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Cassiopeia VU feedback

Excalibur4·9/23/2014, 7:07:05 AM·21 votes·5,449 views

Oh perfect, a great place to post this (a little outdated since I wrote it 2 weeks ago):

I was browsing the internet on Friday night and came across this image: http://i.imgur.com/8vIwxRa.jpg All I can say is wow, it looks great. It was nice seeing Cassiopeia finally get some love from Riot. Unfortunately I knew from experience the splash art is usually misleading compared to the actual skin. I was hoping for the best however I was pretty let down by the simple inconsistencies between the splash and the models.

Now I don't expect a masterpiece when it comes to these skins but what I do expect is a little consistency. I'll list a few things that are really obvious: -Color of scales(turquoise and black on splash vs Dark and light turquoise on the actual skin) -Eyes are still white -Ventral scales are way too thin

Image for people who can't read text only: http://i.imgur.com/mPNSSbB.jpg

These are all things that I can't beleive were missed.

Anyway after a little bit of work I have created what I think is a pretty good improvement on these problems that also looks attractive in game. I'm hoping to see something like this in the final release, I wouldn't even mind if you used this as the final texture. http://i.imgur.com/kyUtHa5.jpg http://i.imgur.com/azdXBsx.jpg

Please consider this Riot art team. Cassiopeia has been my main since she came out and now that she is finally getting some attention I don't want it to be a downgrade. I really can't stand what you did with the Siren skin, at least give us one decent redesign.

Also maybe consider a traditional skin like the one for Karma?

I want to add something here, I understand you probably won't be able to use this as the skin, even if I do say it's okay, but at least consider some things from my edit:

  • It was a bit difficult to find a good black for the scales, I think I found a pretty good one without removing too much of the details of the scales
  • I would have preferred green and black vs turquoise and black but for consistency purposes I went with the latter
  • The turquoise scales are pretty bright to contrast effectively with the black scales, otherwise they kinda blend in when zoomed out.

15 Comments

CamoClad9/23/2014, 12:08:10 PM6 votes

Im still asking why her Desperada skin was had its snake portions changed so drastically compared to her other skins. Not only did it change in colors, not shades or hues, but actual colors, and a huge shift in the pattern. Asked across several threads by myself and others, but never with a Riot explanation as to why she lost her grey and black diamond pattern in exchange for a blended brown stripped pattern. Still the biggest change I have seen in the Cass VU of all her skins and the lack of Riot discussing this irks me so.

Keptron NA9/24/2014, 6:33:30 PM5 votes

My goodness, classic skin looks like garbage. I never noticed it after the rework because I use the Jade Fang skin.

SephithDarknesse9/23/2014, 8:56:32 AM5 votes

I love the detail on the scales on your edit, if that means anything. But it would need a greater edit to keep the body figure in line, imo.

SVeUw4gMv49/23/2014, 3:43:27 PM3 votes

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Inbred Incel9/23/2014, 10:24:26 AM2 votes

Definitely looks slightly better than what we have now, but the ventral scales looks kind of odd...

Scarborough Fair11/3/2014, 2:59:41 PM1 votes

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HigeR9/23/2014, 9:36:27 PM1 votes

I agree with pretty much everything you said except the color of her snake tail, I think the one in the game right now is cool though, maybe a tad too bright, a middle point between yours and riot's would look better IMHO.

As for the border in her tail and belly, you did a great job with it but I think it'd look better if it was more yellowish, still green, but more like lime green in order for it to stand out.

As for her eyes, I rather they stand out as yellow dots instead of being washed out for trying to put snake pupils in there.

another thing I find annoying is Cass' expression in her splash art... I mean, I'm not sure about current lore Cass but in the past she wasn't very happy to be the snake-like she is, now it looks like she's enjoying her new body and killing methods? O.o we need her full lore in order to understand ._.

Cimexis9/29/2014, 2:35:36 PM1 votes

Love the face you gave her. Fits both her seductive/beautiful identity, as well as her more sinister side.

The start of the tail seem a little too thick though (in my opinion). It may just be the angle on the pictures, since the right one is absolutely gorgeous. The hands should be slighly smaller imo (emphazis on slightly).

Overall it's an imporovement compared to her current model