<story><title>Arcane director of animation on how they did it</title><url>https://mashable.com/article/netflix-arcane-league-of-legends-animation</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>mdorazio</author><text>For those who haven’t seen it yet, Arcane really is beautiful to look at even if you don’t like LoL. It’s worth a watch just for the sheer level of art that went into many of the shots.&lt;p&gt;Unfortunately this article doesn’t provide much actual detail on the production process. From the descriptions here and watching the series, it seems to be what I’ll call “Borderlands on Steroids”. 3D camera, characters, and elements, but 2D matte paintings for backgrounds and hand-painted textures on everything to look pseudo-2D. The added 2D explosions and random elements are probably done in post. Great composition overall and very satisfying to watch.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>slx26</author><text>Seconding this. I&amp;#x27;ve never played LoL, and it has to be clearly said that the show is perfectly enjoyable without having any background. In fact, the plot twists will be more enjoyable if you know nothing about the game. So if anyone has doubts, seriously go watch this one. It&amp;#x27;s breathtakingly beautiful, but the story doesn&amp;#x27;t fall behind.</text></comment>
<story><title>Arcane director of animation on how they did it</title><url>https://mashable.com/article/netflix-arcane-league-of-legends-animation</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>mdorazio</author><text>For those who haven’t seen it yet, Arcane really is beautiful to look at even if you don’t like LoL. It’s worth a watch just for the sheer level of art that went into many of the shots.&lt;p&gt;Unfortunately this article doesn’t provide much actual detail on the production process. From the descriptions here and watching the series, it seems to be what I’ll call “Borderlands on Steroids”. 3D camera, characters, and elements, but 2D matte paintings for backgrounds and hand-painted textures on everything to look pseudo-2D. The added 2D explosions and random elements are probably done in post. Great composition overall and very satisfying to watch.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>calibas</author><text>Borderlands really shouldn&amp;#x27;t be the one getting credit for this art style. Codehunters was first: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;vimeo.com&amp;#x2F;7432584&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;vimeo.com&amp;#x2F;7432584&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>