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Voodoo Kindred Skin Development sketches. Help me pick!

Cyprusse··15 votes·2,308 views

Hey guys! Working on Kindred Voodoo Skin. Will probably call it Witchdoctor Skin to be less religious. I realised she hasnt have a new skin in like forever. I have in mind which design I want but thought I ask for opinions (especially LOL players) on which design would work better in game. Will choose a design and soon do a full layout and powers I was thinking of doing a Witchdoctor Series where champs that own spiritual, poisonous, and cursed things will have skins. So Shaco, Teemo, Singed, Morgana, Kindred and so on.

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26 Comments

Tribbles Foxfolk4 votes

I like #2 for Kindred's design, #2 for Wolf's, and #5 for her bow. Very cool idea overall!

Camille Ferrøs2 votes

it looks nice

Cyprusse1 votes

Thanksss! XD

ThePikol2 votes

It's very nice but can Riot use sceletons? Weren't there some chinese law thet doesn't allow that?

GinoSoldier1 votes

Wooden lookin' masks with some paint's all they need.

Cyprusse1 votes

Yep am going to do that :)

Cyprusse1 votes

Yeah I thought of that too. I think they should be fine with animal skeletons and not human. Like the skeleton cho Gath skin is accepted so I thought it ll be fine. But I think I might just scratch this idea and do a new one just to be safe. Will just have this in my sketchbook :)

ThePikol1 votes

Maybe animal will do, idk, maybe you are right. Keep up the good work! I have to say that bird and snake Wolf are very nice

mr Boombastic7871 votes

Yeah, also gnar have a animal skull as a hat so I think it is fine

Señor Weazel1 votes

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It's very nice but can Riot use sceletons? Weren't there some chinese law thet doesn't allow that?

I believe that is for Humans

Silvarspark1 votes

Nice concepts. To evaluate them it would help to get a better idea of what flair you are going for. Maybe make a little moodboard ? Is this supposed to be like the Withcdoctor from diablo3 (dimm colors, a bit deco but overall somewhat threatening) or are you going more for a extravaganca voodoo theme ? Something very stylized like Dr Facilier from Disney or sth with colorful feathers and little gimmicks ? thinking of the Voodoo Doctor Trolls from Warcraft.

When you know your central design elements you can repeat them in your concepts and work from there. Skulls and feathers for example.

About your concepts:

Wolf nr 4 is interesting, though I would simply give it the voodooesque skull facepaint. Also: Ears dont have bones in them. Nr3 also works.

Kindred ...just like this, none of them really says "voodoo" right now. I guess nr6 works best because of the wooden mask. The others seem like the mask is their face and that muddies the flair in my opinion. Nr 3 is a second choice. If the maks is too round it loses it's mask character.

Also think about the two together and come up with elements or concepts to bind the designs together. The original is wolf and sheep. What is the connection here going to be ? Simply Voodoo can work but they should propably share some design elements for that to work. I am curious to see how this turns out.

The bow is unimportant to me right now. It should reflect the design of the voodoo kindred. Since I went for the skull wolf I'd also pick the skull bow here (4).

Cyprusse2 votes

Thanks for the constructive criticism, I like that. Yeah I will be doing colors and references later on once I get the silhouette i want first.

I didn't get to explain but I thought for wolf 4 is a rabbit skull with two feathers sticking from it as ears. So the concept would be fox and rabbit. Kindred mask wont be too different but the wolf one will be.

As for kindred, I ll get more detailed once I choose a overall silhouette. They are small thumbs so I didn't want to clutter everything. Will clean it up and make the concept clearer.

As for the concepts, I think I kept the idea they are wolf and lamb but wearing costumes. I noticed that their skins doesn't have that wolf and lamb concept but more of a theme that is why I went for just an overall theme. But ofcourse I like to make the concept obvious so I ll work on that.

I probably won't proceed with this idea being that maybe skeletons are not allowed. Will come up with a different idea after this. Thanks for commenting through!

Silvarspark1 votes

I dont think a skull mask etc counts as skeleton. Also, skeletons etc are not banned in china, but companies self censor to avoid potential trouble during the approval process. This is regarding rather vague religion and cult related laws as far as I know.

Sexy Jack Rabbit1 votes

Wolf and Lamb? Are you asking for tips on just Lamb right now? I don't' get it.

Cyprusse1 votes

Just on everything. Wolf ,lamb, bow and if you have any suggestion let me know too!

Sexy Jack Rabbit1 votes

Oh okay. I got confused. You want an opinion on them both.

Well I guess since I"m talking to you directly I'll leave it here.

Lamb #2 and #4 Stand out to me.

Wolf honestly none do. But if I had to pick I'd say #2. It's not quite as minimalist as the others without being overloaded either. I am not amazing at constructive criticism. But wolves iterations kind of bore me.

For the bows #2 and #5 do. But only because of my choices of lambs aesthetic.

I love your work. Concept art is awesome.

Salson1 votes

Hm, ima go with Kindred 2/4 Wolf body 3, mask 2/5 Bow 4/5

SanKakU1 votes

Wolf 6 mask looks great, but the snake-like body I'm not fond of. Would prefer to see wolf 3 body. Wolf 2 mask also looks nice, but not as wolf-like as wolf 6. Actually, looking at wolf 5 some more, at first I don't like it but this one has the best fangs IMO. Lamb 3 looks the best, although I prefer the hanging tassels of Lamb 1. Not sure what to think about the different bows.

Arakadia1 votes

For bow I like 4 and 1. They seem handcrafted and more fitting.

Wolf 5 feels like a vile, chaotic spirit let loose by a witch doctor due to the details such as the gnarled horn.

Tails90161 votes

2nd or 3rd look nice, especially with her mask design on 2 and wolfs spine. Bow 1 looks cool. Wolf 6 is a cobra? Cool choice. Overall I like the bird thing going on with 3.

Tattersall1 votes

Gonna go with #2 for Lamb and Wolf and #s 3,4,5 for the bow.

Tulare1 votes

I like Lamb #2, Wolf #4, and Bow #4.

SpecterVonBaren1 votes

I like 2 Lamb, 3 Wolf and 5 bow. I dunno, I rather like the idea of making them bird like with their weapons and masks.

Aldapsayar1 votes

2 and 4

mr Boombastic7871 votes

I love this concept art! :D

My favorites are prob 3 or 6 for Lamb, 5 for wolf and for the bow I like 1 the most.

Wolfs 4 with the bunny mask is hilarious though!

Void Kaiju1 votes

Looking awesome so far! I think with the exception of the wolf concepts that include the spine, they don't appear that different than his default form (unless you changed the color/particles or something to better differentiate). I think a hybrid between wolf 5 and 6 would be cool.

I think lambs 1 and 2 are the best, especially 1. The concepts on the right are too similar to her default model, especially with the grainy wooden masks. The bows all look great, but 4 definitely drives the whole voodoo look home for me the most.

Hopefully this helps, and I look forward to seeing the end result!

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