How Arcane’s Art Style Made Me a Better Artist

Summary by Krater

An artist studies the art style of the animated series Arcane to apply its techniques—angles, eyes, noses and jaws, and painted textures—to digital paintings, including a portrait of his mother.

From the video

Answers: How do you draw and paint in the art style of Arcane?

• Arcane art style
• Digital painting techniques
• Character design
• Painting in Photoshop

What it concludes

• Arcane utilizes dramatic angles, rounded shapes for friendly characters and sharper shapes for aggressive characters.
• Using an Asaro Head model helps in planning and plotting out complex facial angles.
• Arcane emphasizes eyes with heavy eyeshadow and eyeliner while minimizing individual eyelashes.
• The art style makes a conscious effort to push jaws and noses for a stylized aesthetic.
• Adding painted textures and lines instead of smooth 3D shading makes digital art look like a 2D painting.