Dear Riot, I ask again, what happened to Irelias new splash art?

PhantomGG·Aug 10, 2017·88 votes·3,873 views

So it's no secret Irelias splash art is pretty crappy, some people joke saying the only reason you buy a Irelia skin is so you never have to see her Classic skin. Both in game and in splash art the classic skin looks terrible. However one year in 2015 during a LCS game i believe we saw a leak of the new Irelia splash art and it looked AMAZING.

https://pp.vk.me/c624030/v624030814/19144/ypooXlqEujI.jpg

However for some reason the art was never completed and never made public. Since than Riot has yet to give the Irelia splash art any love and it's really starting to be a odd thing.

Will Riot ever make a new splash art for classic Irelia? And what happened to the art that was in progress? Did the artist get fired and no one ever finished it?

42 Comments

Frost HellfireAug 10, 201710 votes

I quite like the current one, actually. A lot better than the original one for sure.

PhantomGGAug 10, 201735 votes

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I quite like the current one, actually. A lot better than the original one for sure.

Friend, a stick figure would of been a upgrade from the old old one. It's not a hard contest to beat.

EndlessSorcererAug 10, 201756 votes

https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/7371237/Screen%20Shot%202016-10-29%20at%2011.14.13%20AM.png

PhantomGGAug 10, 201726 votes

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https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/7371237/Screen%20Shot%202016-10-29%20at%2011.14.13%20AM.png

Love how you just proved my point lol xD

AFilthyCaitMainAug 10, 20176 votes

I really like the current one tbh. I love the pose they chose for her especially

55976771DEL2Aug 10, 20176 votes

Current one is shit imo, problem is that she looks so thin and like a person who hasn't eat for 3 weeks. Also her background is lame. Just green color instead of making something.

Old splash art is again meh and this one new is still garbage. Better to make a whole new one.

EpicurusAug 11, 20173 votes

I thought her thinness was a deliberate choice by the artist, seeing as she is technically a lich.

vodrio12Aug 11, 20171 votes

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Current one is shit imo, problem is that she looks so thin and like a person who hasn't eat for 3 weeks. Also her background is lame. Just green color instead of making something.

Old splash art is again meh and this one new is still garbage. Better to make a whole new one.

MonotachiAug 10, 20175 votes

Looks like they are saving the splash update for her VGU. Because if her whole image of a telekinetic bladeswoman changes significantly in her VGU, then they would have to redo the splash art again.

AbibyamaAug 10, 201728 votes

Hmm they did update ww splash tho before his rework

https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-8QBxEsONUWQ/Vwg7R3KP_KI/AAAAAAAA5tY/t0fMnB4iW4graz-ynL65VEWC6AdhstAdA/s1600/Warwick_Splash_0.jpg

DJMason88Aug 10, 20175 votes

None of them were really updates, they were just splashes from china(?) i think (or some other region).

LùmenAug 11, 20176 votes

China produces garbage for splash arts. This is an original one by the american company

MavenSongAug 11, 201717 votes

there are a decent few good chinese ones, but they do have thier fair share of... ew

InfernapeAug 11, 20174 votes

######Cough. Sivir. cough.

Faceroll TacticsAug 11, 20172 votes

They turned the splashes of 90% of sivirs skins into anime crap, I hate it

InfernapeAug 11, 20176 votes

Don't get me wrong I like anime, but it doesn't belong in League splash arts unless it's something inspired by anime (like the SG line being inspired by Sailor Moon).

VeltoxAug 11, 20174 votes

Gurren Laggan Rumble

Faceroll TacticsAug 11, 20172 votes

Same, the hyper stylized art sivirs splashes have look nothing like the rest of the game

FantasySniperAug 11, 20172 votes

Chinese Sivir splashes aren't bad at all, what are you talking about?

Longhorn Alistar, Little Knight Amumu, Original Gragas, Karthus Statue, are all much worse by comparison, and they don't even come close to something like Rocketeer Tristana.

AeszarckAug 11, 20175 votes

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None of them were really updates, they were just splashes from china(?) i think (or some other region).

Warwick's was not part of the globalization of splash arts, it was a legitimate splash art update.

SukishooAug 11, 20172 votes

No. A lot of them were actually brand new art, not from China. They did have the time though where they switched out a lot of art for either American ones or Chinese ones so that all servers had the same art.

rtbf225618241Aug 11, 20171 votes

The Ww one is not from China. It's a completely new splash from the ground up. But as we know, the rework replaced it.

MonotachiAug 11, 20171 votes

I would say that Warwick's theme didn't really change at all. It's him being a badass werewolf, so creating that again would of been easier.

Irelia's whole image of using telekinetic blades could completely change, i.e. how the blades are managed around her, etc. Are they still physical blades, or spirit blades?

No More CagesAug 11, 20172 votes

Let's not repeat Shen, here.

SEKAIAug 11, 20179 votes

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Hmm they did update ww splash tho before his rework

https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-8QBxEsONUWQ/Vwg7R3KP_KI/AAAAAAAA5tY/t0fMnB4iW4graz-ynL65VEWC6AdhstAdA/s1600/Warwick_Splash_0.jpg

https://lolstatic-a.akamaihd.net/frontpage/apps/prod/rg-warwick-update-2017/en_AU/5063726749849be9f632934e9d54622c69e6ce98/assets/img/ww_base_logo.jpg

Kinda funny how the new WW splash seems to be a modified and "completed" version of that WW there.

Maybe what they did was they do a somewhat-quick WW splash before the rework, and then use it as a template for the upcoming WW update while putting more effort into the new one as well.

...........

If that's so, they can pull that for Irelia too. I think.

LeyinAug 11, 20171 votes

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https://lolstatic-a.akamaihd.net/frontpage/apps/prod/rg-warwick-update-2017/en_AU/5063726749849be9f632934e9d54622c69e6ce98/assets/img/ww_base_logo.jpg

Kinda funny how the new WW splash seems to be a modified and "completed" version of that WW there.

Maybe what they did was they do a somewhat-quick WW splash before the rework, and then use it as a template for the upcoming WW update while putting more effort into the new one as well.

...........

If that's so, they can pull that for Irelia too. I think.

but Irelia is not on the List for a VGU soon, the art team is alot of work to do at the moment, so doing simple Splashart changes aren'T worth it

AlmightyAug 11, 20174 votes

The art on the post looks great, but i think it might be unfinished from the head down.

Riot said that Irelia is planned for a full VGU, and i believe that they will probably ship the full version of this art along with the VGU.

Almighty.

DarkRitualAug 11, 20174 votes

At this point, they're likely waiting on her VGU to even bother. Otherwise they'd end up having to redo it twice.

AeszarckAug 11, 20173 votes

I like current splash art for Irelia quite a lot. I hated the old splash art so maybe my perception is altered from being relieved that I don't have to see that splash art again, but I am legitimately fond of the new splash art. It is one of my favorite splash arts from the globalization of splashes.

Sexy Jack RabbitAug 10, 20172 votes

I like that she looks asian in her current one. Adds variety.

ZywinziAug 11, 20172 votes

Pls fix aviator Irelia too then. Ugly af splash art

INoble KnightIAug 11, 20171 votes

The splash is better looking than in game cause the colors don't match.

Ivern and IreliaAug 11, 20172 votes

Although her current splash art is better than her old one, Id love to see a new one with the quality on par with Order of the lotus

http://i.imgur.com/M7pTgix.jpg (which is my favorite splash art in the game, its the definition of beauty)

PoppystarAug 11, 20172 votes

I remember seeing someone point out the random green background in the current splash and now I can never see anything other than irelia in front of a green screen. someone edited in a background in that green space and it looked really great

https://boards.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/skin-champion-concepts/Pgmo7rWH-a-little-change-to-irelia-splash-art-that-would-really-help-me

heres the board!

https://media.lolusercontent.com/api/embedly/1/image/resize?url=http%3A%2F%2Fimgur.com%2FwOUjW3E.png&key=a45e967db0914c7fb472fd4381e6c85b&width=425

and here's the edited image that board user made to show how great it looks with a background