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ohnoitstbskyen · 5 months

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thoughts on the syndra redesign that just dropped?? including old vs new splash arts!! :D

It's just a splash art refresh, so I wouldn't get too excited - Syndra's been well overdue for one of those for a while now.

It's fairly conservative as a redesign for that reason - mostly just it pulls back on the sexualization of Syndra (which her story has never supported anyway so that's a decent move), and... it gives her a face. Syndra's old splash has a very indistinct face that's mostly smudged out in the shadow of her helmet, but here we get a much more visible set of facial features which has the benefit of making her a lot more identifiable.

Much in the same way that Syndra's story doesn't really support sexualization, though, I would argue that it also doesn't really support immaculate makeup, perfect nails, high-end Dark Queen fashion and flawless smooth skin.

Syndra is a rage-driven, traumatized, magical explosion machine, who spent literal centuries sleeping imprisoned in a pool of magic water and upon awakening tore a mountain out of the ground and flew off to live alone on it, because she fundamentally does not want to be around people. She hates them, they are the source of her pain.

But she's designed to look like a cool, calculated, scheming Evil Sorceress who lives all day in a big opulent castle, sending servants into the world to do her dark bidding while reclining in a bed attended by captured slaves. There's a disconnect there - the design is trying to communicate a rather different character than how she's actually written.

Personally I'd like to see a Syndra who is wild and maybe a little bit feral, or hermit-like, an isolated lonely misanthrope who lashes out against others and uses her power to control and dominate her environment and others by sheer force and power rather than by any form of subtle manipulation or social intimidation. Less cool, calculated Maleficent evil queen self-control, more Carrie, more unstoppable force of nature.

There's this unexamined Default™ priority with female characters in League of Legends to make them look cool, beautiful and glamorous, regardless of whether that's what their story or concept actually invites, and I think it occludes a bunch of more interesting and unique design options. Syndra is an example of that.

Like, the best design Ahri's ever had was in the Ruined King game, where they leaned into her feral and animalistic nature, to better tell the story of how she's struggling between her desire to be human and her Vastayan instinct to feed and hunt

It didn't desexualize her or make her not beautiful in any way, but it did, at least, allow for something other than the immaculately composed not-a-hair-out-of-place silky smooth Default™ beauty that dominates her League of Legends incarnation to be a part of her visual storytelling, and I think she was a lot better for it.

I wouldn't mind if Syndra got that treatment as well.

#league of legends #syndra #ahri #ruined king

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aurelion-solar · 10 days

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Inkborn Fables Unit Art - Battle of the Golden Spatula

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notoriouslydevious · 1 month

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Withered Rose Syndra & Zed by Piscina

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hekatiane · 7 months

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Working on a silly Syndrelia meme (quote unrelated but I HAD to add it)

#wip #syndra #irelia

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ssephyr · 7 months

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Syndra

#art #league of fanart #league of legends #syndra

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bestwitchsam · 3 months

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Coven nami , k/da ahri , ezreal (skin concept art), True damage akali and heartsteel kayn art, [ coven + arcane syndra concept ]

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phalanxus · 5 months

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This comic series titles "Magically Oblivious Garen" explores different aspects of Runeterra's lore as if viewed by someone who cannot (or refuses to) perceive magic/supernatural beings.

It's mostly a joke, of course, but I really fell in love writing and drawing these 🥰

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mutuna-x-blog · 11 months

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STAR GUARDIAN // STAR NEMESIS

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moldy-pancake · 5 months

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#spirit blossom #ahri #syndra #league of legends #league of legend art #moldy art

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kumihogames · 7 months

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kumihogames | icons coven 2023

do not repost my work anywhere. like or reblog if you save it. psd 288 by @opulenceps.

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nanumn · 10 months

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star guardian syndra ✨💙

#syndra #star guardian #league of legends #nanumn

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heroisk · 5 months

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combining two hyper-fixations together to pass the time

#only main thing i would change is make leona and diana different shapes but eh too late i merged the layers #this goes out for the 4 people who both love these two #maybe more later but it is game time now #league of legends #patapon #jax #zyra #syndra #pyke #udyr #lee sin #leona #diana #myart #lol

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aurelion-solar · 8 months

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Ionia - Champion Illustration Summoner Icons

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notoriouslydevious · 11 months

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Spirit Blossom Syndra by 二不二耿

#spirit blossom #syndra #league #league of legends #notoriouslydevious #spirit blossom syndra #spirit blossom syndra fan art #league fan art #league of legends fan art #artoflegends #art of legends #二不二耿 #二不二耿 weibo #weibo #league syndra #syndra league #league of legends syndra #syndra league of legends #spirit blossom fan art

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hekatiane · 1 year

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I carefully made a complete Star Guardian timeline, so people can get a grasp on the lore in case they got lost, or to guide those who are new in this Universe :) Or to just have everything at hand, too!

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nooobsaibot · 1 month

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ㅤㅤㅤㅤ꒰ㅤLEAGUE OF LEGENDS ICON's .

#lol official art #spirit icons #120x120 #irelia #syndra #neeko #ezreal #kai'sa #icon skins lol #skins lol #morgana #vayne

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