Creating VALORANT Key Art – Super Art Power Hour Ep. 5

Thank you to #RiotGames for uploading this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brjk26jHZeA

Moodboarding, inspiration, composition sketches, and a whole lot more. It’s all part of the design process for two Rioters, Senior Principal Illustrator Su Ke and Principal Visual Designer Brandon Meier. They’re the designer duo behind some of the most iconic key art and visual imagery that VALORANT has to offer.

In the spirit of Halloween, we brewed up an especially scary design challenge. So dive in as they share their entire process and approach from start to finish, as well as advice for aspiring designers.

Super Art Power Hour is a long-form educational segment spotlighting super art and super artists at Riot. Watch more episodes here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL42m9XiTqPHKvZE-2gprBW6KV40oG_NL2

For a deeper dive into the game art production pipeline, check out our So You Wanna Make Games?? Series: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL42m9XiTqPHJdJuVXO6Vf5ta5D07peiVx

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Su Ke
Twitter / X: https://twitter.com/Sukeart
IG: https://www.instagram.com/sukeartcn/
ArtStation: https://www.artstation.com/sukeart
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@sukeart8266

Brandon
Twitter / X: https://twitter.com/BrandonMeier
IG: https://www.instagram.com/brandon_meier_made/

Chapters:
0:00 Cold Open
0:27 Introduction
2:24 Brainstorming and Exploration
7:38 Thumbnailing Stage
11:48 Brandon Checks out Su Ke’s Work
15:31 “Sage’s Last Revive” Key Art Concept
16:17 Visual Design, Advice for Artists
32:48 VALORANT Agents in the Key Art
34:15 Discussing Art Influences
40:28 VALORANT Shape Language and Brand Identity
45:17 Photoshop Tips, Sculpting, and Lighting
48:34 Finalizing Key Art
53:11 Key Art Reveal
53:51 Closing Remarks and Advice for Artists

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#Valorant is a free-to-play multiplayer first-person shooter developed by #RiotGames. It is the first game developed by #RiotGames in this genre. The game was first announced in October 2019 with the code-name Project A. It was released for Windows on June 2, 2020. It was originally scheduled for release in the summer of 2020. A closed beta launched back on April 7, 2020, and participation for the closed beta was done by sending game-keys for watching live streams of the game on the video platform Twitch (so-called “Twitch Drops”). The Twitch account had to be connected to the #RiotGames account for this. #Valorant left the beta phase on June 2, 2020.