Holy shit those icons

Bârd·Feb 2, 2016·8 votes·3,114 views

http://www.surrenderat20.net/2016/02/22-pbe-update.html

That shaco R especially

13 Comments

SolerianFeb 2, 20163 votes

They're all great, but I'm especially in love with the Lux icons.

I hope the artist they had make these makes the future icons.

Moonboy65Feb 2, 20162 votes

still waits for Janna and Anivia icons

Maple CrusaderFeb 3, 20161 votes

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still waits for Janna and Anivia icons

Here are custom Janna icons: http://img3.leaguecraft.com/skins/asset/skin_1442683555_760px_66033_1.jpg%22 http://leaguecraft.com/skins/66033-janna-new-spell-ability-icons.xhtml

Moonboy65Feb 3, 20162 votes

those aren't custom, it's concept art that was made by Aquatic Moon, who also made the Rammus and Tryndamere icons that are currently being used

http://static1.squarespace.com/static/534b8e68e4b057a498ded9ac/56710b38a128e6d40ec293ec/567113fe5a56689d05fe5e40/1450251306899/11-+ICONS_2.jpg?format=1000w

RiotReav3Feb 4, 20162 votes

I'm glad you like these.

We are looking to take the "mid-year" mage roster project as a oppurtunity update the icons for some of the older mages we are working on, most likely using the same artists.

La BelloFeb 4, 20165 votes

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I'm glad you like these.

We are looking to take the "mid-year" mage roster project as a oppurtunity update the icons for some of the older mages we are working on, most likely using the same artists.

I enjoy the work the team is doing here but.... Can you please politely ask them to not make all the icons so homogenized?

http://imgur.com/PmIDI5d

Ive noticed a certain growing trend with these Icon updates. I would prefer the Icons to be somewhat unique and interesting.

RiotReav3Feb 4, 20162 votes

Cool, I will pass that feedback along to the artists.

GuardmanFeb 4, 20161 votes

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Cool, I will pass that feedback along to the artists.

I would like to second that as well.

Another point is that some of the new icons for a champ are all the same color, which doesn't look as nice. Each of Lux's new icons have an unique color combination. But Gragas's new ones are all magenta outside of his passive and his Q and E especially look the same when they are small or out of the corner of one's eye.

The art itself looks wonderful, the icons for a champ just need to be more diverse in color.

TendrianFeb 5, 20162 votes

Please stress especially that icons should NOT all have the same color.

It's been done with quite a few of the updated icons, Ashe and Poppy are prime example, and not only makes it look them rather bland (seriously look at Ashes icons, it's just 4 times a white arrow with a blue background from different angles), it also makes it difficult to tell them apart at a glance. When I can only look at them for a split second in a teamfight I have actualy problems to quickly tell if my if it's my W or my E that's on CD on Poppy because all her icons boil down to

ORANGE STUFF1, ORANGE STUFF2, ORANGE STUFF3, ORANGE STUFF4.

DecritFeb 5, 20161 votes

...actually that is intended, it is nice to see the icons more synchronized within themselves rather having a patchwork of messy colours.

Probably some are a bit bland icon wise... but honestly, we can' t complain about some champs. Ashe is all about arrows :P

DeathBurstFeb 5, 20161 votes

"not the same color" is probably a bit too specific, but your ultimate point that "icons should be distinguishable at first glance" is a very good one. Take my +1

But there can be other ways than color to distinguish 2 icons.

Moonboy65Feb 2, 20162 votes

Gragas E tho, it doesn't look like his in-game animation