Similar to Silco, Viktor's damaged leg means that he never looks perfectly symmetrical, just like how Piltovans always see him as a Zaunite

The fact that this video isn't 2 hours long bothers me for some reason

God, Mel’s dress is INSANE. Wish someone would recreate it irl

I love it when people get sponsored to do the exact thing they already do! Also trinket design? That'll be interesting!

My preferred solution to the ‘Disfigured Baddie’ trope is to have more disfigured heroes.

In regards to the scars as a way to distinguish villains, I would say that Vander also has a scar like Vilco, but he chooses to hide it under his forearm strap that he puts on. As a way to say that he is no longer the same person he used to be and would much rather leave that part of himself behind.

Riot is sure going all out for Arcane

I love Silco. I'm looking forward to how the relationship between him and Jinx will turn out.

Skyen: I get to talk about character design Also Skyen: Here is a 7 minute video Audience: Skyen, are you feeling okay?

"In other words, they've given me an excuse to talk about character design-HELL YEAH, LET'S GO!" I fucking love you TB.

As a costume designer that casually wears my historical inspired designs and buff lady I love the visuals.

Hextech Himbo got to be my new favorite word

while I can understand why denoting villain's with designs of disfigurement can be bad it also makes sense when it is scarring as usually those scars tend to entail the hardships, betrayals, and experiences of the past that made them into the villain and are a good visual indicator of such, however I also think that with that in mind so too should the heroes of any given story also shows signs of disfigurement weather natural or unnatural. It is one thing for the disfigurement of a villain to be scarring, artificial limbs, etc. that are unnatural but we should stray away from the use of natural disfigurements to denote villains like with hunchbacks, or other such. Anyways that's just my opinion on the matter, love your vids and cannot wait for more of Arcane, its such a good series thus far.

I just wanted to say, it brought such a smile to my face hearing you got sponsored by Riot, _and_ to talk about character design, no less! And hearing you be excited about it even more so, you absolutely deserve it. More recognition for Skyen, let's gooo!

Actually those are some really cool facts....I love when animators and designers of the style of shows throw in these little things that dont usually stand out too much on the first watch but if you look deeper you see these small details that tell you "yep just visually, these kids are from more poor part of town"... even in Zaun they arent rich or anything...the Chem barons may dress in dark colours to match Zaun but will dress in fashion like Silco...the design of clothes and buildings, streets, architecture...its so good looking

I love the fashion of the Kinkou hoverboarders, who will appear in act 2, the most. They look so good!

The council with the moving necklace is soo dope

I personally also interpreted the asymmetry vs symmetry in a more metaphorical way. Zaun being literally physically below Piltover has always been a really on the nose metaphor for their lower social status, and I thought of the level of symmetry as a more subtle take on that... with Zaun and its inhabitants embodying inequality in the form of asymmetry, whereas Piltover / Piltovans feel like all is right and balanced and fair, like how symmetry feels. Just my two cents.

I never noticed bout the "disfigurement to show villainy" trope, thanks for calling out that part

I'm glad Riot ACTUALLY has its eye on you. You are on their radar. I hope they hire you for their writing team or the creative team...or any team in that regard. The're will be a MASS improvement in the lore/design/aesthetics with your input. Arcane is a 10/10 btw...

Necrit: the Lore master Skyen: The Official Treasurer (I hear ideas of other UKpostsrs-Epic titles)

And now, I'd die for an analysis of Jinx.

Gunna add onto Heimer: his outfit serves to ground him. Even in-game, he has had this contrast of having bright primary colors (yellow, red, blue) with wild curls for his head, with this desaturated squared off outfit. A yordle fitting into an uptight high class society. His outfit might also be a bit asymmetrical and downplayed compared to the other Piltovan outfits (being just a fancy coat with big pockets) because unlike the other Council members he doesn't seem to care about showing off his power or his status. I think it's also worth mentioning he has the blonde hair/blue eyes combo, which is a trope that has been used in many stories to depict innocent/youthful characters. Which - as old and wise as he looks - he is shown to be pretty naive.

plEASE do a longer analysis of this! this is genuinely interesting, and a good study for costume/ fashion designers. not everyday you get to see steampunk art deco/ nouveau, so a deeper analysis would be so cool :))))

THE INTRO IS SO GORGEAUS GORGEUSAE GOGEAUS GORGEUAS THE BIG PRETTY

There should be more videos like this. The fashion on this show is WILD! (But in a good way) The outfits makes sense for the characters, the environment they're in and the world they inhabit. It's not odd for the sake of spectacle. The clothing is something that I would imagine the characters actually selecting & making in order to wear. There's a lot more to the fashion in this game, than what is visible from the surface. This is a good example of really taking the time to think through the character design. A whole video can be dedicated to how Jinx's outfit is heavily inspired form Harley Quinn/Joker. And yet it's not until you pay close attention that you get to see all the details.

oh man, I wanted this to be longer, I can't wait to see the next one

By the way! Silcos outfit is NOT symmetrical. His front looks symmetrical but the back of his vest has straps and asymmetry to represent Zaun. Its visible in the scene where he gets up from his chair to talk to the upset jinx in the ceiling. :) I think its smart to make his facade symmetrical but the true side of him (his back thats often hidden) asymmetrical.

I loved this! Especially liked the bit about how Vi and Powder contrast with each other. That's not something I consciously noticed.

HE SAID THE THING!! THE ARCHITECTURE THING YASS

Since watching this show the fashion has been stuck in my mind ,so thank you. I hope you explain the neck gear one of the Council women wears. It looks like gears & is constantly turning .😀

Can I say I was touched hearing your usual sendoff even in a sponsored video? Try to act with solidarity towards those who are worse off than yourself. Such a simple line, yet it captures so much. Thank you skyen for always staying true to your values.

I love the way you pointed out about Vi and her sister, it really shows who each of them will become and what they represent.

God I am so fucking stoked to see you go off about this show 😭💜💜 great analysis!

OKAAY!! WAIT I LOVE THIS CONCEPT FOR YOU! LOOKING AT THE CONCEPT ART AND CLOTHING??? HELL YEAH

I hope you get to do a part two of this! Your analysis is amazing!🥰

Love that TB and Necrit got payed to do what they already do. Go get that cash money king 😌

I appreciate this deepdive on character designs, helps to be honest

Interesting, clothing often goes unnoticed, thank you for pointing out these details.

I need more of those

One more thing to Silco, he tries to dress symmetrical, but the vest is double breasted, his tie asymmetrical in the details. It's more like a facade, trying to hide the true nature. His clothes are also notable not pristine.

Heck yeah, character design let's go!

this is a great analysis- exactly what i was looking for! thank you so much!

UGH this is why I love watching ur videos,such details are never left unseen,u always do this,and it's something perfect I watch and listen to while eating,damm

Is it just me or does Silco and Jayce suit share the same colors, just on different parts.

I need more why was this so short I'm sad about that

Rise and shine king

Good shit, will watch more

Watching your videos feel like an English class. English is my first language but im learning heaps on ways to describe things just by watching your videos. Keep up the great work mate

Amazing work as always, really enjoy seeing things from your perspective, thanx for existing man

I won't lie I did really see the paralle the organic style and color palette of zaun of art nouveau. Like at 1 point they actually seem to even see that the inspiration whit the lady paining on a wall that look exactly like thing form that art style. I didn't notice as much for Piltover tho I wouldn't be surprise if it had a style too.. But yah Zaun is so much art nouveau it kinda crazy I guess there a bit of that in Piltover too like the cog butterfly that sond like something form nouveau to me too (- the green form that style insteed they take Piltover color but still it look like a weird butterfly.) Any way interesting take on sorry I forgot his name but the dude with 1 eye... Like really good analize I had that felling he look a bit off but now that you analize it it make more sence. He does play alot more of the piltover kinda game (hideing somewhere and not takeing the fight himself giveing the fight to someone else like Piltover doesn't really fight they give the job to the police insteed or to there tech. They are politician overall they stay hiden up top give the job to the police and voila and I think 1 Eye there is playing a really similar game overall giveing the job to his minions like they do) Thx for the good analize there I was really wondering what I find odd in him and I think it is the symetrie of his outfit now that you said it. SORRY FOR THE BAD ENGLISH

“Hextech himbos”

50/50 singed tools body parts and flesh from claggor and mylo to try to look human while experiments on vander.

amazing video :^D

Hell yeah!

I loved this video, great job o/ Hope you can get a bunch more sponsors like this :D

YES WE NEEDED THIS

Wonderful video! This doesn't even feel sponsored tbh; it just feels like another design analysis video of yours. Very insightful and interesting :)

'To defeat a superior enemy you must become what they fear' I feel like this could be why Silco dresses the way he does. The Piltovans might fear that the Zaunites might start actually progressing and fighting back and perhaps even surpass them. And Silco in a way embodies that

"In other words they've given me an excuse to talk about character design" Nice! And you're geting paid for it too! Haven't watched the whole video yet, but hope to see segment on caitlyn's updated outfit and how it just... so much better in every way than her former design. edit: well, didn't get it here. But this was extremely interesting too! Looking forward to more videos.

Was there ever a follow up to this video?

i love the idea for this series on your channel! keep up the good work!

Riot: asks famous League of Legends youtubers to review their League of Legends Netflix show. Also Riot: asks those UKpostsrs to shorten the video length from 2+ hours to under 10 minutes. Still, glad you got sponsored to do what you already do haha

This was awesome! Looking forward to all your Arcane videos!

congrats on the spondorship! Looking forward to other videos like this :)

Excellent breakdown! I totally missed some of this stuff

i like that riot sponsored video are +/- related to what given youtubers are normally talking about. (at least those related to arcane)

WHERE THE 10 HOURS ANALYSIS SKYEN? TELL ME WHATS ANIMATED ON 2'S

Milo looks like Junkrat(overwatch) and Vegeta had a child. ^^

how doe Vander fit into the symmetry argument. as i recall he had dingy clothes but they were symmetrical

So well done 👏

This editing tho

The fact that this is not 2 hours long feels kinda wrong 😭

I can’t get over the phrase hextech himbo I love it ❤️

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how cool is it of riot to reach out to you guys. I love it. Also do you know who else got comissioned other than necrit? Dont wanna miss any of these videos

yes!!!! we love character design videos!!👏👏

its so cool you got sponsored congrats!😄

I like this kind of video, informative but short enough for me to enjoy

i cant bealive you arent absolutely pogging out of your mind for getting sponsored by arcane :v

Great Video, loved it gj

Do humans in arcane just have natural primary hair colors?

Any reason the video is in 720p?

I love this can’t wait for more

I like how silco starts out as a random bad guy who is just evil, but slowly gets more fleshed out to the point that we actually believe that he would take in powder.

Love this video!! I also wanted to share my breakdown of Powder's outfit, in that being a mix of blue and pink makes total sense from her character perspective. The misshapen, asymmetrical blue outer layer is what people see - her being messy, unpredictable, and ultimately unreliable. However, the LOWER layer of her shirt uses consistent vertical stripes - in a very consistent pattern. As it is also pink, it represents the mental stability that Vi brings to Powder.

Nice video, I really like the breakdown, my only critique is, ITS TOO SHORT ! :D

i am spoiled by your more long-form videos this one makes me a little grumpy lol. just kidding of course, short video but lots of really interesting information :) since this is riot spons, do you get to discuss this content with creators of the show to confirm theories and craft talking points, or is this still just you making observations completely separated from the project?

That finger snap though... I can feel the double pistols from here old man

omg love this lets gooo

HELL YEAH LETS GOOO

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my man notices SO many symbolisms that ive never even thought about. i stan a genius king 👑

It's interesting that Viktor, despite being a Zaunite, has so completely adopted the Piltover style of dress, moreso than, as you mentioned, Heimerdinger himself.

Damn, the quality in this

ok but now you have to do a Steal Their Look, Skyen

Mooooooaaaaarr mooooooooooooaaaarrr

Sorry, I don't understand what's the dame of the outfit style is. The architecture is a mixture of art deco etc.. but what is the name of clothing style or movement?

Awww yeah lets goooo

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