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aurelion-solar · 1 year

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Faerie Queen Karma, Faerie Court Seraphine, Ezreal, Kalista, Fiora, Milio, Katarina & Prestige Katarina 🦋

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notoriouslydevious · 1 year

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Prestige Faerie Court Katarina by 阿泠泠今天画了没

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aspectofthe-moon · 1 year

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୨🧚‍♀️ﾉ Faerie Queen Karma, Faerie Court Milio, Fiora, Kalista, Ezreal, Seraphine, Katarina & Prestige Katarina icons

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shinaartificial · 1 year

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Faerie Kat Charm

#katarina #faerie court #prestige #my art

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littleporksausage · 1 year

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Yet another skin release, yet another disappointing prestige skin, this time for Katarina.

My main gripe with prestige skins when it comes to design is that they're just... boring? And I don't mean that they lack detail or skill, absolutely not, the in-game effects are stunning. But the design details are just stripped away

Let's look at the latest prestige skin, Faerie Court Katarina. First, the base one

I won't get into splashart structure too much, since that is a different topic entirely, but I will mention the colour palette is vastly different from other skins in this line, already distinguishing Katarina as someone in a different position, an outsider even.

Now, for design details. I'll list the ones that stick out to me the most

The blades are very thin, resembling insect wings or some type of mandibles. Insect

In the wing patterns there are eyes, reminiscent of some species of moths, and the wing shape is sharper, again leaning more towards moths instead of the butterflies of other skins

While it is a very fantasy design, the outfit clearly has armored pieces in it, immediately establishing her as a warrior of some sort, albeit distinct from Kalista. Her outfit is light, but protective, maybe less a brawler but more a, you know. Assassin (this is all ignoring the boob window. We all know the deal with boob windows, in a design analysis it may as well not be here)

The shoulder pads have scales and fur. The scales fit in with the general bug theme, while the fur further alludes to moths

A splashart specific design detail - in the art Katarina looks like she's emerging from a cocoon. The butterfly and moth theming is very strong

Now, let's compare that to the prestige version of the skin

Here the colour palette is, of course, changed to fit the prestige style, which is completely fine. The composition is more reminiscent of other prestige skins aswell, which means that Katarina's pose and surroundings don't reflect the theme as well as the base splashart.

And for the details I mentioned above

The blades are now shaped exactly like Katarina's base swords, with the added wing shapes at the handles

The wings are more rounded, and in the spots that had the eyes, there are now holes (which. Why. Cmon)

The armor pieces are all gone, including the shoulder pads with the fur and scales

The outfit has more fragments reminiscent of butterfly wings and flower petals

These changes are not inherently bad. They make for an attractive design. My issue is that the design is boring. Clearly a lot of thought went into the base design, adding many subtle but recognizable visual allusions to moths and insects in general. The prestige skin has nothing of the sort, only having some flaps of fabric that look vaguely wing-like

I think the design philosophy of prestige skins is immensely disappointing. I noticed that trend first with Star Guardian Syndra and Space Groove Nami, who both had those same issues, taking away the pieces of original design that made those designs unique and representative of their skin line

When Riot announced they would be changing the way they treat prestige skins, I was excited to see what they come up with, but honestly? All these prestige skins do is make me appreciate the base ones more

#league of legends #league of legends skins #faerie court katarina #visual design #long post #pork talks #prestige nami was a disgrace and i will die on that hill #katarina #skin design

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the-higher-the-tide · 11 months

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My Favorite Katarina Skin - Faerie Court Katarina

Not a Katarina player btw. Also I don’t really care for the prestige.

Yes, Battle Queen is cooler, but Faerie Court is prettier. I love her hair on the model especially (though my favorite hair would probably be Battle Academia’s). I especially love her recall, specifically her wings, which I find much more boring in the prestige version which is why I don’t like it very much.

I also think the composition of the base skin’s splash art is just more interesting. I enjoy any splash art that plays with perspective like Renata’s. It actually took me a while to realize that it’s upside down with Katarina emerging from the cocoon. I do wish her wings were a little more moth-like however.

Katarina has a lot of very old, very ugly skins with less than half of her 16 skins being especially worthwhile to me (Mercenary and Kitty Cat are my guilty pleasures). So ignoring all her skins released before 2015 (all of her skins that are priced below 1350 aside from Warring Kingdoms):

Warring Kingdoms - By far her best 950 skin.

Project - I just think Project skins are ugly and Program is better.

Death Sworn - Probably my second favorite skin but I don’t like her daggers.

Battle Academia - Very cute. Very cool.

Blood Moon - My partner’s favorite but I don’t see the appeal.

Battle Queen - Undeniably her coolest skin.

High Noon - Gun daggers are cool.

#league of legends #league of legends katarina #katarina league of legends #katarina lol #lol katarina #katarina #katarina du couteau

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aurelion-solar · 1 year

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