2023

Naafari

Role

Design, Look Dev, Animation

Client

Riot Games

Team

We Are Royale

Hounds of Iron Cinematic

Gaming

Narrative

Animation

Illustration

Overview

WAR was tasked with creating a trailer that establishes the lore and history behind the Naafiri character. Working alongside many artists to take on this visually crazy piece, I was tasked early in development with modelling of 3d assets including the Naafiri dagger, look development for the tomb, design/animation for various memories evolving eyes, and logo development.

Look Development // 1

The Tomb

Early in the iteration process I got to play around with what the tomb sequence could potentially look like. I played with a more illustrative look, playing with the idea that light is illuniating from our characters eyes, giving us a narrow tunnel of light throughout the corridors. While they ultimately didn't use this look for the final piece, I had a lot of fun with it.

Memories // 2

Throughout the peice there are various flashbacks hinting to moments in the characters past. We created a lot of artwork to sprinkle throughout, with myself focuing on moments featuring eye(ball) motifs - pivital to the characters reawakening moment.