Dark Star Syndra (WIP)

And here were have another League of Legends fan-made champion. But this is definitely one that will stick with some people.

The piece is very good at capturing one's eye, especially with the variation in color in terms of the Magic and energy (flames?) coming from the champion, and the small specks of what I think is magic residue emitting from the flames is a nice touch. This with the contrasting mostly solid colors for the armor allows the viewer to easily tell between and clothing and skin. The crumbling armor around the torso also helps. It's also notable to point out how the magic doesn't look like it's just drawn in an filled with a paint can, but it almost looks like it's smudged in to give it a look that is more natural, or should I say supernatural. Also, I like bare feet and toes, so that's a plus. It's not weird.

The feeling the general piece gives off is majestic, yet intimidating. I would not want to be hit by one of those orb-things.

While shadow or darkness mages aren't necessarily the most original idea, the mix of an astral look makes it unique in it's own way. It's an interesting but not unheard of mix of darkness meets space. Well, space is pretty dark, though.

However, not everything is a plus. While extremely well done, its difficult to tell if the blue energy coming from the champion is supposed to represent hair or a cape. The smaller black orbs with a pink glow look a lot less authentic than the larger orbs, but it's easy to miss. It kind of looks like while energy is spiraling around the black orbs, the ones with pink glow are just floating there rather motionlessly. And the detachable head and golden neck piece isn't exactly explained well in terms of purpose. It is also of similar color scheme to other mages in and out of LOL.

In terms of what is portrays, it's pretty straight forward; it's an awesome new champion fan idea for LOL. And it's pretty sweet.

Overall, it's an excellent piece, with many small details that i still continue to find after looking at this piece. It has some interesting ideas, and while not all perfectly explained in the piece, is still a great concept.