Riot Games
Year
2017
Platform
- Live broadcast
- eSports
- PC
Deliverables
- Character design
- Character animation
- Augmented reality integration
Elder Dragon (League of Legends)
Elder Dragon is a collaborative augmented-reality project with Riot Games featuring a live broadcast of a 3D-rendered character from League of Legends. The project required Passion Republic to assist with character creation and integration into live-action plates via Unreal Engine.
Transcending an iconic character to real life
Raising the Elder Dragon
Heightened Realism
We needed to translate the design of Elder Dragon from in-game into a higher fidelity presence that blends in seamlessly with real-world
Opening Ceremony
The augmented-reality feature lasts for 30 seconds, showcasing Elder Dragon landing on and taking off from the main stage platform
Unreal Engine Integration
As an augmented-reality product, Elder Dragon appears in a live-action broadcast sequence assisted by a 3D scene of the stadium itself in UE4
Iconic Memory
The Elder Dragon needed an appearance of majesty and grandeur, hence we referenced from various other iconic dragons in fantasy lore.
Early rendition of Elder Dragon
Concept Art
