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Published: 2014-02-25 13:57:07 +0000 UTC; Views: 157237; Favourites: 2729; Downloads: 1246
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Hey guys, had a recent request here to do a piece of Syndra with a dodgeball type skin. I thought this was a total crackup and we couldn't resist painting this one up. We tried to alter her up a bit to bring back some of those good vibes from the Dodgeball movie, "if you can dodge a wrench, you can doge a ball!". Hope you guys all like the finished product, all comments and critique are welcome as always and I appreciate EVERYONE who 'likes' the Facebook page, (We do almost all of our artwork for free through sponsorships. The more people that like the page, the more free art I can do of concepts you guys want to see
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As always, thanks for watchingΒ
Asher
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The Syndra balls should look like actual dodgeballs instead of trying to stick to the classic Syndra purple. W/o the title I wouldn't have guessed this was a dodgeball skin. I LOVE the idea of it though, very creative and unique. The feet look a little out of place to me, they are much too small. I also think the suit in general is a little off as well, the purple at looks too flashy for me. I would try to stick to more traditional 'dodgeball' colors like red/yellow/orange (and you got the orange down). I love the actual design of the suit though, gloves and hat all. Very good idea, good look, and good artistry skills. Nice work e.deviantart.net/emoticons/s/s⦠" width="15" height="15" alt="
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I've seen this idea looming around the forums quite a bit and I really like how it's been legitimately attempted. That being said I honestly don't think the original concept was kept to closely enough and the piece suffers from a lack of direction.
I thought originally you had a strong concept but failed to keep to it and as such it reflects in your rating for the vision category. Though you've stated this was to depict a "Dodge-ball" like version of Syndra, it is really hard to see that in the image itself. Hints made by her clothing and the initial background do most of the guesswork but that limits the essence of the piece. For example, a small change to the floating orbs around her could change the piece entirely, why? simply because they are circular, balls are circular and it was a missed opportunity to represent the "ball" in Dodge-ball.
For originality I gave a very high mark which I've already explained why in my introduction. Though the idea has been around the forums for awhile little has been done to create something of this quality. As one of few to even attempt such a feet I'd say this was the best I've come across by far. Also you've tried to change the idea from what many would think of at first glance. the background shows a lore friendly environment and her orbs have been made to differentiate itself from the original design made by Riot. Though the issue I had with it was the fact that these changes are not helping the initial idea but instead distorting it from expectations. As a result many might accredit the flaws of the piece to be design choices made for the sake of originality and that the risk simply did not pay off this time. Personally I like the risk factor of it, you tried to make it your own, did it work? probably not as much as you had hoped but it was a fair effort, so all credit to you.
Technique once again has been impeccable but due to flaws in design choices the amount of potential was not reached and as such a perfect score is still very hard to give. Something of note is the background. In certain parts the detail becomes overbearing and at others it lacks it. Be mindful of how the foreground colors mesh with the background and try not to over emphasize parts in which you do not mean to due to drastic dark > light changes in tone.
As a whole the piece was done well technically but falls short due to simple design choices. The pre-planning might have been there but the distortion was too much weakens the impact of the entire piece.
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Looks awesome in the oufit, allowing the character to be attractive and physical but not overly so. The idea overall is just a plain fun idea. A joke skin of sorts. I like the futuristic look of the sports outfit and the thigh high boots fit the character and a little bit of the intention of the outfit as well.
The eyes really make this piece fun, that and the headband making this, like all good skins, feel like an alternate universe person. The balls themselves are kinda hard to tell that they are dodge balls though i understand what you were going for.
overall fun and well drawn.
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Honestly as a critic, I think it is beautiful work as always, but if you didn't have the word dodgeball in the title. I would not get that from any information in your work. Also do you think the paleness of her clothes, and her skin doesn't give enough definition. I know its Syndra because of the spheres, but take those away I would have no idea. Again as a critic I of course like it and think it is very good, but just a few ideas to think on. The spheres dont really seem dodgebally either more like cosmos appearance. Also curious why they are so brightly worked when the rest of your work is faded matching other aspects very well.
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I think that if you translate this artwork into an actual skin, it wouldn't be hard to see the dodge ball in it actually.
As far as the skin and hair differences go, basically every skin (and certainly all two of Syndra's current skins) have different hair colors and skin complexions so personally I don't really see that as an issue and I love the concept.
Truth be told, her orbs being so bright would fit more into a galaxy skin. However, if I'm imagining this skin being played in game, the bright glow of these orbs just makes the dodge ball concept EVEN MORE FREAKING SPECTACULARLY AWESOME.
I think that when looking at a concept like this you really aught to do your best to imagine what each aspect would look like in game.
And I love it.
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Yeah it's really well drawn but I don't see the dodge ball in it either. The clothes look sporty but... You might as well call this Galaxy Syndra or something.
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This picture just has style!
You draw an amazing fanwork of Syndra. The colors are shiny and I can feeel the power of her. In addtion the pose of her is nice. The details in the background a fantastic.
However, there is just a little blemish... the feet... They are a way to small for the body. Nevertheless it's a great work. You can be proud of it.
To my mind, Riot should make a skin with this design. All in all a nice work. Thank you for schowing it to the world of deviantart.
Have a nice day.
You'r bengi~
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Im gonna use part of this for one of my wallpapers can you check it out and tell me what you think?
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I don't play Syndra but would do so in a heart beat if this were real. Keep up the good work!
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Hello friend. I would like to know if I could use your awesome fan art as a Banner Background for a BarLegends I am organizing in my town. All acknowledgements will be done, and your deviant art page will be printed as well on the banner. No Commercial use of your art will be done.
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This is one step away from being an Arcade Syndra, which...after seeing the cool possibility, could I suggest it? Β Anywho, this is fantastic! Β :3 Β 5v5 All-for-1 dodgeball matches with Syndra were SO MUCH FUN. Β Β Β
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Yeah that's an awesome idea!
RIOT HEAR MY WORDS NOW AND PAY THIS PERSON SOME LOTS OF MONEY FOR THIS AWESOME SKIN IDEA! RIGHT AWAY!
Sure there's a couple flaws, feet a little small, heel effect is different - that's actually all I can think of...
I Love her cap and she has a beautiful face. The colours look just right to me
It actually already looks like a splash page!
Great work dude! I can't play Syndra for shyte, but an intriguing skin like this would def tempt me to spend
copious amounts of time in bot matches to learn.. (Or rather custom ARAM matches)
Β - I don't have facebook, will find someone who does tho -
Keep up the artistryΒ
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It would be so legit if this skin got implemented and when she used her ult it played that sound that rubber dodgeballs make...
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The dodgeballs should be actual, orange, rubbery-textured dodgeballs. Then it'd be perfect. xD
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It'd definitely work with her taunt
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The composition is fantastic, and the design and colors are really great. I just . . have a slight issue with the anatomy (there are a number of mistakes throughout this), a bit of a proportion issue, and her face especially is a tad off (eyes are also slightly cross-eyed, which kinda makes her look retarded). But going on first impressions and none of the scrutiny, it's quite a wonderful illustration, unlike... er, that new Sivir splash.
One of the critiques talk about design flaws, but it's clearly Syndra meets Dodgeball, so... I don't see any problem with that. The design is the least of the problems. I'd like the anatomy and pose to be fixed; there are a number of problems with the anatomy and proportion especially, and it doesn't look like she's floating or moving despite the implied flow in the composition. For one thing, the two flow elements counteract each other: her hair is moving as if she's flying backward, but her skirt is swirling like she's spinning stationary in the direction opposite to the hair's flow, so both combined don't make any sense. As for her pose, she doesn't seem to know what she's doing. There's no clear purpose to her body movement. It feels like she's in this pose just because it's typical of a sexy female and doesn't quite match the theme. But.. like I said, the design itself is solid and has a clear theme to it with a decisive color palette, so no offense to Digital Razor, but his critique is pretty BS the way I see it, and contrary to what should be said. Sure, the design can be tweaked a bit to be more cohesive: particularly the gloves and boots, since they are densely detailed while the top and bottom pieces aren't, which makes it look disjointed. Also, the way the jacket wraps around her waist doesn't make sense either. It bothers me a lot, actually. I thought it was a skirt element, but.. it's not. It should've just been the skirt part of her top, 'cause it looks terrible with that clunky sleeve thing wrapping into her crotch.
In any case, I really don't see how you can trust someone's critique if they can call this "impeccable technique", because it's not. It's just not. Any artist would be able to see right through the dynamic composition and pretty colors that there are technical issues, especially if you consider the conflicting flow elements on top of all that. The painting technique is also a bit lackluster and sluggish in comparison to masters with similar styles, but just a bit.
That said, I'd like to see this skin myself in LoL.Β The dodgeball theme also playfully matches her concept design.Β Next person to use this is probably Orianna, haha.
Fuchsia glitter balls FTW!
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Thanks for the great feedback, I appreciate it
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No problem. I'm a character designer, and I just felt like I had to say something after reading that horrible critique about your design, which I really liked and thought was actually the stronger aspect of the piece. And like they say, practice makes perfect, haha. Keep up the great work!
Also, I'm still fairly new to painting, since I mostly do design work, but I'm hoping to at least get to your level by next year or something
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now that is one cool skin!! Looks great!
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This looks pretty awesome, my only thought would be to make the "dodgeballs" more red, as far as most of the people i know would say when they think of dodgeball they think of big red rubber balls, and the purple orbs you have drawn up don't really evoke that thought in my mind... they do look really cool and i would definitely pay for this skin for sure.
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Ohmygod
... ^^
I play Syndra a lot, and this is.. GIMME
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Looks great! Β I wish Riot make this happen one day
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It looks great!
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Regarding this quote from one of the critics: "Β I think it is beautiful work as always, but if you didn't have the word dodgeball in the title. I would not get that from any information in your work."
Honestly, I think that this is what I love most about this piece. The fact that you looked at Valoran and came up with a uniform that could work in that world. Very awesome.
Exciting to see your work continuously improve (I'm sure you'll get hired soon if you keep this up 
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Great piece of work!!
Thanks for sharing....
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Completely out of this world, I'd give 10 of 10 score!
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This is a great drawing and all, but it looks more like "break dancer syndra" rather than "dodge ball syndra"
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