I am writing this post about the champion Shen, I'm only level 23 and am not a smurf but love playing this champion whether it be AP in the mid lane, Support in the bot lane, jg as an all around tank, or Top as team the initiator. I am hoping to hear something about this champion because i would love to see new ideas or paths that he could take without changing his base concept, if possible. Thanks 
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http://i.imgur.com/pQjnP7Y.jpg I also imagine him as Jago from Killer Instinct: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuVrPI0S0FY
On the subject of "new paths", AD Fighter Shen was an interesting idea I tried a long, long time ago. Trinity Force+BotRK+Tank items made him a really fast split pusher and surprisingly self sufficient duelist (not the best, but still threatening at the very least). It takes advantage of the global utility of Shen's ultimate, letting him be supremely useful to the team as a whole by split pushing and focusing on capitalizing on objectives, while at the same time still having the ability to help individual team members ala Stand United.
But this is the skins and champion concepts board. Honestly, I think his new splash is really kickass, they just need to remake his model to fit it better.
I completely agree with your point on the concept arts, it was my fault for not clearly stating that i meant to adjust his cooldowns, ranges, etc. because of his modest gameplay style although his split push ability is still very strong.
When compared to other champs, his split push is actually very weak. He has no wave clear. And in the tp meta, his ult isnt nearly as powerful.
