![]() And so whether someone at Riot did derive inspiration from Chiara or not cannot and most likely will not be proved. If nothing is done, the masses will end up thinking Chiara based her characters off League of LegendsĪt this point, I cannot think of a way for Riot to gracefully announce these parallels between Kindred and Chiara’s work without embarrassing their company, making it seem like they did their due diligence carelessly. ![]() She’s posted a lot of fan-art and tattoo art of her work recently, perhaps in the hope that new visitors will come to realize that her work is original. At the very least I would hope for Riot or even just the League community to acknowledge that her work is NOT fanart of Kindred and that it has been touching souls for years before. She is one of the most humble artists I’ve seen on the Internet. But I do recognize the injustice currently done to this incredible artist - whether willfully or not.Ĭhiara has never sold her gorgeous artwork, though she could easily make a fortune based on just her current fanbase. If this happened or not in Riot, perhaps nobody knew. And in a big company, one such person’s sketch may have led to another, and in the churning escalation, the initial designer may end up completely unable to pinpoint the source of inspiration. In our day, especially with popular iconographic art and the image-sharing, it is easy to have a concept imprinted upon our subconscious and months later, draft a similar concept without malice. I am not accusing Riot for copying Chiara’s characters, nor do I think the similarity is strong enough to make a legal case. And it has only been a few days since Kindred’s announcement! That people are making the connection and assuming Chiara’s art is fan-art of Kindred is a clear indication of the undeniable similarity You don’t see people saying Articuno is fan-art of Anivia, or the Monkey King is based off WuKong! That Chiara has had to - time and time again - defend her originality because of Kindred is ridiculous. In the past few days, inquiries such as this popped up across Chiara’s gallery. Kindred isn’t even out of beta testing yet, and people are already assuming that Chiara’s work is fan-art of Kindred. Many will start or return to playing League because of this parallel. Xin Zhao is Zhao Zi Long (Dynasty Warriors / China’s Three Kingdoms period war hero).Īnd many Chiara fans will play Kindred precisely because of the parallel they make in their minds to Chiara’s beautiful characters. WuKong is the Monkey King (Chinese legend). Volibear reminds us of Yorik Byrnison (The Golden Compass). To name a few: Anivia reminds us of Articuno (Pokemon). Players love to play as familiar characters (think of Super SmashBros). ![]() I caution others to say League “rips off” other stories because these references are why League is so popular amongst gamers who understand the references. Yet many of League’s characters are not wholly original That the few illustrations we have of Chiara’s characters and the few designs of Kindred seem to mirror not only in style but also in composition is - at the very least - interesting. Chiara releases new illustrations monthly, with the above being the most famous for the Wolf and Moon Lady. To top it off, only a handful of Kindred designs have been released (most pictured above). Holistically, Kindred has a Chiara “feel” - like they were inspired from Chiara’s illustrations. ![]() Not to mention Chiara’s work is littered with arrows and archery, the weapon Kindred Lamb lithely wields. The Kindred Lamb’s graceful twig legs look awfully like Chiara’s deer-like characters’, how the curve of Kindred Lamb’s bow mirrors the antlers of Chiara’s deer characters. The Kindred Wolf and Lamb move and interact as you would imagine Chiara’s characters to interact. The Kindred Wolf floats around and enshrouds the Lamb like Chiara’s Night Sky Wolf wraps around his Moon Lady. There are the obvious similarities: Kindred Lamb looks like Chiara’s Moon Lady and Kindred Wolf looks like Chiara’s Night Sky Wolf.īut Kindred is reminiscent of Chiara’s work not only because there is a dark wolf and white lady.
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