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Ahri's new splash art updated and its in S@20 info and PBE..... IMO

Popstar Ahri··39 votes·37,548 views

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Alright, here are my opinions on how I feel about the new Ahri splash art, note that some of my grammar are bad due to my lack of English writing and , and also the fact that my English understanding is bad, and its gonna be a tl;dr, but anyway lets get started

NO JUST NO!! WHY?! WHYYY!?!?! NO

The ears... they don't even show up enough or look like it anymore...and its not pointy enough and the way how its positioned, and not even adding it more to make it dosent make it look fox like so its not that much of an appearance... not big enough... they dont show up more to the splash art

The orb it looks like theres a snake in it why does it have to be in circles? why? that is not Ahri.. why is there a snake looking thing in her orb? do you see her carrying a blue snake around in summoners rift/ ARAMS/ Dominon/ Twisted Treeline? I dont think so.. and the looks of the colour is defeinetly too dark

her tails texture just dosent look right! why does it like a carpet? instead of a smooth texture? it looks like a carpet or she had made fake tails and stick 9 of them at the back of her waist... and Its a weird looking texture.. comparison to her old one and the foxes.... who sees those kinda tails these days? Because this is the first.. I have seen it look like that..

Her clothes is fine, but except she dosent have the bell on it anymore, which still shows in game and makes bell noises when she dance

Her skin colour is fine

Her eyes doesn't even make her Ionian... but the colour is right though unlike the cinematic one and the season 4 login screen that riot made her with blue eyes but it kinda look foxlike

The 3 lines on each of her cheeks.. you can barely see them... that also ruins the appearance and the identity of the nine tailed fox which she is today... so if there were new players in league people wouldn't know what Ahri was from before.. they would think she just have yellow eyes with 9 tails and 2 ears ( if they would even know if she has ears)

Her hair the way its designed its alright.. and the colour is fine

The background display is good enough to represent Ionia that she is from

Alright lets get the the point here Ahri didn't need a new splash art, but in fact having a VU would had been better because of her tails coming out of different spots that I have been finding really disturbing in game...

http://forums.na.leagueoflegends.com/board/showthread.php?p=47735782

A person has mentioned about this and one of the rioters, Riot Whist confirmed that she is getting a VU in the future from the thread I read

The reason why I do not like this splash art is because It literally kills Ahri's Identity for who she is... the biggest problems are her ears that dosen't show up enough, the 3 lines on 2 of her cheeks are are only showing up 1 and a half while the hair is blocking it and its positioned in a wrong way.. and her tails.. don't get me wrong they are right its just my complaint on how it looks on the texture,

but this is my question.. why would riot do an Ahri splash art instead of making a new VU for her tail in game?

what bothers me the most of all in the new splash art design is her face, because Ionians don't look like that comparison to the old one Ahri (soon it will change once updated)

and hell.. even the ears in the season 4 login on Ahri looks better.

Alright just take a look one more time.. compare her new splash art tail to the old one and the in game one, it does not match

RIP 2011-2014 Ahri Splash art :'C Im glad I have seen you like this before you get changed , and I will never forget it !! you will always be the fox I remember

How do you guys feel about this new splash art? Im curious

98 Comments

DG Ashabel20 votes

As I've said in another thread, I'm mostly disappointed that the woman in this splash is actually not Ahri. If you look at her face, the bone structure is completely different from how Ahri normally looks.

Her chin lost its sharpness, the nose no longer has an inward curve, while her lips and cheeks lost their puffiness. It's literally a different woman posing while dressed in Ahri's clothes. And even that changed. Ahri's in-game clothing has a low-cut tube top with a singular shape. This one hugs over her breasts, which wouldn't be possible unless the clothing was literally tailored into featuring pockets for her breasts.

Overall, it feels like the artist thinks Ahri's sole defining physical features are her breasts and thighs. It's objectifying and gross.

Deep Terror Nami8 votes

This is what happens when two different artists make a different rendition of the same thing. Especially if it's not real...

DG Ashabel9 votes

Are you trying to say that so long as a woman is fictional, it's okay to ignore the details of her physical appearance so long as her breasts are the same shape?

Deep Terror Nami7 votes

Um, I'm saying that she has no set appearance. Get off your imaginary misogyny crusade. Saying "This Ahri doesn't look like Ahri" is like saying one depiction of jesus is wrong because it's totally different from another.

DG Ashabel8 votes

She does have a set appearance. She appears with the exact same features in her old splash art, the New Dawn cinematic and the goddamn game itself. This is the first time she was drawn differently.

Me calling out that a new artwork of a fictional woman doesn't preserve a single detail of her appearance beyond her costume, hair color and breast shape isn't a crusade, it's an observation. You arguing that "artistic license" makes it okay to discard all of the woman's physical features beyond her breast shape, on the other hand, is deeply unfortunate at best.

Deep Terror Nami7 votes

Get off it. You're literally the only person talking about her tits and ass.

DG Ashabel7 votes

And yet there is an entire thread right here filled with people commenting about how this artwork doesn't look even the slightest bit like Ahri. Funny thing, that.

Deep Terror Nami5 votes

Are you serious? I'm talking about this thread, this conversation. But I guess you're right. Some other people were talking about it, therefore I was talking about it. Good logic, I like how you can convince yourself that me and the artists are misogynists because of some thread not related to us. Good on you with your intellectual gymnastics required to accomplish that.

DG Ashabel5 votes

I actually didn't use the word "misogynist" at any point. I simply pointed out that her new art is objectifying because it doesn't preserve any of her physical appearance beyond her breasts, which is unfortunate but doesn't really mean the artist is intentionally sexist.

Far as you coming off as sexist, you honestly did all the heavy lifting when you got viciously defensive in response to my observation.

Deep Terror Nami5 votes

You're an idiot. You obviously don't know what the word means. Objectifying women is a type of misogyny. And again, a different artist making the face different is in no way objectifying her. You seriously need help.

DG Ashabel9 votes

I observed that the artwork doesn't look like Ahri. It looks like a random woman dressed as Ahri, with an outfit redesigned to draw more attention to her breasts.

You are putting more effort into proving I'm complaining about sexism than I'm actually putting into complaining about sexism, and the degree of hostility you're putting into it has gone all the way from ridiculous to embarrassing.

Deep Terror Nami5 votes

Do I need to quote when you accused me of some sort of imaginary sexism? Of course I have to;

You first accuse the artist;

the artist thinks Ahri's sole defining physical features are her breasts and thighs. It's objectifying and gross

Then you go after me for saying artists draw differently;

Are you trying to say that so long as a woman is fictional, it's okay to ignore the details of her physical appearance so long as her breasts are the same shape?

Here's some more;

You arguing that "artistic license" makes it okay to discard all of the woman's physical features beyond her breast shape, on the other hand, is deeply unfortunate at best.

I hadn't even mentioned her body. Only you did. Let's continue as you attack the artist again;

her new art is objectifying

I guess you need to make yourself feel good by perceiving wrongdoings around you and attacking it then patting yourself on the back for your good deed. It's too bad there was no wrongdoing happening. And by the way, Ahri literally is just an object. It is art, not a person, and knowing this fact does not mean people will look at real women the way they do the art (even if they do look at it that way. I didn't even notice the body was similar and have yet to; I looked at the markedly different facial features). Guess it's just you that thinks this way. Projecting much?

DG Ashabel8 votes

You first accuse the artist;

I said "Overall, it feels like the artist thinks Ahri's sole defining physical features are her breasts and thighs". But good job at editing out a part of the post that works against your ridiculous defensive tantrum.

Then you go after me for saying artists draw differently; I hadn't even mentioned her body. Only you did.

You claimed artistic license in response to a post that provides evidence to how the character's new art doesn't resemble her old art in any way except one, which would be her body. Nice try, but taking things out of context doesn't work when that context was only five comments away.

Let's continue as you attack the artist again;

You are trying way too hard to claim anything I said was a personal attack in order to justify your own personal attacks.

I guess you need to make yourself feel good by perceiving wrongdoings around you and attacking it then patting yourself on the back for your good deed. It's too bad there was no wrongdoing happening.

Well, of course there was no wrongdoing. There was only very unsatisfying art.

And by the way, Ahri literally is just an object. It is art, not a person, and knowing this fact does not mean people will look at real women the way they do the art (even if they do look at it that way. I didn't even notice the body was similar and have yet to; I looked at the markedly different facial features).

And we come back to you claiming that women are objects so long as they're fictional in the midst of your incredibly hostile and defensive tirade against my observation about an artwork, simply because you imagined that I'm accusing the artist of misogyny. See what I meant about you doing all the heavy lifting?

DG Ashabel3 votes

Not to get anal about it, but Ahri isn't a Kitsune. She's a gumiho. And according to her in-game lore, she isn't a shapeshifter. :P

That said, there's really no principle involved here for me. I simply observed why the art is ugly and explained my reasoning about it, I've no idea why that guy is going bonkers and trying to prove that I'm promoting some kind of agenda or accusing the artist of sexism. Sometimes an image is bad because it's bad, not because there's some kind of deep reason behind it.

DG Ashabel4 votes

Either she's a " gumiho, " she can shapeshift, and you're wrong, or she's not, and you're still wrong. The only way out of this one is by you saying " well, her lore doesn't state everything about her, or that she's different, etc " and you'd probably start contradicting yourself. However, that has nothing to do with what you just stated about her being a " gumiho. "

Ahri is a gumiho because she was based off that legend. She was developed because Riot wanted to design a character appealing to Korean players; when they took to the Korean forums, a character based off the gumiho legend was the most requested one.

Fun fact - Ahri received her name very late into development. Ezreal, who designed her toolkit, referred to her as Gumiho during her development cycle. Her name was chosen via a popularity poll in late October 2011, literally two months before she was released.

As her not functioning exactly like the gumiho of legend, that would be because Runeterra isn't Earth and its rules are different. Wukong doesn't function exactly like his legendary counterpart either.

Now, what were you trying to prove again?

Valaran Nara2 votes

Are you trying to say that so long as a woman is fictional, it's okay to ignore the details of her physical appearance so long as her breasts are the same shape?

Did you know that marvel got backlash for having an alternative cover for a spider woman comic with her posed like this: http://assets.nydailynews.com/polopoly_fs/1.1913913!/img/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/article_970/comics23n-5-web.jpg

People were angry as hell. As they should be. Of course, put a woman in a pose like this. You would never put a male in the same pose. Except...they did. http://i.imgur.com/MOme5mH.jpg

Several times apparently

you know. Because when it comes to double standards, women get objectified physically for no other reason but being female. I mean, look at her! She looks like she has her clothes spray painted on! Though, all heros look like that. I mean, no fabric should form over an ass like that. Like how they form over every single muscle on any other super hero, making them look naked, but you know. We don't notice that because guys don't have boobs, and men don't get hurt as bad because of the DOUBLE STANDARD!

Oh, but who am I to talk. I'm male. I love boobs and thighs and sexy things even though I never once noticed anything about her breasts until YOU mentioned for social justice.

Sometimes, just sometimes, something becomes wrong purely because another person makes a statement and TURNS it wrong.

For example, I'm black. looks around to see if anyone jumps out to speak against racism

DG Ashabel5 votes

That's nice and all, but I didn't mention it for social justice. I mentioned it because because her face is missing all of Ahri's usual identifying features, because the colors of the image are designed so your attention is drawn to the red among the blue (aka her breasts) and because her spine looks like it's about to snap in two.

I mentioned it because it's bad art, plain and simple. That the art draws attention to her body is just a side effect of its badness.

I mean, let's be honest, people railed on that Spider-Woman more out of bad art than the pose. Her neck is turned under an impossible angle, her face looks like a dying fish and her body was traced off that one time the cover artist drew doggie style porn (people even overlaid it via Photoshop if I remember right).

Valaran Nara2 votes

That's nice and all, but I didn't mention it for social justice. I mentioned it because because her face is missing all of Ahri's usual identifying features, because the colors of the image are designed so your attention is drawn to the red among the blue (aka her breasts) and because her spine looks like it's about to snap in two.

I mentioned it because it's bad art, plain and simple. That the art draws attention to her body is just a side effect of its badness.

I mean, let's be honest, people railed on that Spider-Woman more out of bad art than the pose. Her neck is turned under an impossible angle, her face looks like a dying fish and her body was traced off that one time the cover artist drew doggie style porn (people even overlaid it via Photoshop if I remember right).

Alright, can't argue that last point. He is renowned for that.

As for everything else, whether I'm right, wrong, blur blur blur.

Spider powers, so flexible she should work part time as a contortionist and crawl into a luggage case and deliver herself to the bad guy's lair and attack them that way. Yes, she was in a luggage. Nobody expects the luggage case.

DG Ashabel3 votes

Alright, can't argue that last point. He is renowned for that.

Yup, he is. If I remember right, the whole thing erupted because Spider-Woman series was marketed specifically toward women, so putting up a cover that was very glaringly traced off porn was... awkward, to say the least.

Not to say that women dislike porn (I do, at least), but you don't put that cover onto a series marketed as a book for women and expect to be taken seriously. It's as cheesecake of a cover as it can get (and it's far from the artist's best work, too).

There's nothing else I can add here because yeah, my argument wasn't about social justice at any point. I simply find it a boring splash art with a bad pose and nothing that brings out Ahri's personality. Screaming at me about how I'm accusing someone of misogyny really won't achieve anything.

Bland Lavender6 votes

Dude.. Ahri's whole shtick is that she's... you know supposed to be objectified. Look at her expression and pose and the way that whole splash art is set up. It's a very "come hither, disappear into the forest with me". Literally her whole lore is a seductress of men who steals souls... Yeah they should probably fix the cheeks and chin and nose but seriously the human form she chose was to seduce. Ass, thighs, boobs, stomach, even the soft tails are all designed to be attractive and to be wanted. They are an incredibly important part of her character. Dunno why that's suddenly gross but what do I know I guess.

Deep Terror Nami15 votes

There's an image of a fox in the orb, not a snake...And long hair gets fluffy, it doesn't just go out and then be smooth. If it were supposed to be smooth, that would mean the hair is short and therefore her tails are super fat to make that size. And that would be really weird.

Keevalroy8 votes

I don't have anything to say that hasn't been said already. Please reconsider sending this art out. Her old splash is fine, we can wait a while for a new one. On the subject of her old splash, why does she look SO much different in this one? This has the same feel as the new Vayne art - unnecessary, unwanted, and unimpressive.

Look at her old art compared to the new one Riot, they look like they're showing similar characters from different games. Yes the art quality is getting much better, I agree to that, but when you change they way champions physically look in the process...that's not a good thing.

The original art is beautiful. I don't know, I'm just really not a fan of the new one.

MrBuffington6 votes

Honestly, I feel like it's a slight improvement over the old one in certain ways (just more detailed), but I don't like it as much. The color scheme seems too cold for me, I feel like the "charm" aspect of Ahri needs more emphasis (I mean, it's a CC that's unique to her and only her). She seems a bit like a scared ghost fox running away, instead of a cunning, alluring fox drawing you in; the latter seems to fit more with her character imo. I feel like Dynasty Ahri captures her personality the best; I think I'd like the new splash if her hair didn't seem so disheveled, her pupils were a bit more defined, and she had a hint of a smile; also maybe if there were some warmer colors in the overall splash; her costume seems a bit out of place with everything else going on.

ShadowNinetails5 votes

Walk into my room wearing one of my 2 Ahri shirts I got from Jinx (don't ask why I have 2). Login to Surrender@20 to try to catch up on news I missed while on vacation. See cool stuff happening on the PBE. Log into that to get in on the good stuff. Notice a metric crap ton of new icons. See one of my favorite champs is one of them. Hover over her to see the rest of the splash. What is this? I can't be the only one that thinks this. Come to the Boards. Find this thread. Hope enough of us that love the foxy lady speak out until something's done to improve it.

ShadowNinetails6 votes

Also I know you guys are catching a lot of flak from threads like this much like I'm sure there were a lot of threads like this about the new Vayne splash (which I'm personally "meh" about). While the art style is definitely improving in general, some of them have such glaring...oddities...that if I didn't know better I'd be looking for a DeviantArt watermark (not to bash DA at all). So here's my opinion on some of them new and fairly recent:

Ahri: Fairly obvious I'd consider a miss. Been stated elsewhere in this thread that it looks almost nothing like Ahri. Akali: Hit. Replaced the notorious side boob with the badassery she deserves. Blitz: Hit. I expect a lot more people to be running Classic skin instead of iBlitz, Definitely not Blitz, or even Riot Blitz for awhile. Cass: The arch in her back leaves me wondering how much of her spine is left after being cursed, but otherwise a hit. Cho: Hit. Looks a lot more realistic and realistic is scary and scary is what he should be. Ezreal: Beautifully done Janna: Also beautifully d- wait. Where the heck is her tattoo? Jarvan: Awesome. Except that it reminds me of Magma Chamber. Won't hold that against it, though. Awesome. Kayle: Umm...is she hatching from an egg? Is that supposed to be her ult? Koggles: Idk how you made Void Puppy look more cute and more disgusting at the same time. Good job on it, though. Lee: You've seen the pictures where his head looks like a thumb. I know you've seen them. Also is he constipated? Did Singed walk by and fart in front of him? Ori: Puts her further into the Uncanny Valley which honestly isn't a bad thing for some reason. Renekton: Wait. Again? Keep it up and he's gonna have more Classic splash arts than Teemo has for all his skins. This one's nice, though. Rengar: Might be that last straw that makes me start playing Rengar. Rumble: WHOA, WHAT THE HECK IS THAT?! Oh. It's Rumble. Good thing I have SGR so I don't have to look at that too much. Shaco: See Cho'gath Shen: Whoever did this splash, give him/her/it/them a raise. Make it two. THIS is what we want from splash arts. This. Right. Here. Shyvana: Eh....at least it doesn't look like she's pregnant anymore? Still my least favorite of her splashes aside from Darkflame. Singed: Holy crap this one is cool. Sion: Yes. Just yes. Talon: Well done again. Trist: Beautifully done. Udyr: Well done. Probably won't cut down on the people that buy Udyr and then immediately buy SGU, but still well done. Urgot: I have a policy about never saying anything positive about this champion. But for now I can't find any negatives about this splash. Vayne: Eh...if I had a choice, I'd probably keep the old splash. Veigar: Not bad, but not a huge improvement either. Viktor: Glorious Wukong: If I had a choice, I'd DEFINITELY keep the old splash. Zilean: Too epic for his current kit.

TL;DR: Shen, Jarvan, Shaco, Akali, Ezreal, these are examples of how you update a champion's classic splash and make people excited about maybe picking up a champ they haven't played in awhile. Ahri, Wukong, Rumble, Kayle, these are examples of what happens when you miss that mark just a tad.

cshakes2 votes

I've modded my client to have the old Vayne and Shyvana splashes, and it looks like I'll have to do the same for Janna and Wukong. I'll consider doing the same to Ahri.

Honestly, the new splashes look more like Riot's desperate attempt to get everyone to buy skins to cover up the eyesores.

Sekì5 votes

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Popstar Ahri5 votes

I rarely post but i just want to add my opinion.....

i dont dislike the new Art itself BUT i dislike her facial features and the looks of her Hair as well as the almost not noticeable ears. The qualitiy of it is undoubtedly better, the theme with the forest and the lighning also do fit and the details of the orb and clothing are also well done.

But the moment you focus on her face you (or just me) is thinking who's that? The bone structure is not close to Ahris original the blue light from her orb does make it slightly worse. Her Hair is to voluminous it makes her head look larger than it is and it should. For some WEIRD reason when i look at the new Ahri iam kinda reminded of Michael Jackson.... (see photo).

I would be happy if they just put some more work into her face and hair or her head overall the rest is O.K.. Personally i prefer the artwork of a new dawn and i probably will change the splash to the original or the new dawn one if this one goes live.

Heres the new dawn Ahri Artwok for comparison. http://riot-web-content.s3.amazonaws.com/posts/newdawn/media/Media_Concept_AhriFULL.jpg

And i excuse myself for my english if its not to your liking its not my native language.

http://i.imgur.com/tsw422A.png

http://i.imgur.com/5ErwNWo.png

yeah and she looks a lot less fox like now and a lot less Ionian too if you look at the old one comparison to the new one, and I also agree that the new dawn artwork is better on how the texture of her tails look with her ears eyes whiskers and etc

TwoD5 votes

That face is pretty, but looks nothing like Ahri.

WellsBeilgo5 votes

Ahri has one of the most unique and beautiful faces/splash arts in game. I still switch back to her classic all the time even though I own all her skins because I just love the way it looks. Hell, ahri is the reason I joined league. When I first looked at the character roster when my friend was trying to get me to play back in season 2 none of them stood out to me, until they released Ahri. And I agree, this new splash just inst the Ahri I joined the league with... And if that ahri that Ive come to main leaves and is replaced with this, I'll just have to leave too I guess.Ahri

Popstar Ahri2 votes

Ahri has one of the most unique and beautiful faces/splash arts in game. I still switch back to her classic all the time even though I own all her skins because I just love the way it looks. Hell, ahri is the reason I joined league. When I first looked at the character roster when my friend was trying to get me to play back in season 2 none of them stood out to me, until they released Ahri. And I agree, this new splash just inst the Ahri I joined the league with... And if that ahri that Ive come to main leaves and is replaced with this, I'll just have to leave too I guess.Ahri

no man stay :C please dont leave D:

Keevalroy2 votes

Probably not worth leaving over, but I understand where you're coming from. After they butchered Twitch with the VU, I lost my favorite champion, and in its place there was this pretender trying to take the place of poor little Ratboy. I don't even play Twitch anymore because of the VU. Ahri had always been a close second, and now, although nothing in-game is changing, it hurts to look at what's supposed to be replacing her perfect old splash.

Dominick Destine4 votes

They de-busted Ahri and Janna!

Riot hates breasts.

Remlap12234 votes

HAHAHA!

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Oh wait, you're serious. Hang on let me laugh even harder... AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

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DG Ashabel5 votes

I think he means more that her breasts don't look as huge in the new artwork as they did in the old one.

I disagree though, the new art really draws attention to her body. The entire piece is cold colors but her outfit is bright-red, so your eyes are naturally drawn in that direction. Plus a lot of linework surrounding her, such as energy swirls and hair locks, is set so your eyes will be drawn to her body by following the lines.

Remlap12232 votes

Fair enough. Ahri's still pretty, well, pretty. I'm curious as to why her whiskers are gone though.

DG Ashabel4 votes

The whiskers are there, you just have to squint very hard to see them.

IDK it's generally bad art. Have you noticed that she's leaping forward while heavily arching her back? The entire pose looks like she's trying to ram someone with her tits and coming dangerously close to breaking her spine in the process.

JetstreamXT4 votes

I agree that the new splash art looks a little off, and I especially agree with the lines on her face not being visible enough. The image I have posted below is just a Photoshop retool, but does it look any more like what you would expect? I 'moved' the whiskers closer to the center of Ahri's face, and I made the ears a little bigger.

I really like the fact that Riot is taking the time to upgrade all of their artwork, but some of the details seem a little rushed.

crystalien3 votes

personally i love the new change.

Keevalroy4 votes

personally i love the new change.

Why do you? I actually want to know. Riot has been releasing such phenomenal splash updates recently that actually make me go "Wow! That's awesome!" With Ahri's, the more I look at it, the more things I find I dislike about it. I want to like the new splash, I really do, but when compared to her old art, all I see are changes that shouldn't have happened that made her look almost ugly in the new version.

Fur Fox Sake3 votes

personally i love the new change.

Why do you? I actually want to know. Riot has been releasing such phenomenal splash updates recently that actually make me go "Wow! That's awesome!" With Ahri's, the more I look at it, the more things I find I dislike about it. I want to like the new splash, I really do, but when compared to her old art, all I see are changes that shouldn't have happened that made her look almost ugly in the new version.

Preach it please, I hope Riot will actually listen to us and fix it... but ofc doubt they care. Why change something for the worse. They could have done so much better & I'm sad because she's my favorite champion. ugh why

crystalien1 votes

personally i love the new change.

Why do you? I actually want to know. Riot has been releasing such phenomenal splash updates recently that actually make me go "Wow! That's awesome!" With Ahri's, the more I look at it, the more things I find I dislike about it. I want to like the new splash, I really do, but when compared to her old art, all I see are changes that shouldn't have happened that made her look almost ugly in the new version.

well that last part about her being ugly hurts my insides lmao. I've been told i look like the new splash..but i'll let it slide~ and there's not one specific thing i can point out in the new splash that i like better than the old one because i think overall it's better as a whole. the art style seems updated to match the other new skins so there's not that awkward style difference in load screen, her face and position seem to be more flirty and playful giving her more personality than the old one. Also we can't forget this is someones art, and as an artist myself it hurts to see so many people bashing this splash. Riot has changed and removed a lot of detail from just about every champion they've done any updates to. Including tattoo's on Akali and cloth marks that are very important in my opinion. However~ i still think the new art for her is amazing and not nearly as many people were mad about her changes as Ahri's! i understand people down voted my initial comment because everyone loves the old skin, however my question to you is..why is the old skin better to you? and what in the hell makes you think she's ugly now haha disclaimerThese are all just opinions and everyone has the right to their own, i'm in no way saying i'm right you're wrong.

Keevalroy3 votes

This is not a bad splash by any means, anyone can see it's well done, but Ahri in the new splash has lost all alluring feel. As I've said elsewhere, this is not poor work, and I want to like the splash of my favorite character, but the more I look at the updated one, the more I find I dislike it, and would rather they make her look like the original. It's not a fair criticism to call it bad, but this isn't a fair representation of who Ahri is. It's almost like they're updating some of these splashes just for the sake of updating them, even when there's nothing wrong with the old ones - see: Janna, Rango, Ahri.

Not to say these updates are all negative - the artist in charge of Ezreal's splash is in fact a god. I don't know; I had so much salt when Twitch got his VU, you could open a mine in my head since it felt that my then favorite champion was essentially removed from the roster. After change after unnecessary change, I'm fed up with Riot wanting to fix what isn't broken. Ahri was always a close second favorite, and now it feels like part of her is disappearing.

To answer your question of what I don't like about it, here's copypasta from the PBE boards:

Her eyes are too dark - need to be more yellow. Curious why they changed the way her dress looks. She looks like she's in her 40's now. The bell is gone. She doesn't look like she's in Ionia anymore. Face has lost the asian look to it. Tails look like carpets. Her hair is tangled and short instead of long and silky. Her ears look half their size. Is she laying down or running? It's really hard to tell with such an awkward pose.

Overall, she just doesn't look good in this new splash. She doesn't have what makes her "Ahri." Look at this shining goddess in the original art, this is what Ahri should look like.

Popstar Ahri2 votes

This is not a bad splash by any means, anyone can see it's well done, but Ahri in the new splash has lost all alluring feel. As I've said elsewhere, this is not poor work, and I want to like the splash of my favorite character, but the more I look at the updated one, the more I find I dislike it, and would rather they make her look like the original. It's not a fair criticism to call it bad, but this isn't a fair representation of who Ahri is. It's almost like they're updating some of these splashes just for the sake of updating them, even when there's nothing wrong with the old ones - see: Janna, Rango, Ahri.

Not to say these updates are all negative - the artist in charge of Ezreal's splash is in fact a god. I don't know; I had so much salt when Twitch got his VU, you could open a mine in my head since it felt that my then favorite champion was essentially removed from the roster. After change after unnecessary change, I'm fed up with Riot wanting to fix what isn't broken. Ahri was always a close second favorite, and now it feels like part of her is disappearing.

To answer your question of what I don't like about it, here's copypasta from the PBE boards:

Her eyes are too dark - need to be more yellow. Curious why they changed the way her dress looks. She looks like she's in her 40's now. The bell is gone. She doesn't look like she's in Ionia anymore. Face has lost the asian look to it. Tails look like carpets. Her hair is tangled and short instead of long and silky. Her ears look half their size. Is she laying down or running? It's really hard to tell with such an awkward pose.

Overall, she just doesn't look good in this new splash. She doesn't have what makes her "Ahri." Look at this shining goddess in the original art, this is what Ahri should look like.

you also forgot to say that her whiskers dont show up enough, and she needs more of that foxlike look

catraven3 votes

you shouldn't be too upset. look at janna and the difference is bigger.

HengTai2 votes

Don't know how y'all like my edit, but here ya go:

http://i.imgur.com/ILcwwdSh.jpg

Qantès2 votes

It got reverted :DDD oh god thx

Popstar Ahri1 votes

It got reverted :DDD oh god thx

REALLY? o_o where did u hear that from??

Qantès2 votes

It got reverted :DDD oh god thx

REALLY? o_o where did u hear that from??

Last pbe update: surrenderat20.net/2014/10/1024-pbe-update.html

Pandorrax2 votes

for those who like me preferred the updated Ahri splash art.i have created a package for use with skin installer ultimate that will change the splash art in game and in air client. you cannot be banned by using this for only you can see it. https://www.mediafire.com/folder/51kkk3goozzzh/ summoner 12 Vanishes in a puff of smokesummoner 12

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