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Bearded Shepherd @beardedshepherd.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

5/5: Check out his new animations! (giving one for W, E, and R is literally impossible with his current code). Fingers crossed Riot will give Zilean an update at some point in the future. If you have any questions about this project, feel free to ask!

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Bearded Shepherd @beardedshepherd.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

4/5: He feels more like a proper character within the world of Runeterra with a distinct personality and role. One of my favorite elements is the tucked-beard because it could easily be recontextualized for his other/future skins into a fabric (Wisewood Zilean for example)...

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Bearded Shepherd @beardedshepherd.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

3/5: There was a lot to love from both designs and so I found it best to combine some of their best choices. LoR had a humble-monk and loveable grandpa vibe while WR felt a lot more like a Shuriman champion when standing next to others within the region...

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Bearded Shepherd @beardedshepherd.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

2/4: But the Wild Rift Design, while really fantastic, wasn't all that perfect. It's constrained to his current rig and animations in-game, so the design works around that. When you're making a custom rig and animations for a custom skin though, there are no real limitations...

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Bearded Shepherd @beardedshepherd.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

When I initially started on my Zilean VU, it was entirely based on his LoR design as it was the only one that existed at the time. But then Wild Rift came out with a different approach and I felt the need to figure out how I would blend the two... 1/5

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Bearded Shepherd @beardedshepherd.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

✨ Fan-Made Zilean visual update ✨ Check out the playable custom skin link below, artstation post, and some details about my thoughts when making his model/textures. #zilean #VU #ASU #LeagueOfLegends #riotgames @riotgames.com @playruneterra.bsky.social

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Bearded Shepherd @beardedshepherd.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

So I redid my Zilean model 💀 Now that Riot did a special design for him in WR, I wanted also to combine that with some elements from his LoR design. You can see not only the changes but some improvements as well. #Zilean #ASU #ZileanASU #LeagueOfLegends #RiotGames #Riot

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Anthea Zammit - RagingMunkey @antheazammit.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

To every one here, please go my twitter/X and report my account and block it please. It seems the scammer is still trying to deal damage. By reporting the account we can shut it down. 🙏🙏✨

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Bearded Shepherd @beardedshepherd.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Working weights for his rig 😉 Beardless so I can transfer the skin weights and smooth it out from there. Feel free to criticize my topology 💀 Still trying to get better at it, especially around the nose area. Feel like it's hard to not tri off loops there? #rigging #topology

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Bearded Shepherd @beardedshepherd.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Playing around with adding some physics now that his rig is in place. Lots of polishing up of the weights left to do but he's getting there! #3dModeling #Stylized #CharacterArt #Unity #Zbush #Sculpting #Rigging

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Bearded Shepherd @beardedshepherd.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

He's in Unity now! Very pleased with the results so far. Working on getting him rigged now 😊 #3dModeling #Stylized #CharacterArt #Unity #Zbush #Sculpting #Rigging

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Bearded Shepherd @beardedshepherd.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

Took some time for me to get back to him in between other projects/freelance work, but we're getting his textures finished out in Substance Painter. I want to do some gray hair strand geometry and still have a few bakes left to do.

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Bearded Shepherd @beardedshepherd.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

❗️Update on my custom skins❗️ Recent patch pretty much demolished nearly all custom skins, including mine which causes them to appear fully white in texture. I will get around to having all of mine updated before the end of the month. I've been very busy lately 😅

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Bearded Shepherd @beardedshepherd.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

In the process of retopologizing this dude Going for a bit more of a cinematic-style so there's going to be some subdivs applied. I do wanna remake his actual body mesh as the hands/face are a bit higher poly than I need. Currently on the hair which is going to take a hot minute

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Bearded Shepherd @beardedshepherd.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Showcasing some of the texture development process for our boy, Rictus. Sometimes I start in grayscale, and sometimes I'll immediately jump into color but I've been experimenting around to see what's the fastest and most effective yet still produces the same high quality. #leagueoflegends #arcane

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Bearded Shepherd @beardedshepherd.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Did you really think Rictus was going to miss out on the NOXUS SEASON? He is a playable custom mod for League. Links and infos below! #Rictus #Arcane #LeagueOfLegends #RiotGames

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Bearded Shepherd @beardedshepherd.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Runeforge has switched websites which means all my mods will need to move. When I find time, I will make sure all of them are updated and posted. For now, you can find Rictus on the new site here: runeforge.dev/mods/3f445e6... And check out the artstation post! www.artstation.com/artwork/eRDomJ

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Rictus - League of Legends, Daniel Matos

Rictus from Arcane fan art in the style of League of Legends after Thomas Vuillier's model and Gilles Roman's textures (https://gillesroman.artstation.com/projects/NGrQwg). Though his role wasn't a pr...

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Bearded Shepherd @beardedshepherd.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Did you really think Rictus was going to miss out on the NOXUS SEASON? He is a playable custom mod for League. Links and infos below! #Rictus #Arcane #LeagueOfLegends #RiotGames

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Kris 🐉⚔️🤖 @cmykristyart.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

Olaf's Star Guardian concept sheet 💫 the ideas: 🐻 Familiar #1: Undying water bear (tardigrade-bear) 🦅 Familiar #2: Bird of prey for the throwing axe 🔥 Ultimate: First Star-scourge Radahn 🌠 View more designs at callofthefirststar.carrd.co ✨ #CalloftheFirstStar #CotFS2025 #leagueoflegends #olaf #art

Drawn concept sheet of a fan League skin, Star Guardian Olaf. It showcases his full outfit front and back: A battle suit with kilt-like skirt, his Star Guardian gem on his chest, a replica gem on a lifting belt, and bulky jacket with fur collar. His familiars, Ursua the water bear and Svelgr the bird of prey are near him wearing matching bandanas. Each the two axes are modeled after Ursua and Svelgr respectively. His ultimate is depicted as large glowing horns jutting from his ears forward and up and his second large braid being thrown over his shoulder to the front to match the braid on the other side of his face. Text: Star Guardian Olaf, "The Red Giant Still Burns". Ultimate text: First Star Ragnarok

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Bearded Shepherd @beardedshepherd.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

Love his design so much! You did such fantastic work making him look so fierce but also huggable 😊✨

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On Wings of Vengeance: A League of Legends Zine @skinematicverse.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

Call of the First Star is now live! 🎉 We will be reposting participant artworks as they're posted. You can view the full gallery on our website! ⬇️Link below!

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Kris 🐉⚔️🤖 @cmykristyart.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

The Red Giant still burns! 🌠 I designed Star Guardian Olaf for @callofthefirststar.bsky.social 💫 + concept art below. #CalloftheFirstStar #CotFS2025 #leagueoflegends #olaf #art

Drawing of a fan League skin, Star Guardian Olaf. He happily charges down a grassy field as team reinforcements strike down from the sky like meteors. His two familiars, a water bear (bear-tardigrade) and a bird of prey fly in spirit behind him. Olaf is throwing his wing-themed axe forward.

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Bearded Shepherd @beardedshepherd.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

Check out all of the other champion artworks from all the other talented artists from the Zine. ✨ callofthefirststar.carrd.co#champions

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Bearded Shepherd @beardedshepherd.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

I also did artwork for Star Guardian Gragas as well in the @callofthefirststar.bsky.social event! ✨ #CalloftheFirstStar #CotFS2025 #LeagueOfLegendsFanArt #Gragas #StarGuardian View other champions with the link below ⬇️

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Bearded Shepherd @beardedshepherd.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

Check out all of the other champion artworks from all the other talented artists from the Zine. ✨ callofthefirststar.carrd.co#champions

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Bearded Shepherd @beardedshepherd.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

Very happy to share some of the artworks I made for Star Guardian Braum in the @callofthefirststar.bsky.social event! ✨ #CalloftheFirstStar #CotFS2025 #LeagueOfLegendsFanArt #Braum #StarGuardian View other champions with the link below ⬇️

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Bearded Shepherd @beardedshepherd.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

Wanted to showcase a project I had to work on over my Interactive Animation course at my university. It was all created through Adobe Animate for a web game experience. Lots of stuff I learned! Check it out! www.artstation.com/artwork/nJWkbE #Handpainted #3DArt #InteractiveAnimation

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Bearded Shepherd @beardedshepherd.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Got a plan to create a set of fantasy-themed characters that I wanna make 3D models out of and sell on the Unreal Engine marketplace. This concept isn't 100% finalized but he represents the archetype for a wizard character (also low-key a self-insert lmao)

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Bearded Shepherd @beardedshepherd.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

That being said, some of my work has been from fan-requests and existing fan concepts, but there's also about half of them that are my own personal designs. Though I would love to, at this moment, I'm not really accepting requests until we get an official answer from Riot, and then we'll see.

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Bearded Shepherd @beardedshepherd.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Complicated bc creators on Runeforge want to create custom content for fans who want to support them financially, however, it could potentially violate Riot's ToS which states that nobody can profit off of their IP. Head of Runeforge, Nagi, has reached out to Riot and is waiting an answer on this.

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Bearded Shepherd @beardedshepherd.bsky.social · 23/10/2024

That's so awesome! Very much looking forward to this ARAM update, even if it's only temporary. I was probably one of the only few who actually enjoyed the tower debris as it created some variance in gameplay, but I also really missed Butcher's Bridge. Glad to see you've put your hands on this one! 🥰

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Bearded Shepherd @beardedshepherd.bsky.social · 19/10/2024

Heyo, I'm on Blue Sky! I am a 3D Artist and Graphic designer with a passion for fantasy games. My pieces range from hand-painted stylized work to PBR and realism, but you most likely recognize me for my League of Legends fan skins. Here are my latest works: #Nidalee #Corina #JackTheWinner #Sylas

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