There's this old Riot concept art of Aartox, and I think they really should have gone with it more rather than the big, bulky fighter we are getting in his update soon. Here's the old art for anyone who hasn't seen it. (Far right design specifically would have fit well)
I agree, it looks super dope and cool, and while Riot wishes to put in as much detail as possible, they can't overstock a character with so much detail, for several reasons:
The details dilute into colors that overshadow the details
You look above the character model, which means 60% of the model you don't see
It makes it a burden to make skins with that much detail
His hitbox would be too hard to identify for most players
While I do love the concept art, Riot has good reasons for doing it the ways they do. :)
Well the character shape has to convey what kind of playstyle they use.
So Aatrox,who is a fighter with good sustain can't be too thin,otherwise he might look too fragile.
Aatrox used to look like that.
Then he accidentally got locked in the gym for a month.
