VALORANT
GAME CHANGERS CHAMPIONSHIP 2023

For the second year of the VALORANT Game Changers Championship, I worked with Scholar and Riot Games as the lead designer and animator for the competition’s promotional trailer. Our task was to develop an explosive mixed media trailer using found footage from last year’s championship, as well as clips provided by the players and their teams. My role was to develop the style for key fully illustrative moments, as well as providing mixed media designs and cel animation.

CREDITS

Design & Animation: Scholar
Creative Director: Macauley Johnson
Associate Creative Director: Madison Ellis
Junior Art Director: Irma Hasanic
Lead Designer / Animator: Ana Chang
Managing E.P.: Kirsten Noll
Director of Production: Tyler Locke
Head of Production: Nicole Smarsh
Senior Producer: Michael Heil
Associate Producer: Spencer Moritz
Production Coordinator: Alexandera Marca
Designers: Alex Bernas, Kirt Critoph, Leah Evans, Irma Hasanic, Zach Herdman, Jina Kwon, Susie Scheer, Amy Wallace, Justin C. Harder, Siena Mae
2D Animators: Sam Bachman, Cristina Barna, Leah Evans, Zach Herdman, Kenny Kerut, Jina Kwon, Han Hu, Jip Jeong
Cel Animators: Alex Bernas, Han Hu, Khylin Woodrow 
Media Manager: Adrianna McKinley
Editorial: Scholar
Editor: Dominic Strazulo
Assistant Editor: Adrianna McKinley, Luke Buckley, Aaron Pryka 

Mix & Sound Design: Heavy Duty Projects
Executive Producer: Christina Carlo
Executive Creative Producer: Dylan Bostick
Mix & Sound Designer: Hans Hsu 

Artist & Track Name: KP x VCGC - Hybrid Brazil

DESIGN EXPLORATION & STYLEFRAMES

I had the opportunity to develop designs for this project from the early pitch to final production. We decided on five “full illustration” moments to incorporate character animation, which I illustrated alongside the incredible designers Jina Kwon (collaboration on São Paulo finale frame), Cristina Barna (collaboration on Killjoy Haven frame), and Irma Hasanic (FX for Viper frame). I also provided explorations for graphic design and mixed media moments, and created motion tests for stylized footage.

BROADCAST ASSETS

I remixed existing assets and designs to create logo and wordmark features for use during the event’s live broadcast. The original designs include work by Justin C. Harder, Zach Herdman, and Madison Ellis.