@Riot ChampUP team: Maokai's new animations

I have been an avid Maokai player for almost a year (way before he became FotM) and I really like the appearance of his VU. HOWEVER, there are some big problems with it that I have been thinking over since his VU came out. Primarily, he doesn't look so intimidating anymore. I think this is actually due in large part to the change to blue for his eyes, arm, and saplings. The magenta color from before made it dark and ominous, the new colors make him look cheerful (Bad thing). His run and W animations also appear uncharacteristically bouncy, and that also detracts both from his sense of bulk, tree-ness, and twisted/evilness (old run felt like a giant, plodding tree, new run feels like a happy child in a costume, his W animation also makes him look like he is bouncing into the air after hitting his target). lastly, his colors (at least on his base skin) are all rather muted (which is fine) but he now looks like he came from Summoner's rift, instead of the shadow isles (It also has the issue where it tends to feel like it blends into the new SR environment a bit). I understand that it is a little late to be complaining about these things, but I don't have a PBE account and cannot play frequently, so now is the best I could do.

Thank you for considering my post.