ARCANE S2: JAYCE & FINAL BATTLE

I had the honor of working on Arcane Season 2's Jayce and the final battle sequence!
Jayce and the final battle are the culmination of the amazing work of many artists and animators across Riot Game and especially Fortiche. I was lucky to get the chance to be involved!

I worked on some early idea concepts for the battle sequence as well as designs for Jayce's final battle outfit, which is an evolution of his Survivor look.
Survivor Jayce and additional Jayce designs by https://www.artstation.com/alex-mabb
Mercury Hammer Design: https://www.artstation.com/minji9

This is an early pitch for what the 3 heroes could look like in the final battle. I wanted to go with a cool and tactical look.

This is a concept video I created in Blender to mockup what the general idea of the final battle could feel like. It's not supposed to be a literal storyboard or environment layout, but more inspiration for all of the things happening in the finale.

Here are some concepts trying to find the final battle armor for Jayce. We are trying here to evolve him from his Survivor state to a type of dark protector. This is dark and rugged Jayce!

Here is close to where we ended up with Jayce's final design. Alexandre Mahboubi took this to the finish line. You can see here that Jayce now has the leg brace when he goes in to confront Viktor.

Here is a concept exploring the idea that the more that Jayce uses the transformed Mercury Hammer, it further corrupts him, bringing him closer to the fate he saw in the alternate timeline.