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Champ Update Exploration

Ze Ocelot·8/10/2015, 7:10:52 PM·160 votes·28,722 views

Hey all, every now and then I sketch a bunch of stuff. I've created a lot of skin concepts before (and will continue doing so when possible), but I recently wanted to try out some visual update sketches. Some of these are SUPER rough and sketchy, but these are for fun and practice.

I could have done more drastic design changes for some champs (Taric, Pantheon, Urgot, Eve), but for now the sketches I did mostly have minor edits/changes. Should certain champs be changed in major areas like Sion, or have they built a legacy/fanbase that their original theme, attire, and portrayal are important (but tidied up and more streamlined to match the current aesthetic). It differs for each champ.

How epicly awesome should Cho'Gath be without being too complicated (animation, number of new models needed, and so on), considering all of his other skins would have to receive the same treatment. His body/carapace could consist of segmented plates that allow him to expand and grow when he feasts.

Anyway, I hope you enjoy the sketches! They're not perfect by any means, but exploring is fun! Taric's first sketch looks waaayy too similar to Jarvan, the colors for Caitlyn are kind of a mess, BUT HEY feel free to give your input.

If you wanted to check out my other work, my deviantart: http://vegacolors.deviantart.com/

Take care, everyone!

112 Comments

Ironclad Dragon8/10/2015, 7:20:12 PM81 votes

This art... these modernizations... https://michaelscomments.files.wordpress.com/2015/03/dis.jpg?w=460

TheFirstGokun8/10/2015, 7:55:20 PM21 votes

The kind-of-cloaked-but-not-really Evelynn makes me so happy, and I love how you kept the hair but gave it a new twist. I'd say if anything had to stay from her original design, the hair would be it.

CrazedPorcupine8/10/2015, 8:12:03 PM18 votes

I honestly think the Evelynn VU idea is absolutely amazing. it really captures the essence of Evelynn while also tying her in visually to the Shadow Isles current thematics.

junglerboy168/10/2015, 8:10:34 PM13 votes

I like the pantheon concept in particular, but it also looks a little bit too much like Azir's sand soldiers.

RiotKindlejack8/12/2015, 7:42:12 AM10 votes

Really awesome stuff Ze Ocelot! I wasn't surprised when I realised you are Vegacolors - been a long time fan of your work. I really like the way you looked at updating/clarifying the shapes and design while respecting the original visuals of the champions. I particularly like Vladimir and Pantheon.

terkmc8/11/2015, 2:45:34 AM8 votes

Urgot looks too Mecha for my taste. Hes supposed to be this revolting bag of flesh not some high-tech cyborg (thats battle cast anyway)

Shroom Junkie8/10/2015, 8:11:35 PM7 votes

I love the Evelynn one. I love her as a jungler and holy shit that just looks amazing.

Radnar the bold8/10/2015, 7:17:53 PM5 votes

I think the pantheon one is great, since his people worship the sun people (leonas people)

GamerGoodies8/11/2015, 12:44:08 AM4 votes

Cho gath needs a VU when he gains stacks with his ulti he'd look larger, gruesome, and more terrifying. usually when he grows he just..grows...If he looks tons more gruesome I will love him.

Only Play Darius8/10/2015, 9:28:39 PM4 votes

Make Urgot look like that, and I might actually play him. Right now his model is just too revolting and i'm not going to pony up for Battlecast.

Gorgannan8/11/2015, 1:07:32 AM4 votes

That Swain looks like a french military officer from the 1800s. Damn good.

And Taric literally looks the same but better.

RiotOcelot pls.

Gixia8/11/2015, 7:19:52 AM4 votes

Not really a fan of the Urgot one to be honest. I feel like it looks too high-tech. Too much Zaun, not enough Noxus.

That said, the rest of those are all amazing and I would be very happy with any one of them. I especially like the LeBlanc, particularly the left one. It's amazing how much classier and more threatening she looks when she's wearing something resembling actual clothing. The Evelynn is very nice too. I like what you did with her hair. It looks really ethereal, which helps to sell her shadow isles origins.

The Cho'Gath I... actually don't know how I feel about it? He looks badass and cool, but for some reason I also feel like he reminds me too much of Baron or a minion. He looks less like a playable champ and more like an objective boss fight. But maybe that's the point? 6 stack Cho SHOULD feel that way. I don't know, I feel kinda mixed on that as a design for Cho but it looks amazing either way.

Darlantan128/11/2015, 9:47:30 PM3 votes

RIOT?? When Cho'gath VU? item 3070 Chogath

NarokKurai8/11/2015, 7:10:09 PM3 votes

I'm sorry man. I see what you're trying to do, and I respect that, but I just can't live in a world where Caitlyn doesn't have big ol' titties. I can't do it. There are things that are good, and natural, and right, and then there's Cait without cleavage, and I know where I stand.

UltimateMasterAJ8/11/2015, 8:05:41 PM3 votes

CHO LOOKS BEAST

5512028/11/2015, 6:02:55 PM3 votes

The cho one look so cool! Much more better than the actual one (with his very old model NEVER updated since his release 5 years ago)

Valhala Warior318/11/2015, 2:36:23 AM2 votes

evelynn isnt enough bad ass :D

Toa of Death8/10/2015, 9:05:52 PM2 votes

mmmm, that Cho VU is sexy. He's got so many cool concepts.

1000angrybees8/13/2015, 4:44:20 AM2 votes

My first thought was 'WOW THESE ARE GOOD.' My second thought was, 'WOW, LEBLANC LOOKS LIKE SHE'S WEARING ACTUAL CLOTHES!'

kJs8/11/2015, 6:39:29 PM2 votes

As amazing as all of these look, I think they all look very similar in their clothing and theme. They have all the same sleek thin leafed shape in their clothing designs or physical bodies bodies (Cho'Gath/Urgot). It looks much more like a line-up of same themed skins that a series of separate characters with separate personalities and backgrounds.

Cho'Gath's VU idea would work really well if it was more jutted out like the live model - spikey - and didn't have a sleek sharp look with the plates. The surface of the plates shouldn't be smooth is what I'm trying to express. Cho'Gath represents terror, there is nothing smooth about him, his character is terrifying, so his physical self (I feel) should reflect that terror.

UrgotVU just wouldn't work. He's too sleek and smooth. His lore is that he was a butcher in war, ruthless and probably sociopathic. From Noxus. He is reanimated as a zombie weapon, similar to Sion, and the techmaturgists who worked on him are from Zaun. They won't care if he looks crap or ugly. He is a living weapon and he must be effective at murdering people, nothing else. He had a revolting, murderous personality in life and in death he should be just as much.

These are just my take on the characters in relation to your VU.

UltimateMasterAJ8/11/2015, 8:16:20 PM2 votes

Riot play make this chogath VU work ITS AMAZING

Hupsis8/10/2015, 7:23:15 PM2 votes

Holy mother that Evelynn looks sick af!

Good job! :D

Cosmosaurus8/10/2015, 10:19:41 PM2 votes

God if that's how Cho'Gath's VU turns out I'd let him eat my carries any day

Purodyuusaa8/10/2015, 10:29:01 PM2 votes

That Cho'gath one looks like Godzilla and that's alright with me.

The HeraId8/10/2015, 10:24:53 PM2 votes

I love the pantheon one as well. Although his helmet looks like one of Azir's soldiers along with spear, but I could work with that for sure. Keep up the great work.

Kerrigan 4 Prez8/10/2015, 10:51:04 PM2 votes

Need Cho gath, so awesome.

aaronconlin8/10/2015, 9:26:10 PM2 votes

dat Pantheon and Cho'Gath rito pls :<

LeagueOfLejhins8/12/2015, 10:08:54 PM2 votes

I love it all, but Cho'gath looks to much like a pokemon, and then I'd start playing pokemon in the middle of my league games. And we can't ahve that now