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On October 14 2014 12:06 Goragoth wrote:
I really don't understand how people can hate any of the new splash art. It is across the board higher resolution, more detailed, with more dynamic poses. It's awesome, and I'm glad to see more of the terrible/mediocre old art go. It's like people have some sort of emotional attachment to the old art or something, I don't get it at all.
i hate on it bc the new art style they've switched too recently fucking sucks.
thats about all.
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The new Shen splash is pretty cool. Dunno about Wukong's. Trist's is kinda bad.
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Ones I like: Shen, Blitz
Dislike: Kayle, trist, veigar.
Rest I'm indifferent.
But how come in almost every single splash released in the last while, you're looking up at them, not even off to the side.
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considering they are cropping them for the use of the map icon I think having a somewhat uniform profile is ok
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On October 14 2014 12:35 Amui wrote:
Ones I like: Shen, Blitz
Dislike: Kayle, trist, veigar.
Rest I'm indifferent.
But how come in almost every single splash released in the last while, you're looking up at them, not even off to the side.
Orianna is the one that I recall least liking. I think its case by case. I preferred old Kog because I associate him with green not metal-grey, for instance. Most of them are generally neutral or improvements for me, but they are generally a minor improvement. However, a few are really bad in the other direction (Ori) which is why they stood out. Sion used to have a really lame splash, and the new one is much better (albeit done in the art style of another major gaming company), but I havent heard much about "man, isn't the Jarvan Splash terrible, better fix that" so it barely moves the needle.
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Old Trist art is horrible. The new splash could have been better but it's still a massive upgrade. Also, they are clearly restricted in what perspectives to use because they use cropped versions for the in game icons and they have to be readable.
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On October 14 2014 12:06 Goragoth wrote:
I really don't understand how people can hate any of the new splash art. It is across the board higher resolution, more detailed, with more dynamic poses. It's awesome, and I'm glad to see more of the terrible/mediocre old art go. It's like people have some sort of emotional attachment to the old art or something, I don't get it at all.
not the case for me at least - better is better and worse is worse. their new art just has been rather lackluster even if it is detailed
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On October 14 2014 12:06 Goragoth wrote:
I really don't understand how people can hate any of the new splash art. It is across the board higher resolution, more detailed, with more dynamic poses. It's awesome, and I'm glad to see more of the terrible/mediocre old art go. It's like people have some sort of emotional attachment to the old art or something, I don't get it at all.
Higher resolution != better.
Could have a splash art of a flailing dildo in 4k resolution for a champion, doesn't make it better than the old one. (unless the old champion was a stationary dildo doing nothing).
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On October 14 2014 12:28 GolemMadness wrote:
The new Shen splash is pretty cool. Dunno about Wukong's. Trist's is kinda bad.
the trist one is so bad it gave me cancer.
shens head looks fucked up in his.
his old one was like 10000x better too
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On October 14 2014 13:00 wei2coolman wrote:Show nested quote +On October 14 2014 12:06 Goragoth wrote:
I really don't understand how people can hate any of the new splash art. It is across the board higher resolution, more detailed, with more dynamic poses. It's awesome, and I'm glad to see more of the terrible/mediocre old art go. It's like people have some sort of emotional attachment to the old art or something, I don't get it at all. Higher resolution != better. Could have a splash art of a flailing dildo in 4k resolution for a champion, doesn't make it better than the old one. (unless the old champion was a stationary dildo doing nothing).
cough cough
Splash art can be weird sometimes.
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kogmaw's might be the worst.
But even in things like Akali's which looks somewhat fine, the icon is kind of dumb... But that's not the biggest problem, her pose is completely unrealistic. You can try to attempt to have your right arm forward and slightly to the left, your torso bent slightly towards the right and your left arm to the back like that and see how it goes.
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Biggest issue I see with the new splashes is the similar orientation (upward perspective, champ looking left) with similar color schemes (dark blue & metal grays) making for a poor transition to headshots. Ori is already a big gray blob on the minimap - that's likely to get compounded when you add Shen, Shaco, Talon, and company to the mix. Even Rumble -- whose new splash is almost entirely engulfed in flames -- somehow has his face obscured in shadow.
I think that particular angle that they keep going back to looks kind of dumb in general, but there's a readability concern to be had as well.
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Blitz, Ez, Kayle, Shen and Zilean are pretty clear upgrades over their old splashes, The rest are okay but not really clearcut improvements.
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On October 14 2014 13:00 wei2coolman wrote:Show nested quote +On October 14 2014 12:06 Goragoth wrote:
I really don't understand how people can hate any of the new splash art. It is across the board higher resolution, more detailed, with more dynamic poses. It's awesome, and I'm glad to see more of the terrible/mediocre old art go. It's like people have some sort of emotional attachment to the old art or something, I don't get it at all. Higher resolution != better. Could have a splash art of a flailing dildo in 4k resolution for a champion, doesn't make it better than the old one. (unless the old champion was a stationary dildo doing nothing).
I suppose I tend to evaluate art work based on the technical proficiency required to create more so than the actual contents. The more that I think "damn, I couldn't pull this off myself", the more impressed I am. Kinda pointless arguing over art anyway, it's all subjective. Either you like it or you don't. There's no good art and no bad art, just like there's no good music and no bad music. Just stuff you like and stuff you don't.
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They actually managed to make Janna look even skinnier than she already is. I'm impressed.
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On October 14 2014 13:10 Lmui wrote:
Blitz, Ez, Kayle, Shen and Zilean are pretty clear upgrades over their old splashes, The rest are okay but not really clearcut improvements.
i don't like kayle's. she loses her personality in the new splash. also thumb face and sexifying her armor for no reason.
On October 14 2014 13:13 TheYango wrote:
They actually managed to make Janna look even skinnier than she already is. I'm impressed.
she looks much more like a naturally skinny person than someone with ribs removed. and her chest is more reasonable but still very large for most women her size. at least.
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skimming the article because it popped up when I was playing a game earlier, I skimmed past the kayle faceplate and thought it was Xin
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On October 14 2014 13:07 Shikyo wrote:
kogmaw's might be the worst.
But even in things like Akali's which looks somewhat fine, the icon is kind of dumb... But that's not the biggest problem, her pose is completely unrealistic. You can try to attempt to have your right arm forward and slightly to the left, your torso bent slightly towards the right and your left arm to the back like that and see how it goes.
Go back and look at Akali's left thigh. It's almost as long as she's supposed to be tall.
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As the resident yordle expert, the yordle splash updates of Trist, Veigar, and Rumble are massive upgrades over the old ones and I like them all. I actually love the explosive glee of the Tristana splash but it seems I'm in the minority in that respect. Which I'm okay with, even if you're all wrong.
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New trist splash is way better than old one, but it's still ass. The overall art style of the new splashes just seem a bit off.
Also a ton of the new icons are sort of ass
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