New Years EVE wallpaper

Just in time for the celebrations!!! Decorate your screen with some kick ass wallpaper showing off TF and Eve in their Tango outfits.

After posting on the forums a member asked for a version showing off Katarina and Garen;

Custom Rammus Wallpaper

On the way to work I caught the tail end of a Slipknot song and the lyric "In my shell I wait and bleed" caused me to immediatly think about Rammus ( I suspect it's the shell ♥ ) so I came up with this little wallpaper. First time I am releasing multiple resolutions, the 16:9 versions seemed to re-size badly though, Rammus ended up looking a bit pudgy :(

1600x1200 4:3

1280x960  4:3

1024x768 4:3

1366x768  16:9

1280x720  16:9

Cassiopeia - The Serpent’s Embrace

While her sister Katarina has always been the most celebrated member of the household, the Du Couteau family has a long history of service to Noxus. It has often been said that no soldier has ever been as fortunate as General Du Couteau to have been graced with daughters. His youngest, Cassiopeia - despite lacking her sister's killer instincts - was equally renowned in at court for her stately character and elegance. Cunning as she was beautiful, the temptress could never be found far from the arm of any foreign dignitary, her wiles prying secrets from the lips of even the most wary attaché. With the Noxian barbarian pacification campaign having ground to a standstill, Cassiopeia had set her sights on a diplomat from a tribe of the Freljord region. Thinking him an easy mark, the scheming seductress set about beguiling him. He refused to confide in her, however, until she swore an oath of secrecy upon his sword - a strange weapon with a serpentine curve to the blade.

Once her tryst was over, Cassiopeia provisioned her father with information regarding the barbarian resistance. As she divulged this intelligence, a wave of revulsion washed over her. She screamed in agony as her silky skin hardened to scales, her lustrous hair thickened to leather, and her manicured fingernails sharpened to claws. Dazed, she fell upon a group of horrified servants, rending them limb from limb in a heartbeat. When it was over the blood soaked figure was no longer the ravishing jewel of the Noxian court, but a horror trapped somewhere between woman and serpent. Unable to serve in her traditional capacity, Cassiopeia departed for the League, continuing her service to Noxus on the Field of Justice.

Wintery Skin Collage

More Festivities from the League of Legends Wallpaper Blog!!!! Here I have put all the winter skins together in one massive image. Including last years set of champions!

Santa Gragas was lonely...

After taking a good look through the newly released Snowdown Showdown skins and trying to come up with a couple wallpaper ideas I realized something. Santa Gragas needed some *ahem* female companionship in his splash screen. Just look at that grin! You know what must be up!

I admit, Candy Cane MF was a last minute addin and I probably could have done better meshing her into the original but I think all in all it came out well.

New Winter Skins for 2010

Riot has announced the new Winter Skins for the 2010 holidays!!! Gragas, Sona, Kog'Maw, Amumu, Miss Fortune, Poppy and Shaco are the lucky receivers this year. I will be posting each image to their respective champions page shortly but for now here they all are together.

More Christmas Wallpapers

Getting a little bit better at using GIMP. Coming from a strickly Photoshop background the interface is the biggest hurdle. Thankfully though the "actions" are the same between the two, I just have to figure out how GIMP wants me to do something... I also know why it is called "GIMP" but that is for another post ♥

Trundle - The Cursed Troll

Trolls have never been well-regarded beings on Valoran. Generally speaking, they are barbaric, cannibalistic, and sneaky. They are creatures relegated to the murky recesses of the world, hidden away from most intelligent beings. Despite their maleficent natures, however, the Ruhgosk never deserved the grisly fate that was visited upon them. Generations ago, a twisted necromancer known as Hakolin the Bonecrafter attempted to enslave the Ruhgosk tribe. These trolls are considerably more genteel than their ill-mannered brethren, although still uncouth by human standards. The Ruhgosk fought tooth and claw against the necromancer, ultimately driving him from their land. As a parting gift, Hakolin afflicted the trolls with a leprous disease, forever cursing the members of the tribe. The leprosy would have rotted their flesh away to nothing were it not for the trolls' natural ability to regenerate. Caught forever in a hideous rotting state, the Ruhgosk endured their curse while desperately in search of a cure. They never found one.

A wise Ruhgosk shaman learned that he could magically bind the disease to a single troll, provided that the troll could bear the weight of the entire tribe's curse upon himself. However, there was no such troll...until the birth of Trundle. His ability to regenerate is so profound that it appeared as if he did not carry the disease. As Trundle grew, he came to understand his gift and what it could do for his people. When he came of age, he took the curse from his tribe in a baptism of searing agony. Through the shaman's ritual, Trundle became a horrifying creature whose flesh constantly sloughs off his body, only to be re-grown in an unremitting cycle. He has joined the League of Legends in hopes of eventually finding someone who could dispel the heinous curse completely.

More LoL Christmas Wallpapers

Continuing on from yesterday here are a trio of Christmas themed LoL wallpapers, one is inspired by the "Festivus" event made popular by TV Show Sienfeld :) Enjoy and leave a comment if there is any particular champion you would like to see in a wallpaper.

Some Holiday Themed League of Legends Wallpapers

'Tis the season! And in anticipation I have come up with a few Christmas themed wallpapers for everyone to enjoy! I hope to have some more later on but for now you can wet your whistle with these three.

Some of the Yordles from Bandle City

Demancia Festivus!

The Ice Bird wishes you a chilly Christmas!

LeBlanc - The Deceiver

Every city has its dark side, even one whose reputation is already of a questionable hue. Noxus - though its name is already invoked with a mixture of reverence and revulsion - is no exception to this simple truth. Deep within the winding dungeons that honeycomb the earth beneath its dark, meandering streets lies the real underbelly of this sprawling metropolis, a haven for all manner of malevolence. Amongst the cults, covens, and secret societies that call this labyrinth their home, LeBlanc, the Deceiver, presides over the Black Rose, a remnant from a lost, yet similarly unscrupulous time in Noxian history. Ruthless and seemingly ageless, LeBlanc and her ilk were a mainstay in Noxian political affairs during the era before the militarization of the Noxian government. In those days, this guild of powerful magicians met in secret to further their hidden agenda, and to hone a craft more subtle than that preferred by those currently in power.

While their exact motives have always remained mysterious, it was widely believed that the Black Rose was the true power behind the throne while the aristocracy still reigned in Noxus. When raw martial prowess became the ultimate determination of whose will held sway in the Empire, the Black Rose seemed to vanish overnight. Many believed that perhaps their time had simply passed, and that its members had put aside their quests for social and political dominance. When LeBlanc reemerged at the gates of the Institute of War, however, it became clear that these masters of shadow and flame had simply been biding their time, waiting for a new global authority to emerge: the League of Legends.



Swain, the Master Tactician

The earliest account of Swain’s existence comes from a Noxian infirmary doctor’s notes. According to them, Swain limped into the ward without cry or complaint; his right leg was snapped in half, with bone protruding from the skin. A small, scowling bird seemed affixed to his shoulder. The doctor gawked in horror as the young adolescent answered questions about his health and age with a calm, even stare. Even behind the echoing crack as the sand counterweights reset his tibia, Swain’s measuring gaze never flickered, nor did his eyes twitch from the pop of his fibula. He refused the doctor’s recommendation of magical treatment for the leg’s inoperable damage, requesting only a spare crutch before shuffling away. He next surfaced in documents from the Noxian military, although it is evident that they are incomplete. Normally a crippled boy would be turned away in shame from Noxus’ proud legion, but the records indicate his first designation was that of a ranking officer.

The men who’ve served under him (and survived) have remained in his charge with unshakable faith and loyalty. He leapt through the High Command’s hierarchy, often ascending when superiors requested demotions to join his unit. A cunning strategist, Swain was decorated after every battle he fought, regularly hobbling in contemplation at the front of the assault. His rise to power seemed unceasing until he was suddenly relegated to inactive status prior to the Ionian Invasion - a bewildering decision which reeked of bureaucratic subversion. If Swain was upset by the events which unfolded, he never belied it. His face was so implacable that it was popularly rumored to be a mask, disguising something utterly inhuman beneath. More controversy surrounded the bird that never left his shoulder, whose name he whispered only to it. When Demacia escalated its presence in the League, Swain was immediately returned to active duty.

Custom League of Legends Wallpapers

I have decided to start doing some custom wallpapers for League of Legends and figured that they really should have their own post.


This first one is just a really simple merging of the first two Pentakill musicians debuted by Riot. Mordekaiser and Sona. I flipped the stock Sona image and combined it with Mordekaiser, cleaned up the edging in the middle and applied an old Rock Font I have had for a while.
(You can download the font here Rock Show Whiplash Font)

After Riot released King Tryndamere and Queen Ashe I decided that they should be in a wallpaper together. Here I have added the Queen to the base King image.