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Wukong splash tweaks

Dustogrei··20 votes·7,099 views

So I've seen a lot of comments regarding the new wukong splash art - I think we can all agree that a lot of people are unhappy with it. Personally my problem with the splash is it lacks contrast/looks flat and the color palette is too dull - my guess was the artist wanted to make it kind of chinese type colors and keep the lighting realistic??? dunno. Either way I'm not a big fan of the colors.

I think the actual art is really good, but it doesn't really match the style of a lot of the other splash arts. So I took it to photoshop, added contrast, tweaked the colors a bit, I think it doesn't stick out as much from the rest now.

Edit As many of you pointed out it was too dark, I had a layer that was unnecessary so I took it out. edit 2 Some people liked the tweaked version and as some others pointed out the new one the red was too bright so I lowered the saturation.

Updated 2 - reduced the red and sharpened the smile http://i.imgur.com/1dxXT0P.jpg

Updated, reduced darkness, further color tweaks. http://i.imgur.com/0AYeWh5.jpg

Tweaked http://i.imgur.com/me27DMO.jpg

Original http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-CsZppjBWNoY/VDwpOpV0UvI/AAAAAAAAbKQ/qLtrV0zPHmY/s1600/MonkeyKing_Splash_0.jpg

29 Comments

Lumus Avatar5 votes

I like the look of the red as opposed to the orange they have now.

Dustogrei3 votes

Yeah right now it's too pale orange and pale yellow in it. That plus the brownish green in the background is what kills it for me.

Lumus Avatar2 votes

I feel like they were going for a DBZ, Son Goku feel seeing as he is the Monkey King - "Sun Wukong" from the Novel 'Journey to the West.'

Poldy Scarecrow5 votes

The red scarf and greener, brighter background especially look awesome

ButtersBBG3 votes

The tweaked one is too dark, lighten it up a bit and it'll look better.

Dustogrei1 votes

Fixed it, thanks for commenting.

Rew7112 votes

If you can, only darken the areas where that are fur. I liked a brighter scarf, armor, and area. If you can, can you also make his smile less blurry. But all in all, he looks fine. His previous picture showed him in a shadowy position while this one puts him in direct sunlight. It would be logical to make his fur reflect the sunlight at a brighter tent.

ButtersBBG2 votes

Fixed it, thanks for commenting.

You're welcome. :)

Aria Storm2 votes

I feel like the fur blends in too much with the rest of him in several places (like his leg) and the shading is a bit too dark in some places 9this might be my monitor though.)

Otherwise, I really like your choice of colour - feels a bit more alive. :)

Dustogrei1 votes

Did some fixes.

TwoD2 votes

looks way better than original one lol

kitcat3002 votes

I was content with the new one, but I agree that your tweaked version looks better.

KairosCrow2 votes

Like the tweaks! Looks quite a bit better. Certainly resembles in-game Wukong more than the default one does.

MrRado2 votes

I like it!

Gunpoint2 votes

Way better

Zendrô2 votes

Hope they see this

Dustogrei1 votes

Me too. After all the original artist is the one who has the greatest painting capacity to fix stuff.

Tenant2 votes

The latest update you have is nice, but the armor's red (specifically his arm-gauntlet thing) feels a bit too bright for me. It was the first thing that came to mind when I saw it anyway.

I generally like the new splash he got, but comparing the original with your tweaks, his fur is really what makes the original feel off; whatever you did with his fur immediately improved it I think.

Dustogrei1 votes

Yeah you're right the red was too much, I reduced it. I think the more maroon color for the scarf looks better too.

ColinFly2 votes

The newest one that you made, I personally feel is the exact route that Riot should take with this new splash.

I appreciate all the work the art team has done on all these new great splashes, and while I find Kongs face and his stance to be a little off-putting compared to his original artwork, I think it's a great visual update to an older champion splash.

I just can't stand the fact that his fur looks so orange compared to his in-game model and live splash. So yeah, great work OP, I hope somebody from the artwork division of Riot see's this and can swallow a little bit of pride and take a look at maybe rearranging somethings about our favorite Monkey Kings splash.

Dustogrei1 votes

Your comment is spot on.

I also think it's a great visual update - I myself don't really find that smile/body thickness problem that others have with it. It's just that orange/yellow tinge he has that looks nowhere near his in game model or his original splash. Cream/red is a great color combination, orange/purple/green isn't.

I think the original artist is great, I could certainly never paint like that, but I do hope like you said that Riot sees this and swallow's a bit of pride to fix the issues we have with it.

Zan Vorez2 votes

Hey OP, could you try doing THIS as well? The problem with Wukong isn't so much his coloring, but that Monkey faces don't have cutesy little clefts underneath an adorable triangular nose like cats and bunnies.

https://i.imgur.com/Thv79Hn.png

MrSexyHobo1 votes

you made him darker and he looks more like a cartoon... gj

Onegarion1 votes

I find more wrong with the pose overall compared to the color. While I think your recoloring looks MUCH better. I still find issue with the pose. He looks to arrogant and thats not really wukong. He is looking to always improve and challenge new people. Not thinking he is the best. I guess they changed Ezreal from being the overconfident arrogant champ and gave that persona to wukong.

Lemons221 votes

All you really did was darken the entire image, but even with that rudimentary level of adjustment it looks leagues (not pun intended) better than the original.

Dustogrei1 votes

Look at them full size and compare the hues between the two. If it was only darkened the armor would look orange, not red, the fur cape around his neck would look yellow, not cream, his hair would look yellowish, the green in the back would look dirtier, the gold plating would look like copper.

It's all about the hue changes, the added contrast is actually the least important bit here as you can see in the updated version where I reduced the darkness.

LordTobiothan1 votes

I just don't like that he looks like one of the chimps in the remake of planet of the apes.

junglerboy161 votes

Those chimps are anthropomorphized and made to look near human. Wukong is an anthropomorphic monkey made to look near human. They only look similar because they are both really high quality pieces. I do really like the changes he made to the coloration though, because Wukong was way too red.

LordTobiothan1 votes

Those chimps are anthropomorphized and made to look near human. Wukong is an anthropomorphic monkey made to look near human. They only look similar because they are both really high quality pieces. I do really like the changes he made to the coloration though, because Wukong was way too red.

There's monkey human like in planet of the apes. and there is monkey human like Jet li when he was playing the monkey king. One of these looks natural, the other looks like you put an ape and a human together ala the movie "The Fly".

anthropomorphized means gaining human traits, not mixing the creatures traits with human traits.

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