10 of the most beautiful splash arts in League of Legends

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0:00 Intro
2:41 Elderwood Hecarim
7:24 Marquis Vladimir
15:27 Dragon Trainer Heimerdinger
20:20 Tango Evelynn & Twisted Fate
27:14 Championship Kha'zix
30:00 Captain Gangplank
34:01 Spirit Blossom Cassiopeia
39:31 Nilah (base splash)
43:37 Star Nemesis Fiddlesticks
47:51 High Noon Thresh
51:52 Outro
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  • @TBSkyen
    @TBSkyen Жыл бұрын

    The first 1,000 people to use the link will get a 1 month free trial of Skillshare: skl.sh/tbskyen11221

  • @mustas1en180

    @mustas1en180

    Жыл бұрын

    Hmmm... can you do 10 worst splash arts? (And not excluding first skins) 🎃

  • @hopieworldy7767
    @hopieworldy7767 Жыл бұрын

    Something I found particularly scary about gangplank’s splash art was how from a distance it looks like he’s focusing on the orange in his hand, but when you zoom in, you realize that he’s looking at you

  • @spilledink849

    @spilledink849

    Жыл бұрын

    I love that detail! Also, Idk if I'm reading into it too much but the shaved part of the orange looks kind of like a skull

  • @shinigami9816

    @shinigami9816

    10 ай бұрын

    YOU ARE SO RIGHT!!

  • @alexsun3214

    @alexsun3214

    9 ай бұрын

    bruh you made me see it and now i can't unsee it

  • @saturnslastring

    @saturnslastring

    9 ай бұрын

    Same

  • @a-neverending-dream3673

    @a-neverending-dream3673

    9 ай бұрын

    I had to zoom in on it just to see that and about had a heartattack. Doesn't help that I'm actually seeing this for the first time and it is night and very much dark in my room. Wow is that an amazing detail.

  • @diegoaguilar5491
    @diegoaguilar5491 Жыл бұрын

    You don't make us feel bloated with info, yet the depth at which you delve and interpret the artist's intentions makes me BEG for another episode! 🎃

  • @gandalfhan

    @gandalfhan

    Жыл бұрын

    This is the same guy who bashes the skins (despite looking and being amazing) simply for the fact they don’t fit champions’ lore. It’s literally the point of skins to give ALTERNATIVE look or spin to a character - it doesn’t have to fit the champions’ lore or background to work, otherwise it would be really boring. Especially when skin lines have their own universes, so for example, where Aatrox is evil in the official universe, he could be good in other universe.

  • @platypus908

    @platypus908

    11 ай бұрын

    @@gandalfhan he doesn't bash skins for not fitting a champions lore he bashes them for not fitting the premise its meant to go for typically

  • @elainasynranelt

    @elainasynranelt

    10 ай бұрын

    @@gandalfhanhe doesn’t do that though. He bashes skins for not fitting the universe they’re set in or the theme they’re going for or not fitting with the character’s animations or just being poorly executed

  • @gandalfhan

    @gandalfhan

    10 ай бұрын

    @@elainasynranelt I’m talking about the skins that look amazing etc. not the bad ones since they do deserve criticism. Go into his other videos and he will literally criticise the skin for simply not fitting champions’ lore and call them bad lol

  • @elainasynranelt

    @elainasynranelt

    10 ай бұрын

    @@gandalfhan i have watched his other videos

  • @biancacamillagambrioli5830
    @biancacamillagambrioli5830 Жыл бұрын

    If I were one of riot's artists I would be so honored to have my work seen and recognized in this way...I'm an illustrator so I know how much time and effort we put into composition, color theory and details that disappear in the eyes of the hasty viewer, so to have them analyzed in such a passionate way makes my little heart so so happy! I really hope that the artists see your videos :)

  • @hakujoudaidraws2633

    @hakujoudaidraws2633

    Жыл бұрын

    As a fellow illustrator, agreed!

  • @serpentlili

    @serpentlili

    Жыл бұрын

    was thinking the same thing

  • @simonzhang3D

    @simonzhang3D

    Жыл бұрын

    I wonder if these artist have imposter sydrome as well. Like at one point can't you really watch your piece and say: Fuck man i am so much better than the rest

  • @Thesamurai1999

    @Thesamurai1999

    5 ай бұрын

    @@simonzhang3DUsually these artists aren’t that arrogant since arrogance blinds your judgement and thus are less likely to get to a high level. You have to be humble and realize your flaws in order to get good.

  • @simonzhang3D

    @simonzhang3D

    5 ай бұрын

    @@Thesamurai1999 i wouldnt say arrogant just facts. Art to a certain level is like science. Many checkboxes you need to tick

  • @gabrielbezerra8261
    @gabrielbezerra8261 Жыл бұрын

    TF and Eve splash also reminds me of Ms. Mr. Smith, the spy couple movie who tries to kill each other and sparks again the "sexual tension" they had for one another. To me that splash art shows more than tension, shows fun, they like that dynamic and they're going all out with it. I know Eve quite literally could feed herself with said tension, but you can see her smile looking at TF who looks serious towards her, but leans into her, leans into her dance. Also pretty sure Tobias is Bi, so, it's a possible outcome, we have no idea about the story of this skin line. And Tango is naturally hot ASF.

  • @khadrathunderborn5180
    @khadrathunderborn5180 Жыл бұрын

    The light in these images are truly the stars of the show🎃

  • @hofkingpin3216

    @hofkingpin3216

    Жыл бұрын

    'imagines'???

  • @aden9160

    @aden9160

    Жыл бұрын

    @@hofkingpin3216 Yes, imagines of the light we could see if we went outside 💪🏼🤠

  • @nolol1388

    @nolol1388

    Жыл бұрын

    Imagine dragons 🎉

  • @MaelraJade
    @MaelraJade Жыл бұрын

    Very fun to hear you ramble about beautiful art for almost an hour! I'd love to hear more about this! 🎃

  • @DadShark

    @DadShark

    Жыл бұрын

    Also fun to hear that killer Heimer impression

  • @ElJorro

    @ElJorro

    Жыл бұрын

    It's my ASMR

  • @PsychoDiesel48

    @PsychoDiesel48

    Жыл бұрын

    SAME! These are so fascinating!

  • @cartoonishidealism582

    @cartoonishidealism582

    Жыл бұрын

    I desperately want more of this series

  • @PyroZero_
    @PyroZero_ Жыл бұрын

    Your ability to make art analysis *fun" and so personally engaging is incredible; you pull the perfect adjectives for every context and subject so well that the script itself is poetry. It is so far removed from the painful forced depth I felt from high school that I can finally enjoy deep dives into illustrations again.

  • @RaptieFeathers
    @RaptieFeathers Жыл бұрын

    Your Heimerdinger voice is uncannily good, wow. And it really helped sell the image even more. 🎃 I'd love to see texture breakdowns and nerding out too! Also, DEFINITELY Runeterra!

  • @frostdesigns555

    @frostdesigns555

    Жыл бұрын

    i literally had to fucking pause the video there. It shook me. I really thought he was the voice actor for him lol.

  • @squidpaladin

    @squidpaladin

    Жыл бұрын

    I am SO GLAD someone else noticed the Heimerdinger impression because that part was wonderful

  • @lyg483
    @lyg483 Жыл бұрын

    I must say that, out of all the music and dance styles that exists, Tango was such a perfect choice for Evelynn and TF. Adding up to all the constant tension of "they are just waiting for the perfect moment. The window for the kill" if you watch two Tango dancers you can almost feel the same tension due to the way of how they move on each other. Let's add up how dance partners always look like both of them are in control on every situation or are fighting for it. But always in balance. (This does not only apply to Tango, but It's easy to see there) Slap "Por una cabeza" and boom, there you have it.

  • @hanna-liminal

    @hanna-liminal

    Жыл бұрын

    beautifully written & analysed! on a much less prosaic level, i also appreciate how this extends a certain canon about Twisted Fate's 'dances with devils'! From cheating Tahm Kench, to tangoing with Evelynn... which immortal manifestation of human weakness will he tangle with next, just to show those demons that humans can still have the upper hand?

  • @-.jai.-

    @-.jai.-

    Жыл бұрын

    Perfect choice but also the only posible choice

  • @lyg483

    @lyg483

    Жыл бұрын

    @@-.jai.- Why not Salsa or similars?

  • @-.jai.-

    @-.jai.-

    Жыл бұрын

    @@lyg483 cause they're dressed for it, although it could be milonga, but it woultn't be as sexy ;D

  • @lyg483

    @lyg483

    Жыл бұрын

    @@-.jai.- Hm yeah duh, what I meant is that they could have chosen any other dance style for this (and because of it, change their clothes duh) and miss all this marks

  • @ChibiMalzahar
    @ChibiMalzahar Жыл бұрын

    On Nilah I also want to appreciate the fine brush stokes in the background (most visible in the closeup of the orb) and detailed water dropplets on her skin. This is not just an action pose, this is the moment after she strikes, or perhaps even when she draws her weapon. It's not raining, the water of the environment was knocked up by something powerful and is showering down, and it appears to have been done by Nilah. That and the glow of her earrings, jewlery, and facial expression make it feel like I'm baring witness to this glorious figure in her complete element.

  • @d1etpussy621

    @d1etpussy621

    Жыл бұрын

    She just looks *SO* badass. She's an icon

  • @ninjaeris131
    @ninjaeris131 Жыл бұрын

    🎃I think one of the more interesting things about the Gangplank splash is also *his* *eyes* ! When you first take a look at it, you either see one of two looks: 1) He's looking down AT the orange, in an almost darkly playful disregard of you Or 2) He's looking AT YOU, like he's about to enjoy making your life a Living Nightmare and the orange is simply an example of what he's going to do to you! And the longer you look at it, the more the looks flip. (For me personally, it flips from him looking at the orange to you, back and forth, until all I see is him looking at us)

  • @michaellockyer4557
    @michaellockyer4557 Жыл бұрын

    With regards to the Captain Gangplank splash art, the perfect symmetry with the guns flanking either side and the stairs centred behind him gives off a royalty feeling, like the Royal Guard standing to the side of their King, which Gangplank in this splash is. He is the King of Bilgewater, but instead of noble knights and guards, it’s cannons and shipwright. None stand in his way for he commands these guns, he commands this vessel, he commands these seas, he commands it all.

  • @chillbro2275

    @chillbro2275

    15 күн бұрын

    That is also wonderfully observed and stated. That part of the GP analysis conveyed the desperate nature of the situation for the captured person. "Only he has the power to act." Oh man that was so dope!

  • @UnCoverOne
    @UnCoverOne Жыл бұрын

    19:07 The short performance of Dragon Trainer Heimerdinger was on point and very cute. You nailed the character I was imagining and made my heart melt. ❤ And here's a small Jack-o'-lantern 🎃

  • @riverstambaugh11

    @riverstambaugh11

    Жыл бұрын

    I came to comments looking for this, because I was gonna say something if no one else did. I couldn’t tell if it was a character voiceline from the game or not!

  • @acydoodles1453

    @acydoodles1453

    Жыл бұрын

    I know right! I was flabbergasted in the most delighted way when I realized what was happening!

  • @itzakb

    @itzakb

    Жыл бұрын

    I subbed because of that

  • @bubdad12

    @bubdad12

    Жыл бұрын

    I whole heartedly agree, his impression was on point

  • @gravity909090
    @gravity909090 Жыл бұрын

    The Heimerdinger splash made me tear up for some reason, it really conveys the paternal nurture and care so well. I really hope you continue this series, and I particularly love the narrative analysis, you have the perfect voice for it! 🎃🎃

  • @Enneamorph
    @Enneamorph Жыл бұрын

    Me: _furiously clicks on another top 10 when it shows up in feed_ Skyen: do we want more of these? Me: YES. YES. A THOUSAND TIMES, YES. I cannot stress enough how much I enjoy listening to your narrations and breakdowns of art pieces. I’m an amateur artist at best, and watching these videos of your criticisms and compositional breakdowns not only gives me an idea of how certain aspects of art (especially light!) should be used, it also tends to get me in the mood to draw again. So not only do I thank you for that, I appreciate you, and, if I have to, will get on my knees to shamelessly beg for more of these videos.

  • @audoldends6799
    @audoldends6799 Жыл бұрын

    🎃Tf and Evelyn are giving big "rival spies in a violence dance fight before a shoot out" energy. Love that for them. Ps. I prefer the narrative analysis

  • @karamasan1552
    @karamasan1552 Жыл бұрын

    Oh man that first Elderwood Hecarim switch was great, I could see the beauty in the photoshopped version, maybe not the best but great, and THEN the animals came in, and a whole new dimension was added, great job of completely catching me off guard

  • @chillbro2275

    @chillbro2275

    15 күн бұрын

    Yeah, I never knew Hec was that big, but without the animals, he felt demonic.

  • @jamesfitzpatrick5057
    @jamesfitzpatrick5057 Жыл бұрын

    🎃 As a non-artist, hearing you geekout about the details of the splash art is wonderful. Every time you zoomed into the Nilah splash, I noticed more details about the water effects in the rendering which is just 😩👌 The additional story telling you add to each splash art is just delightful. I would love for you to go over some of the LOR (and maybe now TFT!) specific art as well, but that might warrant being in a separate video from the league splashes? I'm unsure about the best approach for that from the eyes of THE ALGORITHM TM.

  • @corrinflakes9659

    @corrinflakes9659

    Жыл бұрын

    I’m an artist who followed TB Skyen during his Sonic Mania intro analysis, but while the most LoL thing I experienced since was Arcane, and have 0 interest to plau LoL. Analyzing good art is still welcoming.

  • @monstergarou3848

    @monstergarou3848

    Жыл бұрын

    I was wtching that section as I read this comment. I absolutely love how Skyen described that splash art

  • @AxolotlDreams-u-

    @AxolotlDreams-u-

    Жыл бұрын

    I don't know how easy they are to find, but Skyen streamed card reviews of every LoR set up to the first Bandle City expansion iirc.

  • @williaminglehearn3581
    @williaminglehearn3581 Жыл бұрын

    honestly nilah in general is wonderfully designed. her splash and model are great, her voice kicks so much ass, and the story is a nice thematic inversion of the 'deal with the devil' trope that feels very different, while still being just as potentially dramatic and unnerving.

  • @shmooters5599
    @shmooters5599 Жыл бұрын

    As someone who plays more LoR than LoL these days, I’d love to see you go over some of the card arts they’ve gotten. I think a lot of them are quite stunning, recent favorites being spirit blossom Kindred for being super pretty and base Seraphine for painting her in a new and more grounded light 🎃

  • @Ruined_Poro
    @Ruined_Poro Жыл бұрын

    I could talk or listen about League's lore and art for hours... They truly have some of the best artists in the world Edit: 🎃🎃🎃

  • @DaVideoGameBeastr
    @DaVideoGameBeastr Жыл бұрын

    Another thing Iove about Captain Gangplank's art is how your perspective of him peeling an orange changes when you realize what's about to happen. He's doing it to intimidate you. He stares at you while slowly peeling the orange and you're staring at the orange thinking "Oh god that's about to be me." And it makes the fact that the orange is so supremely juicy and leeking everywhere kind of graphic. You start thinking about it in the context of your own body. It's going to be messy. And you'll just lose all of your "juices" as you're hanging there. He's going to skin you alive. Terrifying.

  • @bumbleboar1584
    @bumbleboar1584 Жыл бұрын

    I could listen to you do things like this for probably every skin splash art. The good, the bad, everything in between. It inspires me to think about artwork of all kinds in different ways and try to notice things that maybe I wouldn't have otherwise. Hope you end up doing another 10.

  • @yosayoran1

    @yosayoran1

    Жыл бұрын

    Honestly could be really interesting to hear analysis of the less successful splashes and why they don't work

  • @Dumpster_Ghost
    @Dumpster_Ghost Жыл бұрын

    I think the best thing about Nilah’s splash art is also the action and movement in it, all the water flowing around her the water drops on her skin are very pretty to look at. One thing I think is also really well done is how the piece shows Nilah’s excitement by danger with the massive beast flying in the background crushing a ship in two is very interesting when compared to her smile and running almost care free like across the water in the middle of all the chaos.

  • @reno9821
    @reno9821 Жыл бұрын

    I know there's painfuly many to go through, but I hope you do one of these for most beautiful LoR card arts? I'm sure the community would provide great examples.

  • @reno9821

    @reno9821

    Жыл бұрын

    Oh nevermind, you mention that possibility in the outro.

  • @itayschool4544
    @itayschool4544 Жыл бұрын

    I agree with other comments that a legends of Runeterra version would be amazing. They have so much beautiful art too

  • @corvidkhaos
    @corvidkhaos Жыл бұрын

    gods the way you talk about art is incredible it’s so distant from the cold clinical analysis of art theory classes i’ve taken, it’s so full of love for artistry

  • @ccessy21
    @ccessy21 Жыл бұрын

    I cannot describe my adoration for the High Noon Thresh splash art in words that’ll do it justice. I don’t know how to describe it but the way the background is designed with the dust storm in motion and it blowing Thresh’s head I can vividly HEAR the image with the sounds of blowing dust through desert shrubs and the crackling of both worn-cactus limbs and the fire in Thresh’s head. I can FEEL the heat radiating from it and FEEL the dusty air against my skin. It’s an almost comforting feeling as someone who’s lived in the deserts of Arizona his entire life this feeling is familiar to me. You can find old remains of long-dead creature in the desert, remains of coyotes or barn owls typically. You can find small fire pits legitimately in the middle of nowhere that still smell like burnt wood and have stained the dirt around it black. Everything in this image is real to me, even Thresh’s design I like to believe is a reference to an old urban legend out where I live of a spirit of an ever-burning man, believed to be a lingering spirit of a Native American who protects sacred grounds in the mountains. Supposedly a floating, burning corpse will appear if the right conditions are met. Not too well versed in the myth but either way this skin and the splash art truly give me chills. What a fantastic design🧡

  • @lalalala-ty5vd

    @lalalala-ty5vd

    Жыл бұрын

    plus the fact that the image is symmetrical, which, for me, is something aesthetically beautiful

  • @liktorian251
    @liktorian251 Жыл бұрын

    A Legends of runterra version of this would be awesome! Keep up the great work!

  • @crimsoneclipse0618

    @crimsoneclipse0618

    Жыл бұрын

    Seconded, those art are amazing

  • @etofangirl

    @etofangirl

    Жыл бұрын

    agree, i would love to see that

  • @MarioFRC32

    @MarioFRC32

    Жыл бұрын

    You are 100% correct

  • @lucassun9369

    @lucassun9369

    Жыл бұрын

    YEAS, LOR is much better in this aspect than league

  • @AurelionSass

    @AurelionSass

    Жыл бұрын

    He would pretty much have to cover ALL the arts, since they're all god-tier lmfao

  • @crimsoneclipse0618
    @crimsoneclipse0618 Жыл бұрын

    Maybe I'm just basic, but goddamn Iron Inquisitor Kayle, Cursed Revenant Nocturne, and Black Scourge Singed is just so beautiful

  • @weirdokate8840

    @weirdokate8840

    Жыл бұрын

    oh my god yess, the kayle skin especially, its translation into the actual game is just perfect

  • @AviciPerry
    @AviciPerry Жыл бұрын

    I love the lingering! Especially the technical details cus it’s literally you narrating the image and that is storytelling in itself! Please more of these! :D 🎃

  • @CrimsonHybrid
    @CrimsonHybrid Жыл бұрын

    This is off to an amazing start. Just from Elderwood Hecarim alone-the music, the way you described him, and of course the art-it made me tear up in awe. I felt and saw myself in the scene, as if my room has vanished and I was in the woodland, reaching out to the imposing form of the forest guardian.

  • @gintarebaskeviciute5672
    @gintarebaskeviciute5672 Жыл бұрын

    I honestly didn't notice that each segment was longer! I think it was the perfect length, and yes whether it's you gushing over the textures or the narrative side of the skin - it's all interesting to hear! Please more of these >>🎃

  • @SillyNep
    @SillyNep Жыл бұрын

    Havent finished the video yet, but man I love these so much, I see videos breaking down videos, songs and animations but you rarely see videos about just appreciating the intricacies of art pieces. As an artist seeing something like this is super inspiring.

  • @chronorebel_greatgryffon1312
    @chronorebel_greatgryffon13122 ай бұрын

    You know, you only makes the TF and Evelyn scene sound even more romantic. In this moment that feels outside of time, they are completely captivated, entranced, with one another. In a twisted way, in that moment they are each other’s entire world. And love and hate share a common point: obsession.

  • @lux1975
    @lux197511 ай бұрын

    I love Blood Moon Evelynn’s splash art for the same reason as the Gangplank one here. Yeah it’s a first person perspective that shows your hands and does the Vladimir vein thing on her hands, but most viewers are too distracted by Evelynn’s beauty to notice her claws literally digging into your hand like a needle injection. On the left, she’s stroking her claws across your palm, revealing a blue glow to her nails, and only then are you hinted to look over to the right. You’re holding her hand, but her nails look a little shorter than the other, and oh wait…. What’s that faint glow coming from beneath your skin…? Such good storytelling ugh

  • @justsomeguy5318
    @justsomeguy5318 Жыл бұрын

    🎃Please make more of these videos, it's really cool to see someone talk about all the details and the techniques used in these splashes that I've never noticed before. I have a whole new level of appreciation for splash art and the stories they tell, thanks to you talking about them

  • @prophetisaiah08
    @prophetisaiah08 Жыл бұрын

    Honestly, I love these videos. I'm norribly incompetent as an artist, but I love art analysis (given that my wife is a talented character artist, and I'm a huge fan of both her work and of character design in general). I *absolutely loved* your talk on High Noon Thresh, as my main interest is in capturing character and story. But I really like your noodly talk on the technical side of the art too; I'll never be able to replicate it, but I very much appreciate the kind of mastery of the craft that you highlight. Thanks so much for these videos! 🎃🎃

  • @FloofyFin
    @FloofyFin Жыл бұрын

    ITS ALSO STILL HALLOWEEN IN MY HEART!! But seriously I absolutely love these listening to these!! As an art major it’s super cool seeing things I’ve learned come up while also listening to the lore and narrative of the picture itself!! It was super fun with the little edits you did this time really showing the difference small details can make!! I would adore seeing more! 🎃

  • @smilelovecookie
    @smilelovecookie Жыл бұрын

    As an (game-)art- and design student I love love LOVE you interpreting these pictures. I'm honestly learning so much about composition, more than I learned at university. I need more of these videos, they are so inspiring ♥

  • @junpeidaman
    @junpeidaman Жыл бұрын

    AAA YES ELDERWOOD HECA HAS BEEN MY FAVE SPLASH ART FOR YEARS AND YOU DID AN AMAZING JOB EXPLAINING WHY!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @Jtblake
    @Jtblake Жыл бұрын

    Super happy you decided to do another one of these art videos. These are just amazing windows into how you view art and its use from an narrative perspective and honestly I could listen to you go one about this kind of thing for hours on end with how well done each of these videos are. I hope you continue these kinds of videos.

  • @thelastfinale805
    @thelastfinale805 Жыл бұрын

    Just stumbled across your channel from your linked shorts page and I can already say within the first 5 minutes I really can feel your passion for art in the way you talk. Love this!

  • @althea2114
    @althea2114 Жыл бұрын

    Its mesmerizing to just sit and listen to you pointing out details in splash arts that i haven't noticed, makes me appriciate them more

  • @spacecucumberry9555
    @spacecucumberry9555 Жыл бұрын

    I love these splash break downs, they literally open my eyes and make me realize things I can do too to enhance my own artworks! Thanks for all Skyen ^^

  • @Hades9292
    @Hades9292 Жыл бұрын

    Man, your narration is simply amazing. The way you convey the scenes, the way you explain the artistic side, it's both comfortable to listen to and incredibly exciting. It would be incredible to listen to you narrate an audiobook or work as storyteller in some tabletop rpg game! Keep up the great work.

  • @nocreep123nocreep321
    @nocreep123nocreep321 Жыл бұрын

    These are amazing. Skyen has such a way with analyses that just captivates me! It's like listening to a lecture I enjoy. I find myself losing track of time and finding new meanings and ways too look at art. Please do more of these! I'd love to see more splash art analyses, or maybe even legends of runterra card art analyses!

  • @MiDuWay
    @MiDuWay Жыл бұрын

    Maaaan I never even noticed the shackled hands in Captain Gangplank's splashart. Art appreciation with Skyen is always such a treat. 🎃 I'm more of a fan of hearing you nerd out about texturing & rendering but honestly the narrative stuff is awesome too!! 🎃🎃

  • @RareEpicness
    @RareEpicness Жыл бұрын

    the last video was fantastic, loved seeing pumpkinhead fiddlesticks get the love it deserves, can't wait to watch this one

  • @ReneePrower
    @ReneePrower Жыл бұрын

    PLEASE do more of this. This kind of deep analysis of art (among other things) is what I live for. Love your work, Skyen. 💜

  • @alexandriaschrader8140
    @alexandriaschrader8140 Жыл бұрын

    You are truly wonderful. I love how well you analyze artwork and your perspectives. I adore the pieces of your personality that shine through. It is so much fun for you to take us on a journey through League splash arts. There are so many, and I love you highlighting them. Please give us more!

  • @SweetJamu
    @SweetJamu Жыл бұрын

    I am literally drooling.

  • @jiadoodles
    @jiadoodles Жыл бұрын

    I want to be an artist who makes beautiful splash art like these for games one day, so listening to you talk so much about it really gets me fired up! I could listen to you ramble about art for hours :D (and I do!)

  • @DaisyFarm_
    @DaisyFarm_ Жыл бұрын

    You’ve made me go from seeing some Splash Arts that I thought were just okay originally to a whole different light of understanding and nuance. I adore it. Please make more videos like this. ❤🎃

  • @isaacmg9213
    @isaacmg9213 Жыл бұрын

    Honestly, i really really like the geeking out over technical artistical excecution, mostly when i sit down to contemplate some of the gorgeous art on LoR or league's splashes thats the aspect that often mesmrizes me the most, mostly out of sheer marvel at how someone is capable of puling that sort of stuff, GENIUS!! Keep going man, full support from all angles here!! 🎃

  • @ASMAura
    @ASMAura Жыл бұрын

    This has quickly become one of my very favourite series.

  • @parana03
    @parana03 Жыл бұрын

    This is by far one of my favorite series, all the elements of his analyses are so interesting and I love hearing him explain his reasonings so eloquently ❤

  • @heykota3531
    @heykota35317 ай бұрын

    heimerdingers hand under the cheek of the dragon, it almost falling asleep in his arms... it makes my heart melt, its so adorable

  • @barteknowak4653
    @barteknowak4653 Жыл бұрын

    Honestly im gonna start taking notes on these cuz i love the amount of details that you squeeze out of the splash arts and how much i can learn from them. How many decisions i make without being aware of them when i draw and how many i will have to change into doing them consciously to better myself as an artist.

  • @kingofthesea3382
    @kingofthesea3382 Жыл бұрын

    Absolutely love the choice of music through the video. Adds a ton to the atmosphere a video like this has

  • @shaderunner8220
    @shaderunner8220 Жыл бұрын

    Please sir, can we have more? Seriously, we could listen to you talk about splash arts for hours, please feel free to do more cause we all know there's so many more you wanna talk about here. Also that little Heimerdinger performance was incredible! Anyways, Halloween never ends.🎃

  • @igorlopesribeiro8781
    @igorlopesribeiro8781 Жыл бұрын

    Tbh just love watching people talk about the things they love, so these videos with you analysing splash arts and all are just really fun!

  • @MarineMyste
    @MarineMyste Жыл бұрын

    More please! Hahah This was a great video. I love it from start to end

  • @apollinarian
    @apollinarian Жыл бұрын

    Love hearing you talk about art! It's almost a shame League has so many good splash arts that it's impossible to talk about every single one in-depth. Also, A+ music choices for each splash lol.

  • @Shiro-mk3sv
    @Shiro-mk3sv Жыл бұрын

    I loved the first video , glad to see a part 2 , hopefully we'll get more at some point ! Also i loved Nilah's splash art from the moment i saw it , but i never thought about zooming on it , these water renders are gorgeous

  • @nataliehodgson
    @nataliehodgson Жыл бұрын

    It is great to hear you talk about the art both from a technical and narrative perspective, it really helps me understand what draws me to some art over others. I find it great to understand the choices artists made to create a pieces and how small details call really make a huge difference. It also makes me want to pick up my pencil and draw! 🎃

  • @kayteaandbiscuits
    @kayteaandbiscuits Жыл бұрын

    OMG YES PLEASE MORE OF THIS - i truly love listening to you analyses and voice over it feels almost hypnotic it's fun storytelling and i also like the practicality of the rendering and brushstroke talk

  • @Qreamey
    @Qreamey Жыл бұрын

    I beg of thee, bless us with more of these incredible reviews. A longer video is certainly welcome, your analysis and voice work are something I cannot get enough of. 🎃

  • @ShyGirl142
    @ShyGirl142 Жыл бұрын

    Yes to more art analysis please! Also listening to you narrate the stories behind each piece of art is awesome every time! 🎃🎃🎃

  • @srowwww9780
    @srowwww9780 Жыл бұрын

    For sure id love to hear more. Its great to hear you talk the most you can about a certain splash art, we sure learn alot it with. Keep it up, they way you did this video was just perfect, even the extra time used in selecting the background music helped alot comprehensing the analysis. I got a idea for when you run out of good splash arts to talk about. You start to look into splash arts that didnt live up to expectations and you start wondering how you could make that concept work better in the splash art. With the knowledge you show to have, that would sound like a great video.

  • @yargolocus4853
    @yargolocus4853 Жыл бұрын

    this is all so nice. it was really neat every time you zoomed really close in to explain texture or light. also every practical exercise you did with photoshop (tilting, witholding details, framing) was super useful.

  • @Nika-cl2gg
    @Nika-cl2gg Жыл бұрын

    Great video as always! Please make more of these, I love listening to you talk about art. I prefer this approach, where you tackle less pieces with more time for each in one video. I also really liked the mixture of technical analysis and storytelling.🎃

  • @renerodriguez4723
    @renerodriguez4723 Жыл бұрын

    As someone who isn’t a fan of League I still very much enjoy these videos and hearing you break down and describe things that I can’t place my finger on or didn’t realize at all. These were at a good length I think and I’d love to see more! 🎃

  • @Fellefan
    @Fellefan Жыл бұрын

    yes- YES please more of these 🎃 I personally love when you point out more details about narrative in a splash. many of the splashes you talked about are ones I love, but seeing them in a different light (and pointing out things I missed before, like the bodies around thresh for example) just makes me fall in love with them all over again. :'D I certainly do not mind it when you talk at length about a single splash, as an artist myself; I'll gladly sit here hours on end looking at gorgeous art!

  • @3_gremlins_in_a_trench_coat
    @3_gremlins_in_a_trench_coat11 ай бұрын

    something about this is such a good way to teach composition. and maybe that wasnt the intention, but the way you take each element one at the time, breaking down the composition, the color theory behind the splash art, all that gives even an experienced artist a lesson in composition and color theory. and i think thats beautiful, in a way.

  • @jeromefournier9667
    @jeromefournier9667 Жыл бұрын

    I have to say... deep detailed analysis in this fashion is like drug to me. I do not understand the people who call detail oriented critc "nitpicking" or any other derogatory terms. Understanding in as much detail as possible why something is great, average or awful and the real difference between the two (like you did with the Elderwood art) is so interesting. It also underlines how much effort (or lack of it) can go into media creation. 🎃

  • @Spodumene
    @Spodumene Жыл бұрын

    I love all of Orianna's skins, but the art for Victorious Orianna is really special to me. It's been my desktop background for years. First of all, any skin where Ori is smiling, even slightly, is a win. The use of color is absolutely breathtaking. I love the use of shadows and the evening lighting that makes the gold accents really glow. The details on her body, especially the front of her skirt, tend to go unnoticed. Her base skin has little details all over her body, and I love skins that incorporate those. Orianna is beautiful and ornate, it's a shame that not all of her splash arts do her justice.

  • @TheAlmightyD00dlebug
    @TheAlmightyD00dlebug Жыл бұрын

    I really like the narrative direction you went with this video. The deep dive into the stories of the different splash arts is one of my favorite things. I'd love another one like this! 🎃

  • @lunamina5186
    @lunamina51869 ай бұрын

    the way you go through every splash art is an art itself... it's like you really get it, everything I got from these pieces-- you already took the words from me, amazing video, like brain food to me.

  • @themugofthenorth
    @themugofthenorth Жыл бұрын

    I always am shocked by how detailed and insightful the analysise are!🎃

  • @Law-_
    @Law-_ Жыл бұрын

    I could listen to this guy explaining why every single pixel of a piece of art is incredible for hours. I'm really amazed, as an artist myself even I didn't point out half of those things. Also, didn't know Fiddle was a she it's such a pleasant surprise

  • @ozzy9628
    @ozzy9628 Жыл бұрын

    beautiful descriptions and vocabulary. 10/10 video on that alone 🎃 also yes more of everything. more talk on lines, composition, rendering, color, balance, scale, narrative. every skin description stayed its welcome. i felt like the script came naturally to you so if you talk about all that comes to mind the video would just end up working and end as a really polished enjoyable product. i can rewatch this so many times in the background and never get bored

  • @yoon5848
    @yoon5848 Жыл бұрын

    Love these videos! Definitely like it when you dive deep into everything about them. Lore, composition, technique, history, feeling, etc.

  • @TheEcho154
    @TheEcho154 Жыл бұрын

    I really enjoy these art reviews. I would love to hear your thoughts on LoR art too; I feel like they went above and beyond on so many cards, and even some of the card animations (A Sol champ spell comes to mind). I also like it when you get into the weeds about the technical aspects of the art. 🎃

  • @Wikwil
    @Wikwil Жыл бұрын

    I love when you make those type of videos! :D It would be cool if you could make one about splash arts that you dislike for whatever reason (ofc excluding the outdated splash arts). I know that it may seem a bit rude towards the authors, but you already have a series where you pick your most and least favourite skins for each champion. I'd love to see a similar approach when it comes to splash arts :P It's up to you though. I love hearing you ramble about art so I'll stick around regardless 😅

  • @krackacka
    @krackacka Жыл бұрын

    Yesss more splash artssss I like the decent balance of analysis on artistic technique and narrative, and I would love to see you go over more splash arts so bad

  • @tenebae1999
    @tenebae19999 ай бұрын

    These videos are so interesting to me as an artist, I really hope you continue doing them yearly because there's so much to compliment and analyze when it comes to riots' artists and their art.

  • @tash1205
    @tash1205 Жыл бұрын

    i adore listening to you point out all the details in the splashart. i never noticed the dragon at the front spitting fire onto heimer's hair. as someone who wants to go into the direction of storytelling later on, it's really fascinating to see how many forms it can take.

  • @Acide950
    @Acide950 Жыл бұрын

    🎃 Would love to hear you talk more about art, it helps me notice things I never even thought about before. Personally I like a mixture of storytelling and art techniques, you're a very good storyteller (probably heard that before) and it is nice to hear you explain rendering, composition and stuff that truly makes the splashes interesting, for while I might see the things, I don't really /notice/ them.

  • @josueceh9569
    @josueceh9569 Жыл бұрын

    These 2 videos immediately became my favorites on your channel, I just love hearing you talking about beautiful art for an hour, I would love more of it. 🎃

  • @ali9857
    @ali9857 Жыл бұрын

    I really love how you point out some of the great details that we might miss, for example I was surprised with the last Splash Art because I honestly didn't see the entire picture, amazing videos, if you make this a Series it would definitely become one of my favorites in KZread🎃

  • @vahenralukan
    @vahenralukan Жыл бұрын

    🎃 I really like those video and I'd love to see more, on splash art or on LoR card

  • @Karymon-1999
    @Karymon-1999 Жыл бұрын

    🎃 I absolutetly adore this videos, inspire me to get better on my art and storytelling, sometimes i get overwelmed to tell a super long story but with this i can see you can tell so much with just one image Also, Thresh on the last one also seems like we (asuming we're a character like in the Gankplan splashart) tried to get to the battle against him, we got there late so we see Thresh wating for us so he can kill us, that art represent the aftermath of a boss battle that ended poorly for us

  • @turntechgoth
    @turntechgoth Жыл бұрын

    I always love your longer form videos, they're great companions when trying to do work, or just grind out dailies in games, so I really enjoyed the longer sections on each skin in this video 🎃

  • @S0leil___
    @S0leil___ Жыл бұрын

    this was a really beautiful and wonderful video. paced perfectly and as an artist im obsessed with it. wouldnt mind more geeking over textures. very impressive lol. would love more of these

  • @yasserbadri7117
    @yasserbadri71179 ай бұрын

    2 words briar feet

  • @suppe3181
    @suppe3181 Жыл бұрын

    this man has the most kissable way of speaking

  • @sylvanshroom
    @sylvanshroom Жыл бұрын

    I really could hear you discuss artwork for hours, pointing out the details and highlighting the technical as well as narrative elements of each piece. As an artist it is such a fun exercise to hear someone else appreciate this stuff! 🎃

  • @walidsmith5104
    @walidsmith5104 Жыл бұрын

    19:05 that heimerdinger impression was unreasonably good

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