Why can't the new Katarina splash take some tips from her Warring Kingdoms splash?

junglerboy16·Feb 13, 2015·6 votes·5,464 views

When I first saw Warring kingdom Kat's splash art, I was left breathless. It is deadly, elegant, and all too beautiful. It is simple in that it shows her in a set yet dynamic pose.

New Kat splash art looks warped and distorted. Her proportions are atrocious, there is no focus anywhere in the picture, her eyes look like she is either an alcoholic or just rolled out of bed at 2 AM, the list goes on.

Why can't we have the sophisticated simplicity of the old splash or the warring kingdoms splash? We don't need every champion splash art to look like they're trying to jump through our screen, it makes them look much less believable, less natural, and downright ugly.

Please Riot, how can you let one Artist make such an amazing splash, and then make the base look so bad?

14 Comments

JaccceyFeb 14, 20153 votes

because we need to buy skin to avoid the fugly classic art. nuff said. WKK left me breathless as well. its so amazing i would buy the skin just becuz of the art.

Kat HeadFeb 14, 20153 votes

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because we need to buy skin to avoid the fugly classic art. nuff said. WKK left me breathless as well. its so amazing i would buy the skin just becuz of the art.

The problem is you will still get the crack head katarina icon in your games and on your client. This massive failure cannot be escaped without client modification.

junglerboy16Feb 14, 20152 votes

It's good to know I'm not the only person who thinks she looks like an addict...

Bodkins OddsFeb 14, 20153 votes

Because Riot seems to have two splash artists: The WK Kat/DJ Sona splash artist, and the new Kat/new Trist splash artist. The first artist is very good, the second artist is very bad, and apparently Riot is not planning on firing or retraining the second guy.

junglerboy16Feb 14, 20151 votes

to be fair, the Tristana splash art was incomplete before, and now it looks pretty good. Here's hoping they do the same for Kat.

Bodkins OddsFeb 14, 20151 votes

To be fair, it merely looks better than the last attempt. It's still an over saturated, awkward looking piece of shit.

I will grant that it looks better than her old, old splash though: http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_L78zEKWCMII/TGo-To68QzI/AAAAAAAAAsg/UxxmussJF3E/s1600/Tristana_Splash_0.jpg

Forbidden SirenFeb 13, 20152 votes

Different artists and different style/views on how Katarina should look. I suppose.

JaccceyFeb 14, 20153 votes

and why should riot allow this to happen?

Forbidden SirenFeb 14, 20152 votes

Because they hired different artists? If you give 10 artists the same champion to draw, they all will illustrate that champion differently. Different lighting, shadows, pose, style, animation, facial expression, etc.

JaccceyFeb 15, 20152 votes

but you let an artist to do such an ugly classic skin art that is way different from her other skins? do you see how different she is ? like reckless crazy woman bashing around? no wonder we have to buy skins then.

Forbidden SirenFeb 15, 20151 votes

Maybe in their eyes it's not ugly and that's why they decided to go with the new splash art. I don't like the splash art too but at the end of the day, it is Riot's game after all and they can do whatever they want.

Kat HeadFeb 15, 20152 votes

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Maybe in their eyes it's not ugly and that's why they decided to go with the new splash art. I don't like the splash art too but at the end of the day, it is Riot's game after all and they can do whatever they want.

But it is ugly and you know it and I know and Riot knows it.

[img]http://i.imgur.com/PNPqTll.png[/img]

Does not go to well with

[img]http://i.imgur.com/UTTLptZ.jpg?1[/img]

or any of her other skins for that matter.

Forbidden SirenFeb 15, 20151 votes

Yes, I know, the skin is awful. But I have 3 skins for her anyway so the chances of me seeing her new base splash art at the loading screen is already slim to none. Her icon in-game? Just a generic red-headed lady that looks like Jean Grey.

SukishooFeb 14, 20151 votes

Yup. Riot only uses about 8 different artists from what they've said, so of course things are gonna look slightly different in each piece. The basic idea is the same, but it's not gonna be 100% the same look and hardly anyone seems to get this.