The Art and Making of Arcane is a 2024 art guidebook written by Elisabeth Vincentelli. It was published on December 3, 2024, by Insight Editions. On Amazon, it became a number one Best Seller in Pop Culture Art. The artifact edition had limited copies of 1,000, which featured a variant cover and exclusive materials.
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The Art and Making of Arcane takes readers through the visual journey of Riot Games' and Fortiche's revolutionary animated series. Featuring early art styles, evolving character designs, and jaw-dropping worldbuilding artwork, this volume is the definitive compendium of Arcane's creative process and vision.
Arcane and League of Legends fans alike will be amazed by the visual development of fan-favorite champions, the breathtaking cityscapes of Piltover and Zaun, and the riveting inventions of hextech and Shimmer.
This book includes early designs showing how characters evolved visually, gorgeous vistas of sprawling background and setting art, and interviews with over 20 key animators, writers, directors, artists, game designers, musicians, and other creators.
EXCLUSIVE ACETATE COVER: The Art and Making of Arcane comes with an acetate jacket exclusive to this edition.
IN-WORLD EXTRAS: This stunning tome will also come with a trove of in-world extras. All editions of the book will include a Jinx poster, a removable map of Piltover, an in-world blueprint, a Vander Letter, fold-out spreads showcasing content from seasons one and two, and more.
ORIGINAL ART: Features beautiful, never-before-seen concept art that helped adapt the global blockbuster video game into a critically acclaimed animated series.
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEWS: Hear from the development teams at Riot Games and Fortiche on the groundbreaking process that brought the world of Runeterra into the cinematic limelight.
GO BEHIND THE SCENES: Filled with both behind-the-scenes looks at the inspiration and iteration of the people and places in Arcane, breakdowns of key scenes, and a deep dive into Fortiche's artisanal animation style, The Art and Making of Arcane chronicles the incredible work and talent that went into crafting such a dynamic and instantly iconic series.
Artifact Edition[]
- 1st
This limited edition comes with a variant cover, slipcase, and two interior foldouts exclusive to the Artifact Edition, limited to only 1,000 copies. It includes two stunning, high-quality, ~9"-tall, hand-painted polyresin bookend statues of Vi and Jinx, two posters including one exclusive to the Artifact Edition, three blueprints, including one exclusive to the Artifact Edition.
In addition, it comes with an exclusive 8-page Progress Day booklet, all four beautifully designed Arcane tarot cards, Arcane vinyl album featuring 22 songs scored from Season 1 of Arcane in Artifact Edition-exclusive packaging, portfolio of six hand-picked art prints: including two prints exclusive to the Artifact Edition, signature card signed by Christian Linke, Alex Yee, Arnaud Delord, Bart Maunoury, Jérôme Combe, and Pascal Charrue, and individually signed and numbered 1-1,000, and a Certificate of Authenticity.
Never one to let a ceremony pass undisrupted, Jinx has left her indelible mark on 40 hyper-rare, totally exclusive, and randomly distributed copies of the Artifact Edition! Will you be lucky enough to get Jinxed?
- 2nd
Filled with gorgeous illustrations and concept art from the hit Netflix series, The Art and Making of Arcane is an immersive journey behind the scenes of the Emmy Award-winning animated series!
The Art and Making of Arcane takes readers through the visual journey of Riot Games' and Fortiche's revolutionary animated series. Featuring early design exploration, evolving animation styles, and jaw-dropping worldbuilding artwork, this volume is the definitive compendium of Arcane's creative process and vision.
In addition to the Artifact edition-exclusive items, all editions of the book will include a Jinx poster, a removable map of Piltover, an in-world blueprint, a Vander Letter, fold-out spreads showcasing content from seasons one and two, and more.
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