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Feel the thorns embrace… I did. A lot. And their touch on me and my feelings was not gentle. At. All.

So, with the gamescom convention coming closer, where the wonderful summoners sewcase once again shares my recent league of legends work, I had to increase my portfolio. My choice fell once again on a support I absolutely love, especially for her aggressive playstyle, Zyra. She was one of my main supports when I started playing support, realizing that there will never come a time when I will be able to poke and last-hit on the same time and… I’m not so much into jungle confrontation, so there was really only one choice left. So much for my mediocre gaming abilities. I adore her design, her colors, her look. I was pretty confident and her sketch and body shading went really well. I put a lot of effort into her hair this time, as it is one of the major troubles I still have for the realistic look, and I am quite pleased. Not perfect, but at least acceptable xD. Then. Came. Her. Outfit. I do feel pretty comfortable when it comes to clothing. I think I have a good understanding of workmanship, of realistic draping and also fabric texture. None of this applies apparently when it comes to flowers. I am probably one of those very few girls, who is absolutely unexcited being gifted with flowers, as my range of knowledge covers roses… and everything else is a flower. It’s actually even worse for trees, as for me there are only trees. No distinction. I am able to tell a Christmas tree from other trees… but only when it’s decorated. So, with the flower knowledge of… umm… I don’t know if there is anything comparable with my stupidity in that matter, I did struggle A LOT with her outfit. I felt like I just couldn’t do her justice… I had no clue, how the leaf-veins had to look, move, sit, whatever they do, I had no clue how three-dimensional those leaves are and especially not what kind of jungle bullshit she covered herself with >.>. Being constantly on the edge of a crisis, telling myself that it’s fine as long as I look at the picture with at least 3m of distance, I kinda struggled myself through this. Kinda. It looks acceptable, at least for me, who doesn’t know how it has to look, but I get this bad feeling that someone who actually knows stuff about flowers might detect quite easily, that I drew a bunny with shark teeth and back boobs xD I’m not mentioning that riot wasn’t that helpful with their reference this time. I couldn’t tell anything from the original splash art, which is why I decided to stick to the model they created for their cinematic trailer New Dawn, only to realize, once I wanted to do the preview, that the two design are totally different from each other xD whatever… I guess… she has boobs, especially beautiful ones, that hopefully overshadow my flower skills for most of the viewers, and otherwise I am super happy and pleased ^-^. A honorable mention goes to the action in her background, which actually shows a part of her lore, devouring that wizard(ess), which is how she came to that almost human body in the first place. I love those lores, and drawing scenes that stick to them always feels a bit more realistic and intimate than just another pinup pose ^^ Those champs have characters, and they want to be portrayed *-* … and undressed, which I will gladly help them with >D

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