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concept artist/illustrator | he/ him | ♉ | opinions posted are mine only~ 🏳️‍🌈

Bucharest, Romania

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@vladbacescu

vlad 🌈

2 years

faeries are out!!! had so much fun working on Faerie Court Ezreal and just seeing the skinline come together, definitely one of my all-time favorite projects to be part of alongside my amazing team and super proud of the final result! hope you all love him and his fae friends🦋✨

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this healed me

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2 years

now that my queen's finally been revealed AAAAAAAAA i can FINALLY gush about the absolute honor of getting to work on Star Nemesis Morgana (& baby Rigel), my literal dream skin 🖤✨

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3 years

before pentakill, there was dj

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5 years

me heading to the fridge at 3am

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3 years

here are some of the concepts I got to work on for Bewitching Yuumi owo🐈‍⬛🎃

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2 years

now that the event's started I wanted 2 also mention that I had the chance to design Morg's teach disguise as well! baddies hiding in plain sight is one of my fave tropes so this was sooo much fun lol 💫✨

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vlad 🌈

3 years

i woke up and did something terrible

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2 years

bonus: some early Ezreal exploration from when we were still searching for the court that fit him best🧚

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2 years

also wanted to post this earlyish exploration for EDG Aphelios (and Alune!) bc working on the twins was so fun!

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vlad 🌈

3 years

got to work on some Shockblades this year! will be posting more concepts but this is one of the earlier explorations for Qiyana.. i'm rly obsessed with those fishnet mesh shirts now lol 🥷⛈️

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vlad 🌈

1 year

happy Soul Fighter day! I got the chance to do m'queen Evelynn, cant wait to hop in the Arena & give her a spin 🐍

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3 years

happy Arcane weekend everyone! here's slightly higher res of some of the faves that I got to paint for the event ⚙️💎

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vlad 🌈

2 years

who WOULDNT take her hand

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vlad 🌈

2 years

here's a few early directions i tried for Heartache Amumu while we were still figuring out the skinline! team ultimately decided on lil sad anti-cupid with good intentions but terrible matchmaking skills, but I'm still super fond of baby cherub Amumu 🖤

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2 years

more substantial Star Nemesis Morgana concept drop + some earlier explorations! contrasting to Fiddle's overtly monstrous visual, Morg's softer appearance serves to lower the Guardians' defenses and disguise the true threat she poses 💫

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vlad 🌈

4 years

im nautilus

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vlad 🌈

2 years

had the really fun chance to design another Bewitching skin for Senna my beloved 🧡🎃 can't wait for y'all to see her on PBE, turning her gun into a spooky familiar was quite the challenge but the team did an amazing job!

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vlad 🌈

2 years

finally have enough material for #artvsartist2022

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vlad 🌈

3 years

Shockblade Qiyana concepts! ninjas are REALLY my thing lmao so this was soooo much fun to work on 👏👏 forever grateful to my amazing team who killed it on them like always! ⛈️

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vlad 🌈

2 years

hope y'all aren't tired of the Ezreal spam bc I've got one more small drop! really happy with how the turnarounds came out and the VFX explorations were a blast, there's something really soothing about drawing the butterfly wing patterns 🦋

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@vladbacescu

vlad 🌈

4 years

me discussing league of legends lore

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vlad 🌈

3 years

i love painting Senna icons 🥰🥰🥰

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vlad 🌈

2 years

im literally so excited for y all to see what we ve been workin on you have no idea 💫

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@LeagueOfLegends

2 years

A new day is just over the horizon. #StarGuardian returns on July 14 💫

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1 year

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1 year

New emotes and icons added this PBE

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2 years

few more Senna drops now that she's properly out on the PBE; also had the honor to design her joke Pengu so you KNOW pumpkin Pengu was a given

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6 years

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7 years

some early vfx exploration for Anivia. funny how I used to be so afraid of painting vfx, but now it's one of the things I enjoy the most 🌟

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vlad 🌈

4 years

felt compelled to draw noxus' angriest & loveliest baby

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vlad 🌈

2 years

among the maaaaany fun things I've been getting the chance to work on was some early vis dev on the EDG skins! final designs were done by the awesome @citemer & the super talented folks of the Kudos team, but I think Yuumi stayed pretty close to this exploration 🐱✨

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vlad 🌈

1 year

some La Ilusión shenanigans since Renata is out n about 🪻🕯️

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vlad 🌈

4 years

had the pleasure of working on High Noon Irelia! these two pieces of her and Senna started out as a loading border pitch, but they were so much fun I couldn't help myself from putting a little bit of extra love in :')

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vlad 🌈

1 year

some suuuuper early exploration for Soul Fighter Pyke from back when we were still figuring out the lineup, final ingame design was done by the amazing @anhdangerous 💜

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vlad 🌈

3 years

i couldnt stop thinking abt this since the Udyr roadmap so.. here we are

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2 years

sorry 4 the concept spam but I also wanted to post a better res of this exploration for EDG Zoe! the team did a stellar job on her galaxy locks <3

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vlad 🌈

3 years

got the random urge to draw Lux last night so.. here she is as my last draw 4 2021 ✨

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3 months

some early exploration for Anima Squad Seraphine I got to do before I left, I thought fennec would have been a cute fit for her 🦊

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vlad 🌈

4 years

High Noon 2020 is live! i also painted the two portrait icons for Senna and Irelia, here they are in (very slightly) higher res

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vlad 🌈

11 months

tis her for sure

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Gm. What’s your most popular artwork? Mine is definitely behind the curtains 🔴

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3 years

better view at Qiyana's ohmlatl & its various W states ⭕️

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vlad 🌈

4 years

got to paint some grooooooovy portraits for the latest PBE 💫🪐

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3 years

Shockblade Kassadin concepts! he's the wisest of the group and their de facto leader bc he can do all the cool spirit world stuff😶‍🌫️

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4 years

get in loser, we're bringing back the old gods

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11 months

only got to very lightly rub shoulders with the incredible team that delivered Heartsteel and feeling suuuuper grateful to have had the chance to do some early exploration with them; here's some from when we were exploring each of the boys' unique style & wardrobe inspo💙💚

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vlad 🌈

3 years

tonight's wind down draw: jessie in the sw/sh universe bc i thought she'd look good in it, & i think i was right (twerps)

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3 years

no brakes on the gay™mobile

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3 years

forgot to add these yesterday but here's a few explorations for Book's covers as well! we went with the first one mainly bc we thought a set of bat wings would look cute with her animations 🦇

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2 years

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vlad 🌈

5 years

will be posting Veigar and Tristana concepts a little bit later but something fun I got to paint for this patch were these two lovely ladies chilling in outer space

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vlad 🌈

5 years

league husbando situation after today

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vlad 🌈

3 years

PBE day means new champies and i got to paint a LOT of them this time around! always a lot of fun, looking forward to the day we get the entire roster champified 🤏🏻🐥

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vlad 🌈

6 years

ayo #MeetTheDev , I'm Vlad and i'm a concept artist/ illustrator currently doing a little bit of remote work for Riot Games on League of Legends which I'm super duper grateful about. in my spare time I draw even more League stuff cuz why not lol

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1 year

inkshadow hypeeee! had the chance to work on Udyr's first post VGU skin which was a lot of pressure (this big boi has a LOT of stances) but also so much fun to turn him into the master tattoo artist that gives everyone their magic ink 🖌️

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4 years

forgot to post but i also painted a bunch of cuties for current live patch 🐣

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3 years

been a little while since I've done icons but I got to paint cupcake Ahri 🧁🎊

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2 years

daily warmup draw, been playing with a lot of cocky Ezreal players on my team lately lol

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2 years

EDG Viego exploration I never posted on twt bc.. i forgot lol 💫

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2 years

here's a detail shot, pretty dang happy with how she came out 🖤 little design tidbit since I've seen people ask about her gem; Morgana isn't a Guardian, so she doesn't have one! why is she draped in Guardian gems, then, you ask? well.. I'm sure you've got an inkling 😌

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4 years

got to paint the icons for the Lunar Beast skins for next patch! love them all but some of my favorite ones to work on were Aphelios, Annie, Viego and little baby beast 🐂🐂🎆

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4 years

ok so everyone's (rightfully) simping for MF Illaoi & Ahri but you're trying to tell me this man is just gonna go back to the Freljord without a Bilgewater boyfriend?? i dont think so

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6 years

also did some icons for Snowdown!

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2 years

i forget how the old art vs new art hashtag goes but i was cleaning up some old art folders and stumbled across this Morg vu painting from like.. 2015 i think? i think 2015 me would probably lose it lmaooo

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2 years

got the chance to partake in some Empyrean shenanigans for Jhin & Zac 🔥 HUGE thanks to the team for their guidance, this aesthetic is pretty far out of my comfort zone but I learned a lot 🫡

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5 years

that bald garen pic on reddit is the most inspiring thing i've seen all week so I had to make something for @KateyAnthony

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1 year

some Cosmic Bel'veth shenaningans, this one's not quite 1 to 1 with final but it's where we started to narrow down the direction for her ✨super grateful I got to work on her, I've been absolutely spamming her since release

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1 year

do i..

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7 years

I got lucky enough to be able to colaborate with the awesome team at Riot Games again for the Irelia VGU! Aviator is actually my favorite skin of hers so getting the chance to help with its redesign felt pretty dam good ^^

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vlad 🌈

6 years

#stopppcaitlyn2018

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vlad 🌈

2 years

got the awesome chance to work on wolf boy Fright Night Trundle! gotta admit this one was particularly challenging to nail down but my AMAZING team had my back every step of the way as usual so I'm pretty happy with the final result, hope y'all love him as well 🐺🕸️

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4 years

painting champies has proven a small catharsis during this.. interesting year

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vlad 🌈

5 years

haven't posted any art related stuff in forever so here's a step-by-step of the Nightbringer Vlad icon! always enjoy painting icons bc portraits are the definition of my comfort zone lol

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3 years

today's warmup: drew some leedyr which initially started with me catching up on the lore but is now basically my comfort ship

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5 years

arclight velkoz has no business looking this pretty with the rainbow trail omg

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1 year

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@LoLUKN

League of Legends // UK, IE & Nordics

1 year

Welcome to the world of Soul Fighter, where powered-up champions, intense rivalries, over-the-top combos, and new game modes come to clash! Ready? The fight’s coming on 20th July.

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vlad 🌈

6 years

U wAnT a DoSe Of ThIs RiGhT nOw ItS KdA uH

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2 years

lets go gamers

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6 years

solo queue gon be like

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6 years

Voidbringer Ivern, a personal project that I'd been working on for over a year now and *finally* got to finish.More @

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some early exploration for Irelia! it was definitely a challenge to fit her into the universe, but also a lot of fun 🤠

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vlad 🌈

5 years

it's cutie cosplay hour y'all uwu (individual concept sheets in thread!) sorry to Trist but Furyhorn>>>>>>> Pengu always and forever, and I'm ready to fight over it

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2 years

wow twt really ruined these!! here are some better closeups ✨

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6 years

Blade Temptress Eve!

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2 years

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and her final in game sheet! she has a LOT of assets to be accounted for lol 🪐

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some Winterblessed Sylas thingies since its getting cold outside

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6 years

damn that new league of legends champion looks sick

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6 years

this was supposed to be just a sketch but now i know what my next project's going to be

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5 years

here's the final ingame concept I did for Dark Star Malphite! as always, many thanks to the team for the feedback and support! painting space vfx is actually so cozy & fun 🪐

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@FruitfulMage haha i do have one, although it's not much higer res lol

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6 years

Got to collaborate with the awesome Riot folks on 1/2 of the VD skins for this year! Fun fact; this was actually the first project I ever did with the skins team! Go check her out in game 2gether with @faeriefountain 's lovely Fiora~

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Got the chance to collaborate with the Riot team on Shen's newest skin! Super huge fan of the skin line so this was a blast. Can't wait to take my spicy boi to the Rift 🔥🔥

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7 years

Emerald Taliyah! this one's been gnawing at the back of my mind ever since Taliyah was teased 🌟 more detail:

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6 years

stupid sexy shen

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vlad 🌈

8 months

have a lot of things i want to say and none of it feels right. please be kind and send a lot of love to everyone impacted

@riotgames

Riot Games

8 months

Minutes ago, we shared an important update with Rioters about the future of Riot Games. Here’s what these changes mean for our games and what players can expect from us going forward:

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@Taurhoes here's a better res of the Rigel ult decal! cute lil story, I originally painted it for the Q root but we ended up moving it to the ult just to make it BIGGER n more impactful

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@RiotTyler still interested in League pixel stuff? #ioniannights

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#artstationday ?? havent updated mine in a while but if you're curious to see more of my process/ more exploration work, it's the place to go \o/

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if you then you don’t don’t love deserve me at my me at my

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