/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

>>4581082
your art. bitch

make your own IP

>>4581082
>tfw anon considers league and fortnite style drawings real video game illustrations

>tfw anon's whole gaming history encompasses 3 online games and western indies

like pottery

>>4581082
Damn that’s good

>>4581082
>Only Nintendo and some indie games differ

>>4581082
>thinking this is bad

Look, is another NGMI complaining because he Will never be that good.

>>4581082
Yeah, it gets boring after a while. Lots of blue and purple, energy coming out of the eyes, fangs, claws, mist, edgy poses... The technical aspect is awesome, though.

OP's thread backfiring

>>4581268
So cheesy

>>4581082
pyw

>>4581082
Your words are so true, look at all the failed concept artists getting mad

>>4581263
>claws
yeah whats up with the claws obsession, now that I think about it most of those splash art have claws kek
the 3 leagues drawing in this thread for exemple

>>4581263
And the same lighting in every single one.

>>4581289
>concept art
Anon, I...

>>4581268
Alex Flores is my favorite league artist. He makes the best splash art imo. I think he's the one who made the new voli splash but I can find confirmation anywhere.

>>4581281

>>4581281

>>4581304
so thats his name.
thanks anon

>>4581312
Yes, he didn't post bloodmoon aatrox to his artstation but he is the artist.
https://www.artstation.com/alexflores

>>4581299
It's the same soulless shit

>>4581322
My boy dont miss. Whew.

If anything is soulless in that game, its the in game character models and client

>>4581082
If anything is soulless in that game, its the in game character models and client

Pic related is when it had more S O U L

>>4581340
Wrong, pic related is when the game was at peak S O U L

I like Jessica Oyhenart but Suke mades better splash arts imo.

>>4581340
I miss the old Halloween map skin Summoner's Rift had. That was peak aesthetic.

>>4581399
Unironically better than kayles new splash

>>4581304
The absolute unit

>>4581441
new kayle splashart is a masterpiece. but i guess this board settles for mediocrity

>>4581082
>viDyA sTyLe

>>4581187
>3/4th shadow blob monster with blue ambient light and flashy saturated highlight with monstrous simplified details and mediocre rendering
Once again I am reminded why I should not come here

>>4581304
Looks good though, love the texture

>>4581473
Not him but I disagree. Shitty design aside, the other artwork felt more dynamic in terms of composition. New one is done very well but less interesting imo

>>4581473
>>4581399
Genuinely compare these 2 and dare tell me the original isn't infinitely better

>>4581473
lol what the fuck is that bimbo face

>>4581082
some of these illustrations go for $20k, it's crazy.

I think sixmorevodka earns the most for them.

not all of art has to be about soul, it's about craftsmanship as well.

>>4581304
He's great, but nowhere near Suke's level. Undisputed best artist of League

>>4581473
No you

>>4581602
ok this one's based

This is what appeals to normies

The lesson here is that Blizzard is and has always been soulless normiebait poison, and its descendants inherit the taint.

>>4581732
This, i don't think the problem are the illustrators per se, but rather the idiots behind the writing of those soulless and stupid characters, most of them only worth for waifu material.

>>4581082
You're right.

Kill yourself OP

Love, Hate aside, What is giving them "that look"
Is it because they're working off of 3d models?

>>4581902
it all looks 2000s era ca photoshop. shitty textures, rendering, lighting that doesn't even try to be painterly.

>>4581902
It's making gradients with their programs equivalent of the smudge tool and not leaving any texture. Perfect gradients with no texture make your brain think of specific materials but the artist is depicting an entire scene of objects and figures with that textureless gradient look.

Using textures to indicate different materials and letting the viewers brain blend gradients from visible paint strokes is much more effective. Like this image >>4581602

>>4582222
Wrong. Its an emphasis on high contrast value and edgework

>>4581082
It's so fucking obvious when you see a splashart for a game. Pic related is a DD btw.

The League cardgame has some pretty nice art.

>>4583165
yeah sixmorevodka it's an fine ass artist

OP's picture is not an illustration

>>4583182
It's an art-studio, lol

>>4581082
You can fuck right off if you're trying to say the art in League isn't good, have you seen Legends of Runeterra's card art??? Some of the best art I've seen from a video game.

>>4581082
I don't think you know too much about video games, Anon.

>>4583221
Oh wow, a 20 year old game's art. Sure got BTFO. Retard.

>>4581082
Fuck off tradcrab. Nobody cares about your floating loomis heads

>>4581082
You must be the same guy that complained about Mobile game art and that thread about styles you hate.
The fuck is wrong with you? I had never seen anyone complaining about it, in fact I see it as my goal.
The day I'm able to do somehtthing like Pic related I'd have met my goal of being a true pro. If I use it or not, that's a different thing, as I prefer doing 2d Manga drawings.
But I look at that picture and appreciate the skill. It's not especially attractive BUT it's semi realism and works well inside those universes.

>>4583627
After reading the entire thread I might agree with you, OP. If you specifically mean that
>Darkened edgy character with gkowy energy
... Yeah perhaps it's been overdone to death.

Semi realism IS fun. This is one of my favorite illustrations.
Not this one, wtf? >>4581399
The one I'm posting is the true Kayle old art and I liked it more. Also I think Annie or the fish had very creative and cool looking splash arts.
Old Mordekaiser, I really loved his art and he got the homogeneous treatment and is now another darkened character with glowy ghost energy

The thing I love about Suke's splash art is how he paint her ultimate.
The one you post is cool tho, but there's nothing more than she just flaying.
I like this too.

I'm just a Kayletard ngl.

>>4583856
God that's so cool I hadn't seen it.
But yeah it means this style can be appealing but they ran out of originality

>>4583934
Yeah, look at the mobiles mobas art, those are souless. You can't tell what game is because even the game is a souless rip-off.

>>4583218
>some of the best art i've seen
normie taste detected

"soulless" is just a stupid word. Are you guys only able to rely on buzzwords because you can't admit it's something you just don't personally like or some shit?

>>4584006
ur're soulless for not understand soul

>>4583976
mobile-esque art needs to die

>>4581399
Always loved the way this artist renders metal.

>>4584006
'Soulless" is a cope from here, and it's whatever - it's no better or worse than the word salad mental masturbation in the "fine art" world these days. I just ignore it, if that word pops up I know it's safe to disregard and move on, because it's someone viewing things through the lens of /ic's memes.

>>4584028
That new one looks actually cool to me. I like the circular frame on it and the crispy clean wings.
But there's such a thing as being overpolished I guess. Legends of Runeterra I feel has a ton of wasted art, every little Mook has that same level of detail, it should be reserved to only champions so they stand out more.

>>4583523
>video game art sucks
>no you can't show me art from THAT sort of game!
What is even the point of this thread.
Never mind, I shouldn't have expected any sort of coherent or worthwhile discussion from 4chan.

>>4581602
How can you be this good at and still fuck up basic things like the perspective on her glove

>>4581082
I agree that it looks like shit, op. It all looks the same.

>>4584143
You fucking idiot.

soul
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noun: soul; plural noun: souls

1.
the spiritual or immaterial part of a human being or animal, regarded as immortal.
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"in the depths of her soul, she knew he would betray her"
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2.
emotional or intellectual energy or intensity, especially as revealed in a work of art or an artistic performance.
"their interpretation lacked soul"

>>4581082
Stuff like that is why I started drawing. I love these and you pretentious asshole can go fuck yourself.

>>4585262
no, you should go fuck yourself. stop flooding the world with soulless crap.

nobody gonna mention kienan? he's the reason I got into art

>>4585284
forgot pic

>>4584232
Try harder sweetie.

>>4581082
>Is there any hope in getting to be an illustrator without doing tacky shit like this?
What would you do if the answer is negative? Succumb to paint tacky shit? Give up on painting?
You made this thread to bitch about something you can do nothing against. Just ignore it and focus on art you actually care about. Threads like this should have 0 replies.

>>4585284

The only Defence of the Overwatch League artist that doesn't trigger my urge to vomit. He doesn't render until everything looks pixar-plastic, and he backs off on the dull semirealism into an appealing anime-inspired style /w strong lines and shape appeal.

Also, the fuck is up with all the multicolored orbs, flames, and other light-producing agglomerations of shifty looking energy? Is it really convenient to make that effect in game engines or something? If this is an artist-led trend someone please make them stop.

>>4581082
>Vidya style
>95% of the thread is LoL
We get it, you're hardstuck silver. Play something that isn't a moba, pretty sure GTAV is still free

>>4581082
pyw

>Ree high rendered soulless
>SOULLESS SOULLESS SOULLESS

>>4585217
If you looked at how /ic/ uses it, it is nothing more than 'I don't like it and I can't explain why'.

>>4581564
These numbers just get higher and higher and higher, and I have never, ever seen any concrete evidence or proof that Riot pays $20k for these shitty splash illustrations. The only sources I've ever seen have always, always been from anonymous people on art forums such as /ic/.

It's like a bad game of telephone, where someone originally said they laid $1-3k (which is reasonable), and then someone said 4k for dumb dramatic effect, then another said 5k, then 7k, .etc until were here now, at $20k. Just stop.

>>4586344
$3K is industry standard. Magic pays $1 because they're cheap and they cancelled the only artist who demanded $3K.
Not all of Riot's artists are good but they don't get extra money deals like playmats and shit so I'd guess $2.5K for the asian nobodies and $3.5K for popular american artists.

>>4584179
It looks bland and boring. Left looks much more dynamic and the anatomy isn’t fucked like on the right

>>4586898
>Say's it's more dynamic and has better anatomy and doesnt say where or why
>implying left's ribcage and lack of organs is anatomically correct.

While I wouldn't call them "bad" they do feel a little samey at times. Like they all came from the same game.

>>4583976
bro thats mobile legends bang bang that game is way better than league

>>4586918
anon the right sure demonstrates a better experience by having them behind a layer of garment

>>4587388
So clothes are a crutch?

>>4581473
you better be sarcastic

>>4586931
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>>4584028
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>>4581082
Entirely regardless of subjective or objective quality, did anyone do a matter of fact guide to symbolism in those mobile game/free to play artworks? Because they all follow similar rules. Transparent blue strings and smoke symbolize magic, characters always need to channel their blue magic dust/fog/strings in their hand optional holding your hand in front of your face.
It's like how you can make style guides for medieval art, because they had very clear cut ideas of how things are to look like and what concepts or ideas they represent.

>>4588182
>symbolism
nigger, not everything needs a meaning, we humans make almost everything using our hands, why would magic be different? Congratulation, you could notice some similarities, now do something in premier and think for more than 2 seconds on something. Humans have a high density of nerves in our hands, eyes, mouth and crouch area. Because of that we can experience and interact with our surrounding world better using those body parts. Babies feels the need to touch everything, look at everything, and put everything they can get their hand on in their mouth because of this. Its a subconscious process. Isolate a couple at birth, not to interact with any other living thing, and they will eventually figure out sex, without seeing it anywhere. Why? Because of some symbolic divine god making stuff happen? No. Because we have a lot of nerves there and when we communicate we try to use the most rich pathways to do so. Sooner or later they will touch those areas and notice the amount of information their brain receives is higher than when touching somewhere else on the body, so are going to touch it more, trying to figure it out, eventually they will notice if they do certain stuff it feels good, and they will try to feel good until they eventually discover sex.

Nothing has a hidden meaning, stuff happens because of how are body is build. Trying to find meaning beyond that is trying to pick at straws., is trying to make yourself more important by figuring something "beyond the scene". All the religions created around the world is ppl trying to explain why stuff happens, or how it should happen. Its just the words of some old fucks who made some good discoveries about the human nature, but could not explain them directly because 90% of ppl are stupid, so they just explained it by summoning a higher authority. Basically, because I said so.

Come anon, I know you can make it. Otherwise I wouldnt have bothered wasting my time writing. Think a little more.

>>4588238
Thanks for taking the time to type that wall of text, but you kinda missunderstood my post.
I wasn't asking for symbolism as in - "hidden meaning", I was asking for symbolism in the true meaning of the word - cliches or tropes (to put it into stupid people words). Stuff that is shared between all those images and always means the same thing. Mages always form a blue ball of translucent mist - which always means magic. None of those images differ from an internal logic that has been established already, but never properly written down. The viewer immediately recognizes the translucent blue mist as magic, because he's been conditioned to do that. In itself translucent blue mist means nothing.

Characters always stand in certain poses that symbolize their class (warrior, mage, etc).

It's stuff that the viewer just accepts as a given, because he's so used to it, yet nobody has ever made a comprehensive list of easy fantasy illustration tropes - despite them being as formulaic as medieval art.

>>4588252
Somebody who is good at punching will be in a position ready to punch, somebody good at clawing will be a position ready to claw. Somebody who is ready to fireball you looking like he is holding something, because thats what we humans are good at, holding and trowing stuff. You cant draw a magician casting without a lightshow, because they will look like a buffoon. To be taken seriously their actions need to have an effect on the real world, but if you draw magic too real, it wont be called magic. So you need to find the inbetween. Light doesnt effect on objects, but it can be observed, so its the thing to go for when wanting to show something is magical. And light colors are just a taste thing. Blue is usually chosen because few living thing have that color, and because we notice it in nature in stuff which we humans can capture using our body, air and water. Magic is supposed to be something most cant grasp, and water and air are the definition of that, are the thing we are most familiar with when talking about objects which cant be hold in our hands. And thats the benchmark, because thats what our subconscious is thinking about, what it can and cant do with our body. Character design is all about communicating the viewer what that character is able to do. Ask yourself what that character should be able to do, how being able to do that will change his body/ posture, and you got your character design. Nobody is going to write a book on stuff our brain does by default in his subconscious, because most of the time we are not aware we are doing it. Thats why its called subconscious.And thats why everybody accepts it as a given, because our subconscious is the one who actually accepts it.

>>4588279
>cant capture using our body

>>4588279
You're overthinking this. It's more like
>boss comes in
>i want this to look exactly like X (insert other videogame)
and then you draw something that comes as close as legally possible.
That's all. It's a artistic game of telephone and nobody is trying to reinvent the wheel. And by such a certain language of symbols and forms was created that signal to the viewer what type of character he's lookin at. Its a completely seperate symbol language from earlier fantasy illustration though, that's why it would be interesting to capture some of the inherent derivative symbolism and make a comprehensive list.