IronStylus has apparently left Riot

Masala Chai·6/2/2016, 6:17:15 PM·181 votes·8,888 views

He changed his twitter from @RiotIronStylus to just @Iron_Stylus and his twitter bio says "Former Senior Concept Artist @ Riot Games. Currently spreading my wings in the big wide world." If you're reading this Bird Man, thank you for helping create some great looking champions over the years.

The Iron Solari will live on.

He's on the art team, and worked on Quinn, and concepted the following skins and splashes.

Ahri (Classic) Braum (Initial-CeeCee) Diana (Classic, Lunar Goddess) Fiora (Classic, Classic VU) Garen (Steel Legion) Graves (Classic) Leona (Classic, Iron Solari, Pool Party, PROJECT) Lux (Steel Legion) Master Yi (Classic VU) Quinn (Classic) Sejuani (Classic, Classic VU) Skarner (Classic) Sivir (Classic VU) Talon (Classic) Trundle (Classic VU, Traditional) Viktor (Classic) Volibear (Classic) Xerath (Classic)

125 Comments

Ralanr6/2/2016, 6:22:07 PM42 votes

Woah, he's leaving?

Damn. He will be missed.

Núll6/2/2016, 6:32:08 PM21 votes

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Fasmodey6/2/2016, 6:20:13 PM19 votes

Fucking invisible ninjas are cutting onions. [zombie-nunu-tears]

He helped on design of Xerath, I will miss him.

Elikain6/2/2016, 11:39:52 PM12 votes

I thank the Iron Hawk-father for https://i.ytimg.com/vi/h84UdLGSh5w/maxresdefault.jpg

This is my best skin for Lux, she's such an amazing champion <3

Placentas6/2/2016, 9:22:03 PM10 votes

Aw man! Dude graced us with my boy Volibear <3 and my girl Quinn <3. And of course can't forget Leo! Good luck in your future careers Iron!

Walking Faces6/3/2016, 3:59:27 AM9 votes

What I always hated about IronStylus was that he was always so against creating sexy characters. I don't care about the whole argument he made that it "didn't fit their character," considering he was wrong about 99% of the time.

Now that he's gone maybe we can have an artist in charge that isn't afraid of creating sexy champs once in a while.

Samflash36/3/2016, 5:48:39 AM9 votes

Thanks for Quinn. Shame you weren't able to finish the model rework.

All the best, parrot. Thanks for spending time with the community. #Samflash3

Silent Reaper6/2/2016, 6:23:07 PM9 votes

Let's not forget about the other good Rioters who had left us.

I miss Shurelia.... :(

AwesomeChad6/3/2016, 2:45:14 AM9 votes

ironstylus was actually a cool guy. I got to meet him in person at one of the events. Hes genuine unlike some people.

Decrit6/2/2016, 6:41:44 PM8 votes

One of the best. I will miss his artstyle in the artworks :c

Good luck hawk.

The Quinndred6/3/2016, 3:42:53 PM5 votes

Thank you Ironstylus for your years of service and awesomeness. You created my absolute favorite champion and made very high quality splash arts. It's a shame that Riot no longer has you to help make their game art great. You will be remembered.

The Soulforged6/2/2016, 6:40:28 PM5 votes

We knew this a while ago. Don't copy from reddit ;*(.

Edit: http://boards.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/GD/vbN1EhyF-ironstylus-left-riot-yesterday

Toa of Death6/2/2016, 11:37:52 PM2 votes

Penguin, Lyte, now Iron Stylus? Why are all my favorite Rioters leaving?!

MonkeyMadness6/3/2016, 12:03:43 PM1 votes

Didn't Lyte leave a while back too. Might be behind the times with that. If that's true I wonder if Riot is finally starting to crumble due to some of the "questionable" decisions they've made recently (ie Dynamic Queue).