Riot is streaming a behind the scenes look at bringing the art of Runeterra to life on May 29th at 10:00AM PST. You can find more details below and the stream itself.

Quote From Legends of Runeterra

We’re introducing #DrawWithRiot - a live art streaming series, taking you behind the scenes of Riot’s art and giving you the chance to meet some of our talented artists. Join in the fun on Friday, May 29 at 10 AM PST (6 PM BST) over at twitch.tv/riotgames.

You’ll witness cool concept art coming to life and be able to have your art questions answered by the pros. But that’s not all! We want to see what YOU can do too. At the end of the stream, we’re opening the gates to our #DrawWithRiot competition where you can send in your own variations of the art created during the stream until June 1, 2020.

What you can win!

There are 11 in-game Legends of Runeterra prizes up for grabs, including Epic wildcards, Champion wildcards and Expedition tokens, as well as one-on-one time with LoR Principal Concept Artist, Chris Campbell!

More detail about the prizes:

  • First Place – 1:1 video call with Principal Concept Artist, Chris Campbell, and 3 x Champion wildcards, Epic wildcards, Rare wildcards, Common wildcards and Expedition tokens
  • Second and Third Place – 3 x Epic wildcards, Rare wildcards, Common wildcards and Expedition tokens
  • Fourth through 10th Place – 3 x Rare wildcards, Common wildcards and Expedition tokens
  • The funniest submission- 3 x Expedition Tokens

We will choose winners based on creativity, originality and quality of artwork. The winners will be announced on June 20, 2020 at 10 AM PST (6 PM BST). Winners' works will be featured on @playruneterra social media accounts!

What is the submission process?

Once you have created your own artwork—whether sketched, painted or even cross-stitched—submit it via Twitter to @playruneterra, using the hashtag #DrawWithRiot. All entries must be submitted between 10 AM PST (6 PM BST) on 5/29/2020 and 3:59 PM PST (11:59PM BST) on 6/1/2020.

If you don’t tag @playruneterra and use the #DrawWithRiot hashtag, your entry won’t be counted, so make sure you do it right!

Also, all of our legal Terms & Conditions and more details can be found here.

Recap

Here was the process of designing the art shown in the stream.

 

Plus some bonus shots. One for reference of his ideas, one of pre-stream sketches of his ideas, and one for the color palette used for the drawing in the stream.

Notes

Legends of Runeterra Development

  • Ursine-Volibear-Poro mashup had been discussed as a possibility (and is the basis for the art drawn in the stream) .
  • Designers work ahead first (regions, VO, etc.), then art comes.
  • Followers designed to work thematically with champions.
  • Ursine Spiritwalker, Neverglade Collector, and Overgrown Snapvine were a few cards that he worked on.
  • The piece in the stream is not going to be in the game.
  • Concept art is drawn "for the most part".

Miscellaneous/Funny

  • Splash art takes "weeks worth of hours".
  • Chris's favorite champion is Braum.
  • Chris is S tier with Bard.
  • Skeezis's name originates from his dog's name, which itself originates from a comic.
  • Poros do not have bottom lips.
  • Chris has a cat named Huckleberry.
  • "Chonk" is the name given to this Poro by the chat.
  • Ornn was the most complicated champions to draw for LoL.
  • Chris would live in Freljord if he were to live in Runeterra, but says that Piltover & Zaun would probably be the most "realistic" answer.
  • Freljord characters are "so terribly badass" that they don't need shirts.
  • Chris played Hearthstone before working on the LoR team.
  • Pyke had longer hair at one point. It was cut (no pun intended) for the sake of the game.