2D Art Mini-Contests: Icons' Prison

[Kingz]

Really creative work guys.

I was hoping for a stone frame myself, i really think it would be a cool one.

 

[Hemske]

If Pharaoh_'s extension counts towards all contestants, the deadline was today between 0:59 and 1:59.

Oh, too bad.

 

[I3lackDeath]

Really creative work guys.

I was hoping for a stone frame myself, i really think it would be a cool one.

Stone wouldn't have been very imaginative, though it depends on the concept.

Also, I fear some people missed a rule of this contest (posting PSD/XCF files).
Could we ignore that rule, Pharaoh_?

Also, just as some sort of resumee, it was mean to include "no copypasta of existing parts" in the rules. It was kinda annoying to have to draw everything again and still get a regular border.

 

[Kingz]

Stone wouldn't have been very imaginative, though it depends on the concept.

Maybe, but it sure would have been useful.

 

[Pharaoh_]

Looks like I didn't get this done on time. Deadline was yesterday, no? Or is the timezones screwing with me?

Wanna still work on it?

 

[Hemske]

Wanna still work on it?

Definitely, would love to finish it. As I've finally come up with an idea. Can be done by today/tomorrow.

 

[Apheraz Lucent]

What about a two day extension? That way, everyone can add finishing touches, I can add a DISBTN border, and Elainiel can also participate?

 

[Kingz]

I would also support this in order to get more high quality entries to the field.

I doubt anyone here would object.

 

[Pharaoh_]

Yes, that would be great! Okay +2 days given!

 

[Hemske]

Hurray! Time to get to work then.

 

[Panda]

Lovely! i will update my post in the next 2 days.

 

[Static]

OK so here are my borders. I am continuing my future/metal based them

/ BTN / DISBTN / ATC / DISATC / PAS / DISPAS /

And here is a screen on when i started working on the icon but i got an error... But i was clever and made a Screenshot then cut out my border from it

WIP

 

[JollyD]

OK so here are my borders. I am continuing my future/metal based them

/ BTN / DISBTN / ATC / DISATC / PAS / DISPAS /

And here is a screen on when i started working on the icon but i got an error... But i was clever and made a Screenshot then cut out my border from it

WIP

Nice metallic things ^)

 

[Static]

Nice metallic things ^)

Yeah i am thinking of making a UI but i am not 100% sure

 

[I3lackDeath]

Yeah i am thinking of making a UI but i am not 100% sure

How did you create the borders exactly?

Creating a custom UI with 100% freehand contest is a sh*tload of work, but it's completely worth the effort, because you will learn so much while you work on it.

 

[Static]

Everything in my icon's is freehand lol....
How did i create the borders ?? drawing them lolz... In the screen you can see your icon beneth it i took 1 of your borders and resize it to my liking just to see how "thick"i can make my borders IF you look at the screenshot closly you can see some layers have little shading and almoust no light and the visible layer has shades and lights

 

[I3lackDeath]

Everything in my icon's is freehand lol....
How did i create the borders ?? drawing them lolz... In the screen you can see your icon beneth it i took 1 of your borders and resize it to my liking just to see how "thick"i can make my borders IF you look at the screenshot closly you can see some layers have little shading and almoust no light and the visible layer has shades and lights

I did not meant to offend you, I just asked out of curiosity, because I wanted to give you some advice on the creation of an UI.
If I were you, I'd definitely try it out.

 

[Static]

I know you didn't want to offend me I jsut explained it. Basicly i am not sure for the creation of a UI but if i start one i will ask be sure of it Advices are aways welcome because you can learn much from them ;] Be free to send some advices on a pm maybe

 

[JollyD]

My additional Preview of border, i will try a hard and draw as a mad, to finish my icons in time.. Tons of work..

 

[Hemske]

First WIP from me:

 

[Static]

My additional Preview of border, i will try a hard and draw as a mad, to finish my icons in time.. Tons of work..

If i am not wrong your big picture is very detailed but because of the resize the detais are not visible what size are the icons you draw before resize ??
But it is good for now

 

[JollyD]

If i am not wrong your big picture is very detailed but because of the resize the detais are not visible what size are the icons you draw before resize ??
But it is good for now

Thank you

Usually i work on 320x320 but here i will be making icons in actual size of 64x64

 

[I3lackDeath]

My additional Preview of border, i will try a hard and draw as a mad, to finish my icons in time.. Tons of work..

I can see the chain, but the rest is... not to be identified.
Care to share a bigger pic of this?

 

[JollyD]

I can see the chain, but the rest is... not to be identified.
Care to share a bigger pic of this?

It is actual size, 64x64, and yes it is indetailed

Here is another preview of ATC I have maded

 

[Pharaoh_]

Hm, BTN is awesome, but ATC does seem to create an unpleasant effect: the border itself busts in the icon so much, that it looks as if it's a part of it.

 

[JollyD]

Hm, BTN is awesome, but ATC does seem to create an unpleasant effect: the border itself busts in the icon so much, that it looks as if it's a part of it.

Thank you for the review. Yes these torches are a bit too much here.. I will try to do something.. with them

 

[Hemske]

Second WIP. Yes it looks quite simple, I want it like that. Borders shouldn't derive the attention too much from the icon itself in my opinion.

Final submission. I've noticed the stones need harder shadings/lightning as I resized it. Also figured I've made too small details to be enough noticable. Unfortunately I am out of time. So this will be my final entry. (sorry about the double post, but wanted to notify you about me being done)
Have to say it didn't really turn out to what I wanted it to.

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BTN and DISBTN

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NEW BTN and DISBTN, these are the final ones:

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[Pharaoh_]

I have to say, I am so happy of how this turned out. 5 10 rep to every contestant instead!

 

[I3lackDeath]

Final submission. I've noticed the stones need harder shadings/lightning as I resized it. Also figured I've made too small details to be enough noticable. Unfortunately I am out of time. So this will be my final entry. (sorry about the double post, but wanted to notify you about me being done)
Have to say it didn't really turn out to what I wanted it to.

The leaves are really tiny and insignificant. You can hardly see them properly in the icon itself.

 

[Hemske]

Updated my final submission post. Made the leafs a bit bigger and added another one.
As it was such a quick edit I figured, what the hell. I keep the old ones for comparison, but the new ones are the final ones.

 

[I3lackDeath]

@Phar, <3
@Black, Yeah I agree, looks good in the big one, but falters in the proper sized one. Oh well.

What's the canvas size you used?

 

[Hemske]

I used 128x128 when working on it. Working on this small sizes never really been my thing, I don't really get the hang of it.

 

[I3lackDeath]

I used 128x128 when working on it. Working on this small sizes never really been my thing, I don't really get the hang of it.

I see. I used that size myself. It's true, you don't have that much to work with, the trick is to get as much done as possible, resize the image to the original size (64x64 in this case) and do some touch-ups there.
Still, some experience in pixel art doesn't hurt.

 

[Hemske]

Yeah, thanks for the tip. And sure it does not, I find it interesting to work in ways I don't usually do. So it has been a good experience even though I am not fully content with how it turned out

 

[I3lackDeath]

Yeah, thanks for the tip. And sure it does not, I find it interesting to work in ways I don't usually do. So it has been a good experience even though I am not fully content with how it turned out

That's great to hear, because that's what contests are for: to push your boundaries and try out new things. You will improve automatically.

 

[JollyD]

@Elainiel, Nice to see my icon inside your borders ! ^) Nice job for the borders

 

[Hemske]

It looks great, I would say that is one of your best icons And thanks.

 

[JollyD]

A little adjustment of BTN

small

 

[Pharaoh_]

Old one was better :/

You may want to create an ATC instead with this piece, by toying around with those little squares (like spreading them more around, as if they are shuttered and floating in air) and by changing the red color.

 

[I3lackDeath]

Old one was better :/

You may want to create an ATC instead with this piece, by toying around with those little squares (like spreading them more around, as if they are shuttered and floating in air) and by changing the red color.

That is a good idea.

Unfortunately, the elements you created in the border don't look very coherent. Hence, picking one element and using it for ATC borders would be a wise move.

Looking forward to what you post next!

 

[Panda]

Updated my post, Judges go by this.
http://www.hiveworkshop.com/forums/2200318-post86.html

 

[grunt]

@ Hemske : nice border and good idea it looks useful !!
@ JollyD : nice one but I think that the previous was better !!
@ The Panda : is that only me or there is 3 link with 2 ones that direct as to the forum section in my entrie ???!!

 

[Jolly_jumper]

I just gotta say to you all, really amazing job! You showed some true creativity, when i first saw this contest i couldn't come up with one cool thing and look at you! NICE!

 

[JollyD]

The contest will be finished today?

--- no double post)

Here is my border, meh I want iconset with PAS and ATC, will try to do them in addition to this.. If i will not do so, please count this as my final entry

I am sorry I have not saved another tests PSD files, I have only first sketch and thelast one with some merged layers, basically for wall detailed, spider.. next time i will be more ehh accuracy

 

[Pharaoh_]

Okay, great. Well, the contest has ended, I will ask the judge now. Thank you everyone for joining, awesome work!

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Coming up next...

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[Hemske]

Who is the judge for this?

 

[Pharaoh_]

I will let you know soon.

 

[Hemske]

Oh, great. Thought i'd missed the post about who was judging it.

 

[Pharaoh_]

67chrome has accepted to judge the entries! We are thankful <3

 

[I3lackDeath]

I look forward to his judging.

Where do we tell him which borders of our entries he shall judge?