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Upcoming SSG Skin Splash Arts

Dennus·7/17/2018, 5:52:36 PM·1 votes·1,270 views
SSG 2017 World Championship Skins Splash Art

So I hopped onto the PBE a few days ago to check out the new SSG skins. Excited by the Skin Spotlight videos, I found everything really nice. However when I looked in the shop, I couldn't help but notice the lack of quality in all of their splash arts. I originally thought they were filler images rendered from the game. Needless to say I was wrong, and after doing a little research I found out that they were the final products. The splash art felt rushed. I'm fine with a large splash art with all the champions in it, but none of them carry any identity. Fierce warriors simply stand upright, and for some reason the splash art is centered on Taliyah. Now I'm no graphic designer, and I really appreciate the effort and work put into Riot's splash arts. Though when compared to some previous new ones like the reworked Irelia art, it is severely underwhelming. I am especially disappointed on Xayah's art specifically. Not only are her facial features out of proportion and cringy to look at, her lack of personality and spotlight in the art angers me. I'm a Xayah main, and after getting excited on the really great skin, the Splash Art really turns it sour. Once again I respect the effort put into splash arts, but I can't help but feel this new splash art to be cheap and rushed.

In case you haven't seen the new splash art, here is a link: http://www.surrenderat20.net/2018/06/ssg-2017-world-championship-skins.html

Heres a comparison to some of the reworked Irelia art: https://www.riftherald.com/lol-skins/2018/3/20/17144142/irelia-lol-skins-update-splash-art-rework

Here is a better drawn (in my opinion) League Team splash art: https://na.leagueoflegends.com/en/page/skt-t1-2016-skins-now-available

In this splash art, not only do the champions feel like they are part of the image, but they all have equal space and unique identities. If Riot sees this post, please consider changing the splash art. I've also researched some other people's opinions and there seems to be a large portion with my same point of view. Especially on Xayah's facial features.

For players that see this post, please fill out the poll, I would love to know everyone else's opinion.

1 Comments

SuccPapí7/18/2018, 8:57:41 AM1 votes

the thing is, the normal artwork with all the champions on it is fine, but I think the cropped up, single champion splash arts for the loading screen will be underwhelming and below league of legends standards, I understand that having lower detail is chosen because it would make the big splash art more easy on the eyes to look at. if you were to have detailed all over the place the viewer would have no idea where to look at and would become (somewhat) lost in the painting. but once you crop this artwork to use it for champ loading artwork it just feels kinda weak compared to other artworks from team skins. [zombie-nunu-bummed]
Also, the poses are kinda boring, but that's my personal opinion.