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40+ splash art changes. Everyone is complaining about 5.

Joetri10·3/29/2016, 1:14:23 AM·8 votes·10,780 views

I want to give everyone a test. I will list the 5 skins that everyone is crying about and after we have taken them out the equation, i want people to talk about the others and give REAL arguments about being against these other arts.

http://i.imgur.com/FjQUths.jpg http://i.imgur.com/KjH6Ved.jpg http://i.imgur.com/WsZg3ae.jpg http://i.imgur.com/x3914H6.jpg http://i.imgur.com/R4TvGd7.jpg Bonus ( http://i.imgur.com/OLEJ0Y2.jpg) Now to put my personal opinion on it first. The fiora one is indeed bad, but so is our current Toxic Mundo one which on that topic is getting replaced by one that although better in quality, i agree it doesn't really 'look' like mundo either. Next we have Chogath and Morgana whom both are getting the same splash art but a loss in definition which are two more i can agree on. Then we have the Akali one which i find ironically is one which is going from more of a cutesy Chinese art style to a more serious style much our current Stinger Akali one(which is getting changed to a art style we're losing on the crimson one so i don't even fking know), though i also agree it lacks quality regardless. Lastly we have Karthus, whom is getting some very nice arts but depart from the seriousness of the champion and i understand that too, i get it.

However that all being said, i'm going to now list 12! GOOD art changes. http://i.imgur.com/zxLBmPH.jpg http://i.imgur.com/tEgpUKk.jpg http://i.imgur.com/BJq1Pzw.jpg http://i.imgur.com/231lVlT.jpg http://i.imgur.com/jx1IODv.jpg http://i.imgur.com/McprG2O.jpg http://i.imgur.com/LU1ODRZ.jpg http://i.imgur.com/QcxAjwn.jpg http://i.imgur.com/b3JGs33.jpg http://i.imgur.com/ZzPQnK1.jpg http://i.imgur.com/leHZ4sF.jpg http://i.imgur.com/wtmwTsf.jpg ....

Now i understand that as i mentioned before that the Chinese art style is a little 'Animeish and cutesy and that's a very fair point... If these didn't exist http://i.imgur.com/TVw4rFg.jpg http://i.imgur.com/RpitfIp.jpg http://i.imgur.com/U5Q4BV7.jpg http://i.imgur.com/DSoXGcA.jpg http://i.imgur.com/OrFwPmg.jpg (note i pick 5 to make it fair)

Riot have given clear reasoning to why they're doing this and personally i feel the positives outweigh the negatives. So stop being so de-constructive and tell me what are wrong with the rest of these arts?

33 Comments

Sukishoo3/29/2016, 1:47:16 AM8 votes

Ummm the Redridding Annie splash was changed awhile back to a Chinese Splash. Her original splash is this http://img1.leaguecraft.com/lol-splash-art/asset/wallpaper_760px_412.jpg so you cannot compair the changes to any of hers

DwarvenGiant3/29/2016, 1:46:36 PM4 votes

Keep in mind that the Red Riding Annie, Alien Invader Heimerdinger and Badger Teemo splashes you posted here are Chinese and were part of an older splash updates batch.

Forbidden Siren3/29/2016, 1:43:31 AM3 votes

You forgot about the two Karma splash.

Amoc3/29/2016, 5:39:56 PM3 votes

There are far more than 5 skins people are complaining about. While some of them it might just be a matter of opinion, some of the other new ones are just objectively awful. Wicked Leblanc is ludicrously bad, as is Sun Goddess Karma. That's 7/40 (nearly 1/5) now that aren't just bad. They're absolutely terrible.

Among the other changes that people don't like are the multitude of doll-faced waifu/prostitutes we're getting. Safari-Hooker Caitlyn is a joke and MF looks like a porn star rather than an LoL champion. Janna's face (in both new splashes) is clichéd vacant-faced garbage and the models are juvenile, over-sexualized crap. Look at Hextech Janna's chest. Her boobs are bigger than her head.

Even when the artists DO avoid over-sexualizing, they can botch it in other ways. Exiled Morgana is an awkwardly-posing anorexic junkie. Unmasked Kayle has apparently never been outside. Good Job Rito!

9kPluzZ3/29/2016, 7:34:06 AM2 votes

People just want to complain and bitch about absolutely nothing. Like it or not guys the boards is a very small part of the community and these changes are going through.

Variks the Loyal3/29/2016, 8:36:52 AM2 votes

The new Safari Caitlyn is so sexy.

It won't make me play her, but still. Damn.

Dreamspitter3/29/2016, 6:55:24 AM2 votes

Does Night Raven Fiora look like a Yugioh card?

Meeptheking3/29/2016, 1:51:17 AM2 votes

The new gentleman Cho is worse than the old one......

sealust3/30/2016, 7:30:49 PM1 votes

I actually like the new Crimson akali splash? the only ??? thing is that she isn't dual wielding.

like, i find these to be considerably more problematic: https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-cGN6Y3HlyoY/Vvl-D8eM3TI/AAAAAAAAMs0/b2We8TD_Ji4vKGlRCSG2qiTZGMidOA5tQ/s1600/Leblanc_Splash_1.jpg https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-46tRHakxQnI/VvWrb8uZrBI/AAAAAAAAMpU/VysuWV_7QCk-CpHLvH2FppKp3432U0TuQ/s1600/Karma_Splash_1.jpg https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-iQ_XrKlOCpo/VvWrbu8RVpI/AAAAAAAAMpQ/HWMRqOMOmGUVBDFwdpSx5M6Oisff6uS0Q/s1600/Janna_Splash_1.jpg

They're kinda trashy and really are something you'd see on a dodgy sidebar. (not so much LB)

Honestly, I'm just glad they didn't use the chinese version of Eve's classic splash.

Killer of Poros3/29/2016, 3:16:55 AM1 votes

I really hate the karthus face change they did.

EROTIC RAID BOSS3/29/2016, 7:27:26 AM1 votes

that akali skin is a huge improvement I don't get why anyone would complain. akali in general is the biggest winner of this unification

BlueBonquet3/29/2016, 8:28:19 AM1 votes

Can someone please link me to where riot said they where going to change to the Japanese skins? I can't find it anywhere T_T [zombie-nunu-tears]

Caitlyn Hunt3/29/2016, 11:25:44 AM1 votes

u cant compare red riding annies and alien invader heim coz they were changed to chinese a while back. also i dont see any anime style in ori's. and teemo's is aloud to be cute coz he is a 1/2 foot fluffy animal.. rather than some normal champ. ahri's is based on korean style which is more cutesy, and anyway her face looks like that already coz shes half fox. but yh tht one i agree with.

Digielf3/29/2016, 3:55:58 PM1 votes

the chinese blood moon akali looks like blood moon and fits with the rest of the NA skins while the current NA bloodmoon is completely out of place

Hakubak3/29/2016, 1:41:10 AM1 votes

The Raven Fiora and Toxic Mundo do need updates, but these just simply dont seem to fit the style of any other splashes. Whether that's a good or a bad thing is up to the community to decide.

The Cho'gath and Morgana ones do seem to be downgrades but they are close enough for me to not complain about.

I personally enjoy all of the new Karthus splashes, along all of the other good ones you showed. Another really great one is the Temple Jax, personally one of my favorite splasharts EVER.

All in all, i like that they (Riot) are taking a risk and trying to bring regions together, but they are tripping a little on their journey.