@Riot: A challenge for all you art-guys at Riot:

SaltyToplaneGoat··11 votes·4,310 views

Now, first of all, what I'm asking for is not a splashart or a skin, but just a normal picture with no use ingame.

There are the following things I'd love to see:

  • Pre ascension Azir, Nasus, Renekton and Xerath - all of them clothed how they were back then with the typical Shurima-Fashion accodring to their professions. Nasus as a librarian, Rene as warrior and the other two as upper-class statemen.

  • Pre-Curse Cassiopeia - or even better, a not-so-old Familiy Potrait (plus Talon and Katarina ) of her family. I mean comon, they are aristocracy after all - there has to be at least ONE overly pompous painting like that.

  • Human Lissandra - before she lost her eyesight and started wearing that mask. I bet she looks a bit differnt now...

  • Full fox Ahri . Just how she looked before turning human. Sure, a picture of a fox isn't that awesome, but I'm still curious to see it.

  • Young Zilean - that could be a nice skin concept too. He's already drifting through time, so it wouldn't be weird if sometimes his body changes too... was a super handome? More of a nerdy inventor? I wonder how Riot imagines him xD

  • Urgot before death. Make it a photo in a newspaper os something - that would be actually awesome stuff for when you rework him. Zaun headline: "ZAUNITE SCIENTIST DEFY DEATH!" and below that a photo of Urgot before and how he looks now.

  • DrMundo Viktor , both before their self-applied modifications. With viktor we just need a peak behind the mask - again the newspaper style would fit ("Youngster embarasses himself at ceremony: Claims that his work was stolen!). Dr. Mundo on the other hand... He's actually a genius scienstist. It would be nice to see the "Bruce Banner" sometimes instead of "The Hulk" - would be an awesoem idea for a mundo rework btw... change is gameplay so he transforms... hmmm I should work out a concept for this, just for the lolz...

Ok, that's it from my side... so, what do you guys want to see? Just post it here and let's hope some Rioter sees this ^^

14 Comments

RiotIronStylus6 votes

We wouldn't be able to do that, sorry. This would pretty much amount to us violating our contracts completely by producing work shown publically that's directly related to the League IP. Only when it relates to a piece of released content and approved to be shown would work like this see the light of day.

Solideus4 votes

You and other artists have done more casual LoL-pieces at times. You've put a few Leona and Diana-pieces on twitter for example and there's RiotPenguin's Fan Art for Fans!. I'm not chiding you, I realize IP is complicated. I'm just curious about the difference there, if you know it. Edit: is it the "canon-ness" of "lore"-designs that could be problematic? Is it that it would count as pre-production material?

ULTRAF0RCE8 votes

that is my personal guess, since with the skins that Penguin is posting those aren't currently planned to be skins even though they could become skins in the future, his headhunter vi for example is probably less likely even to get a skin before void Lux. Those are done completly sepperatly from Riot with no one judging them as if they are canon. Except for Pretty, Pretty Princess Sion, that is definitly canon http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-sThi1wOrvh0/VHvVQqZTbbI/AAAAAAAAAfo/9cXeRA7H5P0/s1600/PrincessSion.jpg

Eyrgos4 votes

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We wouldn't be able to do that, sorry. This would pretty much amount to us violating our contracts completely by producing work shown publically that's directly related to the League IP. Only when it relates to a piece of released content and approved to be shown would work like this see the light of day.

Curious, can't you guys ask the people upstairs for permission? Or can't Riot order its artists to do this just for teh funsies? Is it not possible to receive approval without the art piece being related to released content?

Not judging your answer, I'm just legitimately curious! All these Q's swirling in my head about it now.

I'm totally cool if you guys can't; now I'm just interested in the 'well, why can't they?' storm swirling in my mind.

P.S. I responded to you in my Quinn thread (where you wrote me), do you want me to recreate the thread in Story & Art after all or just let it sit? You'll check back there on occasion? I hope! Or else I'm moving it :P

SaltyToplaneGoat2 votes

Well... just for clarification... I wasn't asking for some private fanart, but for approved content. And that content doesn't always need an ingame use. It seems that you guys are a little bit too fixated on ingame stuff - since that mostly takes more time (reworks, new gamemodes, champ releases etc.) it's no suprise there is barely any output recently.

It wouldn't be a violation to your contracts of you:

1.) Get together and discuss so there are no complications and contradictions 2.) Make the art magic happen 3.) Get approval from higher ups and narrative on this, eventually work over it and put it up 4.) ??? 5.) Profit (and many happy players who see the backstory of their favourite champ getting expanded)

You would be making leage content that would be released with the approval from your boss. No contract violation here, in that case you would be just doing your job as an artist and content creator. Also: "Only when it relates to a piece of released content"... the champions you would make this artworks off... aren't they "released content"? Your arguments kinda don't make sense...

Aikki4 votes

I'd love to see the Du Couteau family portrait.

SaltyToplaneGoat2 votes

Yes... and even better: how a about a demacian potrait for comparision? I think due to their culture difference the style should be completly different... that would be quite interesting on my opinion ^^

SaltyToplaneGoat1 votes

Oh dang I almost forgot one of the more important ones: Human Warwick before Soraka cursed him ofc.

Celio Hogane HD1 votes

Human warwick? GASP

SaltyToplaneGoat1 votes

Well, I haven't seen any official art on that... at least as far as I remember... It would be highly interesting to how Riot pictures their characters :)

SaltyToplaneGoat1 votes

Has no one else an idea for this list? :/

Solideus1 votes

I've got a pretty long list of similar ideas I'd like to tap into at some point. Shadow Isles champions before they died is one idea. Among many others there's also Varus , Nautilus , Malzahar , Kassadin , Soraka and Riven.

Solideus1 votes

I've been itching to do some LoL-related fanart for a while, including some of these ideas. I have no idea when I'll get to start doing them, though.

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