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BTNLightningSword.2 (Icon)

Lightning Sword (Icon)

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Murlocologist
Some things mentioned in earlier review still stand, but I appreciate effort you put in updating it, icon looks good and shows improvements from previous version, so it is approved.

The Panda

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1: There is too much light here, too much contrast, i would lower the contrast of the light.
2: The handle needs more work and shading, plus we cant really see it in 64x64 because of the high contrast.
3: I would make it half a original sword and have lightning around it, giving off an aura of some sort.
 
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White should be placed only on few places just to give actual, proper highlight. Perspective...well, 99% of sword icons uploaded here use it, so its ok. Those thunder lines that surround the blade are too thick. Blade and handle don't seem to share the same lightsource. And you could add some more definition to sword as well to make it more interesting.
 
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Colors aren't working. It is very crowded with colors. The pink you put as part of the handle is completely unneeded. Background is still too shiny and highlights in overall are just too strong, rather use solid black or darker variation of colors than ones on sword. Avoid use of solid white. There is still no lightsource, at least not a logical one. Where is the light coming from? In this state it appears light is coming from a flashlight someone pointed at the area where blade meets handle. And then we have other source striking at bottom of handle but somehow not affecting golden part. That won't work. Please fix it. I'd recommend you to chose 1 source of light as we still don't wants icon to be too bright. Try to use that golden/yellow color for the entire handle instead of blue variations. Shape still appears quite common, but that isn't major problem. Shape of handle could be less wide.

Among the good things about it is that you made improvements when it comes to details, and blade is shaded well, but apply that to the rest as well. It looks less flat than last time as well. You are making a progress which is a good thing. Please try to come up with some edits, until then I'll place it in awaiting update section.
 

The Panda

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The lightning is fine right now but the sword itself needs alot of work, the blade seems thick and not thin and sharp. Id like to see this zoomed in a bit more also.. its nice too see the whole sword but warcraft icons are mainly zoomed in and just showing the handle and the sword area around it.
 
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