League of Legends' fan page on deviantArt boosts over 12,000
members, 14,000 watchers, and just topped One Million page views - and that's
just one of about forty League groups that occupy the well-known internet art
site. There are pages just for League cosplay, wallpapers and crafts, and one
devoted solely to yordles. Because League is filled with over a hundred unique
and interesting champions...it's a enormous magnet for artists.
Searching the top viewed League pictures there, you'll find a
who's who of fan favorites. There's Sona, Ahri, Ashe, and this incredibly
dramatic portrayal of Garen by artist David Rapoza.
League drawings spread across a vast spectrum, from the
immensely popular anime styles to more traditional paintings. There's adorable
chibis, funny cartoons and gorgeous interpretative art.
Couples are a common theme on deviantArt. Fans love to pair
off champions. There's a lot of dA romance going on. Lulu cuddles up to Veigar
and Ezreal is hot for Lux:
And only in art will you find sworn enemies discovering forbidden love:
There's also a lot of unusual pairings like Riven
and Zac, Volibear and Sejuani,
Amumu and Annie. In fact, you could probably enter any two champion names together
and find a couple picture of them somewhere.
Which brings us to Rule 34, and the sure knowledge that
every possible sexual pairing in league has been explored. Perhaps not all on
deviantArt, but one can easily do a search online and find their favorite
champions nude and in bed.
Katarina and Ashe by sharrm
Cho-Gath by nataliarey
Comics are another popular art form that League has influenced. Besides Skyen's popular Caster Comix, there are some wonderfully innovative comics and graphic novels found on deviantArt's pages. I would especially recommend The Bounty Hunter by Andrea Leon and Night's Aegis by ShiNaa.
Night's Aegis by ShiNaa
Custom skin ideas show-off these artists amazing creativity. Some of them are based on current in-game themes, and some are completely over the top, but they are nearly all good enough to make us pull out our wallets if Riot ever implemented them. Who wouldn't want to play with this glorious Sakura Maokai?
Videos and streams that show the artist at work are incredible to watch, especially when they give you instructions on how to do it yourself. Also fun is TravagGames, who puts up videos of his friend Rob drawing League champions he's never seen before off verbal descriptions alone.
If you'd like to become a member of deviantArt's most popular League of Legends group, head on over to http://leagueoflegends.deviantart.com/ and join up!
*Art used with permission from artist. If you like their work, please be sure to visit their pages and leave them a nice note. :)
