Let's talk Skin Portraits (again!)

RiotQuquroon·8/18/2017, 11:39:33 PM·1 votes·9,821 views

Hey all!

I've heard loud and clear that while many people like the Skin Portraits (yay!), a decent amount of people have concerns over the quality of a quantity of them. I agree! Some of them are terrible! Long story short, this is my bad- but I want to fix it.

So! Here's what the next steps will be.

  • I'm currently making a list of all the SPs needing updates, and I'm just about through. Your feedback and threads have been useful. My aim is to hit quite a few of them, including ones that could stand to be better by zooming out.

  • Next, we'll start the mass cropping. This should take a few patches of time [assuming no preseason madness], but hopefully not long.

  • Then it patches out. Hopefully everyone rejoices! I'll continue listening to your feedback.

And yeah- that's it! I'll hang around in the thread a little bit if people have any questions. Have a nice day! o/

64 Comments

Namazu Ebisu8/18/2017, 11:55:56 PM30 votes

Hey! Great thread. I'll be happy to contribute but for today there are only 2 i noticed while i played that were off (quality of the thumbnails may vary it seems so be sure to click them xD) :

French maid Nidalee :

Ingame : https://puu.sh/xdvZZ/414e982978.jpg

My edit : https://i.imgur.com/F3qmJo9.png

As you can see the ingame one is zoomed and VERY saturated and low quality for some reason, i just took the splash and cropped it a bit and it looks way better imo.

Star Guardian Lulu :

Ingame : https://puu.sh/xdsIW/e8757d86f2.jpg

My edit : https://i.imgur.com/8NGJdx0.png

Zoomed way too much and not centered. I'll be sure to hunt others as i play! I could do the cropping stuff all day if you guys need some free help ahah... (i forgot to add the shadows around the portrait don't kill me).

Overall, 90% of them are not centered and zoomed too much so it could be great to take another shot at it to show details on the faces like the basic portraits do :

http://puu.sh/xdGPt/de7fc58d4f.jpg

If this was a skin, we would probably have only the eyes or something, which is bad! Show those beautiful heads & accessories!

Korios8/18/2017, 11:49:24 PM17 votes

I'm currently making a list of all the SPs needing updates, and I'm just about through.

The list...... give us the list! http://gph.is/YBE37L)

Ares Fordwin8/19/2017, 9:52:48 AM12 votes

Bard Bard looks... interesting. I could barely tell what I was looking at in the portrait when the update came out.

http://i.imgur.com/PFG53rW.png

Half the image is his hat, but you can't tell that, because his hat is so much larger than what you see here. Then you look at the other half of the image and it might take you a second to realise it's his mask.

Zyreck8/20/2017, 4:25:02 PM11 votes

First off, I really appreciate you taking a look at the skin portraits that need a bit of touching up. I dunno if this has been mentioned already, but Silent Night Sona's skin portrait doesn't look much like Silent Night Sona... In fact, it's not even Silent Night Sona's splash: https://image.prntscr.com/image/Y9U7kvJFTfeaRsinhyAI_w.png

This is a really quick throw-together, but I think the original Silent Night splash looks so much better: https://image.prntscr.com/image/xIhpZG39R2muBwhcGby3vA.png

LostFr0st8/18/2017, 11:47:48 PM8 votes

This whole update has been super cool. Glad to see it's getting followup tweaks to make it even better.

Shíny8/19/2017, 5:26:58 AM6 votes
Disy8/20/2017, 2:04:14 AM5 votes

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Eleana8/18/2017, 11:40:34 PM4 votes

Nice, I'm glad this is being addressed ^_^

MistroTTC8/18/2017, 11:53:10 PM4 votes

Star Guardian Janna could be zoomed out a bit, not a major problem though.

AtomToast8/20/2017, 4:26:40 PM3 votes

I think Battlecast Prime Cho'Gath could take a zoom out http://puu.sh/xeYfR/89abdce3b7.jpg

Snaketits8/20/2017, 10:07:11 AM3 votes

Desperada & Mythic Cassiopeia could use some touchups aswell: http://imgur.com/a/IDl9Q

The first one appears to have a manface and the other one is far too zoomed in while leaving no proper view on her brown hair.

Dusk Fox8/20/2017, 4:51:38 AM3 votes

I'm working on a little thing based on this! I'm making an edit for most of the skins I own, I dont know if its much help? But I like editing them! I'll probably be updating this as I complete more edits. Please click them for the entire images!

Here is a version with some shadow-ish effects that I tried to replicate from the originals: http://imgur.com/a/fi0xd

And here is a version without them: http://imgur.com/a/9hTUs

I would love to get some feedback on this. (Also, it would be great if Riot could involve other servers in updates like this, since my main is in LAN but i cant really post this in there 'cause of the absense of a LAN equivalent post). I hope all of you have a lovely nice day!

Sploshua8/19/2017, 3:03:59 AM2 votes

Dunkmaster Darius skin portrait looks horrendous, needs to be zoomed out more, he looks very silly, cant even see his hair.

Nanas8/20/2017, 8:02:02 AM2 votes

Star Guardian Jinx needs to be zoomed out. Valkyrie Leona is too bright. That brightness thing make it all look bit worse imo.

Aevilok8/20/2017, 3:55:52 PM2 votes

it would be nice if you could make primal udyr portrait change according to stance, or stance max at least and we beg you, please zoom it out

Shinjrou8/20/2017, 8:36:11 PM2 votes

Bloodstone Lissandra could be improved too! I only own that skin, so I don't know about the others.

333lom8/18/2017, 11:51:38 PM2 votes

I'd suggest just zooming out of Viktor's Prototype and Full Machine. Creator is already zoomed out. Thanks for the effort!

Nimlu8/19/2017, 5:10:10 PM2 votes

Gorgeous splash gorgeous hair yet twisted portrait + its legendary skin http://i.imgur.com/udDdlwD.png

BloodyVampir8/19/2017, 6:06:19 PM2 votes

Glad to hear you are making the update even nicer. Please zoom out Star Guardian Janna 's portait by quite a bit :)

T8 Speedwagon8/18/2017, 11:47:57 PM2 votes

I will take this opportunity to point out that ravenborn leblanc should be zoomed out a bit and less brightness!

waiting for WoW8/20/2017, 12:41:40 AM2 votes

Eternum Rek'Sai is just..... interesting. Like it looks more like a Xerath skin portrait than Rek'Sai.

Mamacrow9/5/2017, 7:30:50 AM1 votes

ty ty ty! :O keep up the great work!

DarkCagé8/19/2017, 2:45:17 AM1 votes

I think you could take a look on Puls. Caith aswell. I only see her face and she looks totally different. Wher eis her beautiful hair what completes her in total :(

Joohyum8/19/2017, 2:47:07 AM1 votes

Prestigious LeBlanc needs to be zoomed out more imo. Ravenborn LeBlanc needs to be zoomed out more too. Snow day syndra is too bright. Star Guardian Lulu needs to be centered.

A lot of the portraits are WAY too bright.

Bladerina8/19/2017, 7:48:24 AM1 votes

Please, zoom out a little bit Star Guardian Janna.

patmax178/19/2017, 9:54:20 AM1 votes

I haven't been following the feedback about this, just to understand: is the problem the quality of the splash art itself, or how it was cropped to be made into a portrait?

Yàsuó8/19/2017, 4:52:40 PM1 votes

Nightbringer Yasuos color is washed out Yasuo

Sarari8/19/2017, 5:51:03 PM1 votes

A little zoomout on candy king ivern would be nice, kinda dont want to see a this huge blue nose on my screen

Ars3lyn8/19/2017, 6:14:52 PM1 votes

i wish my cosmic yi would zoom out a little, just so i can get some of the neck and the full head, others yi skin can be looked over, however i dont have them so i can say anything for all of them. i just hope that some one else can report this a bit to you guys

yshipster8/19/2017, 9:17:53 PM1 votes

Blood Lord Vladimir should be a bitt zoomed out. He currently looks more like a zombie on drugs and less like a powerful hemomancer.

rtbf2256182418/19/2017, 10:13:11 PM1 votes

Would be nice if you could zoom out on Forecast Janna aswell. She seems really in-your-face with that close up.

A really useful thread to be honest!

Necrozard8/21/2017, 8:19:47 AM1 votes

Zilean Blood Moon Zilean Also required to be zoomed out

edwsfhgj8/21/2017, 10:51:01 AM1 votes

Dark star ori

Archlord Aatrox8/21/2017, 5:02:40 PM1 votes

blood moon shen

Mreti8/21/2017, 7:30:38 PM1 votes

Spirit Guard Udyr

nickrizzo8/21/2017, 8:34:46 PM1 votes

All of jannas need to move just a bit further from her face. Except fnatic Janna, that one is hilarious https://imgur.com/gallery/3ZLNf

King of Demons8/22/2017, 2:16:29 PM1 votes

Infernal Nasus

Abkaal8/22/2017, 5:35:07 PM1 votes

Primal Udyr's portrait looks like a wolf. Should be zoomed out or (prferably for me) switched to any other form. Bear looks the least cool IMO.

SonicÐeHedgedawg8/23/2017, 10:28:18 AM1 votes

I'm posting with my phone, so I don't have a screenshot, but beast hunter Sejuani looks really rough