Nick Oei
@Nickwheee
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Concept Artist Prev: Riot Games | Hi-Rez, Volta He/him Personal account, All thoughts/opinions are my own 🇦🇺 🇮🇩
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Being part of the layoffs suck but I've got a lot of work under my Belt and am looking for positions in the US (Remote)/LA that can sponsor my visa! 5 years in Concept art and 2 in Art management. I also love working people! Im Australian if that affects any decisions!
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Battle Academia Taliyah! This one was one of my favourite big projects to work on and It was also my first time giving a shot at splash art. More stuff to come soon on it. Happy to chat about it, lemme hear your thoughts!
#ArtofLegends
#LeagueOfLegends
#Taliyah
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Well I'm impacted, if anyone needs a concept artist in the LA area with 7 years experience with 2 years of managerial experience included
Minutes ago, we shared an important update with Rioters about the future of Riot Games. Here’s what these changes mean for our games and what players can expect from us going forward:
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Yesterday officially marked my last day at Riot. 5 years ago in this photo, for young me it was a dream job and more, then it became my reality for 3. It’s time for a new concept art journey though and I cant help but be excited even if it’s scary. Looking for new roles!
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Haven’t posted LoL for a good while so my first LoL post in a while is gonna be a shitpost, here is Beenekton
#ArtofLegends
#LeagueOfLegends
#Renekton
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Finished piece. Channeled my inner Capcom designer while working on this character, I'm gonna name the girl and otter Yuying and Xiaohe respectively.
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This is Amelia, a Hextech conductor from Piltover (my fave facton). 2 years old but I still love her project, lots of fond memories were made during it
An original character using origami as a design method and the davinci-esque hextech.
#ArtofLegends
#LeagueOfLegends
#Piltover
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I did a thingy for a thing. Glad everyones liking the new Inkshadow skinline! I got to do Volibear's in game and VFX concepts. Also a rough early sketch of this design
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I was involved in lots of early development of HoL's visuals and HoL Leblanc (Final files in the future). Glad to have gotten to be on it and play my role as a big lover of e-sports, Faker, and T1 the last 10 years. Thanks to all the artists and teams involved. T1 Fighting!!
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Arcade Bard! this project has a bunch of deliverable behind it with an in-game view, VFX, explorations. There's just too much for one tweet😭Full process over here at . More stuff to come soon!
#LeagueOfLegends
#ArtofLegends
#Bard
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More studies, 1hr vs 30 min, felt like I was a bit too messy/unorganised in thinking in the 1st one so i tried a new method and tried to think a bit more carefully in the 2nd one
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#PortfolioDay
Hi I'm Nick! I'm a Character Concept Designer and Concept Art Lead. I've been in the industry for a hot minute and was recently at Riot Games for a while! I love sketching, cooking, Warhammer and people :D
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Explorations on LoL's 2024 Anima Squad. Leona was my assignment for in game but unfortunately I won't be posting rough work of that. That said I loved this thematic and certainly felt comfy and fun to work on. Will be posting more of the other character's explorations soon!
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Lucky enough to be able to work on Akali’s skin for DRX, as an LCK fan and Akali player i had a lot of fun! In-game, Explorations and VFX concepts~
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More content from my Arcade Bard project in my previous tweet, this time we're having a closer look at the things which made the final product possible. VFX, colour iterations, design exploration for both Bard and the meeps!
#ArtofLegends
#LeagueOfLegends
#Bard
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Finished my portrait of Lynn. Tried to do something a different from what I usually draw/paint. I really liked working on this piece and had to really restrain myself from overworking it, its a piece im happy to end the year with. Happy Holidays! Timelapse in thread (1/2)
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Another rough concept exploration done for Anima Squad 2024. This is a goofy idea done more so for fun and far from the final product which was executed beautifully. At this stage of the Concept Jam everyone was rapid firing ideas every day. Squirrelaphine
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HOLY MOLY, thanks for all the kind words and the follows it feels amazing to see all this support. Here's the process for BA! I'll be uploading some timelapses soon
#LeagueOfLegends
#ArtofLegends
#Taliyah
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I don't know where to start, so much out pour of support after the layoffs here at Riot Games. I hope I got to everyone I know, if not know the support has been important to me. I know now my worth as a person more than just an artist, more than just a Rioter. Thank you - Nick
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Redesign sketches of my two superhero/supervillain couple characters Lynn and Cyrus. I still need to redesign their super suits after this.
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Now here's a throwback, this was a couple years ago my FIRST ever fanskin this was when I was really getting into LoL and realised I could work towards it as a career. Galio was my main cause of Faker's 2017 performance back then.
#ArtofLegends
#LeagueOfLegends
#Galio
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I got to work on an early exploration for Choo Choo Ornn’s ideation! This was such a fun design to work on and I know it was something fans and myself really wanted to see
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Final Files I can show for my contributions towards and HoL Leblanc. As a big e-sports fan I'm glad to have been able to help on the concept art side of things. I tried my best to include everything in homage to Faker himself. Thank you.
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Todays 1hr study, focused more on design, proportions and focal point rather than full on painting. I think I gotta do these in shorter time with more volume to understand fashion a lot better.
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Thread for my in game and splash timelapse. I've had a few people ask about my painting process and these are it, it is a timelapse so some info might be lost but feel free to ask any questions I'll do my best to answer them! (1/2)
#ArtofLegends
#LeagueOfLegends
#Taliyah
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Repost! Got to work on Primal Ambush Talon! A lot of cool inspiration being able to look at my own culture!
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I got better at posing, anatomy, personality and just general design it seems... Feels really subtle but when I look at all the other aspects of my current work compared to the average of my old ones I've definitely gotten more solid.
Artists, QRT with your improvement in 5 years!
I got better at design but lazier at rendering.
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Had a small part of being able to contribute to the new Blood Moon line in League of Legends! Here's an exploratory sketch of Blood Moon Zed. Unfortunately right at the moment when I got into a nasty accident. Amazing work from everyone who brought it to life!
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Hey there! After the layoffs I've updated my pf and resume, please contact me here, Artstation or LinkedIn for deets! I'm on a timer with my Visa BUT I have 7 years experience in concept art, 2+ of those years spent as an Art Lead/Manager at Riot.
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Hi, figuring personal art stuff, pushing work art, learning to be okay where im at, very slowly enjoying personal art again, got into a pothole related accident, ᵈʳᵉᵃᵐᶦⁿᵍ ᵃᵇᵒᵘᵗ ˢᵗʳᵉᵃᵐᶦⁿᵍ ᵃᵍᵃᶦⁿ ᶦⁿ ᵗʰᵉ ᶠᵃʳ ᶠᵘᵗᵘʳᵉ, bye
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Fanart of Darius, this was a fun spontaneous one working on it got to just zip the pen around thanks to the shapes. We're gonna catch up to my more recent work eventually and I'm EXCITED~ full process
#ArtofLegends
#LeagueOfLegends
#ArtofLegends
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Here’s their finished designs! Lynn and Cyrus A.K.A Valor and Reave. A pair of a heroine and villain who are unknowingly in a relationship as civilians.
Gonna be exploring them more hopefully. Redesigned OCs from 6 years ago and they GLOWED up, old art to come soon~
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Finished with Lynn's civilian character sheet design! you can really ZOOOOM. I'm genuinely really happy with how she turned out here!🐦✨ Lynn and her little robot bird "App-0" pronounced "Appo" like apple. Still have to do her super suit and her partner Cyrus's sheet after this.
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It's been a hot minute since I've done personal work! Those studies i did of pumpkins did amount to something! Here's a for fun lil character I was working on recently. 🌟Pumpkin Sparks🌟
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One last one before the big one, which WILL be LoL. I know I have quite a few Taliyah stans following me so LOOK FORWARD TO THAT TOMORROW. For now, Lunar Queen, this was where I started out the process of learning a new method of colouring
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Whew good progress in a couple hours, managed to narrow down to these four and do some more rendering
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Calling this done, need to stop staring at sunflowers for a bit.
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Character Design Homework Deadline Tonight https ://twitch.tv/nickwheee :monkaS:
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Designed my friend
@evynfong
as a Pokemon trainer! This was fun, I might do more of these, nice and relaxing.
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So after a good while, finally it is done. Hot-spring Saga, a very personal project. A group of workers from a hotspring who venture out to gather materials to keep things going well. Big thanks to @/Tck___Tck for a lot of feedback on their designs! hi-res
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I'm excited to say that I just finished my Denewb and am joining Riot Games as a concept lead on LoL. This still stays a personal account. I'm hyped and humbled to be joining a team of amazingly talented people and to learn a lot 😊
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Lotta new peeps! I ought to introduce myself again. I’m Nick! I’m a concept lead, I like linework, character design, streaming and maaybe painting, sometimes. I draw my top OCs a lot and also the guy you know as “Oh you’re the Battle Academia Taliyah guy” even at work 😂
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Cool I get to post these now~ some work from mid early last year working with
@HiRezStudios
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@SMITEGame
was a great experience
#smitegame
#Mulan
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Breath of Fire IV redesign with inspiration from Indonesia. I took a lot of inspiration from various parts of my cultural roots. I looked at so many things for these Wayang Kulit for proportion during style dev, corals, sea life, birds. More to come.
#BreathofFire
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some rough creature/robot stuff idk from tonights stream pulling shapes from my tropical personal project
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So yeah i had a lot of fun with this! Thanks @/druzsea for making an amazing meme template. Got to study a few things at the same time. This was very cute to draw. I dont do this sexy stuff very often tho :v
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So here’s one of my unfinished failures, these thumbnails were done back during Senna’s release, was a frustrating piece that I was not able to pull off whats in my head. At this point I was not as proficient an illustrator either
#ArtofLegends
#LeagueOfLegends
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Here's the splash art timelapse, a lot of referencing for this and planning as well. Of course we can't forget Ezreal getting punted was super fun to do lol
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Oof, these are remnants of what was supposed to be Odyssey Jayce (who I should still come back to). This was quite old and actually was working on right before and as I got hired to work for some stuff with Riot. I can do better now i hope.
#ArtofLegends
#LeagueOfLegends
#jayce
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I guess since the skin I posted I have the responsibility to post this meme paintover I did of it, since someone brought up the pants. Also I'll be doing an art dump over the next couple weeks or so, mostly recent-ish to old work of mine, hope you'll enjoy it!
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another poster for a not yet existing story, put together parts of their sheets since i purposely mirrored it all in those two sheets
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Jattix, This is basically the last old big project left over on my artstation. The cusp of getting inspired by LoL and trying to create my own crystal powered version of Piltover. Also the name I frequently use for games :p. 2 years flies by fast
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Whew most of my portfolio is League stuff haha and I'm still working on my new original project which I do have some wips on my profile but anyways
#PortfolioDay
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Amelia's development, a thread. Some stuff only a few people have ever seen, some never uploaded. I had a friend suggest actual origami as a design method as much as possible considering the theme was already origami. I'm still mad I didn't take a pic of the unicorn (1/3)
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So here's a timelapse of another painting process for this particular process/style of colouring of mine! Hope you guys enjoy surprise guest appearance by me for reference purposes 😬
#Overwatch
#Tracer
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Hello world, I'm back on twitter. I'm going to try my best to post and use twitter more actively. So here's some work I did for Riot, Captain Volibear. The final result was amazing thanks to the team at Riot for all the feedback and bringing it to life
#LeagueOfLegends
#volibear
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Medabots collab with
@kaouruart
He did an amazing impromptu Medabots version of my OC Valor, so I did her counterpart Reave. Thanks you so much for doing this together Karl.
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Turned my characters into Pokemon trainers! Studying the Pokemon style actually taught me a lot about how I could better simplify my shading and shapes.
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Professional Office Ninja Rai, tried a new way of finishing with this piece which did not rely on my lineart
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Late night 1hr timed study, I think my main screen is a lot more saturated than my tablet
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After a while here’s another worldbuilding sketch. With a 3ish month gap from the first. My hiatus from streaming was filled with a lot of studies and burnout (kinda still). Im finally drawing stuff i like again and learning paid off
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scratch that story part (for now). Finally done with this piece! Im very happy with this one in terms of mood, colour, their new designs for both civillian and super costumes. Special thanks @/crownsforkings for the feedbacks!
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Well, this was kinda fun, redrawing an almost 10 year old OC. I’ll have to put some proper time into redesigning her as I go. I need a good name for her...
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Cyrus's civillian character sheet!, now i need to design their super suits :p
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Finished comic! With and without graphics, i made it to the end despite the pain and with good results too! got a lot of great feedback from friends! See if you can spot some cool stuff!
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Some sketcharoonies, some sort of dragon based village civilisation
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Full body version of my prev post, debating if i finish colouring or not
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Reup of a couple things after cleaning a few things up but here's the full pixel art of the other forms, Check out this past post for the full body render if you haven't seen it!
#MegaManZero
#MegaMan
#pixelart
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After a couple days of hardcore referenced studies here's some from imagination Ryuko drawings from Kill La Kill
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WIP and a bit of an update. Havent been streaming again for a while since I've been super busy, also my PC is busted 🥲so I've just been fully focused on work before the holidays.
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Helloooooooo, I'll be at Lightbox Expo this year!
I'll be doing Portfolio Reviews at 12:30pm-1:30pm and help manning Riot's booth
#1216
on Saturday at 9:45am-12pm!
Come say hi!!
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Fun lil comic, drawings a bit on the messy side but still funny. Source below
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Babies 2nd shot at animating, focused on key frames. Ryuko Matoi kick animation exercise, tried to apply more principles and feedback i learnt from class last week including better arcs and follow through from before. Stills in reply
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