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Taylor Jansen 👊 Concept Artist @ Riot Games for League of Legends (Skins). Thoughts/Tweets are my own. X no NFT X no AI X

Los Angeles, CA
Joined March 2014
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BREAKING: The U.S. government is suing Adobe. It's accusing the company of harming consumers by enrolling them in the most expensive subscription plans without clearly disclosing the huge early termination fees — fees that can reach hundreds of dollars.
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Original concept art for toy cho'gath. This is about 2 years old actually and was revived. The proportions here would not work in game, but the spirit was there
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Eclipse Knight Kayle is out so I wanna share some early concepts from the start. Kayle is always quite a beast to tackle so I tried to work from the most powerful down
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3 months
Get yourself a cho'gath that can do both
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1 year
good morning
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/tw naked cho'gath #PBESpam
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1 year
A little design detail I tried to incorporate is that the stretching sinew in the neck kind of imitates the window shapes of gothic architecture
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Elden Ring/Bloodborne Boss Cho'Gath is something I never even considered but HOLY SHIT this is incredible Extra kudos to @Medaforcer for FINALLY being able to work on a Cho skin after so long AND managing to sneak in the neck jaw thing, simply marvellous work
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3 years
Warwick channeling that old school rpg style I feel like
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1 year
These were my first sketches for Cho'gath in the new skinline :)
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4 years
Cosmic Nami is live! Here's some of my work from it. One thing I really wanted to make sure came through is the star freckles, but I guess they are hard to notice when everything is stars. Spaaace fiiish
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3 years
Ruined MF is out! I had the pleasure to design spooky shark from her recall animation. We affectionately called it Atlas in production
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3 years
Cafe Cuties Gwen is out today! Here's some of the work I did concepting her! Its fun to work on colorful and cute things
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2 years
I'm flattered that another concept artist at Riot was inspired by my design, but as far as I'm aware there isn't a plan to use it for any upcoming content.
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This Cho'Gath Concept Art from TFT set 8 is based on the Cho'Gath VU Fan Concept by @Medaforcer
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My final illustration for the @polycount contest. I redesigned my guy, Cho'Gath. There's always more that coulda been done....... @LeagueofLegends
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2 years
Anima Squad/Battle [insert animal] are revealed which also means the lil enemies are out and they are my children
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Taylor Jansen
4 months
I got to design another cho'gath skin :>
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League of Legends // UK, IE & Nordics
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Hop aboard the April Fool's train with Choo-Choo Ornn, Toy Terror Cho'gath, Durian Defender Rammus, Zesty Dip Zac, and Cheddar Chief Twitch 🫡
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2 years
damn riot marketing budget was huge for these skins
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Rare Black Moon solar eclipse takes bite out of sun over South America
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A very early sketch from when we were just starting to figure out the direction of the star guardians for 2022, not just in costuming but how they are in this universe. I was pitching Quinn's mask and her relationship with it
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Today is the 2nd anniversary of when I started full time as a concept artist at riot games! Time goes way too fast
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Here's my share of the work for the Dissa.. .dissi... dissonance of Pentakill Viego! Super fun to be a part of this project, the show was a blast.
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4 years
I didn't work on the Pool Party skins except for oooone thing I contributed to J4's recall:
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2 years
I will share more at a later date, but for today here's Valor in his mini form! Lots of star shapes and shooting star motifs
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Taylor Jansen
4 years
Finally got around to sharing some of the skins I've worked on up to now for #LeagueofLegends Artstation if you want to see more of the process behind these: Thank you to the kickass team for their support through this. The true heroes, every one of 'em.
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Taylor Jansen
1 year
3 years and i finally got to make a cho'gath skin :p
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1 year
Once shattered, now made anew. 💎
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Taylor Jansen
5 years
Apparently there is as star guardians villain thing going on? I did one of those a little while ago and never shared on twitter, so might as well now! #StarGuardianVillains #スタガヴィランズ #ArtofLegends
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Taylor Jansen
3 years
A beautiful unicorn sketch. Rhinicorn? Unino? Rhinbow? Uniceros?
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whatever feelings are about the event, I'm just excited to see something I worked on in a cinematic moment ☺️
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2 years
Who wants some Draven?! Finally getting around to share some of my work from Debonair Draven. He's a mean green killin' machine
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btw this is a flex, SG Quinn fanart I did over 3 years ago. this is real life, baby, we in it 💪😤🍤
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Taylor Jansen
3 years
happy muhnkee day. Here's my work from BA Wukong. Thank you to the beautiful people on the team for all their help as always. Teamwork makes the dreamwork not on artstation yet, but I'll get around to it
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2 years
It's hiiigh noon Trainguy Morde is out! Here's some work from my part on him. Always happy to return to the character that started this job
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3 years
what about a dandelion... chinchilla?
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3 years
ok here's a front view, I'll share more later I'm tired and still owe spideraxe prestige bq diana
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3 years
Happy Coven day here is my concept of Warwick
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2 years
Some of my work from Battle Batty Vayne
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@oriaarts This is the final concept for Sun Eater Kayle, the hood on the turnaround is edited to reveal underneath but the in game has the full seal and coif
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Taylor Jansen
1 year
hehe I got to design the maokai (sketch started by @SteveZheng_ ) Shout out to the team you're the real ones
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4 years
Thanks for 1000 followers! Here's fanart of Slowpoke from Animal Crossing
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1 year
Walking Wake is really cool #PokemonDay
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what did i mean when i did this concept
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3 years of full time working at Riot Games today! So many projects behind me and so many up ahead! Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like banana
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Most insane sculpt i have ever seen. The rounded mirror makes the stretched out guy look normal
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3 years
I have been playing way too much Pokemon Unite lately my brain is infected and this came out
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4 years
A sketch I never posted from a design challenge in our concept art group at work
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3 years
Happy Coven day here is my concept of Warwick
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Taylor Jansen
4 years
Slowbros
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Taylor Jansen
3 years
I was gonna wait to share these mons tomorrow, but I'm so excited I couldn't wait soo. I'm not sure about any names, but Jowsting, that one is locked because cmon Batterbee can either become a brave warrior or a psychic queen with direct mind connection to her subjects
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Taylor Jansen
3 years
Sandy seasnail monster with a lil cannon. Not sure what to call this one...
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3 years
@raspbearyart said charryzard and I said... cherryzard? So here we are, a grass-type regional variant of Charizard:
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Faketober Day 1 - Mythical Creature Inspired by the rainbow serpant. A rarely seen fairy and dragon elemental that lives high in the clouds in the world of Tome Keeper. Said to be the cause of rainbows after harsh storms. #faketober #fakemon
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One if the first skins I concepted since joining skins team. It can be daunting working with so many under served characters since expectations can be so high after such a long wait, but seeing the positive reaction to things like this makes it worth it. 🤗
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Blackfrost Rek'Sai turnarounds!
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Taylor Jansen
3 years
good morning, here's a Slowbro and Klara sketch
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2 years
Howdy, I am an #artistsontwitter that does concept art and also likes drawing critters of all shapes and sizes
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Slowbros 2
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I remember when I and @raspbearyart both started working at Riot 4 years ago and helped pitch this skinline and here it finally is out in the wild :] The team did an amazing job bringing these to "life"!
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League of Legends
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Even in Death, these spirits continue the cycle of Life. La Ilusión Renata Glasc, Ziggs, Qiyana, Draven, Nidalee and Gnar are now available on PBE 🌺💀🌹
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Because @Spideraxe30 reminded me of these... things... I did save these out, but never shared them. Rock Malphite, Scissors Camille, and Paper Ivern from the ---joke--- skins stream during L10
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3 years
if I put fluffy cheeks on anything I'm thinking of my chicken Mythra I'll post the work sooooon
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Another mon for my Tome Keeper monsters I am once again asking for -your help naming thing- Bomb pumpkin fire ghost. Explecter? Incendre ? ... bomb...kin? Boomkin? o that one is kinda cute
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4 years
Also shared my work from Kha'zix since I was in there grabbing stuff. Odyssey is very dear to me so I had a ton of fun with this one despite all the parts. Major props to the team for their help and lifting me up.
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3 years
it's true
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@Medaforcer @faeriefountain @KylieJayneArt @RiotJinny @junsui3d fun fact: @Medaforcer sketched a little blueberry butler for Gwen and we loved it so much that we added a lil butler for every other skin too. Gwen's is named Bloob! another fun fact: over the last year this pod has done a lot of 'second skins' - Phel, Samira, Viego, Gwen!
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I can finally share something I did for Soul Fighter! I mostly contributed to very early things , but one of my favorites I can share is an early version of Pyke before handing it off to @anhdangerous ! In this version he was an experimental fish given the power of soul energy
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1 year
Faerie court was my skinline pitch ! I'm excited to see it on the way
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3 years
NOOOOooo I forgot my favorite page 😭
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2 years
I know a lot of people are disappointed, but do not worry, someday when the time comes it can be even better and toothier!!🦷
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3 years
Drawing this made me realize I like Charmeleon more than I thought Happy 25 to pokemon!
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2 years
Faketober Day 7 - Dessert It finds its home in the muddy riverbanks of the desert. The mud helps moisten its flaky skin that it constantly sheds.
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2 years
Quotes like this are so funny, they think so lowly of games as a story telling medium. But like bro I cried when a big frog man with three fingers died to save a bunch of lizard people while singing gilbert and sulivan
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Taylor Jansen
3 years
what happened to heimer's poro
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Primordians were done basically on the side for fun with the first anima squad since there wasn't really a way to show them besides in splash, now a few years later this little passion project has been fully realized. Everyone did such a great job!
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Anima Squad/Battle [insert animal] are revealed which also means the lil enemies are out and they are my children
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4 years
I took some time off to relax and recharge this week and somehow ended up trying to learn character modeling in Blender. WIP fanart of Bubble Bear from @PlayRuneterra , stylizing it a bit . Still a lot to do
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3 years
Honestly the visuals in Pokemon Shining Pearl and Brilliant Diamond bothered me a lot, so I did a quick exercise for myself just trying to figure out why and adjust it. I really hope it gets cleaned up by final release. It could look a lot better with some little tweaks imo
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3 years
I'm bad at twitter I meant to put this under but what if
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2 years
To celebrate hitting 4k followers I wanna get back to drawing monsters (yknow like digimon/pokemon), but I'd love monster ideas from you all on what to draw! If an idea excites/inspires me I'll put pen to tablet woooo
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3 years
The Sentinels
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3 years
The Sentinels, bronze sculptures by Philip Jackson.
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3 years
Its a Kiwi bird, its an eggplant, it's a nest harem SQUAK
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1 year
Been getting back in touch with my old pixel art self and feeling quire creatively refreshed
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@raspbearyart She made minecraft right after this
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5 years
Here it is! I can now share the work I did for Lord Mordekaiser. This is the first thing I've ever worked on to be added to game so he's got a special place in my heart. Thanks so much to the team for all the help to make this possible!
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2 years
ok ok what about a shark goblin, a goblin shark, named........ Gawbblin. This creature idea plagued my mind last night as I tried to sleep. Maybe it becomes a Shorc someday
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2 years
As a jungle main and critter enjoyer it was exciting having the opportunity to contribute to the game and design the gustwalker :)
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League of Legends
2 years
❗️ Choose your fighter ❗️ 🍃 Mosstomper 🔥 Scorchclaw 🌬 Gustwalker
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3 years
Not deciding on names for these is gonna pile up and bite me sooner or later Sporg and Toadstump? Frogal? Puffrog? Head empty
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Taylor Jansen
2 years
I remember seeing someone tweet a while back that we never choose the moth skins and I think about it all the time
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3 years
It's a little late but congrats to Pyra for making it into Smash!!! She's super fun to play I love her here's a drawing <3
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Bulba
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Faketober "Day 15" - Pre-vo Baby slowpoke!! Raised in a shell like a lil baby basket, kind of inspired by mega slowbro since i miss it
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1 year
Faerie skins are on PBE! Another skinline from pitch -> release for me :) Amazing work by the team, especially @azulazuli_ and @RiotTenPaces who really brought it to life! All I wanted was some tiny lil guys livin tiny lil lives. I love strange scale and nature
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League of Legends
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Beautiful blossoms hide thorny secrets. 🌹🌼🌸🌺👀 🦋Faerie Queen Karma 🦋Faerie Court Milio 🦋Faerie Court Seraphine 🦋Faerie Court Ezreal
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@zerowalls Cho'gath is known for getting many skins all the time yes
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Taylor Jansen
5 years
Finally get the chance to share my work on the Pantheon VGU! It was a pleasure working with the champ team and I could not have done it without 'em! More here:
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i dont know how I was convinced to draw grimace but here we are happy birthday pride grimace
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@NickyBoiYT I did sneak it in didn't I
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3 years
The fourth Panth skin I got to work on is here! 🥰
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Ruined Pantheon turnarounds!
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@Spideraxe30 Oh my concept
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bonus concept from a different page; what could have been
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@RiotAugust When i see a yuumi without a host i hunt it with the greatest fervor and agency i have ever felt in league of legends. It feels distinctly personal
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@FruitfulMage careful.... what you ask for
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3 years
just got the slowpoke event shirt in pokemon go this is ......
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3 years
this one translated really nice
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@draggles If tech art doesn't make that face I'm not doing my job
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@arvalis @jeannette_feliz This is the guy that let a dead rat sit at his window so the smell would wake him up in the morning when the sun hit it
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Taylor Jansen
2 years
sketches of a lil squid guy I found (i thought I lost these)
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