01:16, 16th Oct 2009
enjoy: Zoom in on the sword, and add more details. Make the edge less rough with a blend/smooth tool. Shading is lacking alot. Maybe give the blade a different shape? Also, the blade looks flat. Go to the tutorials and check out some of the icon tutorials. CRAZYRUSSIAN have made a great one.

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Wow this icon is amazing! Maybe you could make the sword a little bigger, or add some of the yellow 'glow' around the sword. Good job, 4.5/5!

wierd

the blade isnt' too metalic looking,
and kind of just looks like a gray line.

There is a lot to improve on this icon. First of all, the sword is not a sword at all. as JS has said, it is fashoned in the most horrible manner as to but in a grey line with a couple of darker grey streaks within it. So really fix up the shading and highlights need ed to make this a sword and not just a grey line.

There is another problem of recognising that this is a sword.... It has no hilt!! (at least not that we can see) really fix that up. there is also the fact that this is too long and skinny. if a real sword was fashoned this way, it would bend and wobble around. ajust the length and the thickness of the sword to make it look more realistic

The BG i have to admit is very messy atm. All i see is a bunch of wavy lines around the sword with little sparkles going everywhere. and as there is too little sword and a lot of BG, The BG distracts from the main idea.

2/5 Keep Trying

~Dentothor

Do like others, and zoom in, so you can see some of the handle and the blade only.
Search on sword on hive icons, to see how others do it. Also alot more shading is needed. The background is too bright, and therefor makes the sword boring to look at.

2/5