Agent 026 Concept based on Riot's recent teasers

This is my personal interpretation of the upcoming Valorant agent 026, based on Riot's recent teasers. I mainly referenced the "In Bloom" player card, the 2024 VCT graphics with the vines & thorns, as well as the newest in-game loading screen. My friend challenged me to draw this, so I took it and ran with it! We'll see how accurate my guesses are on the 23rd when the agent is set to be revealed.
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TheArtNerd
TheArtNerdOP4mo ago
I do wish I dug deeper into lore videos & other aspects of the teasers before starting on the piece, but I still had fun making this. I'm not expecting it to match much at all honestly, but it was a neat challenge regardless! Here's what I had in mind while creating this piece. Agent Name: Rose (or Flora? or Briar? but I chose Rose even though it's pretty on-the-nose haha). Also the typography for the name was just too fun to create, since I emulated the type style of the other official agent graphics. Age: probably early-to-mid 20's. Gender: Female, especially since the teasers made me think of tropes we've seen before (think of characters like Poison Ivy and Zyra). DISCLAIMER: I only just found out yesterday, AFTER I finished the piece, that the new agent is indeed confirmed to be a woman. The audio of Jett's phone call in the lore easter egg confirms this prisoner (aka the new agent) is a woman. Source: a YT video called "VALORANT NEW Agent 26 - Everything We Know So Far" by a channel named "Kanga - VALORANT" Ethnicity: Greek or Italian, possibly? My initial guess was some country in the Mediterranean region, since that's where roses were first cultivated (as well as Persia and China, according to a quick google search). If not that, then my other guess would be Middle Eastern i.e. Egyptian. After watching the lore video, I realized I completely ignored the hourglass motifs from the teasers when I was creating this piece. Hourglasses were first created in ancient Egypt, so this could be another possibility. Role: Initiator or Sentinel for sure, one of the two. The Sentinel role has the fewest number of agents on the roster, although an Initiator was released the least recently AFAIK. The roots seem like they'd go well with trapping abilities / locking down an area, so my guess is Sentinel but I could be wrong. Abilities: Vines & thorns, lol. Lots and lots of vines & thorns. I didn't really do any theorycrafting on potential abilities, so I'd love to hear your thoughts before the official release. Let me know what you think! 😄
NotWizard
NotWizard4mo ago
Thats just too good man i honestly cant even think of words i dont know what to type Nice work man I think it would be a sentinel too With some traps like probably something like a molly of flowers that would damage and like a root wall is a good concept too although its not imaginable Traps are sure to come because of flowers' setup in the teaser i think? Anyways i love it Those are my opinions
TheArtNerd
TheArtNerdOP4mo ago
awwwww TYSM for your kind words! yeah I agree, I'm getting sentinel vibes from the vines & thorns - wouldn't surprise me if a damaging + trapping ability were included somewhere. Really appreciate you sharing your thoughts. 🙏 I'll probably post a progress GIF to show how I made it too 😁
NotWizard
NotWizard4mo ago
😀👍
TheArtNerd
TheArtNerdOP4mo ago
progress video!
NotWizard
NotWizard4mo ago
Ooh damn nice! I love it
TheArtNerd
TheArtNerdOP4mo ago
Thank you! I'm glad I took enough WIP screenshots to even be able to make the video haha
bruh
bruh4mo ago
fade from wish
TheArtNerd
TheArtNerdOP4mo ago
LOL other people have made the fade comparison too, that's funny tho
yuvio100
yuvio1004mo ago
Rose could be their name! good guess looks good
TheArtNerd
TheArtNerdOP4mo ago
Thank you! Yeah if anything the name is definitely going to be only 1 or 2 syllables. All agent names are really only 1 or 2 syllables so they can be easily comm'd mid match. It does feel kind of on the nose haha, but it made sense based on what we've been given with the teasers so far. Ty ty 🙏
Aliilii
Aliilii4mo ago
I think her name is vyse
yuvio100
yuvio1004mo ago
they added Vyse to fortnite before valorant wild
TheArtNerd
TheArtNerdOP4mo ago
Yo wait that's a beautiful and clever name if it is. Sounds like a portmanteau of vine and rose
Aliilii
Aliilii4mo ago
yea i think it really fits
TheArtNerd
TheArtNerdOP4mo ago
LOL fortnite collabs are on another level for sure I'm inclined to agree!! Has the Vyse name been going around on social media from a teaser, or is that something you guessed?
Aliilii
Aliilii4mo ago
yea ive seen it around a lot i think its from that one val leaks acc i feel like she might have a red/purple colour scheme idk why
TheArtNerd
TheArtNerdOP4mo ago
Oh snap, neat! I'm 100% confident purple will be in the color scheme but warmer colors like red & whatnot would be a nice touch too
Aliilii
Aliilii4mo ago
yea idk i thought there wasnt a lot of red in any agents
NotWizard
NotWizard4mo ago
She is a sentinell less gooo
TheArtNerd
TheArtNerdOP4mo ago
Oh no shot, source? I was leaning towards sentinel because the vines seem much more fit for sentinel gameplay than initiator gameplay
Aliilii
Aliilii4mo ago
also the Val leak acc I think
MrChlebek
MrChlebek4mo ago
TF2 administrator frfr
Aliilii
Aliilii4mo ago
I think the main reason is that there aren't many sentinels and it's been like a year since deadlocks release
TheArtNerd
TheArtNerdOP4mo ago
right. they did one of each role for the last 4 releases, and while initiator is least recent, sentinels have the fewest on the roster. so it made perfect sense to me for them to be a sentinel, glad I was right on that!
Aliilii
Aliilii4mo ago
Yeah initiator fits the order but sentinel isn't that big of a stretch
TheArtNerd
TheArtNerdOP4mo ago
precisely, yeah. plus I think the vines concept fits more with AOE lockdown versus intel gathering & clearing areas for entries + the rest of the team to follow-up
Aliilii
Aliilii4mo ago
I think another reason is one of the teasers having a wall somewhat like sages in the background
TheArtNerd
TheArtNerdOP4mo ago
truuuue that too
Aliilii
Aliilii4mo ago
Ive seen ;leaks of the abilities that may be accurate its not 100% tho
TheArtNerd
TheArtNerdOP4mo ago
👀👀👀
Eros
Eros4mo ago
I think a rose thorn necklace could be a fun accessory to add
TheArtNerd
TheArtNerdOP4mo ago
Ooooo yeah
Aliilii
Aliilii4mo ago
This is vyse
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TheArtNerd
TheArtNerdOP4mo ago
yaaaaasssss I saw the splash art, looks way better than my concept tbh seems like the only thing I had right was the color scheme and maybe the fact that the jacket had a pattern on it, but it's a bit of a stretch XD oh and the gender. guessed she'd be a woman before I saw the teasers from the lore video with Jett referring to her as "she" ah and I called it on being sentinel over initiator, otherwise that's about it XD
NotWizard
NotWizard4mo ago
Nice prediction although. Rose is a 4 letter word which u guessed and it came out vyse which is also 4 letters so thats a common thing too Nice!
TheArtNerd
TheArtNerdOP4mo ago
thank you thank you! 😄
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