Just because a champ is not hot, cute, sexy and/or beautiful in their splash art, doesn't make it bad. I've seen complaints about Janna, Ahri, now Katarina's splash being bad just because they aren't a superhot bombshell.
Being a designer is more than just making a hot male or female champ splash art.
Anyway, thats my 2 cents. Carry on! :)
GreenLore8 votesThe funny thing is how every new splash art for almost every female champ creates a huge ruckus about how they aren't sexy enough,yet everyone denies that it has anything to do with being sexy(ok some people don't deny it,but most of them).
When 
etc got new splash arts there were only a few threads for them and most of them were not flat out negative.
But come to 
and 
s side-boob and the forum explodes with threads about the splash art not being sexy enough
Kat Head4 votesIf this was a new champion, your thread would have merit. Katarina has always been attractive. This is not attractive.
InsaneSamurai4 votesSad that this is getting downvoted :(
Derenik4 votes[{quoted}](name=Kat Head,realm=NA,application-id=6kFXY1kR,discussion-id=2vJVZysq,comment-id=0001,timestamp=2015-02-12T23:15:50.049+0000)
If this was a new champion, your thread would have merit. Katarina has always been attractive. This is not attractive.
Kat has plenty of skins. Buy one you find attractive and use it. Problem solved. Just saying the splash is bad cause she's not attractive is not constructive critisicm.
Kat Head2 votesKat has plenty of skins. Buy one you find attractive and use it. Problem solved. Just saying the splash is bad cause she's not attractive is not constructive critisicm.
I have all of her skins on all 4 of my level 30 accounts. That will not fix the problem.
I am invested in this champion. I like the way she looks and the way she plays and I even like her lore.
Yordle Xayah2 votesBe careful not liking Splash arts. People will say you don't like the new one because you want sex appeal or something!
Yordle Xayah4 votesNo, sorry. Some of those splash arts you mention have NOTHING with them being hot or not, which is funny that you mention, because all those new splash arts are WAY more sex-driven than the old versions. Seriously with Kat's boobs.
It's not even that difficult to spot. Compare JUST Kat's face in Warring Kingdoms vs the new Classic Skin arts. Who does she think she is? Ezreal with red hair? Should we talk about Sivir's broken spinal cord? And what about dated splash arts that have NOTHING to do with the ingame model? Ask Phantom Karthus and Riot Girl Tristana. Who the heck are those assholes in the splash arts anymore? Not to mention... they re-release Tristana in 5.2 but can't even have her new splash for 5.3?? Then you have the Graves nonsense with the cigar. In some countries, owning a weapon is flat out illegal and offensive, so why not give him LITERALLY a Nerf toy weapon then? Challenger Ahri just looks wrong. I don't know how, but they messed up her head somehow. There's this guy in DeviantArt who made a way better version... (http://dutomaster.deviantart.com/art/challenger-Ahri-508784709)
Imo, where there are some brand new splash arts that are just gorgeous, some others come out as flat out UGLY and for a while now I've been thinking the Splash Art department is the LAZIEST in all of Riot. They even are resorting to having a single splash for skins on the same theme like the upcoming Warwick and Ashe. That used to happen before, but nowhere near as often as now.
Someone needs to slap them and get them to do things. Seriously... they can't even release the normal Skin for Tristana even one patch later?? Even though they stated that "It's very easy to alter the old splash just by fixing some layers of the drawing" Apparently not...
Derenik3 votes[{quoted}](name=Miss Inaba,realm=NA,application-id=6kFXY1kR,discussion-id=2vJVZysq,comment-id=0004,timestamp=2015-02-12T23:33:26.532+0000)
No, sorry. Some of those splash arts you mention have NOTHING with them being hot or not, which is funny that you mention, because all those new splash arts are WAY more sex-driven than the old versions. Seriously with Kat's boobs.
It's not even that difficult to spot. Compare JUST Kat's face in Warring Kingdoms vs the new Classic Skin arts. Who does she think she is? Ezreal with red hair? Should we talk about Sivir's broken spinal cord? And what about dated splash arts that have NOTHING to do with the ingame model? Ask Phantom Karthus and Riot Girl Tristana. Who the heck are those assholes in the splash arts anymore? Not to mention... they re-release Tristana in 5.2 but can't even have her new splash for 5.3?? Then you have the Graves nonsense with the cigar. In some countries, owning a weapon is flat out illegal and offensive, so why not give him LITERALLY a Nerf toy weapon then? Challenger Ahri just looks wrong. I don't know how, but they messed up her head somehow. There's this guy in DeviantArt who made a way better version... (http://dutomaster.deviantart.com/art/challenger-Ahri-508784709)
Imo, where there are some brand new splash arts that are just gorgeous, some others come out as flat out UGLY and for a while now I've been thinking the Splash Art department is the LAZIEST in all of Riot. They even are resorting to having a single splash for skins on the same theme like the upcoming Warwick and Ashe. That used to happen before, but nowhere near as often as now.
Someone needs to slap them and get them to do things. Seriously... they can't even release the normal Skin for Tristana even one patch later?? Even though they stated that "It's very easy to alter the old splash just by fixing some layers of the drawing" Apparently not...
Ye let's make Riot put that Picture you posted as the new splash and see how many people complain about her being simplictic, cheap, cartoony, etc etc. There will always be someone that doesn't like something. With this Community, it seems most are hung up about looks than quality.
Yordle Xayah1 votesAnd yet you say "it seems most are hung up about looks than quality" Assuming that as if you knew me.
Oh yeah, I can totally take you seriously like that.
Derenik1 votes[{quoted}](name=Miss Inaba,realm=NA,application-id=6kFXY1kR,discussion-id=2vJVZysq,comment-id=000400000000,timestamp=2015-02-13T04:05:11.981+0000)
And yet you say "it seems most are hung up about looks than quality" Assuming that as if you knew me.
Oh yeah, I can totally take you seriously like that.
"I only see that her head is not weird looking as if a horse had licked her hair before the photo shoot."
That's what you said, that's not about looks? OK then...
Yordle Xayah1 votesSir... don't insult me please. Don't you tell me you don't like looks as well, cause ever since the NES days, people care about looks. "Genesis Does What Nintnedon't"?
And of COURSE I care about quality... but this is not a thread to discuss the overall game mechanics or quality or champions... it's to discuss thoughts on the splash arts.
So don't assume things, it makes you look like a fool... and I think you are not that :/ So don't do that.
Speak your mind, but don't act like that if you expect a serious talk.
Derenik1 votes[{quoted}](name=Miss Inaba,realm=NA,application-id=6kFXY1kR,discussion-id=2vJVZysq,comment-id=00040000000000000000,timestamp=2015-02-14T08:05:17.936+0000)
Sir... don't insult me please. Don't you tell me you don't like looks as well, cause ever since the NES days, people care about looks. "Genesis Does What Nintnedon't"?
And of COURSE I care about quality... but this is not a thread to discuss the overall game mechanics or quality or champions... it's to discuss thoughts on the splash arts.
So don't assume things, it makes you look like a fool... and I think you are not that :/ So don't do that.
Speak your mind, but don't act like that if you expect a serious talk.
I'm not insulting, just pointing out your flaws in your arguement. The looks to me is just a plus in my book. It has no relevance, as long as they embody the champion's personality and feel in the splash art. But most people just focus on the looks, the rest are irrelevant to them.
Honestly don't know why you have a problem for example with Riven's Lunar revel skin. It's a badass splash art where she is slaying soldiers in the heat of battle. Her face embodies her emotion in that splash. I don't know, maybe you prefer her giving a duck face like she's taking a selfie...
Like I said, look at the splash art as a whole and not just her face then ignore the rest. That is all. Take care! :)
GreenLore4 votesYou more or less proved his point. Challenger ahris splash art was quite well received and yet you complain about it and propose a new one that makes her look more sexy,which is exactly what the opener is pointing out.
Yordle Xayah2 votesWell, Justin Bieber is well received among a large amount of people in the world. Does that make him any good?
I don't really think this is more sexy, nor do I care about IN THE SLIGHTEST about the sex appeal of a splash art. If I wanted to see boobs, I'd go take a fucking shower. I only see that her head is not weird looking as if a horse had licked her hair before the photo shoot. And if you people wanna crucify some of us just because we don't like a splash, why even bother? It's even worse when you assume (for whatever reason) that the sex appeal even has ANTYHING to do with what some of us find as problems in different splash arts.
But ok. Say the Ahri thing was a taste thing. Let's hear you talk about Sivir's broken spinal cord and that amazing Riven face and Graves cigar and that thing that's on Phantom Karthus's splash.
GreenLore2 votesThing is you complain about ahris face not being beautiful enough in the challenger ahri splash,then suggest a splash where she looks cutesy towards the player while showing off a bit of her butt in her skintight pants.
And about your other problems:
I'd say her broken leg is actually more jarring than her spinal cord,but whatever
looks perfectly fine,dunno whats your problem,but the face of a trained soldier who barely survived the massacre of her unit probably doesn't look cute enough for you
its simply a cultural thing,in some places cigarettes simply make moral guardians go berserk,which could lead to a higher age restriction in these places,it sucks,but its not like the cigarette was a big part of graves character(We've never seen it before the new dawn video)
phantom 
is the eternal mystery why they didn't bother to switch out the current splash art with the chinese one,especially when they gave multiple skins their chinese splash arts.(aside from that,classic-skin-splashes take priority over skin-splash arts)
Yordle Xayah1 votesI think Ahri's face is cute enough in Challenger Ahri, but it's like she was licked in the head by a horse... her hair looks off. It tickles me the wrong way, I can't help it...
I just thought the spinal cord was the most noticeable thing, but about the leg... another point to what I say about some Splash Arts lately.
I posted a very particular image. Her Lunar Revel skin specifically.
Is totally stupid. In some places, guns simply make guardians go berserk. And while we are at it, why not erase all sex-suggestive skins too? That's taboo in a lot of countries. Also, Gragas should now drink Orange juice, since in some countries, alcohol is even worse than cigarettes. It makes no sense, and there's no real reason to support Riot on that desision.
And for is just like Riot Girl Tristana... They said "Oh, we are not doing Skins cause we wanna focus in Classic Skin Splash arts. They say that... and then they can't even release Tristana's regular splash even one patch delayed...
Yes.
Sydelle3 votesI liked the original remade splash of Ahri, but I gotta say that the Katarina one is... unexpectedly ugly. :S
Lysdexic12 votesI've had complaints about a few of them being too over the top sexified.
Wînter Fox1 votesJust because a champ is not hot, cute, sexy and/or beautiful in their splash art, doesn't make it bad.
Yes it does. If Katarina was unattractive from the beginning then it wouldn't matter. But Riot can't turn a 10 into a 6 and expect no one to raise hell.
Derenik1 votesYes it does. If Katarina was unattractive from the beginning then it wouldn't matter. But Riot can't turn a 10 into a 6 and expect no one to raise hell.
So what you see as unattractive might be attractive to someone else, why is your view more right?
Wînter Fox1 votesI know I'm going to be down voted to hell for this...
I think it's obvious that physical attractiveness is way more objective than subjective. What we all are attracted to is a product of our biology as homo sapien animals plus the influences of the culture we live in. Cultural differences are becoming even more minimal with the global, internet-connected world we have today. Persnal taste is like a dash of salt in comparison.
Youth, symmetry, averageness, sexual dimorphism, indicators of health, fitness and strong genes, cleanliness - being attracted to these features are all inbedded in us period. After all these are taken into account then you can add the tiny personal preferences. Bob may prefer Jessica's Alba's tan while Joe likes Scarlet Johansson's blue eyes. In the grand scheme of things though? They're minor differences.
With all of that said- I will admit there probably is someone somewhere who prefers angular faces and masculine features in women (who works at Riot ahem). There are also people who prefer children, the elderly, and/or the disabled too. Beauty is certainly in the eye of the beholder in these cases. The other 99.999...% of cases are more...typical.
Ligerzz1 votesPeople have opinions. You can't change that unless you have extremely good debating and advertising skills. I personally like the splash coz it shows how fierce she is and is ready to strike.
Derenik1 votesPeople have opinions. You can't change that unless you have extremely good debating and advertising skills. I personally like the splash coz it shows how fierce she is and is ready to strike.
Yes people are free to express their opinions, but don't scream "fire this person who drew it" and "I want it like that because I said so".
Jacccey1 voteshow i feel about your post? female champs should not be beautiful/sexy because they should be strong and aggressive. what if i tell you i think its possible to have a beautiful and impact splash art without making the girl looks like a monster? because this is not katarina i recognized for the past two years. :)
Derenik1 voteshow i feel about your post? female champs should not be beautiful/sexy because they should be strong and aggressive. what if i tell you i think its possible to have a beautiful and impact splash art without making the girl looks like a monster? because this is not katarina i recognized for the past two years. :)
I think it looks badass. How she looks has no relevance to me. But each to their own.
