from shurima
this is one of the best approaches ive ever seen on cassiopeia!! I think chanaging the green to gold would be a better choice, still, its beyond awesome, you did an amazing job there mate.
Cass, Annie(with firy eyes) and Elise designs are superb
elise n riven r just peak i wanna see u make leona diana n zyra ngl
I am very much looking forward to zyra :D!
Elise is gorgeous! She’s looks like such an interesting character now, literally perfected how someone like her should look. She has a look of intrigue in her eye.
Ugh, that Cass design really draws into sharp relief all the reasons I was so flabbergasted by people who thought Nickiboy's design was like LEGIT vgu material as opposed to like, cute fun fanart.
Nickiboy's design:
-Had zero Noxian cultural signifiers whatsoever
-Brings in the ancient Egyptian iconography of Shurima for her clothes and makeup. This isn't inherently bad - she's a Black Rose operative who needs to work covertly, there's no reason she WOULDN'T try to blend in by adopting native fashions. But given she's, again, a BLACK ROSE operative, it would be way better to have her Shuriman garb be an alternate skin and work on trying to create some kind of order-wide visual signifier for Black Rose members. (That said, I've seen people dislike the fact that she was made into another race in the redesign, which I think is incredibly flimsy. Most of the biggest visual updates have changed the characters' lore a little, there's no reason why they couldn't make Cass a half-sister by a Shuriman man her mother slept with. That's extremely workable.)
-The design makes her generically pretty, an abjectly terrible choice for a character whose central fantasy is being transformed against her will into a monster.
-Dresses her in skimpy clothing to make her a "seductress", a choice that makes absolutely no sense. The ratio of political enemies to Noxus who want to fuck a snake-monster is bound to be pretty slim, and even if it weren't, hey, THERE ARE NO OTHER SNAKE-WOMEN IN RUNETERRA. She's not a Vastaya! She's a singular oddity, which means if she's trying to seduce someone, word will get out very very quickly that there's a Noxian agent with a snake body trying to seduce people.
I'm so goddamn tired of people coming up with the flimsiest Watsonian explanations for drawing pretty women.
“You painted a naked woman because you enjoyed looking at her, put a mirror in her hand and you called the painting “Vanity,” thus morally condemning the woman whose nakedness you had depicted for you own pleasure.”
― John Berger, Ways of Seeing
I appreciate you for this comment sm, thank you for pulling the words out of my mouth 😭
I think what he done with Cassiopeia is that he choose a side of her then turn it up to 11 instead like how Viktor in Arcane was design well kinda not really because the Riot higher ups is still not completely commiting to a completely different character. Her current design is kinda in the middle of being a sexy lady and a monster lady she really doesn't commit on either of them so he picked a side for her to completely turn into. He did create a more monstrous design for Cassiopeia he just put more money in the sexy lady design.
Real. Nicky's design of Cass doesn't even scream League of Legends at all. It's neither Shuriman nor Noxian. Just a generic pretty Egyptian lady wih skimpy clothing and snake legs. You don't even need to make a character dress skimpy clothing to make her a "seductress". The design is overyped and put to face value.
Bro thank god I'm not the only one. His redesign somehow felt more generic and sex bait than the original Cass, completely losing the monstrous aspect integral to her character. I really wish he just went with the monstrous versikn he had and not gave in to the gooners.
I want a mix between your Cassiopeia concepts and Nickiboy's right now.
Haha i understand that :D
I think Cassiopeia was definitely the best one here. Absolutely elevates the design in all aspects!
Ight let's get detailed design review cuz your amazing work deserves it:
1. Super on board with adding a demonic effect to Annie when using her powers...personally I think you could go even harder and contort her face to vaguely be more ursine in the demon form
2. funny enough your Ambessa design looks younger as you praised her visible age lol
3. I think for Briar we could actually make her look like an adult when riot so insisted that she is one
4. cassiopia is fantastic. no nitpicks/
5. I think elise could use an insane twist.like a mouth that splits into 4 mandibles, truly going into the whole horror vibe.
6. Kata could very much use more scars in my opinion
7. On board with the leblanc points
8. scars were a good idea on Rell. i think giving her piercings could also work
9. Riven could use the "aged by war" thematic i believe
10: I think Samira has a major point in specifically looking Middle-Eastern, both in facial structure and choice of jewellery and makeup.
Thank you for putting time on all this fabulous drawings
Thanks so much for all the great feedback :D
2. yeah now that you say it I see it too haha :D
3. Is Avery good point, might stretch the face, or in another direction make it more gollum like :D 5. I really wanted to make her as perfect as possible, but I think her face ripping open and showing of things that are completely hidden would be super cool!!
6. agree!
9. great idea - I think nothing new on the western front has a good depiction of that, have to check back how to make that work :D
10. have to check back with that, if so I would take some different references :D
ty again for letting me know that's super valuable going forward if I want to visit them again!
@@Arthis_I think Samira is specifically Persian. I look forward to seeing more of your work ✨️
@roomtemperaturesoap8172 The name is both Arabic and Persian. Though she is definitely designed to be a darker skin character.
@@Arthis_ Yes Samira's entire thing is that she's both Shuriman and Noxian. She is also called "The desert rose" so that should point tonit a lot :)
@@disneydreamers95 ohh makes sense
these were all incredible but oh my goodness you made such a gorgeous cass design!
@@notsolegitusername wohoo happy you like her 🙌😄
Beautiful designs. Specially Cassiopeia, the mask/veil hiding her fangs work really good, sort of what Riot attempted with Belveth but totally failed
I like your take on all the mages. Annie, Cassio, Elise and LB. Especially Elise - she's just perfect!
I LOVE arcane’s bat vastaya, so that briar redesign makes a LOT of sense to me. In fact it looks kinda similar to my own void-touched bat vastaya character i designed for a runeterra DnD campaign ❤❤❤
The redesigns are so great!! Hoping in the next part you can do a Talon face redesign, my poor boy has like 9 different across the lore and skins (And none of them has the scar that katarina gave him in the comic)
Oh yes!! I want to make a talon one for a while, also his cloak needs some love and care :D (just to make it more floaty and usable, maybe like an actual weapon.) I thought about giving him a half mask like the new samira skin, but him showing of the mask would also be cool :D aaah talon yeah, have to paint him soon :D
@@Arthis_ Yeah making his cloak more unique and a half mask would be so cool! I think that would make him more interesting and not an Assassin's creed ripoff. Also, in my opinion, I think it would be nice to change his colour because blue is not that of a noxian color. Pathienly waiting to see the final result (I know it would be great coming from you :D)
I personally really like Briar's design but even I was a little disappointed after she was marketed as a "Vampire".
Yes the build up here was very misdirecting - a different phrasing would have made a world of difference!
Its really cool how you take everything one step further to make it more interesting. Exploring their unique traits... Amazing!! I gotta admit that at first i did not enjoy Cassiopeia with the monster mouth, but damn, it was genius, covering it with a veil so she still keeps that elegant mysterious look, but as soon as she uncovers there's that monster. It gives her so much depth and makes her more interesting for sure. Nice work and keep it going!🩷!❤
Das Cass Design ist richtig, richtig mega, passt vor allem auch gut dazu, dass die Black Rose-Mitglieder ja gerne Masken nutzen. Gefällt mir so als "Monster" auch besser.
Vielen Dank dir! Ja ich dachte mir immer, dass das eine verpasste chance ist! Möchte das auf jeden fall mal als komplettes redesign angreifen :D
Amazing designs, especially Cassiopeia's mask!
That was great eyecandy! Loved your designs and backstories👌🏻
Thank you algorithm for coming in clutch and recommending this video 🙏
@@CoquetteCygnet wohoo happy you enjoyed it 🥳
Love your work, your channel remind me of old youtube, when people use to do this for love and not for the money/views. Keep it up, you have a real thing going on here.
amazing work! though i'd like to point out that Briar's splash artist (Hozure) is known for drawing a lot of yordles, and that's pretty much what let her to looking like one.
really love your design of her and Cassio, btw.
yeah I saw the interactions after the splash got out and recognized some consistency in her works - Hozure is great tho! :D I dont like thematic inconsistency in fantasy design (as she is no yordl) and if something is weird I try to find out why it could be that way :D thanks for the compliment!
ok he cooked
Absolutely stunning work! I still dont know how u are this talented xD
Cassiopeia and Annie redesigns are just FIRE ❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥
For Elise, it's a bit of a complicated situation, because unlike Cassiopeia who sort of transformed into a half-serpent, Elise is still a woman, but with the power to become a Spider, so there's no way to give her those characteristics. I just wish Riot gave a more detailed explanation of how she transforms into a Spider, would it be like a Belveth who has monstrous body parts that resemble humans and when she turns into a Spider her body opens up like a Demogorgon's? Would it be like an instant spell, where she uses and poof, magical mist and a spider comes out of it?
I know Riot wants to sell, but for me, in Spider form, Elise should remain a half-breed, like a boss from Souls-Like games.
This is amazing Riot should hire you
the cassiopeia redesign is STELLAR!!
The Briar rework is my personal favorite! Changing her species to the bat-vastaya from Arcane really makes her character feel a lot less less out of place, and it feels like such an elegant solution to the problems you highlighted
Loving this series, can't wait for the next parts
As a big Rell, Riven, Briar lover, this is quite exciting
EDIT: Yeah, was not disappointed. HOLY COW is this Riven INCREDIBLE! 💓
Thanks so much! :D It was such a blast chatting during the premier! looking forward to the next one!
@@Arthis_ Me too 💗
I need this Cassio rework ingame. She is creepy and beautiful!!
And your Rell is gorgeous
And your Elise roast is so true ... She needs a rework
haha thank you :D I have a great idea for an Elise rework :D next year once im out on the internship (early spring) I plan to dedicate half a year to work on reworks because its pretty hard to do both at the same time :D
I think LeBlanc's look in Arcane is merely another persona of her's, there's probably a million copies of that design in noxus working as a guide or looming threat for people to fall within her plans. Regarding her relation to Mordekaiser however, I feel that she might be his daughter who grew through his ranks to corrupt it from the inside and bring him down, possibly for personal revenge, like maybe she was the result of a fling that Sahn-Uzal had but abandoned which caused LeBlanc to grow up on the streets alone and made her desire more power and control.
@@tidaloctoling715 awesome thoughts I totally support everything here
Cassiopeia is awesome! That is such a perfect idea for her with the mask and the shape of her mouth. I would kill for this design in the new series
3:30 you cannot tell me that this isn't margaret thatcher's hair and honestly, with her character in season 2: yeah, that tracks...
loved the video, love those designs and laughed out loud at least three times!
What software/ programs do you use to draw these? I absolutely love your work
Thanks a lot :D its mainly procreate :D premiere for cutting the video but you can use any old software there are no crazy tools im using :D
What I found interesting while watching your video that I never noticed, whenever there's a champion holding some high position in Noxus, they're usually have some form of inhumanity in them, whether it's Cassiopeia and Elise with their monstrous forms, Swain with his demonic arm or Vladimir being a vampiresque man (or onion head in League). Most champions that still are very humane are most often just some kind of "tool" or they're working for their higher ups.
Also I agree with Annie headband being out of place and even with Isha bunny ears, I still think her demon horns headband is out of place. Piltover and Zaun are regions that are supposed to be closer to "modern" age with all the tech and steampunk feeling, while Noxus is (currently) portrayed as militaristic and harsh. That being said, I always imagined that some kind of bow on the back of Annie's head could work well to create that horns silhouette (which ironically isn't that big of a deal if we look through her more recent skins) while also giving that false sweetness and innocence that seems to be direction Annie is (or at least I feel she is if we consider her LoR version since League one still is more of a unknown, even with her origin story that didn't explain anything).
Also great video as always! I loved your version of Elise with small details of red jewels on her headpiece tapping into that spider imagery even more.
There is a lot of truth to that, its an interesting symbol for losing humanity in the conquest for power :D
Have to agree on the headband, it feels really out of place with Annie, the bow tie is a good idea! I will see if I can apply that or a similar design in a follow up :D
Thanks for your thoughts always happy to read them!
Dude!
How are you so friggin good
I love all of this!
No, really, not just the amazing art, but I LOVE the sass and the morde lore summary!
Definitely do a design for all the male characters
dont worry I will :D looking forward to them already :D
Will you do the same thing with male characters like Urgot and Draven?
When I saw the redesign of elise gurl... That's MOTHER
Rumble is a noxian champion too! He became one with LoR
why riot isnt hiring this guy?!
Hello arthis! as usual a beautiful redesign! cassiopeia isnky favourite one, the veiled version is cool because it feels like she take some shuriman element. By the way, do you have any opinion about the viktor rework? or how will you rework him? im curious since thats a recent ruckus.
Hi there I will not go to much into detail because there is the possibility that I tackle the subject in a video :D But in general I think that the victor design has a bit on an identity crisis :D he wants to keep the gameplay that does not really fit the new design, (where are the golden tendrils that hover people around?, turning people would be cool and more..) and the design ofc is no machine victor anymore.
I would either have given him the new design and scrapped his kit, make it an aatrox and dont apologize. Or do it like this, but make a skin similar to volibears release skin that features a modern look of the machine herald and ofc change the skins they made for him, prototype is a missed opportunity and I would love him to be something fitting the viktor from the show on his way to become the glorious evolved - so those would be my 2 cents :D
@Arthis_ Thanks for the response! You and Skyen are the go to youtuber for character design, so its great having both ofn your insight! I agree if they want to replace viktor they should go all in, i prefer old vik because there are no other cyborg scientist anymore im zaun. But, his arcane (not in game) design is very cool, but the kit should feel more powerful i guess? (i mean he is the strongest champ in zaun now), maybe add his puppets, tendrils, or the anomaly as an ult. But, i hope they release a new cyborg scientist with that at least i have a semblance of old viktor. I'll be waiting for your other videos!
@@2pa42_ersennicholaas It's quite an honor to be set next to people like skyen whom I watch for years now, thank you! Yes this would probably be a sensible thing to do, picking up the things he lost in a new champion so what both ideas can live on :D!
@@Arthis_ you're welcome, good day to you!
great video as always. I am very gratefull still that the YT algorithm lead me to your page one day :)
Thanks so much! Im happy when the internship is over ( the company is great! dont get me wrong, I learn a lot and the people are awesome) but I really want to do so many of these :D
Briar is such a complicated design to change. She really does need some more narrative-meat on her story-bones, but change a single thing and it will make someone go "yeah thats not briar anymore".
Great work!
Thank you! :D
Nikkyboi cass design mentioned, approval
Illoai is an older woman as well. I do think Abessa is older, but Illoai has to be at least 40, because she was already an adult when Miss Fortune was a child.
These are all really impressive but there's something special about Elise. She looks really alluring in a sort of Bene Gesserit way. An extremely expensive looking lady who seduces people into their own destruction.
@@akalaSHO thanks for sharing your thoughts 🥳🙌 yeah she is supposed to be all silk on the outside and chitin in the inside 😁
I love Briar already, but adding those extra long ears really sells her
Spoilers
I am anticipating a big part of the Noxus show will be Darius' comic.
The one where he had a love interest who was killed because she was deemed too weak. The story that really made him who he is in League.
I love this story! and other information that was dropped about his .. family status
The Cassiopiea redesign is really thoughtful. Definitely prefer this play on her character since it reconcile the dissonance that Riot never bothered to fix when they made her. Annie looks better than ever(although I didn't really get the comparaison, I will comeback to it later) like you said she felt more like a cosplay than a character.
I actually like Leblanc's redesign but I am wondering if maybe it's too far from the champion original identity. Because while I think the new Viktor is 100% better , the people that main him think his design is too far from what he once was(and that Riot was lazy). Same thing for Arcane/Fortiche Warwick people hated it. So while I think Leblanc redesign is an improvement it might alienate a lot of people if the champion appearance deviates to much and it replaced their lol design.
Now for the comparaison:
When you say Genshin do you mean general anime art style or do you like really mean Mihoyo design philosophy.
Because if that's the case I don't really see how characters like Annie or Briar feat in either way. Annie looks more like a Cartoon Network characters that escaped to Runeterra than an anime character. Her design in lol looks simple, and while Mihoyo never deviates much from standard silhouette, yet one thing that holds true is that they blast their characters with small amount of jewelry, floppy bits of clothing with a lot color and sometimes pattern. Which some of those things are rare for riot or something that they actively avoid looking... at Fortiche Herald of The Arcane and League of Legend Herald Of The Arcane side by side. Meanwhile Annie looks restrained, simple albeit a bit outdated. Annie standing beside Sigewinne , Iansan or Kachina (all from Genshin) definitely make me think she looks more like a cartoon characters more like than Mihoyo or anime character.
Briar current design would never be in a hoyo games because while she definitely is the closest weeb characters in LoL the microscopic half assed small amount of body horror she brings is something Mihoyo has never done(and I doubt they will ever do.). She feels more like a FGO(Camazotz is Briar but better now that I think about it), AFK Journey, Dyslite and maybe Arknight if I push it.
Funnily enough I think Samira and Katarina fit more closely to that comparaison(or criticism) since hoyo games in general are filled with hot fighter women in sexy attire like Samira(Acheron (HSR),Dehya,Chasca, Cesar(ZZZ), Eremites faction and a plethora).
Finally I want to say It's not really a criticism but has someone who plays their games the comparison really confused me. Because I can sometimes hyper fixate on details and this was bugging me.
so good
one thing I have to mention is that the pupils are a bit too far apart making it look like some of your drawn characters are a bit boss-eyed other than that amazing stuff really
yeah I have to make sure to now simpsonfy them 😄 good feedback! Thank you!
I think briar is fine. Just simple (lore wise) legend
I really hope we get Sevika as a Champion in league! She has to have the slot machine arm, too.
I honestly wanted a MTG set from Runetunna, but with Project K happening, I think my wishes won't come to pass.
Soo goodd
thank you! :D
Briar wise could we make her an family like Vladimir make another blood golem but gives her more spirit to temper her nature.
d&d set in the world would be cool
What if.....Ambessa hedge d her bets. What If Mel and Rell are twins? What if Rell was kept a secret? Maybe Ambessa knew the Black Rose would come for them and kept one of them a secret? .....I just think that might be interesting.
the magic of the arcane s design is asymmetry, u should do this before
soooooooo gooood
You have a lot of talent, congratulations! But, I noticed that you changed Katarina's face too much, her face is longer and thinner, ending in a thinner chin, the result was good art, but I believe that this standard design for Katarina's face should never be thought of as a change, because it is already perfect for her and is one of the champion's great precious identities, which is her long face matching her also long scar!
@@raladark it’s a very good point - i will include this for further designs of her 🙌
I think we already saw the Briar design in her release video
Hi! Great work as always! Have you considered commissioning some people to make custom skins out of your visual reworks? I'd love to play as your noc rework
I HOPE VEIGAR GETS SOME JUSTICE IN NOXUS ARCANE
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That Cassio was jaw-dropping.. or splitting hehe. I loved how gracious it looked with purple fabric, mask and everything. Would love to see full body version for her. Similar feelings with elise and annie but i just have to disagree with leblanc man.. Sadly arcane missed this one so bad.
First of all its incredibly boring to paint a character full black smoke and calling it a day. It shouldnt have done any character if its not an npc summoned shadow soul, but doing it to Leblanc of all people.. The queen of sass and fashion. They should never had allowed man. She should look the most avant-garde if anything. Unapologetiicly flashy and glamour with gold jeweleries and capes. Her LoR crown was a major improvement for example. She should look different than other generic noxians cuz she was there even before noxus is noxus. Turning her magic to boring red everday bloodmagic was a total downgrade. I just hope her rework wouldnt adopt any of that. I have to respect that if you liked that version but i just wished to see your version of her so bad🥲 I just know it would be infinitely more creative and striking than black sheet.
I hope the new leblanc looks nothing like that
Agree.. if its a form of her, mayybe but as an actual default look? Hell to the nah. It doesnt even deserve to be an arcane skin. Just so empty, soulles and nothing like her😕
Let’s just pray riot doesn’t force them to create a lackluster season but not giving them the time they need.
Annie looks like a younger version of Harma Karn of Gundam Z
Should play into the theory that Isha is Briar
Man i want you to design the characters from my unpublished books lmao how much do you charge 🤣🤣🤣
Why not make Cassiopeia a shape shifter? Let her retain her human form, but put a catch to it. Maybe something like she shifts anytime she get heightened emotions. Literally, any strong emotion can and will cause an involuntary shift. Or maybe it takes effort and will to maintain her human appearance and it quite literally drains her energy, either physical or magical energy. She might only be able to fully keep it up for a few hours before things start to slip or she gets physically tired and has to eat and rest before she can do it again. She can still have the mask or veil just in case she's in public or mixed company and doesn't want people to see her true face. Maybe her face is the 1st thing to change before the rest of her body.
can we see you do a concept champion for Ixtal next please
I think Ixthal has a lot of potential, additionally they are so few that I probably could throw in everyone at once :D
@@Arthis_ could the champions you make introduce Ixtal military powers
@SketchNinja-oi9pp good idea! Then I probably have to go with a new champion for Ixthal aswell. Sounds like a good idea but that would need some good research and setup - but I can do that for sure :D
@@Arthis_ I was wondering if you have a discord server because I've been drawing a champion for Ixthal
I dont have one, currently im always taking one or two days after doing videos to be online and to interact and in-between have to juggle a lot of things but it could be a good idea for a time when I have more space - but before so long I would recommend either Dominic Meyer art - he is an artists with a discord server where people give good advise - I keep it in mind tho because I think a dc server could be very cool!
Im a Katarina main yet im so disappointed by this. Lierally nothing changed. The red eyes are already canon from the Lor spell arts. Cassio, Elise look so good and Katarina looks so empty and unflavoriful compared to them . Any jewerly/ make up/ haedpiece that would make her more interesting? Shes the head of the assasin's guild, but also a noble woman and i wish that she got something to show that shes both. She looks like shes just a random Noxian girl with no importance or involment to politics or in Swain's circle. Id love a more interesting version of you.
very valid feedback. I take this as a first draft, and will make an improved version for her for sure :D Actually planning something. thanks for being frank! I think there is still a lot to be explored with her!
@@Arthis_ Ohh im so looking forward to see what you've planned on her. I've been sturving for interesting and lore accurate designs for Kat!. The new masque of the Black Rose skin is literally what im referring to. Even if she's just disguised for the noble party im glad to see Kat dressing up like she could dress up in some occasions. Btw im glad that you sound so passionate about this project you're doing. As a lore lover im always excited to see and hear your opinion on the universe.
@ I did a small thing on the x account (the last thing I posted) and in the ig stories that should spark your imagination of what is eventually to come 😁 thanks so much for the kind words always happy to hear what other passionate people think about it 🫶
I agree, I just don't think that the standard facial style that we already have in the league should change, as it matches perfectly well with her hair and her long scar, carrying her mischievous and clever look. Some artists tend to change Katarina's facial appearance to a rounder rest or with a square chin, and her chin has always been thinner as a precious detail of her design to better highlight her scar that is not small, so I am a staunch defender that this should never change!
@@raladark Sorry dude im not refering to her face. This is actually close to her canonical face and its pretty. My problem is that she is a noble spy assasin and the captain of assasins so it would be logical to get an outfit/ makeup/ accesories that give her lore justice. It might never happen, but we can only hope.
Could you do this for demacia champs
if you dont do Mordekaiser for the dudes video I will wallow in sorrow
dont worry is is up on the list :D I could not forsake my bonky boi!
ixtal next🙏🏽
Could you make animate the skins that you make the Projects?
I think yeah that’s probably a bit too much work - maybe one day - if I ever consider doing a project just about skins - which I have an idea about. 😄
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Amazing as 😂
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@@danielm-g2186 🫶🫶
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gorgeous but maybe too symmetrical