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Three different helmets! - DJ Sona Ethereal helmet proposal.

Dustogrei··70 votes·18,321 views

Yes yes another splash edit, I'm sorry Riot/internet/fellow league art community. I don't mean to sound ungrateful, really, I mean I can appreciate all the love that went into DJ Sona's skin, and the fact that they took the time to make 3 different wallpapers, damn, that must have been a lot of work. It's a pretty cool skin. (this is without even mentioning the music aspect, I'm a huge Crystal Method/Pretty Lights fan [although Concussive is my fav beat])

Nonetheless, when looking at the 3 splashes side by side one thing that sticks out is how Kinetic and Ethereal have the exact same helmet shape. And the lower face showing helmet looks a lot less cooler than the full face of Concussive. So why not have the face showing helmet for Kinetic - the base/default (I get why they wanted to show her face), and give Ethereal its very own helmet shape? Not only will it be uber awesome to have 3 different helmet shapes for each mode, but a full on face helmet fits the Ethereal theme better, plus I think it has the potential to look at lot cooler than the face showing helmet.

This is something i edited in photoshop - an ovalish type helmet - but use your imagination, I think it could look way way better when painted by a professional artist, give it a more alien look that fits better with Ethereal. http://i.imgur.com/21wPnBC.jpg

If you're not convinced, look at this image of the three compared side to side.
http://i.imgur.com/B3OkjLu.jpg here you clearly have three different models

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-DCFx_dVKw4E/VNEf8npjooI/AAAAAAAAjRQ/--jnh4CkGww/s1600/fkdpf.jpg whereas here it feels like the third face is just a copy paste of the first (it's this image that actually first brought my attention to the fact).

Oh and just remember that this is an ultimate skin worth 3250 RP, it's still in the PBE, and I remember how they gave Spirit Guard Udyr a death animation despite all the work that had already been put into him. So I would really love to see them improve the third helmet. Just my two cents.

edit Tried as suggested a bottom face covered exposed face top but it wasn't working out, so tried a full face visor approach. This is a manipulation of Ippus' arcade sona fan art. http://i.imgur.com/7Gm6KQv.jpg

also tried the full helmet with a visor http://i.imgur.com/5Wa9ViO.jpg

73 Comments

Felvyne18 votes

While I agree that having three diferent helmets would be perfect (I also feel weird that Concussive is the only one whose face is wholy covered), and I like your change, now Ethereal and Concussive feel too similiar...

Dustogrei5 votes

Similar yes, but not 100% the same. And again, I'm no artist, I leave it up to Riot to figure out how to change it up.

GaleWinUnleashed9 votes

You're no artist? PAH! If that was me attempting to touch it up, you'd get a purple blob covering her lower face. You did great.

Felvyne2 votes

This. Your work was really nice, don't look down on it.

Vesarixx1 votes

They could make it have a silver part for the bottom portion, with a slit for the mouth, but have the top part left as is, like the helmet on the left

http://images8.alphacoders.com/410/410902.jpg

GaleWinUnleashed1 votes

So have it cover her entire head with a visor in the same fashion as Kinetic, but another piece of some kind to cover the rest of her face?

Vesarixx1 votes

Yep, here's my attempt at editing, the bottom piece is supposed to be more silver than it turned out

GaleWinUnleashed1 votes

What if the side pieces to the helmet flowed smoothly into that?

Vesarixx1 votes

not sure how that would look, I probably can't edit it well enough for that though.

Dustogrei1 votes

This is an interesting idea.

libraryseraph 2 votes

i think the left would work best on concussive (because it only has the line anyways) and the fullface concussive currently has on ethereal

Ariaflux3 votes

The similarity between Ethereal and Concussive is a lot less than the similar between Ethereal and Kinetic right now.

Currently the bottom half of Ethereal and Kinetic is literally the exact same picture. At least that part looks different for the edited version, even if both are full helms.

GaleWinUnleashed6 votes

I feel like it should be differentiated even more somehow, but I also don't have any ideas of my own to contribute.

Dustogrei2 votes

Agreed, more can definitely be done. I also don't have any more ideas for now.

GaleWinUnleashed3 votes

In any case, I'm absolutely going to buy it, whether or not they make any more improvements to it =P

Dustogrei1 votes

LOL

GaleWinUnleashed2 votes

I doubt I'm the only one that was planning to buy the ultimate skin, no matter who it was for =P

Playing Sona more isn't much of a stretch for a support main such as myself. Nice to see some appreciation for the role.

libraryseraph 1 votes

I main Sona and I already bought arcade my poor wallet item 3070

GaleWinUnleashed1 votes

I barely played Sona, and I bought Arcade anyway =P

I'm a sucker for the quality skins that are fun-looking.

Awoof2 votes

You know, I think it would have been cool if ethereal would show her eyes. I feel like it would fit having the soft and calm one with an open face, so to say, then we have kinetic, which is more upbeat and covers her eyes, and then concussive, which (as I see it) is the most 'agressive' one and takes up her whole face. Don't know if it's understandable what I mean, but yeah, I would love an 'open' helmet for ethereal.

DoniaClotilde2 votes

What about a Power Ranger style helmet? A full head piece with a black visor. Perhaps something similar.

yay nibbers6 votes

I personally think all the helmets should be the same closed design like Concussive but with their own visuals but this is a cool idea too

Dustogrei1 votes

This would also work. I think the covered is a lot better. Chaoswyrm's toggable helmet idea is good too though.

Prestige Eve1 votes

{quoted}

This would also work. I think the covered is a lot better. Chaoswyrm's toggable helmet idea is good too though.

It would please everyone that way. As weird as it may sound, I'm sure there are some people who like the way her helmets are right now, so making it interchangeable in-game would everyone happy. I do like the over-eye visor idea! I think it would look better on her green form though.

Abyssphere4 votes

I think the best thing for ethereal would be visible eyes and everything else covered, but they seem not to want to show anything as "personal" as eyes to keep up the Daft Punk theme.

A Bare Magician1 votes

Yeah I like the idea of the eyes but maybe not her actual eyes, maybe some sort of design that looks kind of indented for eyes like neon eye slits of some sort would be cool

GaleWinUnleashed1 votes

Even just indents to indicate where eyes would be. They would just be small depressions in the helmet, very smooth.

Legostrike3 votes

cool idea

Ariaflux3 votes

I like it!

Poldy Scarecrow3 votes

I really like it. Don't know how to differentiate it further but I think the fully covered helmet looks cooler

Remlap12233 votes

Yeah I agree. Kinetic and Etheral are too similar, not just with the helmets, but with the outfits as well. If you look at Sona's cleavage (don't pretend you weren't looking there.) Her concussive outfit had a darker mesh around the breasts, while Kinetic and Ethereal are the same. If she had that helmet and a bare chest, that would be enough variation for me.

GaleWinUnleashed5 votes

and a bare chest

While there is a large portion of the community that would undoubtedly appreciate this, I'm pretty sure Riot isn't allowed to deliver.

PerishSoftly3 votes

Goddamnit I read this in class and had to fake a coughing fit to cover my incredulous laughter. Well played.

GaleWinUnleashed2 votes

Quotes taken out of context have great potential to be hilarious =P

Dustogrei2 votes

I also lol'ed hard at that comment. But Remplap probably means something like this http://i.imgur.com/SQSgL38.jpg

Remlap12231 votes

You are correct sir. I knew it was a joke, just wanted to clarify. Was quite funny, but also sad since I'm never going to see those godly tits uncovered. Oh well, that's what rule34 is for. And judging by dat ass, I'd say DJ Sona is going to get a lot of representation.

A Bare Magician1 votes

I really like everything about that style, the no mesh, and the visor both look awesome

Poptart Evelynn2 votes

You could also say the third in the first set is a copy of the second. :)

Dustogrei3 votes

Nope, the 2nd has an angled chin with a metal/plastic border, the third is curved and completely glass. Whereas in the second set you have the exact same nose/lips - elements were actually copied.

Prestige Eve2 votes

I think the easiest change that would please everyone is making them toggle-able. Make it so all of her forms can simply swap out of the full helmet into the half faced helmet via taunt like what we've seen on Rengar and Vi's new skin.

Prestige Eve2 votes

Uh.. You can clearly see the difference in her helmets in-game right now.

Dingleberreh2 votes

Sona needs a buff before anything happens with the actual skin.

I think Riot is diverting their our attention to the legendary skin over the champion itself.

She provides nothing for the team. Squisher than a plushy.

She needs to get her AP/AD/Amor/MR/MVSP aruas BACK.

Silven2 votes

Why not have some sort of facemask for her Ethereal form. No words needed for the soothing beat. It would cover up the lower part of her face from her chin to her nose, leaving the eyes free. It'd basically be an opposite to the Kinetic one, so that her helmet would change from covering the top half to all of her face to bottom half. Clear distinction between all forms and we get to see Sona's eyes.

Colgate Gator2 votes

At this point I doubt they are going to make changes, but alas! Have my upvote.

Ryu the first2 votes

POWER RANGER SONA

PrismacoIor1 votes

I would think that they should give Kinetic sona like a pair of visor glasses/goggles/whatever they are called and keep the forehead open. That way all three are unique, cause all this does is shift the similarity of Ethereal and Kinetic to Ethereal and Concussive. And kinetic should get the visor glasses over Ethereal because a closed face visor seems more appropriate on a soft, vibey gentle "ethereal sona" than an upbeat sona.

Dustogrei2 votes

http://i.imgur.com/SQSgL38.jpg

something like that on kinetic? And keep the other helmet for ethereal?

PrismacoIor2 votes

{quoted}

http://i.imgur.com/SQSgL38.jpg

something like that on kinetic? And keep the other helmet for ethereal?

Yea something like that seems much cooler. +1

Exabytes1 votes

I just generally dislike the exposed face. Those lips just give me a....dare I say it? A slutty feel. It ***IS *** an awesome skin but the lipstick really makes me cringe. Personal opinion, no haterino plz.

Edit: Lol, maybe make a cat helmet for the Kinetic tune for that Deamau5 theme?

Maplecrest3 votes

Slutty? Not sure. But the exposure is indeed cringe-worthy. It's one of the major factors why I adore Concussive the best.

Sona is Aliveca7.

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