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Star Guardian Zyra by Eraiviolett

EraiViolett··17 votes·10,152 views

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The full team Will be uploaded in this order: Varus SG Varus Feb/11 Irelia SG Irelia Feb/13 Akali SG Akali Feb/15 Zyra SG Zyra Feb/18 Caitlyn SG Caitlyn Feb/20 Taliyah SG Taliyah Feb/22

Remember these are concepts mainly for fun and for Portfolio pieces. I wish to apply to Riot some time in the future. Do share who you think will get SG skins this year!

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13 Comments

Chembaron Yamada3 votes

I like your design, but I don't really consider Zyra as Star Guardian material. Her personality is too malevolent. She is evil, she wants to kill humans to feed her seeds.

If Zyra ends up in the Star Guardian universe, I would picture her as a member of the enemy team, alongside other "evil" champions like Evelynn Elise Cassiopeia Lissandra

Also: Caitlyn was supposed to be shown on 19th, why did you postpone it? [sg-soraka]

EraiViolett1 votes

Well thus far the response has been very very positive! Many would have thought Syndra was also not SG material but welp, it doesn't really matter since this is not a skin that is actually happening, i'm not limited by it :3 I also wanted the challenge to explore her in this universe, being so different from her.

I needed more time to finish Zyra yesterday, so I had to move the schedule one day forward for the remaining guardians :(

Wayward Fish2 votes

Syndra isn't exactly known for being a good guy either.

meteorbreaker1 votes

Ahri, Syndra. They are also not good champions, after updating their lores, bios so much in general.

Chembaron Yamada1 votes

These cases are different for me.

Ahri is actually reflecting herself and considers her past actions as evil. She is forced to do it by her very own nature, but she is fighting it and tries to take as less away from people as possible. She even exiled herself for quite a while because of that. Someone born with flaws, but who is actively working on them and fighting their bad nature, is not really considered evil in my eyes.

Syndra was betrayed by the people surrounding her. She had a powerful gift and wanted to learn to use it. But everyone was just trying to lock her power away and always keep an eye on her. Her powers were not inherently evil, she wanted to explore them, but everyone was working against her instead of helping her understand. That was the point she decided that no one should control her and she shall decide her own future.

Syndra is more in a grey zone, but this is considered in the Star Guardian universe too. There are strong hints that Syndra may actually betray the Star Guardians, siding with evil in the end. She is not pictured as pure as the other Star Guardians.

Mr Voidling3 votes

Not to mention SG Jinx, that one was... a pretty crazy choice to say the least. All depends on which champ sells I guess.

BlackSonar2 votes

BUT you also got to consider they let Jinx become a star guardian and she is the optime of crazy

Sassmast3r2 votes

Even though I agree that, thematically speaking, Zyra doesn't belong in the SG universe (and the same goes for Syndra in my opinion), this is a really high quality, well made skin. I especially love how you chose the leafy green and light pink color scheme; the skin looks natural and reminds me of Elderwood LeBlanc.

Madjack012 votes

I love the faces you create. From a creative point I find them much better than Riot's design with newer female champs because your design looks more mature.

Minor personal critique on flavor: the star on her chest looks a bit out of place. I assume that you either wanted to give the star theme a central position or you were reluctant to show some cleavage. If it is the latter then that would be a real shame. A bit of cleavage fits Zyra well and I hope you let your creativity roam freely without being too concerned about debated topics.

From the looks of your designs you seem to know what you do and want though, so I'm probably rambling like a fool.

EraiViolett1 votes

Thank you! I appreciate that :D

I didn't really think it through that much, I don't shy away from sexualizing characters when its needed and I agree Zyra has some sort of "luring" tropes to her on her design, she's like a venus trap. Hell, she even has a few voicelines regarding that, "Come closer" "Venture off the beaten path" and so on.

However, in this universe she doesn't really need to lure any pray in, the trope isn't as needed. She gets to kill monsters for free and she gains energy from that. Any sex appeal would be an extra. Or at least I think so.

That said, The main reason why she has the star there is that all of the other guardians I'm designing have it in the center of their design, look at Irelia's for example, all lines around converge into the star or frame it in the center. Varus's is the center of his chest (considered puting it off to the side where he has the arrow opening on his actual character). Its just the design that felt most appropriate when i was exploring her!

Arcade Lulu1 votes

It's cool but doesn't fit the star guardians

Terozu1 votes

Dont mean to be mean but this looks more like Irelia than your Irelia concept.

DepressionCherry1 votes

I am OBSESSED. Riot NEEDS TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN.[sg-jinx]

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