Yanah: A League Of Legends Character Concept

I've recently gotten very in tune with trying to master rendering out various materials such as cloth, metal and stone. Paired with recent practice I've gotten in trying to create more dynamic poses, and my love of Riot Game's League Universe, I made my own character.

Truth be told, I had a reatively vague idea of what I wanted her to look like, and where I wanted her to be from : Ionia. The motifs and design choices made for Ionian characters has always been a point of inspiration for me. Using those as a starting point, I tried to focus my efforts on letting my imagination do the rest of the work. I wanted a character that could be viewed as alluring, playful but also deadly. She has a certain air of mystery hiding behind her wink and smile that I really wanted to capture. I do have some ideas around what her story could be and her role in Ionia as a whole, which I can explore when I revisit the character.

I am gradually seeing improvement in some of my rendering as well as the design choices I have been making around my illustrations that I am quite proud of! There's definitely room for improvement. But for now, I'll take a minute to take in my progress.