How would you go about upgrading Irelia's visual art?

darkdill·Nov 26, 2014·1 votes·1,002 views

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Rune OcarinaNov 26, 20142 votes

Black hair. I like the idea of most Ionian's with black hair to fit the more Asian theme. That's pretty much the main thing I'd work on.

Also, a more K or J popish dance.

OmnipheriousNov 26, 20142 votes

Karma has a practical robe and what are presumably magic amplifiers/collectors on her back. If this is what Ionian spiritual/mage type character is, Irelia should be the Warrior counterpart.

Keep the armour and give it a more Ionian flair. Demacians and Shadow Islanders all share similar armour motifs, Irelia and Karma should be no different.
Light, sleek, and sharp should be the look. Irelia is not an armoured juggernaut, she is a nimble warrior with mobile, magical blades.
Make her floating backpiece look more like a shield/guard. It is a magical shield that gains strength based on the number of enemies present, this is manifested as Tenacity in-game. Make it look less like some floating ornament and more like a defensive talisman.
Armour isn't for showing off cleavage, it's for protection. Lux has practical and feminine looking armour. Highlight and accentuate her boobs in the other skins, base skin should like a proper warrior.
Blades like Zed. Irelia looks like she has butter knives compared to Zed. Why single-edge floating blades? She never holds them and yet they have a grip/hilt that extends halfway. What for ?_? Make the blades double-edged and sharper. This makes her look deadlier and better shows she has mastery over a difficult craft.

ZenithEeveeNov 28, 20141 votes

Blades like Zed. Irelia looks like she has butter knives compared to Zed. Why single-edge floating blades? She never holds them and yet they have a grip/hilt that extends halfway. What for ?_? Make the blades double-edged and sharper. This makes her look deadlier and better shows she has mastery over a difficult craft.

Going into Irelia's lore, you'll discover Irelia didnt make her blades, but were infact her late father's.

Also, remember, Zed mastered the Forbidden Techniques, Irelia just rose from the brink of death (Meaning, she was not dead, didnt die, and is not a lich/zombie/thing, think of it like if a sloth getting a giant adrenaline shot. thing will go from going no where to being EVERYWHERE.

also, the practicality of the shape of her sword is more of what worries me than the hilt. i mean, HOW are you suppose to cut with that thing? the freaking blade is like DFSJKLFGKJDNFDSKGG DERP!

OmnipheriousNov 28, 20141 votes

I know she didn't make the blades, I just meant the look of the blades should be deadlier.

Even though her splash art is old, Irelia has a very unique look. She isn't angry; she is in a ready stance instead of an action stance like most new art; we see almost all the elements of her weapon, armour and physical features quite clearly.

I think the very understated tone of her pose and surroundings should be kept, but some aspects of her character need to be touched-up (made sharper, sleeker, colour change, etc). I'm not saying make her look like Zed, that would be terrible.

The SoulforgedNov 26, 20141 votes

No more tentacle hair.

darkdillNov 26, 20141 votes

Anything past that?

The SoulforgedNov 26, 20141 votes

I would go for sharp details on her armor, to make her look a lot more nice.

Potato DocNov 28, 20141 votes

If I could change one thing about irelia it would be her auto attacks, she has a blade that can change form and float freely yet it is stuck in a single movement as a whole blade, id like to see as maybe a unique trait for her that she has a chain of 4 or 5 auto attacks that make use of the blade being multiple parts

darkdillNov 28, 20141 votes

That would rock. Something like nu-13 from Blazblue, maybe?

Potato DocNov 28, 20141 votes

In all honesty I dont care what it looks like. I just want it to be more unique then what she has now. The creativity with the multi blade is endless they just have to do something with it. Right now her auto attack is quite bland