I mean, his old art is also really aggressive, but he looks more mad than anything, and the intent behind the anger isn't clear. In his new splash though... http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-E70xphoIdJc/VK9Eb-HZVsI/AAAAAAAAg4U/lV5yItowDHM/s1600/AlistarSplash_0.jpg
He's looking directly at the viewer with a kind of evil look on his face and those glowing red eyes and it just comes off as painting him as a more evil character out to destroy things.
Baron von Jiggly7 votesno it just makes him look like a angry bull who hates red
GreenLore7 votesRed eyes in general tend to make champs evil looking,it is just the way alistar looks and I am fine with that,because not every good guy has to look like one.
This reminds me of Nasus who always had red eyes and no one bothered,but when he got a VU,everyone was complaining about the red eyes making nasus looking evil and riot trying to turn him into a villain,so riot changed his eye colour to blue......despite the fact that nasus always had red eyes.
SpecterVonBaren2 votesRed eyes in general tend to make champs evil looking,it is just the way alistar looks and I am fine with that,because not every good guy has to look like one.
This reminds me of Nasus who always had red eyes and no one bothered,but when he got a VU,everyone was complaining about the red eyes making nasus looking evil and riot trying to turn him into a villain,so riot changed his eye colour to blue......despite the fact that nasus always had red eyes.
For me its more of how he's looking at the viewer that makes the red eyes emphasize such an idea. I actually don't think that someone like, Nami, who originally had red eyes, looked evil in her splash art.
GreenLore1 votesWell she doesn't have monochromatic red eyes,think about it how she would look with those.
But anyway I think this splash art shows alistar running angrily towards the one who looks at it,so I can see your point,but in the end it is not that different from other champs launching an attack into the direction of the viewer.
Gapybo6 votesTo me he looks aggressive. People tend to mistake that for evil but this actually fits Ali perfectly.
Dotintheparadox6 votesNow you're making me paranoid that the new "Narrative" team is going to try and turn Alistair into a villain for Mount Targon...
SpecterVonBaren3 votesNow you're making me paranoid that the new "Narrative" team is going to try and turn Alistair into a villain for Mount Targon...
This was actually a small nagging worry in my own mind when I made this thread.
Dotintheparadox1 votesWhy can't they just come up with things of their own without tearing down everything already established?
Grouchy Poro3 votesAm I the only one that thinks the splash looks a tad off? Like, kinda how the new Wukong splash looked a bit off but not quite...
Waffletimewarp3 votesWell it appears he's breaking out of his chains, meaning the guys being trampled are likely Noxians. And if his and Xin's lores are anything to go by, those Noxians had it coming.
Centuros3 votesOkay, who used a blowtorch on Ali's chains?
AmbushIntheDark1 votesAli's white hot burning rage while holding his chains.
aaronconlin3 votesWell, I'm hoping the new lore is going to make Alistar from Mount Targon, and the new splash seems to support this. I don't think he looks evil, I think he looks pissed. He's got the chains on his arms breaking off, and a person getting thrown to the ground, so this could be when Alistar is freed from the arena.
And honestly, this makes me kind of want an Alistar rework, even if it's just switching his scaling from AP to AD, he doesn't seem like the type of champion to use ability power when he's a raging minotaur smashing things.
Krizalid2 votesIt makes him look kinda cool.
PikaCHU5672 votesRage quit?
Colgate Gator2 votesHe seems more angry than anything. It most likely depicts the moment he broke out of his chains, I'd be pretty pissed, too.
JevelFaithful1 votesIronically, I think his voiceover implies he IS angry in game. So maybe we are in the wrong. it kinds of goes against the image I have of alistar in my head. Just a bit too much on the offense. But I think it fits the character as he was intended.
LDinoriderR2 votesSeeing how he is a really strong minotaur, the new splash art portrays him pretty good. His old splash was a bit silly with that one derping eye. But he isn't really evil looking in this one. Atleast to me. For a Noxian who is pretty sure about to be smashed in this picture, he definetly could. But for me he just looks angry.
AmbushIntheDark2 votesI wouldnt say evil. From the story the splash is telling, hes literally just broken his chains. Hes pissed. People tend to look mean when they're fighting their way out of captivity.
IMTOOJUICY2 votesJust cuz a guy is about to fack you up doesn't mean he's evil.
Dreamspitter2 votesHe looks badass.
stealthfox942 votesthat's badass.
NorthernDruid1 votesThe red eyes are overdoing it a bit I think, but otherwise this looks par for Alistar.
His passive actually is trampling all over the place. And this makes it really visible while having some really cool lighting.
Kingsgrave1 votesAlistar has always been a super angry cowman
RasCaelestis1 votesI'm okay with the red eyes, but my issue with the splash art is the proportions... How big is Alistar actually supposed to be? In this, it looks like his fist is nearly as big as the guy he knocked over. I know he's supposed to be bigger than most humans, but he looks enormous here.
RavenKouhai2 votesI'm okay with the red eyes, but my issue with the splash art is the proportions... How big is Alistar actually supposed to be? In this, it looks like his fist is nearly as big as the guy he knocked over. I know he's supposed to be bigger than most humans, but he looks enormous here.
Seriously, he looks Malphite-esqe with how much bigger he is than the scenery.
Pyrocerebus1 votesthis is just me but I think if we his mouth was closed but he still had this sort of frown he would look more angry instead of evil
Narog1 votesLooks like any other Minotaur i seen in other games , the used to have some personality more of a heart now is just generic angry bull #4
PuDDG26FP91 votesHe looks angry to me. Apart from evil, the color red also has the meaning of anger, or passion.
The Fire on Fire1 votesCome on, hes a bull. Bulls are always super angry at something.
Sooko1 votesBut Ali IS an angry bull. I mean, how pissed off would any other minotaur be if he was put in an arena to fight after having his tribe and family invaded by Noxians? All I have to say is that, just because he is angry, doesn't seem to mean that he is actually evil, because he in fact has all the right to be angry.
"Yeah... Mundo will need you to come on Saturday!" 
"Now, I'm angry! 
