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Some feedback on Evelynn's new in-game model/art assets

Valor Bot·9/23/2017, 9:46:53 PM·77 votes·6,263 views

Note: Any points I make here will be based on Evelynn's teaser footage alone. I know things are subject to change between now and her release, I'm just going off of the content we've gotten thus far.

https://i.imgur.com/uoTskp1.png"

  • Evelynn's model looks really bare. By that I don't mean she's too naked; rather, that it seems her model is missing some pretty significant components, like additional modeling and VFX work. Her "clothes" for example are just flat textures pasted onto her skin. Why not make it more like in her teaser, where she is wrapped in moving shadows surrounding her body? A champion who already uses this technology would be Yorick with his black cape:

https://i.imgur.com/VoN2qMD.jpg"

https://i.imgur.com/DQQa6mu.png"

  • Her textures lack detail. League is a top-down game, which means yeah, most details will be lost at game height. That doesn't necessarily mean there should be no detail though -- in the image above, for example, I can't really tell what her tentacles/lashes are made out of (are they chitinous? flesh-like? cloth?). Same goes for the textures covering her lady parts -- is it clothing? scales? skin? Her hair looks like it could use a lot more detail work too, along with the aforementioned VFX changes of giving it more of a vibrant pinkish glow as shown in her teaser:

https://i.imgur.com/v9BYO93.png"

Again, I know things are subject to change, but I feel like these are actually pretty huge assets her model is missing which are probably unlikely to be added at this stage of her development, but still worth mentioning in the off chance there might still be time to put them in. It might also be that these were all very conscious decisions the team made behind-the-scenes for reasons or limitations that I don't know about -- apologies if that's the case.

[poppy-wink]

62 Comments

Tiniest Turtle9/24/2017, 12:20:11 AM19 votes

Although I agree her "clothes" look a little body painty, if you watch the teaser closely enough you'll notice that they do move. Just stare at her not entirely covered leg and watch the pink part shift around.

Hupsis9/24/2017, 7:37:15 AM11 votes

I don't really see an issue with her... "clothing". Her hair is the thing that bothers me most. From the teaser and splash art her hair gave the impression that the pink part was acting more like a flame. In her ingame model it just looks painted. I kinda hoped she would have had completely white hair with flaming pink effect.

Karn Bishop9/24/2017, 4:40:25 AM9 votes

Actually i think they were actually going for a painted on look, ever see a chick with her bouncies painted? wearing clothes yet not, so while the textures might need more detail on those parts i am glad they did not go the bikini route as she is not ahri.

Brascus9/24/2017, 7:28:07 AM4 votes

I have seen Riot fix certain inconsistencies like tarics v crotch shirt originally not reaching his crotch, that's a texture fix so no big deal, but the fx could be trickier meaning they either tried it out and couldn't get it to work the way they wanted, either delaying it or axing it. My money's on the latter ofc, though it would be great if I was wrong.

Rengooo9/24/2017, 12:39:59 AM4 votes

Because some people still play league on their family toaster.

I'm sure moving shadows for clothes would be very strenuous on such devices.

ChaosThief9/24/2017, 1:12:27 AM4 votes

It is possible that they're still working on the model and textures. Though at this point I would guess they're pretty close to done.

Nothing is set in stone yet, so yeah it's worth mentioning this kind of stuff.

Jerry SeinfeId9/24/2017, 10:05:03 AM3 votes

I think it'll be alot better when you're actually from the ingame perspective. However, i do agree that her clothes should feel less flat. I'm guessing they went with this to make it look as tight fitting as possible but this close up that just doesn't work. giving them some more 3d feel wether it's through the model or textures would be great i think.

Tattersall9/24/2017, 1:23:32 AM3 votes

Just want to say tho, they got the hands right. The hands look cool.

korg0239/24/2017, 7:41:53 PM2 votes

I find her too oversexualized , i am a guy and i have no problem seeing good atribues at a lady champion also i am not gay, but just look at her model. I mean they tried too hard to make her look "sexy" or idk so it became anticlimactic. Also i guess majority disagrees with me and there are some people actually wanting to see fully naked champion so downvotes come here.

Karfuss9/24/2017, 9:40:48 PM2 votes

While I agree that shadowy clothing textures on a loop, similar to Yorick's cape, would look visually stunning...

Yorick's rework design team stated that it was hardest asset to animate. So I don't quite know how to feel about it. If the same asset can be adapted then go for it, but if you're building it from the ground up again, I'd question how much effect it would really add to make it worth the time spent.

Call Me Nana9/26/2017, 10:45:28 PM2 votes

The pupils bother me so much.

The art without them looks so much nicer. :(

Papa Andrei9/24/2017, 6:05:57 AM2 votes

I remember the team working on Yorick stating his cape alone took the longest time out of any of his design assets to get right. It would be hard to add in now.

Mcsquzzy9/24/2017, 8:23:15 PM1 votes

kinda agree, her "clothes" look more like body paint, kinda preferred the bondage clothes but love the new head arms and even the tentacles

Dessem9/24/2017, 3:19:58 PM1 votes

Again, I know things are subject to change,

Once it's on PBE, not much change going to happen to it, I suspect. Generally they only ship things they're already happy with, so aside from some numbers tweaks on her abilities we'll get the Evelynn they're showing us now.

xSlyth9/24/2017, 8:45:36 PM1 votes

Hello, boys,

I have to agree that it needs some fixes. It is sexy as fuck but some fixes are needed, and I will list them below:

  1. Her eyes.. should be fixed and made to be angry and demonic like in the first teaser
  2. I agree on the hair, more detail is needed there
  3. The clothes.. moving shadows or something rather than flat patches would be great
  4. Her boobs should be bigger, like MF's and katas.

That's all from me :) I can't wait to see her skins .. hopefully, safecracker is still the best one .....