LEGENDS OF LEARNING

Narrative Trailer & Storyboards

Illustrated intro trailer focused on character and visual storytelling

Decorative clock with Roman numerals and two statues, part of a portal inside a station's roof.

Overview

Created visual assets for an illustrated trailer for Legends of Learning during my time at we.R.play. The project focused on developing a narrative-driven introduction, centered around a character being recruited into the platform’s world.
ROLE:
Illustrator / Visual Designer
SCOPE:
Storyboarding, sketching, line art, background illustration for animation

Challenge

The goal was to translate a narrative brief into a visually engaging introduction, establishing tone, character, and story through a short animated sequence.

Approach

The process began with developing multiple storyboard thumbnails for each scene, exploring compositions that could clearly communicate narrative beats and pacing.

Selected directions were refined into sketches using Photoshop and Procreate, followed by final line art in Illustrator. The approach focused on clarity, visual rhythm, and consistency to support storytelling and animation.
Black and white sketch of the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, DC with caption text below.
Black and white sketch of a large interior space with high arched ceilings and multiple windows, captioned 'From here, you can travel nearly anywhere.'
Black and white sketch of a large arched window with a clock at the center, above a row of columns and railings, viewed from a tilted angle.
Black silhouette of a person jumping energetically towards a bright glowing circular portal with rays extending outward, set against a grayscale background including two armored statues.
Black-and-white illustration of three medieval armored knights standing in front of a large clock showing 12:35, set against a geometric patterned wall.
Black and white comic-style drawing of a statue figure wearing a helmet and robe, with a speech box that says, 'Portal to Legends Academy is dead ahead. Step right this way. Or should I say, leap right this way...' with a large circular design in the background and a 'wrp' logo in the bottom right.
Black and white line drawing of an ornate large hall with multiple decorative arched ceilings, patterned details, rows of statues along the upper walls, and a grid-patterned floor.
Black and white architectural sketch showing a large domed building resembling a capitol, adjacent formal gardens with rectangular and triangular hedges, trees, a fountain, and additional classical buildings in the background.

Execution

Worked from approved storyboards and compositions to develop final line art and background illustrations. The visual system supported a storyboard-driven animation pipeline, ensuring consistency across scenes while enabling efficient development of characters and environments.
  • Storyboard thumbnails and composition exploration
  • Sketch development in Photoshop and Procreate
  • Final line art creation in Illustrator
  • Background painting and rendering for narrative scenes
  • Collaboration with digital artists for color and animation
Large hall with ornate arched ceiling and stairs, caption about traveling to Legends Academy.
Interior of a grand hall with stairs, a large ornate clock, statues, and floating spherical drones.
Decorative clock with Roman numerals and two statues, part of a portal inside a station's roof.
Black and white line drawing of two armored statues standing guard on either side of a staircase, with a large circular emblem featuring a stylized 'LL' surrounded by intricate foliage and floral designs above the stairs, set against a geometrically patterned ceiling.
Black and white comic-style scene showing two armored statues with helmets and shields standing on either side of a staircase. Above the stairs, there is an ornate decoration with leaves and a flower. In the center, a burst graphic displays the word "ZWAAM" as if representing a loud sound or impact. Below the burst, a sign reads "TO LL ACADEMY. RECRUITS ONLY BEYOND THIS POINT."
Black and white comic-style image split diagonally with two panels showing circular mechanical objects with radial lines indicating fast movement or energy beams coming from the larger circle on the right panel.
Black and white line drawing of two robotic spheres crashing through a tile floor, breaking into multiple fragments with motion lines indicating impact.
Cartoon of a large figure in a cape and helmet with wings, pointing and shouting to a smaller running figure near broken tiles, saying 'You -- recruit!! Get up here -- fast!'
Black and white comic panel featuring a man wearing a helmet with wings on the side, armor, and a cape. On the left, he stands on stairs holding a shield, asking, "What just happened? Who or what just attacked me?" On the right, a close-up of the same man saying, "No time to explain! Just take the Leap of Legends through the portal and get to campus safely."
Black-hooded figure stands on a decorated platform with large ornate circular medallions behind them while a muscular warrior in ancient armor watches and says, 'In 3...2...1!'
Black silhouette of a person jumping or running against a decorative circular architectural ceiling and ornate wall with floral patterns and columns in a split-frame black and white line art style.

Collaboration with digital artists for color and animation

The final line art images were shared with digital artists for coloring and animators for the next step. The colored artwork below is an example of how the final piece looked like. (Disclaimer: The coloring in the artwork below is not my work)
Decorative clock with Roman numerals and two statues, part of a portal inside a station's roof.
Illustration of an ornate clock with Roman numerals showing 8:00, flanked by two statues of armored figures, with a glass ceiling in the background, and text describing a portal inside the station clock accessible by invitation only to reach the academy.

Background painting and rendering for narrative scenes

I also digitally painted the backgrounds for another part of the trailer. The animated characters were layered on top of these backgrounds by another artist.
Outdoor stone plaza with a circular stepped pedestal in the center displaying a modern metallic sculpture of two intersecting vertical bars within a ring, surrounded by green and pink flowering trees and colorful flower beds, and a wide staircase in the background.
Futuristic control room with a circular platform featuring an orange and black logo with two L shapes in the center, glowing green and red digital screens on the back wall, and double doors in the middle.

Outcome

The illustrated trailer was developed as a narrative introduction to the project, establishing its visual tone, characters, and story world through a sequence of storyboarded scenes.

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