THE LINE – Antoine Perez & Sam Taylor | Here, Tomorrow – Riot Games’ Spirit Blossom Beyond
London animation studio THE LINE partnered with Riot Games to create Here, Tomorrow, a three-minute animated music video for League of Legends’ Spirit Blossom Beyond season 2.Directed by Antoine Perez & Sam Taylor, the film delves into themes of legacy, family, and the collision of mortal and spiritual realms. Set in Ionia, the video juxtaposes two worlds: the spirit realm, rendered in hyper-saturated colors and pulsating textures, and the physical world, grounded in earthy tones, ancient forests, and lantern-lit traditions.Drawing inspiration from Japanese woodblock prints, the studio reimagined mythic sequences with fluid, storybook-like motion for Ashe’s journey and textured, light-driven animation for Lux’s arc.Taylor described the project as a balance of cultural homage and innovation, aiming to evoke “older, stranger magic” within Ionia’s landscapes. The collaboration highlights animation’s evolving role in gaming narratives, blending cinematic artistry with Riot’s iconic universe.
Client: Riot Games Director: Antoine Perez, Sam Taylor Producer: Adriana Piasek-Wamski Producer Cover: Tom Kay Executive Producer: Tan Jones
– Executive Creative Director: Tim McCourt, Wesley Louis Art Director: Antoine Perez, Bruno Mayor Head of Art: Juancho Crespo Head of CG: Pete Addington Storyboard: Ricard Ubach, Kevin Molina-Ortiz, Neil Dieu
– Animation Lead: Mourad Sedikki Head of Animation: Kwok Fung Lam Animation: Mourad Sedikki, Antoine Tran, Ricard Ubach, Florian de Chelle, Jose Luis Rosado, Zoé Palaisie, Pierre Rutz, Neil Dieu, Tamas Pazmany, Kwok Fung Lam FX Animation: Olivier Malric, Jonghyun Jungboix, Christophe Madeleine, Kerim Turmer, Paul Bouchart Motion Design: Pablo Lozano, Joseph Clark Animation Assist Lead: Seti Erfan Animation Assist: Seti Erfan, Daniel Morales, Kat Michaelides, Elenora Quario, Kwok Fung Lam, Bingqi Liu
– Concepts: Daniel Clarke, Rudy Parfaite, Florian Perron, Neil Dieu, Dan Converio, Michael Shorten, Eido Hayashi, Antonio Reinhard-Wisesa, Emmanuelle Walker, Studio Wednesday Colour Script: Daniel Clarke Character Design: Saskia Gutekunst, Lea Rey-Mauzaize Modelsheets & Cleanup: Mourad Sedikki, Omar Alsuk (Onasugar) Character Layout: Saskia Gutekunst, Marta Andreeva, Andrea Gulli, Mourad Sedikki, Kathryn Layno Background Layout: Simon Masse, César Chevalier, Thomas Reutena Background: Igor Piwowarczyk, Eido Hayashi, Daniel Clarke, Luc Courtois
– Compositing Lead: Antoine Foulot Head of Compositing: Freddie Lewis-Wall Compositing: Antoine Foulot, Natasha Francis, Skye van der Walt, Marco Antonio de Silva, Florian Ojeda Diop, Abel Kohen, Clarisse Valeix, Freddie Lewis-Wall, Joseph Clark Colour Grade: Freddie Lewis-Wall Editor: William Barnett, Sam Taylor, Jamie Rathbone, Antoine Perez Edit Assistant: Bingqi Liu, Isabella Fitzsimons, Viktoria Milcheva
– Production Manager: Denise Cirone Production Coordinator & Schedule Assistant: Viktoria Milcheva Production Coordinator: Daisy Link Production Assistant: Bingqi Liu, Isabella Fitzsimons
– Managing Director & Commercials & Branded Content: Laura Breaden Head of Production: Nick Miller Talent & Scheduling Coordinator: Jesus Ovejero Talent & Scheduling Coordinator Assistant: Viktoria Milcheva Head of Operations: Anna Degenaar Studio Coordinator: Sophia Owen-Moulding Marketing Manager: Ella Johnston IT Support: Rob Riley (Gal Consultancy) Pipeline Developer: Ynput
– CG Supervisor: Pete Addington 3D Generalist: Andrey Kolesov Cleanup and Colour Outsource: Studio AMIX
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London animation studio THE LINE partnered with Riot Games to create Here, Tomorrow, a three-minute animated music video for League of Legends’ Spirit Blossom Beyond season 2.
Directed by Antoine Perez & Sam Taylor, the film delves into themes of legacy, family, and the collision of mortal and spiritual realms. Set in Ionia, the video juxtaposes two worlds: the spirit realm, rendered in hyper-saturated colors and pulsating textures, and the physical world, grounded in earthy tones, ancient forests, and lantern-lit traditions.
Drawing inspiration from Japanese woodblock prints, the studio reimagined mythic sequences with fluid, storybook-like motion for Ashe’s journey and textured, light-driven animation for Lux’s arc.
Taylor described the project as a balance of cultural homage and innovation, aiming to evoke “older, stranger magic” within Ionia’s landscapes. The collaboration highlights animation’s evolving role in gaming narratives, blending cinematic artistry with Riot’s iconic universe.
by THE LINE
Client: Riot Games
Director: Antoine Perez, Sam Taylor
Producer: Adriana Piasek-Wamski
Producer Cover: Tom Kay
Executive Producer: Tan Jones
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Executive Creative Director: Tim McCourt, Wesley Louis
Art Director: Antoine Perez, Bruno Mayor
Head of Art: Juancho Crespo
Head of CG: Pete Addington
Storyboard: Ricard Ubach, Kevin Molina-Ortiz, Neil Dieu
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Animation Lead: Mourad Sedikki
Head of Animation: Kwok Fung Lam
Animation: Mourad Sedikki, Antoine Tran, Ricard Ubach, Florian de Chelle, Jose Luis Rosado, Zoé Palaisie, Pierre Rutz, Neil Dieu, Tamas Pazmany, Kwok Fung Lam
FX Animation: Olivier Malric, Jonghyun Jungboix, Christophe Madeleine, Kerim Turmer, Paul Bouchart
Motion Design: Pablo Lozano, Joseph Clark
Animation Assist Lead: Seti Erfan
Animation Assist: Seti Erfan, Daniel Morales, Kat Michaelides, Elenora Quario, Kwok Fung Lam, Bingqi Liu
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Concepts: Daniel Clarke, Rudy Parfaite, Florian Perron, Neil Dieu, Dan Converio, Michael Shorten, Eido Hayashi, Antonio Reinhard-Wisesa, Emmanuelle Walker, Studio Wednesday
Colour Script: Daniel Clarke
Character Design: Saskia Gutekunst, Lea Rey-Mauzaize
Modelsheets & Cleanup: Mourad Sedikki, Omar Alsuk (Onasugar)
Character Layout: Saskia Gutekunst, Marta Andreeva, Andrea Gulli, Mourad Sedikki, Kathryn Layno
Background Layout: Simon Masse, César Chevalier, Thomas Reutena
Background: Igor Piwowarczyk, Eido Hayashi, Daniel Clarke, Luc Courtois
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Compositing Lead: Antoine Foulot
Head of Compositing: Freddie Lewis-Wall
Compositing: Antoine Foulot, Natasha Francis, Skye van der Walt, Marco Antonio de Silva, Florian Ojeda Diop, Abel Kohen, Clarisse Valeix, Freddie Lewis-Wall, Joseph Clark
Colour Grade: Freddie Lewis-Wall
Editor: William Barnett, Sam Taylor, Jamie Rathbone, Antoine Perez
Edit Assistant: Bingqi Liu, Isabella Fitzsimons, Viktoria Milcheva
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Production Manager: Denise Cirone
Production Coordinator & Schedule Assistant: Viktoria Milcheva
Production Coordinator: Daisy Link
Production Assistant: Bingqi Liu, Isabella Fitzsimons
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Managing Director & Commercials & Branded Content: Laura Breaden
Head of Production: Nick Miller
Talent & Scheduling Coordinator: Jesus Ovejero
Talent & Scheduling Coordinator Assistant: Viktoria Milcheva
Head of Operations: Anna Degenaar
Studio Coordinator: Sophia Owen-Moulding
Marketing Manager: Ella Johnston
IT Support: Rob Riley (Gal Consultancy)
Pipeline Developer: Ynput
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CG Supervisor: Pete Addington
3D Generalist: Andrey Kolesov
Cleanup and Colour Outsource: Studio AMIX
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Colour Script: Daniel Clarke