Anyone else feel that this opening for GP resembles and looks better than his splash?

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jBwHAt3d-bQ/VabW-qpR3VI/AAAAAAAAtrk/XVhGTT0_ZPw/s1600/cs_bg_champions.png

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-9Y44UG64kB4/VZ5BgMzbNuI/AAAAAAAAtNc/giUGLmVHjPs/s1600/Gangplank_Splash_0.jpg

I'm all for the dark and gruesome but the other one just seems like it looks more like the model.