Arcane Season 2: How the Masterpiece is Animated with Autodesk Maya

[@kirachandesuu]

it's insane that KD/A's first MV was literally for Fortiche to stay afloat

[@DBT1007]

It's like... Selling seggs to fund a greater work 😅. Yes, KDA whole identity is all about fanservice thing. The voice not that amazing. Only the animation and music that amazing. The lyrics also okay. But the voice.. Not that amazing

[@jackspratt7264]

It wasn't for Fortiche to stay afloat. it was so that Linke and Yee could go back to the drawing board and fix their script issues. They did those K/DA videos to give the extra team members, that were promised a certain amount of work, a reason to stay with the company until Arcane was ready to go back into production. Fortiche was fine. They were HIRED to do the work. They weren't paying for it.

[@gdottothegamer1001]

It's crazy when you check their TV show history they've only worked on Rabbids Invasion (only the intro), Rocket & Groot, and then fcking Arcane. The jump is insane

[@hundredfireify]

So, there's an entire live action version of the Arcane series, starring French animators in their own apartments and with plushies and other kind of weird objects as placeholders. I would buy a bluray pack to actually see this

[@gurratell7326]

There's probably that version of almost any other 3D animated movie out there, it's just the way it's always been done.

[@AtomekKotalke]

Not entire live action, they don’t do that for every single scene

[@genshian]

Crazy to think Fortiche started with 5 people. I can't imagine the stress of the initial team. I'm sure this was a hugely collaborative effort from Riot to help Fortiche scale along with the show. Goes to show that if you bring something unique as a small studio you can actually make companies like Riot ignore other larger and more established studios.

[@Saimiri1334]

I think it’s just outstanding, Riot managed to find this studio and recognize their talent. Goes to show that Riot leadership hasn’t lost their edge at all and knows exactly what players/viewers want. This gives me such a big confidence boost for everything that’s coming from Riot in the next decade.

[@AppleBaron]

​​@@Saimiri1334To be fair, it was Christian Linke (showrunner of Arcane) who found Fortiche and started working with them. And when he first came to Riot's leadership with the idea of making the show, they were opposed to it (which is understandable, considering "videogames adaptations curse"). But with time Christian was able to persuade them, using Fortiche's insane talent.

[@kispalviktor]

That is the best part of working on a new project, the very beginning. Experimenting with the styles, look, concepts...love it! :)

[@klulikxd]

Well its more often than you think, Wit Studio also started with a few people and their first animation turned the best in the world

[@genshian]

​@@klulikxd Not really, I quite disagree that this happens often. Fortiche's 3D choice alone segregated them to have to probably create their own internal toolings and pipelines. Usually, you'd be at least able to scale another outsourced entity or have some additional resources from other studios. In anime, outsourcing some parts of 2d is very well established. Fortiche probably needed to scale resourcing internally to stick to the stylistic vision.

[@UraniumRadicalCHNO]

Every frame of the series is wallpaper worthy

[@Hallo-yn8is]

literally what ive been saying frfr

[@THESICKONE-ew4lq]

10 years of work legendary fr!

[@Thecrunkcoco]

9 years of production. Insane! Truly something special.

[@trycheesebread55]

this sentence reminds me of Concord

[@el-gonza]

​@@trycheesebread55 Cinematic parallels😅

[@gdottothegamer1001]

​@@trycheesebread55lmao. It does work for both of them. One is positive, the other is negative 😂

[@joyiroh6098]

No it's 14years of development

[@frankaalbers1099]

After having had a almost 30 year professional 3D computer Animation career. I have to say , this is THE BEST animated masterpiece I have seen, EVER ! It is fantastically gorgeous ! Even better then the stuff we made at Pixar during my almost 20 years stay there. Way to go Fortiche. btw ... I also started in Europe. Belgium to be precise ...

[@jassirasofiamadonia1930]

Hi! Could I ask what your experience was like starting in Europe? I'm Mexican, so I don't really know how the industry works over there but I do love Europe so I have been trying to gather information about the animation industry over there!

[@Cirby64]

If this is really from a prior Pixar employee that's an awesome compliment. I agree, though. As someone who's only credentials are WATCHING animation, I genuinely think Fortiche is top dog.

[@FrizFroz]

“Jayce” and the pillow hammer sent me. Bravo for bringing that to life!

[@marclenraymagdaraog691]

Combining 2D with 3D is the most beautiful thing I have ever seen.. it's mixes so much. not to mention the addition of Camera movement making things feel like. it's being filmed by a person is insanely good.

[@mmirzoan]

5 people at first is honestly INSANE. Wow.

[@Sherif-the-Watcher]

Season 2 premieres tomorrow, which is my birthday! Wouldn't miss it for the world

[@JanussMass]

Happy birthday my brother

[@Sherif-the-Watcher]

@@JanussMass Thanks, means a lot

[@jhay_vine5083]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BRO!!!!!!!!

[@TheHelderVinicius]

happy birthday!! the episodes were awesome

[@djork6518]

this is amazing bc they have to be somewhat quite capable actors too to conscientiously pull off subtle movements and facial expressions the jinx ref animator IS KILLING ITTTTTT

[@prozur]

5 people at first... Insane!

[@immocker]

Arcane and especially season 2 is the best thing I saw on screen this year. An amazing, non-obvious story full of plot twists. Heroes who stay in our memory, situations we experience with them. And this animation... This animation looks amazing! I'm in love!

[@immocker]

The second equally great and similar animation is Cyberpunk: Edgerunners, but I can't decide which one is better.

[@wXllflwer]

This gives me hope that studios out there will continue to be authentic and real instead of using Ai. I really want to be an animator one day. I'm so happy to see this

[@SiMeGamer]

AI is extremely limited if you want to make truly substantive art. If anything AI will be a shortcut to cut on time and add more art jobs rather than taking them. I work in 2.5D animation and me and the studio I work for use AI in 4 different steps of our production but we have an artist ensure every step is done well and we do a ton of fixing. This results in much faster iteration and room for error because less time is spent on perfecting the initial takes and thus gives us room to redo which in traditional animation is unbelievably expensive. People who think AI is terrible see it as a person rather than a tool. We need more artists than before for our work because we put more effort into our work because AI gives us this option. If you are good at what you do, you'll find a job. AI will not replace you except for very cheap, soulless productions. Arcane cannot be done with AI and likely never will because it's too human and there is too much intention behind every miniscule phase of production. Good luck out there!

[@PL4Ymsc]

I believe we are just witnessing the life work of some artists here. I am OBSESSED

[@m-g5remoticadoalecjoshuaa.606]

KDA was the way Fortiche stayed alived? I guess the really had to prove themselves in the beginning and Im glad they did. Personally, because of their techniques and the combined with an amazing story, fortiche can grow into a Titan in the animation world. I hope they continue to do more animations with Riot but ill also support them no matter what other project they have. These artists are talented. And if I had a billion dollars, I'd give each a million a year to keep gracing us with their work.

[@rosefellle]

I miss using Maya. But I can't afford it now that I'm not in school. It's the Blender Life for me, which Blender is good too, but I'm just used to Maya's interface. Also, Arcane (my beloved) made me such a fan of Fortiche, I can't wait to see what they make in the future!

[@EvokAi]

Will you pay me $200 if I help you install it without buying? Lifetime premium

[@EvokAi]

Latest version

[@mikejohnson1370]

@@EvokAi sounds like a scam lol

[@gcharb2d]

@@mikejohnson1370 pirate version for sure !!!

[@konirtemori6845]

lmfao i could probably find a link for free.

[@emmuahae]

always a treat when class creative uploads!

[@ClassCreatives]

Thank You! Comments like this mean a lot to us 🤗

[@art_by_darney]

Arcane has inspired me so much. It’s my favourite series of all time. Such a masterpiece in storytelling. The charcater designer, animation, sound design, score, voice acting and writing are truly outstanding. I’ve always wanted to become an animator. Instead I went to film school out of fear of failure and insecurity in my ability’s to do animantion. I recently just graduate and working as a production designer. And needless to say I’m not happy. It can be fun work, but it’s not my calling. Sometimes, I cry at work just because I feel unfulfilled. I’m going to dedicate the next year of my life to creating a portfolio to getting animation school. Since arcanes second season release, I feel the need to do it more than ever. Thank you for this video. It’s truly an inspiration to see the Fortiche and Riot games create such beautiful work

[@snowy2619]

Fortiche ABSOLUTELY cooked with Arcane, insanely beautiful art and story telling. I appreciate this video a lot as it really shows how much love and effort is put into this show from all ends. ❤

[@stanleyyelnats476]

Seeing some of the objects animators used as reference videos made my day 😂

[@ChaosWolfNinja]

Awesome! What Fortiche have made is just super, super work. Well done all 👏👏

[@ClassCreatives]

They changed the game in a lot of ways with this franchise!

[@koonehkun6404]

Dayum! These animators can act! 😳

[@sadgirlzluvmoney3768]

I know nothing about animation but this is impressive and I respect that. Wonder how proud the five people from the beginning are having come a long way.

[@Words-.]

I love creative documentaries like this, so a very big thank you!

[@Noober666]

4:00 love the sequence of live acted shots vs the animation

[@MegakeepWorks]

Fortiche did not just knock it out of the park, they tossed it into the stratosphere. I loved first season and second season (Act I and II at the time of writing) and hoping for even more great stories from their brilliant minds. Thanks for sharing the creative process. It's an eye opener.

[@EdaSimay]

I am so grateful to everyone involved creating an amazing story and amazing animation

[@A-bp9hq]

Love seeing them act

[@zshn]

Absolutely insane! The art, animation and storytelling in Arcane is beyond amazing!

[@Otakuu_25]

My respect to any animator out their because that work is tough

[@NoseyOk]

I have no idea how, but they upped the animation in S2. I have never seen something look so beautiful as i have in Arcane season 2

[@tophatgeo]

absolutely awesome to see how many details you found out about the production! Insane to think Fortiche started so small and grew to this size. Arcane is such a monument to what animation can be.

[@cheesofile666]

I hope they make a documentary about the production at some point

[@grabb3433]

Its that elusive effect between cartoon OR 3D that i was subjected to figure out.. that didnt matter in the end, because the story just TOOK OVER completely immersing me into the world😊

[@420frogo]

Arcane is top tier media! A true work of art!

[@jackdumanat49]

you know what i learnt from this? it's basically preparation preparation preparation. when it came to it going to production they already have the workflow and techniques ironed out. There was little to no need to invent the wheel and make mistakes

[@cheesofile666]

Yeah, and I’m pretty sure the other part of the equation is just insanely hard work by talented artists. All those hand drawn assets…

[@rob197982]

Roll on tomorrow . Cant wait!!

[@AbhishekSaral]

Absolute masterpiece. It cured my depression

[@rayart9298]

So much work and brilliance... with top tier attention to details 💯 Thank you FORTICHE !!!! You gave us a masterpiece ✨

[@djork6518]

THEY EVEN HAVE THE CRUTCH

[@UnbekanntesSubjekt]

Although the focus of this video is about the look the animation, the characters and their development throughout the series if perfect, too. Even Silco doesn't seem to be only evil, all Characters seem to have their own motivation and a more or less complex background story. Love all about this series.

[@megamind_2222]

I feel like ever since Into the Spider-Verse came out in 2018 every studio has upped their game and is exploring mixing 2D and 3D animation in highly stylized looks. Arcane and Entergalactic are my some of my favorite stylized animations out there and they remind me of ITSV. Every frame is worthy of a wallpaper.

[@rudyardkipling2]

Arcane is a real masterpiece.

[@IrakliGogava]

i'd ABSOLUTELY LOVE.. to see Viper and Reyna's lore Series like Arcane.. would be epic..

[@aus_ae]

insanely brilliant

[@DarksideJinx]

This video was awesome thank you so much for making it!

[@BitHalo]

Animators are the best actors, hands down.

[@kklowd]

Thank you for pushing hard fortiche. You've made a masterpiece ❤

[@TheOne-dn9mr]

2D AND 3D freaking gorgeous fortiche

[@Mostafa-pc3vd]

very informative video!

[@Copa20777]

Thanks class creatives ❤4rmZambia 🇿🇲

[@piotrstaniek84]

Po 3 pierwszych odcinkach drugiego sezonu czuję że jest jeszcze lepiej niż w pierwszym. Będzie o czym rozmawiać 😊

[@monkeke9595]

arcane inspired me to pursue a career in animation because there was nothing like arcane before arcane

[@axocali]

muito bom ver esses tipos de vídeos para aprender mais sobre animações

[@Bibi-ue6ef]

This is insane, my respects to Fortiche !

[@wizardboi]

take that, Disney!

[@cheop]

4:00 the guy tweaking actually made laugh so hard

[@PainfullySubjective]

awesome

[@aooide]

What an informative video.

[@MexBotArts]

does anyone knows the software they were using for the handpainted textures?

[@artcrow421]

The Foundry Mari

[@RainbowPenguinVI]

Photoshop and hands?

[@MexBotArts]

@@RainbowPenguinVI thats not the software showing up in the video

[@TDessl]

@@MexBotArts 7:59 it is?

[@MexBotArts]

@@TDessl its a mix of PS/Mari already verified

[@citronovastava]

Im sorry, but Arcane is equivalent to freakin modern Mona Lisa

[@ptr4410]

Even better honestly!

[@lucasathirson77]

Bald Jinx can't hurt you she isn't real Bald Jinx: 1:04

[@Strix2031]

Maya should make a advertisement deal with Riot and Fortiche. When i did my 3d design course we where taught only Blender.

[@gameaccount3746]

did you know something about the creation of the hairstyle?, i didnt find any type of video with info on how they used Yeti for the creation of the grooming

[@draccuzer]

ABSOLUTE CINEMA

[@princessthyemis]

reactions to the writing of episodes 2 and 3 were poor?!?! how?!!?!?

[@DeeEss424]

The original script before they hired Amanda Overton was poor and that made Riot stop production

[@peacepham7838]

The first pilot was start with ep3 as ep1, after that they redo it.

[@DBT1007]

Arcane is basically how they use modern 3D animation like what many animation looks like nowadays, BUT they care more about the art design for their 3D models. Like how u animates 2D hand draw animation. Like in japanese animation ones

[@gabridak2965]

HI, im currently studying animation and i wanted to confirm something after watching the video. The 3D animation is made with Maya and the 2d animation/visual effects is made with After effects and Nuke right? And what program was used to paint the textures of the characters, props and scenery?

[@mastjappa]

Software is merely a tool. The focus here is on the skill and creativity of the artists, where the specific software becomes irrelevant. Companies like Autodesk are driven by profit, not by a commitment to artists or their craft. When discussing skill in this context, it’s essential to center the conversation on the artists themselves and their work, rather than the tools they use.

[@bravewryy6781]

Fortiche pushing the boundaries of animation I wonder if Miyazaki has seen arcane 🤔

[@kuyawapakels7072]

Man i hope they will adapt the Shurima Empire storyline i really want to see the rise and fall of the shuriman empire, the Void War , and specially the rise of the Darkins

[@RYGER1888]

6:17 this part seems to spoil season 2, of cait and her dad sobbing over her Mum's death

[@itsgonnabeokay9341]

Well, it was pretty obvious Cait's mom is gonna die

[@phuckilljoy7191]

it a thing that you can gues at the end ss1, like everyone had to die but some one with their fate will continue like mel jayce (viktor could be but that will change him as his lore) and other die with cait mom, there something make cait angry to say first like in ss2 trailer , so it just can be guessed

[@FunFindsYT]

Translated voiceovers leaked have spoiled the same thing

[@johnwicked1132]

I watch for the technical explanation, not the plot

[@Nabee_H]

Not as much as you just spoiled it... how can people be so dense? or do you do this on purpose? 💀

[@mrdarryljones1]

Cool

[@LushoxPerez]

I love Maya

[@ClassCreatives]

Another big year for professional Maya animation projects for sure 💪

[@mrholmes06]

yes, maya septha is beautiful

[@LushoxPerez]

@@mrholmes06 haha, "searching in google"... Oh really pretty.

[@callme_cat.11]

I need to see a compilation of the animators acting out the scenes!😭 where can I find them?

[@empirehypnosis]

K/DA and RISE MVs were made to fund Arcane? Wild.

[@DjyrohLaKrass]

Hello, what is the music in the beginning pls

[@moonstrobe]

Didn't really see anything Maya specific, but nice behind the scenes stuff anyway.

[@slaaicovers]

4:09 LMAOOOOO

[@jarodskii-f9b]

best money Netflix ever spent on compared to all the other garbage productions they've funded.

[@GapponiCS]

Netflix didn't fund it

[@jarodskii-f9b]

@@GapponiCS ur right. Riot did. 250mil of the best money can produce!

[@inorial5960]

french excellence

[@bluewolf7111]

5:02 damn they acted the whole scene? couldnt pay me enough.

[@seedad117]

if you are an animator your would do it becuse its makes it easier to animate the idea in your head

[@bluewolf7111]

​@@seedad117 Im joking about the fact that its the scene where Jinx lays on top of Silco like a child, a scene thats kinda weird if not for her being insane and basically almost a child mentally.

[@seedad117]

@@bluewolf7111 there is footage of acting refrance for that scene on youtube if you want to see it but its mostly two dudes hehe

[@bluewolf7111]

@@seedad117 yes dude, im literally joking about that scene, its what the timestamp shows..

[@seedad117]

@@bluewolf7111 my bad sorry

[@F2PP]

9 YEARS???

[@Nebulousss]

one word: *I N S A N E*

[@Sairawkerh]

Did you just say No Motion capture in these movie !!!

[@n9ne]

i really liked the first season. i liked it so much that i won't watch the second season because i know it'll never live up to expectations.

[@andungha9582]

It just did and it’s even better

[@HPblu3]

It's even better tbh, at least compared to the first 3 episodes of season 1. Also, that's such a terrible mindset to have in life

[@Zauriah11]

What?.. 🤦🏼‍♀️

[@stopicantaim6920]

AutoDesk Maya

[@maleeshamevan]

Use autodesk maya and work like a slave.

[@juancamilobolanos7297]

@@maleeshamevan Use Blender and you'll starve because all big studios use Maya

[@HuwRees]

Pity the writing isn't up to the same standard as the animation.

[@enoch6024]

I hope your only talking about the second season, but yeah I agree. The show feels rushed now

[@汪大系]

But Vi is a left-handed.

[@LushoxPerez]

Es gracioso ver videos en youtube donde dicen: "BLENDER REMPERA LA INDUSTRIA" jajaja y La industria la maneja de manera profesional el papá de los helados: AUTODESK MAYA. Realmente es importante investigar y estudiar mucho lo que es bueno para poder trabajar en la Industria real.

[@juancamilobolanos7297]

Pues los fans de Blender creen que tienen el mejor software por el hecho de tener todas las herramientas para el pipeline completo. El problema, siendo que no son buenos en ninguna de todas esas áreas, solo modelado y ya

[@TheAkafa]

Oh god... old animators with prehistorical pipelines let maya die already please.

[@mitsuhh]

what's wrong with Maya for animation?

[@angryralphs2516]

Maya is still the best software for animation.

[@AaronSof]

season 2 was a big let down

[@dtmx2148]

Maybe to you lmao everyone i know loved that shit

[@luluskuy]

Maybe if Riot use blender their skin price will go down, who knows 😂

[@guruware8612]

whenever they manage to make blender a) crash less b) to handle more than a few million polys c) don't abandon tools/features professionals were using in a prev. version then, maybe, big studios will think to use it building the whole production pipeline again from scratch, or train some hundreds of artist on a new program cost close to nothing ? b-b-but its free :)

[@DA-oo7qz]

riot outsource their skins to studios which are using blender 😅

[@mrb1051]

it has decent animation

[@cryogenicheart2019]

Does software even matter LMAO

[@soundofspace8026]

why is action animation never allowed to feature male heroes anymore but always only female characters?

[@lucasjulien9212]

Bro, male heroes are still predominantly represented in action animation. Besides Japanese animation where more than 90% of main characters are men, in Western animation I don't see a lot of women. Look at Into the Spider-Verse, Tintin by Spielberg, and Cyberpunk.

[@omaior20]

As an AI artis and entrepreneur I can't wait to produce series like Arcane in matter of weeks just by myself.

[@dahia2562]

An insult, a lack of respect for creativity, art and the world of animation 👎🏻

[@Zauriah11]

How pathetic

[@superpael]

Sadly s2 is woke as fuck. The superior animation is drowned by bad storytelling.

[@harlem8015]

give it some time

[@fieryfox4493]

Do words even mean anything anymore? Y'all will throw woke at everything you don't like, it's embarrassing