League of Legends Skin Ideas

So, it's another night of being ridiculously tired and being pretty unable to think up anything that would actually be worth reading, so I'm just gonna do something similar to my art drop from before.  Instead though, it's going to be a handful of skin concepts I have run across and think would be pretty bad ass to see come into reality.

Oni Akali

Stealth Bomber Lissandra

Void-Born Fizz

Special Forces Quinn & Valor

Green Lantern Thresh & Dark Knight Vayne

Monster Yi

Frostblade Fiora

Zilean of the Eternum

Vampire Slayer Lux

Candy Cannon Tristana

Alien Kha'Zix

Sand Goddess Lissandra

Spectre Caitlyn

Molten Ash Thresh

Shepherdess Lulu

Arcade Miss Fortune

Iron Solari Diana

Head Hunter Sona

Locomotive Singed

Baker Pantheon

Vandal Rengar

Cho'Zilla

Bronze Age Rumble

Gentleman Zac

Genie Soraka

Battlecast Prime Lulu

Archangel Sona

Bamboo Cannon Tristana

Riot, Please.

Graphic Design

Graphic Design has been something I've been in love with since my mother brought home my very first graphics program way back in my freshman year of highschool.  Funny as it may be, I still use that first graphics program now 10 years later, but I can at least say I know the program like the back of my hand.

None the less, Graphic Design was the second major I had switched to in college, coming off my doused hopes of being a music major with my complete and utter inability to sing in tune.  There was a vocal class all music majors had to pass with at least a C, even the instrumental majors like myself, and after getting a D in the lower level of that class, I knew I was doomed.

I actually quite enjoyed my time as a Graphic Design major, loving the art history classes I went into and the multitude of Graphic Design specific classes I enrolled in.  I remember one of my favorite assignments was making a flash animation to go with any 15 second piece of music you chose.  There were plenty of snippets available for the class, but I ended up choosing the Synyster Gates guitar solo from Seize the Day.  I'll admit it was awfully rushed, since I was pretty sick at the time, but I still had fun with it.

Sadly, since it was a while ago, I no longer have it in my photobucket, or maybe I deleted it since it was a bit lacking, but who knows I guess.

Oh heavens, I found it, and I'm almost hesitant to post it, but shall just because I spent the time going through 50 pages of my photobucket.

Thankfully, that was probably the worst of all the animations I created, but yeah, I was incredibly new to flash at that time.

Another project I quite enjoyed was one where we had to make soda can covers encompassing a certain theme.  It was a branding project, where our labels would be put onto 3D cans in a special application.  One had to be for a subtle, gentle drink, while the other had to promote energy and hyped excitement.  My subtle energy layout didn't go over too well, being it was too full of light colors and the such and it was hard to differentiate one thing from the next.  My energy layout though was highly praised by my teacher, actually taking me aside to tell me how well I had done with the crazy neon colors against black.  It was a big deal for me then, considering my teacher was a hard ass to say the least, and never seemed to really get excited over anyone's projects.

Finally, my latest bout of graphics has come from my time on Gaia Online.  I make lots of graphics for users there, and usually will accompany it with a load of BBCode for the site.  Here are a few recent examples I've come up with:

Whether it's making something completely from scratch like the first 3, or simply editing an image like the last two ( and yes, I picked League examples cause I just freakin' love League ), I'm addicted to making graphics.  Sadly, the only reason I never stuck with the major was because of my Design teacher's repeated reminders of how hard it was to break into the world of graphic design, over and over, which eventually just led me to believe I was better off pursuing other things.

Still, the idea of freelancing my abilities, making logos for companies or pawning my abilities for cash on deviantart is always an option, although I doubt online soliciting of my skills would be much easier than the difficulties my teacher preached of in the real world.

My Week 8 LoL LCS Predictions

Alrighty, I'm a big fan of the LCS if it wasn't obvious already, and I thought it would be fun to make predictions on who would win the matches scheduled for both NA and EU.

Once each day of the LCS is finished, I'll come back through and edit the actual winners for each match-up, then update my prediction accuracy for each day!

Thursday Accuracy: 66%
Friday Accuracy: 66%
Saturday Accuracy: 83%
Sunday Accuracy: 50%

North America

0 - 3

Basically, unless Cloud 9 goes full retard this week or Dignitas pulls out some stupidly insane awesome strategy, Cloud 9 is basically guaranteed to win this game.

Winner

Cloud 9

Actual Winner

Cloud 9

2 - 0

I actually couldn't remember who was the dominating winner in this pair, and it surprised me a bit to see Team Coast had been the top dog in this duo.

Well, here's to hoping Coast can keep on top!

Winner

Team Coast

Actual Winner

Team Coast

2 - 1

Alrighty, the last time these two met up, Velocity ROFLStomped Vulcun surprisingly.  To be completely fair, I think it was more so a fluke game where Vulcun just wasn't taking Velocity seriously and paid for it with a loss.  I'm all up for Vulcun winning this week.

Winner

Vulcun

Actual Winner

Vulcan

2 - 1

I really love both of these teams, and in the last few weeks, they have been improving and failing respectively in a multitude of different ways each.  None the less, my love for Curse is just a smidge bigger, so I'm rooting for them.

Winner

Curse

Actual Winner

TSM

2 - 2

For the longest time, CLG was considered Vulcun's bane in the LCS, the one team that kept beating them, until last week.  Finally, they managed to put the smack down on CLG, and I'm hoping for a repeat performance this week.

Winner

Vulcun

Actual Winner

Vulcun

3 - 1

Team Coast has ROFLStomped Velocity every game up to this point, and I'm guessing it's going to keep on stompin'.

Winner

Team Coast

Actual Winner

Velocity

0 - 4

As much as I love Curse, Cloud 9 is just plainly an unstoppable beast this split.

Winner

Cloud 9

Actual Winner

Cloud 9

1 - 3

This match-up has been pretty even all split, usually just small mistakes or singular teamfights being the factor that swings the match into one team's hands.  In result, I think it would be nice to have the standings even between the two teams.

Winner

TSM

Actual Winner

Dignitas

4 - 0

Curse is just one of the teams that can't seem to get a win against the second place Vulcun, and while I would love to see them get that first win, I don't see it happening this week.

Winner

Vulcun

Actual Winner

Vulcun

4 - 0

While I want them to take Velocity seriously and not make Vulcun's mistake, I'd be so happy to see Cloud 9 troll them in the end with some weird strategies, team comps, or champion picks.

Winner

Cloud 9

Actual Winner

Cloud 9

4 - 0

Here, I am just hoping for TSM to make an awesome upset in this pairing and take home their first win against CLG.

Winner

TSM

Actual Winner

CLG

1 - 3

While it's always fun to see standings even up between teams, I have this feeling Dignitas will come out on top for this match up.

Winner

Dignitas

Actual Winner

Dignitas

European

0 - 3

So happy to see Evil Geniuses winning against Gambit, and I would just be tickled pink to see that trend continue forth!

Winner

Evil Geniuses

Actual Winner

Evil Geniuses

1 - 2

Combining the fact that SK has been really inconsistent in their playing game to game, and that Alternate got booted from the top just last week, I see Alternate working their butts off to stop SK from giving them a loss this week.

Winners

Alternate

Actual Winners

Alternate

1 - 2

With the LemonDogs stunning performances lately, I really see them taking their first win easy from MYM.

Winners

LemonDogs

Actual Winners

LemonDogs

2 - 1

Both teams have had roster changes, and they're even in wins against each other.  The only thing I see giving Fnatic the advantage is NiP's more recent roster change making their gameplay less than appeasing.

Winners

Fnatic

Actual Winners

Fnatic

4 - 0

Just like the last three times they have met up, I'm expecting Alternate to steam roll over MYM once more.

Winners

Alternate

Actual Winners

Alternate

3 - 1

I really want to see LemonDogs do well, considering they've worked so hard to get to where they are now.

Winners

LemonDogs

Actual Winners

SK

1 - 3

Gotta give this one to my boys over at Evil Geniuses.  If I had to pick a second favorite team in the EU LCS, it would probably be Fnatic right now, but my heart will always be with EG.

Winners

Evil Geniuses

Actual Winners

Evil Geniuses

1 - 3

I'm going to hand this one over to Gambit, because I honestly see NiP being weaker this week with their new roster change for their top lane.

Winner

Gambit

Actual Winner

NiP

3 - 1

While this match-up is probably going to be a close one, I'm banking on Fnatic pulling ahead and taking a 3rd win against Alternate.

Winner

Fnatic

Actual Winner

Fnatic

2 - 2

Gambit as a whole has done better in this match-up of teams, but again, I would really like to see LemonDogs keep doing well in that first place position they earned last week.

Winners

LemonDogs

Actual Winner

LemonDogs

2 - 2

I just don't have much faith in NiP's new top laner, so I'm going to be handing this game over to MYM.

Winner

MYM

Actual Winner

NiP

2 - 2

Oh EG, how I love thee.  I hope thy team shall do well in this week that is the 8th of the split of the summer.

Winner

Evil Geniuses

Actual Winner

SK