CHAMPIONS OF THE MONTH --- MAY

Hello everyone, and welcome to the Champions of the Month event, here in the LeagueOfLegends group on deviantArt. This is an event designed to get people trading art, drawing some less popular champions, and of course, having fun doing so. Read on to see how this works. THERE ARE SOME NEW RULE CHANGES, SO MAKE SURE YOU READ THROUGH.

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UPDATES AND REMINDERS
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This is the final week to finish your artwork and link it to me. All finished artwork will be featured at the top of the June event blog. Anything unfinished will not be featured, but I still encourage you to finish it off and submit to the group (and your requester).

>Requests are now closed. Thank you to everyone who's submitted one for this month. Now lets get to work on volunteering and finishing requests!

>I'd MUCH prefer you guys write NEW comments saying if you are going to volunteer for a request, so I can simply go in order and ensure that the first-come-first-served rule is upheld. I'll pick out the volunteers out of the replies as best I can, but in the future please try and officially state what request you are doing in a new comment. Thanks.

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PREVIOUS MONTH'S REQUESTS
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Before we get started, have a look at last month's finished requests and see what everyone came up with!

[link] FOR - Swain playing under a tree happily.
[link] FOR - Caitlyn ulting any of the other featured champs (Rammus preferred).
[link] FOR - Chibi Rammus doing his shield.
[link] FOR - Jurassic Cho'Gath waking up in museum as a part of exhibition.
[link] FOR - Master Yi fighting a REALLLLY huge Cho'gath.
[link] FOR - Caitlyn dancing with Swain in a formal way with an orchestra.
[link] FOR - Gangplank being arrested by Cait and has on her "fuzzy cuffs".
[link] FOR - Swain reading.
[link] FOR - A "cute" picture of Caitlyn riding on Urgot's back (maybe with a few of swains birds flying around ominously?)
[link] FOR - Any number of these champions at a bar (to experiment with how they would interact with each other).
[link] FOR - An epic battle pic between Master Yi and Swain while their ultimates are going off.
[link] FOR - Swain and Urgot plotting the fall of Demacia.
[link] FOR - Caitlyn just about to shoot her ultimate, maybe the gun and her having neon/shining lines around them, and an explosion at the end of her barrel.
[link] FOR - A badass rendition of Nasus during his ultimate.
[link] FOR - Kassadin riftwalking into another dimension that has little or nothing to do with league of legends. Pokemon, My Little Pony, Fallout Etc...
[link] FOR - Caitlyn and Swain having tea.
[link] FOR - Gentleman Cho'Gath, Arctic Swain, and Riot Nasus eating biscuits and drinking tea while everyone on their team gets ganked hard.

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THE RULES
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Please follow these rules if you intend to request art or volunteer for a request. This will help keep everything going smoothly.

---Requests Period---
>Anyone who wishes to participate may submit ONE request to the event during the request period. Please do so by leaving a NEW comment on the blog with your ideas. I will not try and hunt down requests in nested comments or replies, so if you want me to see your requests, do so in a NEW comment.
>NEW RULE: The request period now lasts until the 15th of the month, (previously it was only one week) so you have plenty of time to come up with an idea. After that, no more requests will be officially accepted.
>Requests must be focused on the candidate champions, which are listed further down. Candidate champions are determined by the current free champions on the first of each month.
>Aside from the previous rule, you may request anything. So, if Shen and Lulu happened to be two of the candidates, you could (for example) request Shen dancing with Lulu, or maybe Lulu riding on Shen's back. Maybe you'd like a wallpaper of Shen and Lulu! Your imagination is the limit here.
>Requests that involve non-candidate champions will not be accepted.
>I will update the blog periodically with a list of received requests so it is easy to see if someone has already suggested your idea.

---Volunteering Period---
>NEW RULE: There is no restriction on when you can start volunteering now. However, if you are going to volunteer, please also submit a request so everyone is guaranteed to have something to draw if they want to. It can be as simple as just wanting a basic picture of one champion, or as complicated as you like, but do try and request something.
>I will frequently update the list of all the requests received with information on whether it has been picked, who has volunteered for it, and a link to the artwork if the request is finished. This is so it is easy to see and browse for everyone.
>You may only volunteer for ONE request at a time. If you complete your request early, and still have the time to finish before the month ends, then you may pick up another. This is to try and get as many different people as possible volunteering for many different ideas.
>Should you decide to volunteer your artistic talent for the event, pick your favourite idea from the list, and leave a comment saying you will do it. I will update the list as often as I can (at least daily, barring unforseen circumstances) to show which ideas have been picked, and which ones still remain. However, it might be a good idea to see if someone has already volunteered for your idea by looking in the comments.
>NEW RULE: When you are finished drawing the request you picked, you must either a) send me a note linking to your work or b) leave a NEW comment linking to your work. This way it is very easy for me to find your work and update the list.

---Other Rules---
>While I won't strictly enforce this, please try to volunteer for someone if you decide to request something. I would like to get as many requests as possible volunteered for. It is understandable if you don't see anything you would like to draw, but to make this event work as well as possible, we need lots of volunteers!
>Please try to finish the request you volunteer for before the month ends. I think that 2-3 weeks is lots of time to get something done, but it is understandable if something comes up that might prevent you from finishing. Try to gauge how much time you will have and plan your art accordingly, so that everyone can get their request finished.
>Make your requests reasonable! If you request all 10 of the candidate champions together in one massive, complicated picture, it might not get picked because that is a TON of work. Think of something fun, both for you and the volunteers!

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THE CHAMPIONS OF THE MONTH
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This month features a healthy mix of all types of champions. We have one champion returning from last month who was a popular choice for fights and rides alike. Some new additions include two lovely ladies of the AD carry variety, a master of time, an insane chemist, and a fiery mage.
The full list of our candidate champions for this month is as follows:

1. Ashe
2. Cho'gath
3. Fiddlesticks
4. Singed
5. Zilean
6. Nidalee
7. Udyr
8. Brand
9. Vayne
10. Hecarim

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CURRENT LIST OF REQUESTS
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This is where you will see the requests that people make. I will update this regularly. If a request has been picked, it will be marked as "IN PROGRESS". If a request is finished, it will be marked as "FINISHED" and have the link to the volunteer's art. If a request is not marked with either of these two labels, it is up for grabs and will be given out on a first-come-first-served basis. I will begin by putting in a request of my own.

- A drawing that shows that Zilean went back in time, into the stone age and finds Nidalee chasing Cho'Gath as a prey.
- Udyr in tiger stance and Nidalee in cougar form, and both of them hunt down Hecarim.
- Singed not understanding why his acid keeps going right through fiddlesticks and Jurassic cho'gath (with a clear indication they are on one of the Fields of Justice, such as a tower, or red buff, blue buff, etc).
- Singed looking down upon Nidalee in cat form, whom is hissing at him and covered in his poison, which I imagine would be 'burning' her.
IN PROGRESS: FOR - Fiddlesticks using Crowstorm on Hecarim yelling "I'll show you the meaning of fear!"
IN PROGRESS: FOR - Hecarim on top of a hill with Fiddlesticks body on top of his spear. Udyr, Nidalee, and Brand dead below the hill. Hecarim blood covered while he is laughing as well.
IN PROGRESS: FOR - Ashe riding on Hecarim shooting arrows or doing some other fun stuff. Just want to see Ashe in action with her bow on Hecarim.
IN PROGRESS: FOR - Udyr doing a "dat ass" face at cat form Nidalee.
FINISHED: [link] FOR - Brand gets ignited by Vayne. If it's even possible...
FINISHED: [link] FOR - A drawing of Vandal Brand.
IN PROGRESS: FOR - Fiddlesticks turned into a campfire by Brand's W, while Ashe toasts marhmallows on Fiddle...
FINISHED: [link] FOR - Fiddlesticks and Hecarim fight it out to see who is true bringer of the end! (The Harbinger of Doom Versus The Shadow of War!) Then again, seeing them together working as the 2 of the 4 horse men would be tight. Fiddlesticks would be famine.
FINISHED: [link] FOR - Nidalee riding on Hecarim's back, preparing to throw a spear!
FINISHED: [link] FOR - Ashe vs Brand .. As Ashe shoots her arrow it melts before it hits/pierces brand.
FINISHED: [link] FOR - Ashe in her Sherwood Forest skin shooting off a Volley(with Frost Shot applied) at a group of minions.
IN PROGRESS: FOR - Hecarim using his ultimate straight at the viewer, so it looks like he's charging at you.
IN PROGRESS: FOR - Brand has a crush on Vayne. He tries to give her flowers, and in his excitement...burns them. She clearly looks annoyed.
FINISHED: [link] FOR - Brand has accidentally lit Singed's chemical tank on fire, and Singed is running around trying to put it out.
IN PROGRESS: FOR - Vayne and Ashe hugging. Looking all cute and stuff. It can be chibi.
IN PROGRESS: FOR - Zilean, looking gangster with a giant "Flava-Flav" gold clock around his neck.
IN PROGRESS: FOR - Ashe and Vayne having catfight over " who hit the bullseye " on ranged practice dummy ( which appears to be Fiddlesticks and he is angry at the girls ).
IN PROGRESS: FOR - The girls on the beach.
FINISHED: [link] FOR - Nidalee and Udyr as a (love) couple together fighting for justice.
FINISHED: [link] FOR - Amethyst Ashe, Concept Art style, as cool as ever. Cool stance but sexy. If it can be a bit Ecchi, not hentai please... x)!!
IN PROGRESS: FOR - Sexy surfer singed! YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
IN PROGRESS: FOR - Ashe vs Nidalee: Ashe uses her frost arrow and Nidalee uses her spear and they both miss... or Ashe uses her ulti and Nidalee transforms to a cougar to dodge it.
IN PROGRESS: FOR - Vayne dressed like Alice-in-wonderland chasing a White-Rabbit-Zilean (with a great pocket-watch).
FINISHED: [link] FOR - Ashe and Cryo-Brand out on a date. (Have a thought bubble about the previous date when Brand was "firey").
FINISHED: [link] FOR - Ashe vs. a big Cho'gath with a few arrows that have already hit him.
IN PROGRESS: FOR - Vayne going all "hunter of all that's evil" on Fiddlesticks.
FINISHED: [link] FOR - Ashe and Vayne with exchanged weapons ready to strike.
FINISHED: [link] FOR - A younger version of Zilean.
FINISHED: [link] FOR - A "human" Cho'gath and a "human" Fiddlesticks, together at some sort of event -preferably formal-!!!!!

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With all that said, the event has officially begun. Leave a comment if you'd like to request something. You have until the end of May 15th to get your requests in.

Most importantly, have fun! I'm looking forward to seeing what this community can come up with for fun art requests.