Illustrated Musings of Evan Monteiro @artoflosingsleep - Tumblr Blog

Pridewarden

Firemind Prodigy | Monastery Birdkeeper | Nightmaw Priestess | Elder Egomancer From a series of dailies I did last year.

Ivern, The Green Father - Evan Monteiro

Painted for Riot games

#league of legends #ivern #illustration

Spectre - Evan Monteiro

Joyride - Evan Monteiro

Outpost Orphan

#Illustration #OC #poc #personal project

Elouisa, the Outpost Regulator

Part of a personal project I’m working on~

#OC #Illustration #illustrators on tumblr #telephoto #scifi

The Red Dog.

Mannnn I love to hate this dude.

#akainu #one piece #Illustration #illustrators on tumblr

An exploration for a personal project. A scifi desert shaman. Also my witchsona this year :p

#witchsona #oc #sandwitch

Illaoi, The Kraken Priestess Splash - Evan Monteiro

Painted for Riot Games

#League of Legends #LoL #champion #Illustration #riot games

hello! i'm planning to apply for the illustration internship at riot sometime, & having seen that you've made it - could I please ask a few questions? what is it like, working on splashes? what kind of experience do you need to get noticed, or is a good portfolio enough to land a spot? i have no art education of any kind, but I'm planning to work hard, time willing, to reach the required standard (& I have four years left so hopefully I'll stand a chance by then.) thanks so much for your time!

Hey! Your stuff’s pretty cool! Definitely keep it up. Working on splashes is pretty difficult honestly. Its fun and very rewarding, but time consuming and exhausting. Its a job I love waking up to every morning, but towards the end of a splash’s production I find myself feeling pretty drained. The early parts are my favorite parts for sure. When its about image making not problem resolution and refinement. It might just be that I prefer shorter form illustrations though!For someone with no art education though, you’re doing pretty fine! Just be open to learning as much as you can and dont use “style” as an excuse. Thats the biggest thing that hampers young artists from improving. Remember that a style is just the rules you choose to break! You’ve gotta learn and understand the rules before you can purposefully break them in your favor. For an internship, experience isnt valued as much as capability. Show that you are capable and you will get noticed. Focus on that. Spend a lot of time on that.

Also, paint from life at every moment you can! League art is stylized, sure, but it still uses the core tenants of illustration and life drawing.I highly recommend you read these three books cover to cover: Creative Illustration by Andrew Loomis, Framed Ink by Marcos Mateu and Color and Light by James Gurney. They are gold mines of information. Be an artist over a gamer. Understanding gaming culture and it’s industry is cool and important, but being good at the thing you want to do is much, much better for you in the long run. Good luck! Hope to see you in the industry one day.

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