83 Comments

CytheGuy1/13/2019, 7:58:58 PM40 votes

Multi-billion dollar company btw

BoringLittleF1/13/2019, 9:39:27 PM39 votes

Well, if I were Riot, after all the complaints about female same face, I would have made my damned best to make sure EVERYONE in the League has the same face because I don't discriminate.

https://thumbs.gfycat.com/AssuredEarnestBunting-small.gif

Camille Ferrøs1/13/2019, 7:28:55 PM37 votes

Wait....

Eternal Torment1/13/2019, 8:08:38 PM34 votes

WHAT THE!! IT'S A PERFECT FIT

ModCaptainMårvelous1/13/2019, 10:04:08 PM17 votes

An illusion?

WHAT ARE YOU HIDING

Unemployed Ninja1/13/2019, 9:46:58 PM17 votes

Lets get an official Sylas is Kayns estranged father. Ignore the part where Sylas was locked up at a young age. Nothing else Riot says anymore makes sense anyways.

Chewedon1/14/2019, 4:27:15 AM17 votes

Very similar bit some noticeable differences (need to zoom in close to see the little differences):

  • Sylas painting had to be rotated to line up with Kayne's painting (I did this myself in an art software)
  • Syals has a wider chin
  • Sylas has a wider cheekbone and higher up
  • Sylas outer eye corner curves downwards whereas Kayne's eye corner curves upwards
  • Sylas's iris is a lot smaller
  • Sylas's smirk is smaller, the corner of the lips end sooner
  • Sylas's eyes brows are more steeply angled and curves, Kayne's one is less steep and more straight
  • Sylas's face is more concave

Not an exact 100% trace.

Thefrostyviking1/13/2019, 7:39:07 PM10 votes

Woah that´s quite the trick O_O

Rαy1/13/2019, 9:01:06 PM7 votes

So... is anyone over there still doing their job properly?

Lhuhz1/13/2019, 8:46:30 PM6 votes

Lmao, same shit happens with Ashe (Overwatch) and Widowmaker, well, and with more.

Marshbouy1/13/2019, 9:10:56 PM6 votes

Unsurprising. Specific art styles in games result in a lot of champion's faces looking very similar.

Also there's only so many ways you can draw "evil grin at camera"

edit: so what they copied the facial structure? that's one tiny part of two radically different pieces of art.

Terozu1/13/2019, 7:33:39 PM6 votes

I am now dubbing them estranged cousins.

Mael Jade1/14/2019, 2:43:13 PM6 votes

I can nearly assure you that they dont have the same face. It´s been like this with Brig and Mercy from Overwatch where everyone complained because of a clip just like this and...surprise, surprise, 10$ for the first to name it: They dont. TBSkyen made a great analysis talking about same face syndrom in general and why it is not: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXYv9vhOI3s

Coldblooooded 1/14/2019, 1:04:33 AM3 votes

hahaha with the money Riot rakes in you'd think they'd put in more effort... I mean, i've noticed how similar some champs artwork is, like really similar, but this is just too much. Since you guys are saving so much time tracing, can you fit in an Anivia chroma?

Icy Hot Shoto1/14/2019, 7:22:20 AM3 votes

So, just to let it be known, Elena 'Hellstern' Bespalova has done artwork for both Kayn AND Sylas. So if she did the splash arts, that would be why they look similar. Because it was the same artist.

Big Yikes Chief1/14/2019, 1:27:59 AM3 votes

Am I just dumb, or would a lot of work have to go into actually making the splashes interact like this? Obviously I don't know much about digital art and this could quite literally just be Rito being lazy, but if this was intentional, I feel like they need some credit where it's deserved.

AetherArising1/13/2019, 9:05:21 PM2 votes

Link's broken for me.

GreenKnight1/14/2019, 9:31:18 AM2 votes

And now we know why Pyke hides half of his face.

Sugarlicious1/14/2019, 2:03:00 PM2 votes

You just noticed this? I thought this was well known, the base of the splash arts get recycled very often.

Nami=arclight vayne=kaisa and project vayne=bullet angel kaisa cosmic ashe=eclipse leona project fiora=nightbringer yasuo=assassin yi All those with one hand on the ground... There are many more examples but I can't be bothered to look through every single splash art. Just saying - yes, we are going to ignore this, since we have been ignoring this for a long time now, you've simply just noticed something that's been around for a long time.

UomoAfide1/14/2019, 2:27:05 PM2 votes

Uh... and the mindblowing fact is? This isn't new for Riot...

Ionian Vulpix1/14/2019, 12:48:19 AM2 votes

Photoshopped Little Mac

The Iceborn1/13/2019, 8:14:45 PM2 votes

Is this for real or do I sense strange sorcery called photoshop

ZER0 21/14/2019, 2:15:13 AM2 votes

I thought Sylas' head in the splash art looked kinda strange tbh, like it was tilted at the wrong angle or just didn't fit in. Now it makes sense lol

TisBis1/14/2019, 3:05:15 AM2 votes

Lmaooooo what the fuck