wow veryyy nice

OMG CAN I BE YOUR NEXT BEST FRIEND? * A*

So one of the reasons I turned Ahri's face to make it not visible to camera is because of that. I wanted to make the picture unusual in terms of Ahri art. Ahri is just a competitor rather than... er... sexual prey or predator. It highlights a sense that more matters is skills and execution rather than boobage and bacon. (I love bacon though, btw. I ate so much of it this winter... arg)

And to answer the question about training.

I actually picked Twisted Treeline because some people interpret it as a 'Lite' version of Summoner's Rift so I thought it'd be interesting to train there, especially to work on ambushing skills with all the bushes and what not, without revealing your true ability to others training on the 5v5 map.

Ahri's original home was the forests of Ionia so a forested area suits her, particularly Treeline because her ambushing ability is so good. She also has a sly personality meaning she wouldn't be as open as Ashe or as stubborn as Sejuani, preferring not to show off her abilities where others might skirmish.

This is perfect for Hecarim who is a wonderful jungler/ganker. Since ganking is basically sneak-attacking out of the jungle, he expects that the more shrewd champions would think the treeline a good place to practice trump cards and strategies, and its those shrewd champions with good ambush/mobility/positioning that would ultimately be the ones to get away from him. Thus the Treeline is where he will eliminate the competition before the competition itself.

The story itself isn't very 'obvious,' but with everyone drawing weight-lifting tanks and peaceful scenes of lab experiments or meditating, I felt like going with the standard action shot might prove to stand out. And observing, summoners train for tournaments playing 5v5s, not playing Co-op vs AI. I thought a story like this would prove effective against my peers.

... all that was probably just a way for me to say, "I thought this through." Apologies for defending my rationale in such a long-winded manner.

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Regardless of the rules of the contest, you created a beautiful and dynamic painting! And don't apologize for explaining your art! A painting has a story to tell and a million words and ways to interpret it. I remember doing my entry and coming up with an explanation for everything that was going on. I tried to fit everything in a cohesive composition just like a story or novel. Now that I'm done with that, GOOD JOB! XD

There are soooooo many good entries this year! I looked at last year's Lunar Revel entries for a reference to the competition we'd be getting, but gosh. ._________. It's scary how many decent people entered this year. D;

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Wacom products are super overpriced that's why... and every artist wants one.

and why do you keep bumping?

I would've done a fight action scene too had I known the interpretation was THAT flexible I wouldn't have taken the "training/preperation" so literally

I was pretty confused about the whole "training" theme cause I literally interpreted it as such and never thought to do any sort of action/combat scene (even though that is my favorite theme as well). So I did a prep setup for my champ... and then I see all these beautifully done action shots being submitted and I'm thinking to myself... "did I just gimp my submission cause I didn't put combat action into it?". Cause that seems to be where all the positive responses seem to be leaning toward and I can't help but feel jipped.

Well, time will only tell what Riot was really looking for. MsPudding said it'll take them another 2 weeks to sort the winners. And if I see these "all-fight-and-no-prep" artwork winning, then I just don't know what to say but knock my head for taking things too literal.

With that said
Beautiful artwork though Eldarhin!

Thank you so much! I actually think they'll want a variety of art. As long as the quality is good, I don't see why they wouldn't want it since the contest is a means to an end and the end is to get pictures to hang up on walls (I think). So all in all, as long as the picture looks nice and kind of looks like training, I don't see why the prep ones won't win either.

I wish you the best, and I won't say luck since it'd be an insult to your ability.

Hoping to get people who I replied to to reply back and keep discussing XD;;;;. With all these entries, it's kind of hard to find a thread once it gets on page two.