17:01, 26th Oct 2009
enjoy: The second one is better for the missle itself, but the tendrils look bad. I suggest taking the missle itself from the second one, and using the effects from the first one.

enjoy: No changes made. Rejected until update.

07:20, 29th Jul 2012
Apheraz Lucent: A bunch of sharp, straight lines that lack any form of instability about which you could refer to this as a lightning.

Comments ??

Make more lightning strands, because it looks like a ice bolt.

Yeah i will fix it soon

Edit:

Hm
How is this

Dont double post!!!

Your second try looks more like water bolt.

I don't like how you do them strands. Make the colors yellow/white like lightning bolts, and also make the stands look like bolts.

I think the second version (the one you posted), is the best one.
But maybe it looks like a water bolt. dont know.

Static said:

How is this

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That looks fantastic!

In my opinion you should scrap your lightning bolt completely, and go with the one in your post, the watery one. It looks way better.

If this gets approved maybe i will make a water one too

Well then, some feedback on this one instead. I would actually say it looks way too static (notice the pun) for being a magical/lightning bolt, it does not look "alive". Which lighting tend to look like (at least artistic-wise). Give it some more characteristics and some shapes, to make it both more interesting and realistic. Well, as realistic a magical lighting missile can look that is. This doesn't look like a bolt or a missile, more like a wave of cheese. Imagine a meteor, how it would look like, with a more defined "shape" at the front, followed by a trail of fire (lighting effect in your case)

Check at these examples here to get what I mean:
1st: More defined bolt
2nd: More "alive-looking"
3rd: More variation in the effect

Well i get what you are trying to tell me but i wanted it to look more like a > (arrow) don't know why maybe because i haven't seen such lightning missle

I see. Well you are allowed to do so But try to give the shape some more variation though, it can still look arrow-like. But those straight lines make it look kind of boring. Also, some more color variation is great to make it look more interesting. Just add some yellowish hue to it and I am sure it will look even better !

Elainiel provided you with great comments, and I support her words to the edge. More love in your art, in short, and more peeks at reference images.