Creating VALORANT Key Art - Super Art Power Hour Ep. 5
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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: • Super Art Power Hour
For a deeper dive into the game art production pipeline, check out our So You Wanna Make Games?? Series: • So You Wanna Make Games??
Follow the team:
Su Ke
Twitter / X: / sukeart
IG: / sukeartcn
ArtStation: www.artstation.com/sukeart
KZread: / @sukeart8266
Brandon
Twitter / X: / brandonmeier
IG: / 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
#valorant #riotgames #keyart
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THIS IS AWESOME! PLEASE DO MORE VIDEOS LIKE THIS! All the years i've spent playing riots games and enjoying all the content this video right here will stay in my head the longest out of everything because of how different it is from everything else riot has released
@riotgames
7 ай бұрын
Thanks! Check out our channel for more videos like this
@emmanueltheorb
7 ай бұрын
@@riotgamesmore from valorant. Thank you❤
@kelwinkwel
7 ай бұрын
Love the seeing the creative process and dialogue between artist.
@lanteller000
7 ай бұрын
@@riotgames there's going to be arsonists soon.
@Ch1ken368
7 ай бұрын
Make some haloowen map
All these artists need bit more spotlight they’re the hero for making all these riot games appealing and awesome
As a Graphic Design major and Valorant addict this is the coolest thing ever to see
I dream of working there someday & still being in highschool gives me time to study alot of Riot's art. Hearing their journey into making art for Riot, along with other splash artists made me really motivated of what I'll become someday. Thanks for making great art and motivating/helping young artists.
two artists just vibing while they work is so healing to watch
As a fan of the Valorant art style and all of Valorant's loading screen, character designs and all, this video is one of the best first peek into the Valorant design world. Really interesting and knowledgeful. Thank you for making this and keep on making more
now i need riot to make a survival mode in valorant where you fight off hordes of zombies.
@evanhuang1732
7 ай бұрын
*of cyphers
Holyy...this is the first time I saw Su Ke's face!! He's my favorite artist ever since I saw his work on Dota Allstars! GOAT artist fr
As an artist working on the industry, it`s awesome to see this kind of collaboration. It`s really like my friend and I are shaping a whole new game from scratch, with these conversations, the back and fourth feedback and passion for the craft. I can`t wait until I get the chance to collaborate with Riot some day. Thanks for the amazing content! Su Ke is a monster and I've been following his work for a long time now... Brandon is a master of his craft too and the way he manages to grab the illustrations and enhance the visual appeal of it, is just pure good taste! Luv u guys!
The line between a good and bad art director is how they can see the final image from the messy dirty sketches and thumbnailing. I know that these guys are amazing right from minutes 10.
as a graphic designer and valorant player, my first impression is that you guys are so great when makes visual and from this game i have so much reference to pour it for my work especially the key visual and the concept design for the VCT, Masters, Ascension, etc. Keep the great works guys, look forward to another visual from this game 🤘 sorry for my bad english, greetings from Indonesia ✨
As an aspiring concept artist (eventually getting more into splash art like this) I cannot put into words how amazing this is. This is borderline life changing lol
this new art looks scary SICK. please make this into a new spinoff or a game update ❤
as someone who isnt interested in art at all these are still super interesting, I especially love when you talk about experiences, stories and thought processes, keep em comming!
Best content on youtube for sure! Love how it first feels like Brandon is just talking and suddenly there is already multiple awesome compositions! Definitely going to follow both of you!
this is so inspiring! been following Su Ke for a long time and seeing him do his work real time is soo cool! you can really see how passionate they are with their work. Powerful duo!
I can't believe its SUKEEEE!🔥
As an illustrator I love watching Dev's artwork nothing is more motivating than see em' work please upload more of these 🥺❤️🙌🏻✨
Great vibe. Really rare but love to see two talented artists, each a master in his own field, simply collaborating on one project, throwing ideas around and motivating each other.
OMGONGOMGONG IVE WAITING FOR A VIDEO W THESE TWO ICONS. Like holy fuk ive been stalking Suke fo so long just in awe of his work
You both have wonderful chemistry, and it's so wholesome to see both of you work on this art together. I really hope to see more things like this, since I love seeing pros and their work style.
omg i just marathoned this series yesterday im so happy to see a new episode!!
I bundle up and binge each and every riot games video and article that comes out. I've been inspired to make illustrations for League for the longest time and plan on applying to Riot Games in 2 years! Please never stop making these incredible videos; you inspire millions.
ive always admire suke's art and thought he was godly but now i see how wholesome and cute the man behind those godly arts. his support and fan-like attitude towards brandon are the most wholesome shit ive seen. "james lee should be lucky to work w u!" oh u sweet thing u
BEEN WAITING FOR THIS AHHH
As an artist myself this was so cool to see! Definitely need more chill content like this!
Followed both their work for a while, nice to see the colab
Absoluetly Love this.!!! Seeing their process and listening to how the idea is developing in their head is soooo inspiring. Thank u Riot. More of this please.
love this episode,very cool to see Suke explain his working thought
Not only this video is a true gem but i'm so glad that you made this choice of editing. Keeping it simple, without music makes it really close to a podcast and so you can listen to your own music at the same time. Thx !
Absolutely love seeing these! Everything you guys put out is amazing and it's always a treat to see the process behind the content
Ciao Riot Games il vostro video mi è piaciuto tantissimo Non vedo l'ora di vedere altri prossimi nuovi video Grazie a presto
plz make more videos like this!!! it's fascinating to see the process of riot artist making great art
i like this series. idk i f they'll see this but i hope they make how they make videos. like their music video, transitions, trailers, compositions are sooo good. how the artist think when to make slow motion or anything thought process related to making videosand all
You have some of the best artists in the world and I hope you do more of these videos ❤
Suke my goat
this makes me so happy as someone who enjoys these games and is interested in possibly working in game illustration
Thank you for making this Riot! It's awesome to have a glimpse of the creative workflow, really valuable for a lot of artist and designers.
Thank you for this video. Didn't know you had uploaded it, was shocked to see masters Su Ke and Brandon. I've been following them for a long while on insta and am in awe of their collaborative works and it really shines here in their interactions. So awesome to see when they both check out each other's works and how it influences the direction of their art. I wasn't 100% sure exactly what role they both played in the visdev of Val until i watched this very educational video, and i need to say that Brandon's vision as an artist is so important. I'm an animation student and aspiring key artist/visdev and i've worked in tandem before with clever minds who had very different skills but amazing ideas and it allowed us to push out projects that i'm super proud of. I see this dynamic in the both of them here, it's really cool. Keep up the great work.
PLEASE do more videos like this! This was amazing! So inspiring!!! 🙌🏽🥰
LEGION OF DOOM! Two of the Greatest to ever do it!!
@Gphdigz
7 ай бұрын
😁
It's been so long, I'm so happy they made this
More videos like this
Thank you so much for producing this!!! So enjoyable to see the design process behind the art team.
i just love this type of videos! Make more of these with other creative specialists working on Valo
i love this kind of videos, as a 3d modeler, i have always been interested in working on a game industry like Riot, i love playing Valorant and LOL, this video really inspired me , one day ill work hard enough to get into this industry.
This is soooo sick I love this!!! Love seeing the work flow & how they feed off each other!!! More of these pls ❤️🔥
ACTUALLY W content. thank you rito
Yoooo a zombie apocalyptic mode for Valorant is a big concept. Please make it come true so that we explore what agents do or look on the midst of the end of the world
make more please!!! i learned so much from this!
YES! Please more on Graphic Design and Motion Graphics
Please make more of these! Vey interesting to watch.
I LOVE IT! Thanks for sharing about valorant art style. I really love it! ❤❤
the artists are all so amazing. its so impressive how well they are able to come up with ideas on the spot, and even collab with one another. Kind of intimidating that this is what I want to do. But im determined on just getting better everyday
@CalebRoenigk
6 ай бұрын
If seeing this is exciting to you, you already have the passion you need to get to where these people are! Remember that these two are artists that have been working in the field for a while and are objectively operating near the top of their field! You can get there if you work hard and chase what excites you!
More of this! This is so cool!
Awesome Stuff Do this whenever you can! This is pure gold.
I LOVE YOUR ARTS❤
Such an Awesome work! Awesome People!
inspiring. thanks for sharing brandon, su ke! I will definitely try to follow in your footsteps.
One word I can say about this, Beautiful.
THIS WAS AMAZING TYTYTY
por favor, por mais vídeos assim. o que mais amo na Riot é o quanto vocês nos INSPIRAM, inspiram em sermos jogadores, torcedores fanáticos, futuros atletas no e-Sport, então por favor nos inspirem com a grandeza da arte de vocês para nós Artistas!!
This content is very helpful to my final project in college. I'm writing about Raze, your design and how she represent the people in Brazil. Please do more videos like this :D
Absolutely loved this
This was a really cool watch, I always love seeing how the art team put things together🙂
"Show transform control" is ticked. Love this dude 👌
amazing! Thank you a lot for the video! Please do more of that!
this is just super fascinating to watch!
i love thiss !!! the showcase of process is really motivating
Truly enjoyed this!
Please make more of this!
Love it so much!! I really like this kind of videos, it help me a lot. Amazing!! Gracias por traer este tipo de contenido, me inspira mucho.
I really love content like this!! ❤ please keep going
thanks for this visual treat
진짜 최고의 일러스트레이션 튜토리얼❤❤❤
So good 🧟♀️🧟🧟♂️
yooo my boy suke is so awesome, i envy his art style so much
Sooo cool to see
Love the art! Give me big L4D vibes, can definitely see the inspiration you guys took from past zombie games.
Thank you for this ❤
YESSS MORE ART CONTENT
i really learn a lot from just one video this is amazing i love the art style and the tips
As a growing artist, this was very, very interesting. Thank you for making this video! I'm really looking forward to some more 🙌
thank you for this content riot 😩😩
wow.. so cool work, some insights, background. I like this format 🤩
These videos like this really inspired me to make art and games I really would like if riot brang back a series like how to do game design Loved it
SuKe looks so much like Steven Yeun. I cant get the image off my head lmao
Oh to be a fly in the wall of SU KE’s office and just watch him draw all day 😭❤️❤️❤️
loved it! do it moree!!!
These videos are awesome
more of these please
more content like this, this is cool and inspiring
sooo cool, pls do more like that
Thank you for this video! i really learned a lot from this kind of video please keep making this type of video!
이런 영상 너무 좋습니다.. 게임도 좋아하지만, 발로란트 특유의 비주얼을 좋아하는데 앞으로도 이런 영상이 많아졌으면 좋겠네요!!!!!! 감사합니다!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Como um artista no começo da carreira, isso é muito inspirador!
I have to say the advise at 18:52 is invaluable and I can say it applies to alot of different fields.
As a Visual Designer I did the same thing as Brandon. After one and a half years, I'm happily working in an indie video game studio, looking to grow even more as a Visual Designer and UI Designer!
i don't play valorant i don't have pc but i hope i do. but i'm glad clicking on this video. hearing the artists experiences and background really an eye opener for me. it really motivates me. i'm currently studying graphic designer too. still have a long way to go.
This is awesome