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BTNEtheralDragon

Another Icon :)

I think am getting better, am not sure :L

Well anyway I decided to make a arrow, but it looked kinda fail witha thin long neck, so i just zoomed in on the arrow head. I hope you like it :)

Criticsm is appreciated :)

-Somnium
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BTNEtheralDragon (Icon)

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09:28, 15th Jul 2009 zombie2279: Good work.

The Panda

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1:Nice quality, and creativeness.
2:Maybe add an eye on the lower bottom left part of the dragon.
3:Blue background needs changing, make it like a underwater theme or something.
4:More detail and effects may be needed
5:But yes this is very good for your 2nd icon, nice job.
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(All my recommendations to your icon, you can choose to use these or not, your choice.)
Army-of-pandas.
 
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dang Somnium you're without doubt getting better, i rly like it.
good representation of an ethereal dragon 5/5
 
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Woo, i was gone for a day and now i check and i have comments :) Am glad everyone likes it :) And am glad in progressing on the road to icon making :) Thanks guys for all you're support i will continue to make atleast one icon a day :)

-Somnium
 
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I know how it works... For me there are too many unneeded toll, like for most freehand making. And I`ve got problems with saving, cause colors are brighter.
P.S. I`m not so stupid to don`t know how to use photoshop tools...
 
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*Off-Topic*
~Void~ said:
Holy shit that's one blurry icon. What the hell is it anyways? It doesn't look at all like dragon, more like two blurry lines. I suggest you use a sharpen filter and then try to give the dragons more definition, maybe some scales and some glowy eyes.

2.5 for now.
Some critic is good ^^
 
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Sight, void i don't know about your imagination but in my head if something is made out of magic and shadows it will not look sharp rather cloudy and falling apart :L

-Somnium

I know what you mean, but this is not the right kind of blurry, imo. This is just ugly over-smudged blurry.

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Here's a really good example of what I mean. The figure itself is still sharp and you can still make out its features, but there's also a cloudy, shadowy effect around it.
 
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thumb_Spell_Holy_SenseUndead.png
thumb_Spell_Holy_Retribution.png
thumb_Spell_Holy_Excorcism.png



I find it impressive that you managed to make an arrowhead into that. As for my opinion about your icon. Well I don't like the angle of the dragons head on your icon. I do like the colours you used in the icon though.
The angle of the dragons head should look more like this (according to me) :
thumb_INV_Misc_Head_Dragon_Black.png
thumb_INV_Misc_Head_Dragon_Green.png
thumb_INV_Misc_Head_Dragon_Blue.png


WoW icons can be quite handy, however the Hive crew does not want us to upload any of them. They don't find them handy enough.
For example Blizzards Immolation icon was rejected because it had no use
Spell_Fire_FelImmolation.png


I personally think WoW icons should be uploaded though, look at this for example. Doesn't this look like it could be used as a new human upgrade tier?
thumb_INV_Jewelry_Talisman_02.png
thumb_Ability_Mount_Charger.png
thumb_Ability_Mount_Dreadsteed.png

Or what about this? Great replacement icon for circle of teleportation
thumb_Spell_Holy_SummonLightwell.png


 
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I agree with the offtopic. And an angle like that would require a better artist :)

Also my icons aren't based on blizzards way but on the guild wars way.
http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/List_of_ranger_skills - Here is a link for some skills you can look at for comparison.

Also am pretty much still a noob on this since i started a few days ago so yeah, but i expect my icons to be improving overall :)

-Somnium
 
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