[Riot Art Contest] - Stanislav Valov

roddinthemighty

Update to the first post so the most important stuff stays on top. Tried to finish everything off a 2 days before the deadline in case anything bad happened. Here's a link to the final submission - https://vimeo.com/114838163

Pyroclasm:

Flash Frost:



I want to give this a shot and create some awesome effects for the game! I'm working on Anivia's [Q] Flash Frost and Brand's ultimate Pyroclasm.

This is my current progress. I'm using After Effects with various plugins (Videocopilot Element, Optical Flares, Trapcode Particular) to make the effects.





These are the initial versions, although they're missing wind-up and impact animations. Having played this game for years, I want to give some of the old school characters some love, but also stay true to the original animations.

The satisfaction that comes with landing these successfully, even though the other team is most likely trying to kill you quickly, is what is driving me to work on these spells.

More updates to come!

roddinthemighty

Here's another update on the Flash Frost! Added some wind-up animation, might remove some of the particles later on since the effect is getting a bit cluttered right now.

roddinthemighty

Upgrading Brand's Pyroclasm to make it feel more substantial. Again clutter with particles that will need clean up.



Any feedback would be appreciated, thanks!

roddinthemighty

Slowly starting to come together, added a small upward curve in the motion path, to emphasize that it will bounce between targets.

roddinthemighty

Having a ton of fun with this, it's getting a bit over the top with the flashy lights, but if everyone's gonna focus Brand, he should be able to go out with a bang!

Will try to make an example of how it jumps from target to target soon. Here's another update until then, with added impact.

roddinthemighty

Another update on the Pyroclasm, added a little cartoony ground texture and changed the trajectory slightly. Going back to the Flash Frost for the time being.

Bruno Afonseca

It looks good but it feels really gentle, maybe it should be more violent?

roddinthemighty

Thanks for the feedback, I see what you mean the little slowdown before the impact makes the movement more tame. Changed it slightly to make it faster. I'm also trying to keep the impact explosion a bit smaller and manageable, because if it's going to be jumping between targets don't want to blind people with just 1 spell, even if it's an ultimate.

Here's an update on the Flash Frost, I'm not a 100% happy with it just yet, will need to go through a few more iterations.

roddinthemighty

Here's an example of the Pyroclasm doing its thing. Almost done with it, now onto fixing the Flash Frost.

Will upload a summary of the workflow in After Effects soon as well.

roddinthemighty

An update to the Flash Frost, no more wave behind it leaving a trail and the new floor animation is meant to visualize the radius of the stun. Working on a proper wind-up.

roddinthemighty

Added a small build up animation, that doesn't change the tempo of the spell. Having watched Anivia's spell cast animation umpteen times, I think it'll work well with her little swoop when the spell is being cast. Here it is!