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A Request For Help From Xayah and Rakan's Art Team

Veraska··231 votes·15,185 views

Hello! My name is Luke, i'm an unranked player on the NA server whose gone by the name BLLLK FLLG and Veraska in the past, i've been playing league of legends for about 6 years and it's one of the biggest parts of my life, i love this game, i love esports, i love the world of league, i love everything about it, the only thing i think i love more then league is my long term partner (whose name will be kept under wraps for now)

she's been playing since the beginning of season 1 and taught me how to play league a long time ago, we started dating right out of highschool and were friends since early childhood, we've been intertwined for about 20 years now, and we're thinking it's time we started moving forward with things, we're looking to get a trailer soon, and we've been toying with the idea of matching tattoo's for awhile now! theres a lot of good ideas out there, a sun to her moon, koi fish, ying yang, all good couple tattoo's but we wanted something a little more specific to us, and that brings us here!

she plays xayah, like, a lot of xayah, it's her favorite champion. And I play rakan! we're that gross couple that plays bot lane together and are super into the love birds

https://68.media.tumblr.com/e06856be7089429126b561298c8a435c/tumblr_ooosweu24q1w10i9bo4_1280.jpg

(this is how is ussually goes)

Anyways, we were thinking, our favorite pairing in the game that we play together all the time would be perfect! so we started thinking what would be a good xayah and rakan themed tattoo, and then it dawned on us, xayah wears rakans feathers on a little charm thing, and rakan wears xayahs, so we wanted to get those little bird skull things tattoo'd on us, but none of the pictures on line to use as templates do it justice, we wanted something that felt like league, something as natural and had that magic that xayah and rakan naturally already have, and thats where (hopefully) xayah and rakan's art team comes in

we were hoping somebody had some leftover/unused concept art of the skull and feather charms that we could use as templates, or maybe someone would be willing to draw a piece from scratch, something to give it that little extra flair and importance for my 1st tattoo

if you could upvote this or spread this for visibility purposes i'd very much appreciate it

[slayer-pantheon-thumbs]

EDIT 1: damn! this thread popped off over night! thank you all so much, also i guess a red responded but his comment got deleted? was it a hack or something? either way i hope this thread gets some real rioter attention lol thank y'all again!

EDIT 2: GOT DAMM 200 upvotes and some red heat thank you all so much! <3

EDIT 3: 220 upvotes later we got some great source material from Riot Brightmoon will post pictures of the tattoo's soon! from the bottom of me and FlamingPuppies hearts thank you all so much! LET THERE BE INK

Xayah <3 Rakan

96 Comments

ModWuks46 votes

Let's make this happen, community! Upvoted! c:

Congrats, and good luck to the both of you.

Veraska12 votes

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Let's make this happen, community! Upvoted! c:

Congrats, and good luck to the both of you.

it's wuks![slayer-pantheon-rainbows]

Electro5222 votes

Just out of curiosity, Wuks......aren't you able to poke a Rioter or 2? Considering how long you've been an arbiter, I would assume you would be able to.

Don't take this the wrong way, its an honest question.

ModWuks3 votes

[{quoted}](name=Paleo Electro,realm=NA,application-id=cIfEodbz,discussion-id=EsXeGOy3,comment-id=00050001,timestamp=2017-07-06T08:27:37.033+0000)

Just out of curiosity, Wuks......aren't you able to poke a Rioter or 2? Considering how long you've been an arbiter, I would assume you would be able to.

Don't take this the wrong way, its an honest question.

My connections and experience mostly touch upon the technical side of League of Legends/Riot Games, so my friends and direct connections are more along the lines of NOC Technicians, Player Support, Insights, Network, Communication, and whatsuch. There isn't much opportunity or really, reason, for me to work with folks from the art/design team, if that makes sense.

This here is a community initiative, and I'm here to empower y'all with my words and an upvote. I need you guys to do the rest by sharing, commenting, and upvoting. Rallies like this are what make this community so great. 👍

DrCyanide2 votes

Have a NOC tech knock out the internet to the Art Team and pass the message along when they come to check it out :P

ModWuks4 votes

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Have a NOC tech knock out the internet to the Art Team and pass the message along when they come to check it out :P

But we already got the Red Response though 🙃

RiotRiot Brightmoon39 votes

hey there! This is really sweet and so in the spirit of what Xayah and Rakan would want :) I'm the delivery lead for Champion team and might be able to help. I will look for additional artwork, but it's possible we've already released everything we had. And we wouldn't be able to make a new piece right now - we're full steam ahead at finishing the next champion.
BUT I will look and get back to you!

UnboundHades7 votes

i didnt even know u existed

RiotRiot Brightmoon24 votes

i'm more of the lurker type, but i've been around :)

RiotRiot MapleNectar33 votes

He's a man of refined taste. His apartment spells of leather bound books and rich mahogany.

Envonyx8 votes

Rioters sure are creative

ModWuks12 votes

[{quoted}](name=Riot Brightmoon,realm=NA,application-id=cIfEodbz,discussion-id=EsXeGOy3,comment-id=0017,timestamp=2017-07-06T19:45:01.797+0000)

I will look for additional artwork, but it's possible we've already released everything we had. And we wouldn't be able to make a new piece right now - we're full steam ahead at finishing the next champion.
BUT I will look and get back to you!

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSYuloD_uXiJmANcoHMexFRLCUU8D0GsZ2uTJeGx-qDbW0_BysB

You're one legit dude, my dude.

RiotRiot Brightmoon14 votes

What's the best way for me to share an image on here? Do I need to upload it somewhere and link, if so any suggestions where? :)

ModWuks4 votes

[{quoted}](name=Riot Brightmoon,realm=NA,application-id=cIfEodbz,discussion-id=EsXeGOy3,comment-id=001700010000,timestamp=2017-07-07T01:29:08.561+0000)

What's the best way for me to share an image on here? Do I need to upload it somewhere and link, if so any suggestions where? :)

Yup, just drop the image into imgur and copy pasta the link wherever you want it to appear :D

Veraska4 votes

YESSSS

whiteinfantry3 votes

Since League Of Legends is busy (the staff), can we like try to give you fan art on this theme (Don't know if I am asking for too much) and the LoL staff will see the "fan art" skins and choose the best 2 it thinks that are the best. And apply them to Xayah and Rakah. [slayer-pantheon-thumbs]

Also, to cheer if someone's in a bad mood, here's a joke: Kayle + item 1054 = Pantheon

Galacius19 votes

I think this is really cute! I hope you guys get a response!

Veraska4 votes

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I think this is really cute! I hope you guys get a response!

thank you! <3

FlamingPuppies13 votes

LET THERE BE INK!!

Veraska6 votes

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LET THERE BE INK!!

[zombie-nunu-hearts]

RiotRiot Brightmoon9 votes

Hi Luke: I looked through everything we have and I think I found something that will help, but unfortunately there's no final ultimate close-up of those objects. It was one of the first things designed for the champions that the team went "that's cool! let's keep it!" and so it didn't get as many detail revisions as say, Xayah's feathers (which got dozens of detailed variations). BUT I think these should work to help a tattoo artist create the design!

Early Xayah and Rakan detailing

Veraska2 votes

Thank you so much! People like you are what make riot such a good company <3

KotetsuTatsumaki7 votes

Don't know how far your gonna get but I left an upvote for ya anyways.

Veraska5 votes

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Don't know how far your gonna get but I left an upvote for ya anyways.

thank you!

ananke7 votes

this is adorable. I can't help you with this unfortunately but good luck! <3

Veraska7 votes

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this is adorable. I can't help you with this unfortunately but good luck! <3

you good friend an upvote is all i ask to help keep it up!

Duchess Katarina7 votes

I know you might have already looked in some of these places, but I pulled up a few links.

http://universe.leagueoflegends.com/en_US/champion/xayah/ http://universe.leagueoflegends.com/en_US/champion/rakan/ http://leagueoflegends.wikia.com/wiki/Xayah Look under the tab development, and on the side you'll see the artists who worked on her, with links to their pages. Here is one that I looked into: https://www.artstation.com/artist/danitchu

http://leagueoflegends.wikia.com/wiki/Rakan Same thing here http://nexus.leagueoflegends.com/2017/05/dev-on-animating-xayah/ http://www.surrenderat20.net/2017/04/rakan-and-xayah-bio-stories.html At the bottom there is some!

A lot of it is repetitious, sorry if you've seen all of this before. But I hope it helps a bit, good luck on finding the tattoo for you! Keep me posted, I would love to see the results!

Veraska5 votes

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I know you might have already looked in some of these places, but I pulled up a few links.

http://universe.leagueoflegends.com/en_US/champion/xayah/ http://universe.leagueoflegends.com/en_US/champion/rakan/ http://leagueoflegends.wikia.com/wiki/Xayah Look under the tab development, and on the side you'll see the artists who worked on her, with links to their pages. Here is one that I looked into: https://www.artstation.com/artist/danitchu

http://leagueoflegends.wikia.com/wiki/Rakan Same thing here http://nexus.leagueoflegends.com/2017/05/dev-on-animating-xayah/ http://www.surrenderat20.net/2017/04/rakan-and-xayah-bio-stories.html At the bottom there is some!

A lot of it is repetitious, sorry if you've seen all of this before. But I hope it helps a bit, good luck on finding the tattoo for you! Keep me posted, I would love to see the results!

hey! ive actually looked through these before but thank you for trying to help me out! <3

The Leo Cat7 votes

I am usually a heartless monster. But your story has found some semblance of humanity deep in the abyss. You have the upvote.

DarkRitual4 votes

I found this a few additional links with decent images: https://www.etsy.com/listing/510021454/rakan-xayah-necklace-inspired-in-league http://communityspotlight.sgmy.leagueoflegends.com/en/cosplayduolovers/ https://www.etsystudio.com/shop/VickyLigt/?ref=l2-shopheader-name

Doing a google image search for "Xayah cosplay" and "Rakan cosplay" gives a LOT more to look through and hopefully find some better source images. You might even be able to find some of the cosplayers and get some better pictures or even a short video turnaround to get the perfect angles.

Azurith4 votes

That's very sweet and I wish you the best of luck. League is what helped me stay in touch and spend time with my girlfriend when I was away for college. We couldn't see each other often and wanted to spend time together, she loves JRPGs, especially KH but never played PvP before or any game like League. At first it was rough but through dedication and help of my roommates we trained her to become a decent Sup. I was always an ADC so I never had to change my role but it was fun training her to Sup. We are also one of those lovey dovey bot lane Duo couples. We sometimes do amazing but most of the time we end up like you lol but have fun doing it since we got to be together. When Rakaan and Xayah came out she was super excited to duo together with them, sadly we never got the chance because her laptop could no longer handle playing League and as a broke Art Major graduate she can't afford a new one.

However maybe I can see if she could do something for you if you can't get a hold of Riot. She is amazing at a variety of different art, actually she wanted to be a Concept Artist for video games like league, sadly she is slowly giving up on that dream simply do to how difficult it is to get into that field and her lack of faith in herself. I would gladly ask her to sketch out a piece for you two if your interested, free of charge, she would love to do it for a cause like this. Love is her weakness and so are romantic gamer couples. If you like what you see we can have a more detailed piece created for ya. Let me know! And best of luck to ya!

Veraska3 votes

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That's very sweet and I wish you the best of luck. League is what helped me stay in touch and spend time with my girlfriend when I was away for college. We couldn't see each other often and wanted to spend time together, she loves JRPGs, especially KH but never played PvP before or any game like League. At first it was rough but through dedication and help of my roommates we trained her to become a decent Sup. I was always an ADC so I never had to change my role but it was fun training her to Sup. We are also one of those lovey dovey bot lane Duo couples. We sometimes do amazing but most of the time we end up like you lol but have fun doing it since we got to be together. When Rakaan and Xayah came out she was super excited to duo together with them, sadly we never got the chance because her laptop could no longer handle playing League and as a broke Art Major graduate she can't afford a new one.

However maybe I can see if she could do something for you if you can't get a hold of Riot. She is amazing at a variety of different art, actually she wanted to be a Concept Artist for video games like league, sadly she is slowly giving up on that dream simply do to how difficult it is to get into that field and her lack of faith in herself. I would gladly ask her to sketch out a piece for you two if your interested, free of charge, she would love to do it for a cause like this. Love is her weakness and so are romantic gamer couples. If you like what you see we can have a more detailed piece created for ya. Let me know! And best of luck to ya!

hey man this story resonates with me, it's great when games can help people stay together, i have rekindled a number of friendships from highschool through league and it's weird thinking without that medium i'd never be able to do that,

for sure! i love helping artists of anykind, and of course i'd be willing to pay for a commission if i can't get this plan off the ground <3

Ninjapro2k4 votes

Upvoted to 111. You've been blessed by the 1 god. Which, in you case of being a couple, might be a problem

Kidding, good luck bro*[slayer-pantheon-thumbs]*

Veraska3 votes

i mean, we are one tho... lol too gooey, but thank you for the upvote!

Thørn4 votes

You got my upvote. You two should update this thread and show off the new ink; i'm sure I'm not the only one here who would dig it.

Either way, much luck!

Dataless4 votes

upvote for the cuteness.

Cup of Cocoa4 votes

This is so sweet. Good luck getting the templates!

RiotRiot Orphyre2 votes

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L9jJn1LAmk3 votes

What? Why?[zombie-brand-mindblown]

The Fuzzy 0ne10 votes

Pay him no attention... he's been hacked or something else. Look at his other posts. It doesn't fall within RIOT norms

Stalinium1 votes

Unless you're among those of us hoping it's a real Rioter going down in a blaze of glory :D :D XD

The Fuzzy 0ne4 votes

Yesh but it's easier to say he's hacked than disgruntled :P and that way feelings may be spared as well

Carteeeer2 votes

wait, what did he say?

xScarfy5 votes

Don't take him serious...I think this account got highjacked! Just look at all his last comments, I don't think Riot tolerates an employe, who talks like this to the community (He said “stay poor“ to a player)!

Poolparty Sauron3 votes

Being dealt with according to the boards Discord

Veraska2 votes

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Don't take him serious...I think this account got highjacked! Just look at all his last comments, I don't think Riot tolerates an employe, who talks like this to the community (He said “stay poor“ to a player)!

so i was asleep and didn't even see what he said since his posts had been taken down, lol

xScarfy3 votes

Than don't mind him :) he was just spreading some sh*t all over the boards and made fake announcements like: we are going to higher the rp costs for skins and its all trumps fault

Prophet of Urgod1 votes

I really don't want to have to read this schlock. Just take my down-vote and sod off.

Ganffor4 votes

you ok? :(

Legacy Hydralpha4 votes

They play Urgot, they can not know love as Riot hasn't given any to their champion. (Until the rework)

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