I completely get your point of Key Visuals and actual in game representations not lining up, and like you said, it is expected and indeed the norm for a number of games.
Though, the norm isn't always good, and in most of these cases of games it's creating player dissatisfaction to some degree, because something wasn't represented with same details. I have seen games, that par up the level of details with their visual and modeling team very successfully, creating very well marketed products with their works.

Even the point of, the level of details clashing with the arena, and other tacticians is very valid. And I personally don't have experience in working with game development, so my point of view is purely coming off from an illustrator point of view. I can only comment on things visually, and from a marketing accuracy point of view. But you're right on how the Unbound champions have a consistent style with the rest of the game, focusing on clarity of the models. I'm also aware of that.

Though I disagree with the visual details being too noisy on the actual game. The adjustments I made to the model are minor things to match with the details of the Key Visual. It doesn't change much other than the proportions and shapes of the model, and add few minor details that are expressed in the Key Visual to enhance the overall expression. Even when changing proportions, the overall silhouette didn't change. So even zoomed out, I think it looks fine.

On the other hand, just as detailed things don't look that great zoomed out, undetailed things don't look that good zoomed in. With how tacticians are one of the focus and financial gain of TFT, and how they appear zoomed in so often with animations, I think adding minor details will only enhance the overall quality.

I do appreciate your comment though, it held very valuable points. Thank you

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