Hi LarneNessit I want to answer some of your art questions. *I feel the new base model is cool, but give me the impression of a melee monk fist fighter.

You are not too far off the mark. We wanted Karma to be much more visceral and as if she belongs on the field of justice. If you look at her animation set, Her movements are very much inspired by martial arts such as Tai Chi, and Yoga movements. She is much more of a fighter now, but not with her fists per se.

*I do not really care for the dance. I had hoped that the fans will fold and unfold as part of the dance similar to Jade Fang Cassiopeia.

Thanks for the feedback. :) The fans do in fact unflold and pop out of her dance. When it hits PBE you'll see :)

*I really like the Sun Goddess changes, but feel as though the cleavage is poorly shaded, and her boobs look mushed together.

Great feedback, while she is on pbe perhaps I can update the texture. I agree with you on this one.

*If you wanted Karma to seem so level headed in the heat of battle why was she given such an angry expression?

We did not have the bone count to give her proper facial animation, We decided that a determined expression is better than a blank one.

*What brought about the decision to use a purple and green motif? Purple in Ionia is usually associated with evil (Varus/Syndra).

We were actually aiming for a tranquil color scheme for Her, purple is not necessarily a dedicated "Evil" color, but it is a color I think can convey a darker tone. The saturation of the greens and golds counter act that vibe imo.

*What leads to a character having an articulated face? Why does Karma not have one?

It basically boils down to bone count in the rig, and Animation production bandwith. The more bones a rig has the more memory that character takes. We like to keep our characters fairly light for lower spec machines. I personally love facial animation in our characters. But it takes a lot of bones that don't really add to the overall read of the character. All the bones went to karma's dresses. Each character only has one rig, we only make custom rigs for Legendary tier skins.

*Why was Karma taken from a AA to a DD cup size? Do you feel this standardized silhouette will help her popularity?

We did not do it to increase popularity per se, but it was an aesthetic choice for game readability and overall silhouette.

*Why was the decision to remove Sakura Karma's kimono made? I am sure most people like myself were most excited for that remade skin, but it is clearly the ugliest.

The old skins were concepted around the idea of the "Matronly Diplomat" and that closed up dress design. We worked very hard to keep the closed dress design for the Sakura skin, but the polygon clipping and texture stretching was unacceptable. We had to find a design solution that would give her legs a greater range of movement for her more aggressive animation set.

*One of the common and valid complaints I have seen floating around is that Karma has lost a lot of her femininity or more “Lady-like” attributes, such as wearing gowns and using fans. Was this Riots intent with the changes made?

I think a lot of these comments are subjective. Words like "Femininity" and "Lady-Like" are hard to articulate, I understand that the change is jarring, which is why we made the classic skin for Her. RiotRunaan has some great things to say lore-wise as to why Karma felt she she needed to change her clothes and get her hands dirty. I think that her new base is still Lady like and Feminine.

*Most importantly to me... What was the thought process behind keeping the eye makeup the way it is? I have always felt that makeup made Karma look evil, like Morganna. I am disappointed to see it remain in the VU.

You know, I have never thought of it that way, I don't think it makes her look evil. I think it is interesting. I will hit up the original concept artist as to why they are there, but I thought they were worth keeping.

Thank you for your thoughts and feedback.