Can we make all champion portraits animated like the dead eye teasers?

Critmaster Garen·Dec 30, 2015·72 votes·3,417 views

in the animated gif style. it might look too cluttered for the champion tab in client that shows the overview of every champion, or here on the homepage like with sonas portrait at the moment.

but i mean your own champion portrait, and when you click on your teammates or opponents in game. aswell as on the personal champion pages. with the waving hair and changing facial expressions. it would just feel like they come to life a bit more.

maybe this could also be done for other units like minions, and jungle monsters.

for people who wouldnt want this in game, the animations could be deactivated together with the other interface animations (health bar etc). in that case it would just show a static portrait like now.

i understand this would be a project that would take some time. but it would also not be too crazy to do, and add a lot of flavour to the game.

28 Comments

Jeddy017Dec 30, 201534 votes

I got a better idea.Give us animated portraits for champs we have the highest mastery on.

Critmaster GarenDec 30, 20154 votes

{quoted}

I got a better idea.Give us animated portraits for champs we have the highest mastery on.

this is a pretty cool idea aswell.

Clockwork MadokaDec 30, 20151 votes

{quoted}

I got a better idea.Give us animated portraits for champs we have the highest mastery on.

it's like Hearthstone...earn something cool.

DevlinCrowDec 30, 20151 votes

I like dis

HighH1Dec 30, 20151 votes

Rito plz. Not sure if they'll ever do it but if Mastery 6 and 7 ever come out like they planned to this should be the reward for Mastery 7 and Chroma skins for Mastery 6

NagmaDec 30, 20151 votes

thats a good idea

jeremiahBIODec 31, 20152 votes

{quoted}

I got a better idea.Give us animated portraits for champs we have the highest mastery on.

yes give me an animated trist icon.

Burnt Iron KingDec 30, 20158 votes

Soo... Like dota?

Critmaster GarenDec 30, 20156 votes

[{quoted}](name=Soul Furnace,realm=EUW,application-id=6kFXY1kR,discussion-id=U6i5qeIp,comment-id=0000,timestamp=2015-12-30T16:41:25.544+0000)

Soo... Like dota?

didnt think of dota when i wrote this, but i also dont see this as an issue. so yes. thoughh doesnt dota use 3d models for their portraits (carried over from warcraft 3)? i mean more like the animated drawn pictures like the teasers or login screens.

Burnt Iron KingDec 30, 20153 votes

I didn't intended to make it sound like that ^^'''

Well Dota is quite immersive especially when heroes go all like "WAIT A BIT!" When you're mashing your keys for spells that are on cool down XD

Ebonmaw DragonDec 30, 20155 votes

[{quoted}](name=Soul Furnace,realm=EUW,application-id=6kFXY1kR,discussion-id=U6i5qeIp,comment-id=000000000000,timestamp=2015-12-30T16:45:09.827+0000)

I didn't intended to make it sound like that ^^'''

Well Dota is quite immersive especially when heroes go all like "WAIT A BIT!" When you're mashing your keys for spells that are on cool down XD

You mean... Like WARCRAFT 3.

ThePartyLeaderDec 30, 20155 votes

As long as I can turn it off.

HayRossDec 30, 20151 votes

Maybe, but that would take about as much work as a Sion level champion rework, plus, champion select would look completely overwhelming with 78 tiny gifs everywhere

Critmaster GarenDec 30, 20151 votes

{quoted}

Maybe, but that would take about as much work as a Sion level champion rework, plus, champion select would look completely overwhelming with 78 tiny gifs everywhere

well, like i said. dont do it everywhere. i understand that on pages like the champion tab this would create a lot of visual clutter and get confusing. but your own champion portrait in game, and the target window that pops up when you click on a unit, aswell as the personal champion pages of the champions would work.

i wouldnt say its that difficult. suion had to be entirely reimagined from scratch with his vu. animating the existing images would not nearly be as difficult. a sion level vu is a monster of a project, because theyre not just trying to reimagine the champion and give him personality, but also stay true to the image their mains have of these champions to at least some degree. these VU's require a ton of work and iterations. and then they came up with a small lore event in addition to the thing.

this would require more direct work than creative work. it would be more of the scale of a texture update per champ. maybe even less.

HayRossDec 30, 20151 votes

They would have to make a gif of quite literally every splash art. It would be a enourmous task to do that, plus even more work when they add new champions + reworks. It sounds like a pretty cool idea, but it's just not practical

Critmaster GarenDec 30, 20151 votes

{quoted}

They would have to make a gif of quite literally every splash art. It would be a enourmous task to do that, plus even more work when they add new champions + reworks. It sounds like a pretty cool idea, but it's just not practical

not the whole splash art, just the portraits. similar to this.

http://media.lolusercontent.com/api/embedly/1/image/resize?url=http%3A%2F%2Fmedia.lolusercontent.com%2Fapi%2Fembedly%2F1%2Fimage%2Fresize%3Furl%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fossweb-img.qq.com%252Fimages%252Flol%252Fweb201310%252Fdata%252FGaren.gif%26key%3Da45e967db0914c7fb472fd4381e6c85b%26width%3D425&key=a45e967db0914c7fb472fd4381e6c85b&width=425

yes, it would be a bit of work, but it wouldnt be crazy.

The DeckownerDec 30, 20151 votes

having all the champion icon animated is gonna make ur champ select messy as hell.

Critmaster GarenDec 30, 20151 votes

[{quoted}](name=The Deckowner,realm=NA,application-id=6kFXY1kR,discussion-id=U6i5qeIp,comment-id=0003,timestamp=2015-12-30T17:49:17.704+0000)

having all the champion icon animated is gonna make ur champ select messy as hell.

please read through the post. im not talking about champ select. and if we consider more subtle effects than the shattering pieces up there, like weaving hair, clothes or slightly flickering eye glows and blinking, it probably wouldnt even be too bad for champ select, now that im looking at the animation.

Tesla EffectDec 30, 20151 votes

They havent even update each champion, their splash art, and voice overs, and you want the animated icons right now...

Critmaster GarenDec 30, 20152 votes

[{quoted}](name=Tesla Effect,realm=NA,application-id=6kFXY1kR,discussion-id=U6i5qeIp,comment-id=0004,timestamp=2015-12-30T20:28:02.027+0000)

They havent even update each champion, their splash art, and voice overs, and you want the animated icons right now...

this is an ongoing process anyways. champion splashes have been updated multiple times over the years even for the same champions. i cant even count the times anymore morgana or katarina got a new splash art.

theyll never be truly finished with that.

Tesla EffectDec 30, 20151 votes

[{quoted}](name=Critmaster Garen,realm=NA,application-id=6kFXY1kR,discussion-id=U6i5qeIp,comment-id=00040000,timestamp=2015-12-30T20:31:02.096+0000)

this is an ongoing process anyways. champion splashes have been updated multiple times over the years even for the same champions. i cant even count the times anymore morgana or katarina got a new splash art.

theyll never be truly finished with that.

animated icons take time, and animating an icon for rammus splash art seems wasteful.

RendarkanDec 31, 20153 votes

Yorick -still waiting on that rework-

BlainezyDec 31, 20151 votes

champ mastery reward pl0x

ModKnightsKemplarDec 31, 20151 votes

Honestly, I would love it, but I don't want them to spend the resources on it.

As far as the art team goes, there are things that I want so much more.

ybp1U6B1N9Dec 31, 20151 votes

I'm not sure this would be a good idea? Wouldn't it just add more lag?

Blue Moon WolfDec 31, 20151 votes

I would like it better if they updated the backgrounds of everyones profiles first so we don't have weird inconsistencies like on the page (http://gameinfo.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/game-info/champions/tristana/ )

Mech0pDec 31, 20151 votes

Brofreco had a great idea that this could happen once you have a high enough mastery on the champion... Say like level 10 you get the animated loading screen and icon but in game only you could see your animation