Icon Contest #12 - Spells on Different Units

[Heinvers]

A few more WiPs and a Final. Let me know what you think

The cracks need more definition indeed. Good outcome so far BR.

 

[kola]

Peasant wind walk, what do you think?


Thunderclap : Added the hand (will remove it if you think its unclear) ---- Old version :

Breath of fire : Changed the mouth and a bit of the beard ---- Old version :

Immolation : Changed the fire ---- Old version :

 

[Sin'dorei300]

Early WIP of Cannibalize for Zombie:

 

[lokharke]

Early WIP of Cannibalize for Zombie:

This one is nice. Looks like a shot straight out of a 3D movie. Nice. The face is excellent.

 

[A Void]

Peasant wind walk, what do you think?

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Thunderclap : Added the hand (will remove it if you think its unclear) ---- Old version :

Breath of fire : Changed the mouth and a bit of the beard ---- Old version :

Immolation : Changed the fire ---- Old version :

Personally peasant needs to have dark hair just like in-game, the mouth is a little too forced, it looks like he is actually forced to open his mouth and his eyes should look directly into the opponent that the fire is moving towards.

Wind Walk has something different from it that does not fit with the other icons. The white outline is also a poor choice.

This one is nice. Looks like a shot straight out of a 3D movie. Nice. The face is excellent.

lol.

 

[Just_Spectating]

Early WIP of Cannibalize for Zombie:

his arm looks weird, like, stubby.
any way to make it look like a normal sized arm? rather than like a midget zombie arm

 

[A Void]

Early WIP of Cannibalize for Zombie:

I noticed that all of your uploaded icons converted to BLP loose so much quality? You should get BLP Lab, from tools section. Right now the zombie cannibalize looks very poor compared to other quality icons in War3 and in this contest. Converting icon should not be too difficult with maxed settings of conversion. Button Manager even converts with more quality..

Example:

<- Your (Properly Converted).

<- Your (Terrible Quality) (Uploaded).

 

[Deolrin]

Alternatively, Magos is good at converting stuff too. You can even choose the amount of compression you want.

 

[Sin'dorei300]

Transformed the Charm for Naga Siren to Charm for Priestess of the Moon:

Opinions?

 

[Solu9]

Transformed the Charm for Naga Siren to Charm for Priestess of the Moon:

Opinions?

Trying not to be an ass kisser but that new version is a lot better. It just fits the idea better in my opinion. The whole color scheme is also appealing to me much more.
The hair on the right side (from our point of view) looks great. The hair on the left could use some more love. The anatomy of the face itself is just... really really good.

Oh and the left icon looks the best to my eyes.

 

[Footman16]

Transformed the Charm for Naga Siren to Charm for Priestess of the Moon:

Opinions?

The left one definitely looks better but I'd change the thing on the eye to be more "sparkly".

 

[PurgeandFire]

I noticed that all of your uploaded icons converted to BLP loose so much quality? You should get BLP Lab, from tools section. Right now the zombie cannibalize looks very poor compared to other quality icons in War3 and in this contest. Converting icon should not be too difficult with maxed settings of conversion. Button Manager even converts with more quality.

It isn't actually quality loss. He just sharpened the image. Although, I agree that it would look better with slightly less sharpening.

 

[Solu9]

It isn't actually quality loss. He just sharpened the image. Although, I agree that it would look better with slightly less sharpening.

Yeah, definitely because of sharpen. Although when converting to .blp (also with BLP lab) the icon will lose quality.

 

[A Void]

It isn't actually quality loss. He just sharpened the image. Although, I agree that it would look better with slightly less sharpening.

Thats, the problem. I wonder how come nobody even noticed how terribly-sharpened are Sin'dorei300's icons. I mean they are excellent in big image, but when made into War3 Icons they just seem to look worse than Wc3's Icons. My advise for Sin'dorei300 would be to stop sharpening too much.

 

[Deolrin]

To sharpen things more easily you should duplicate the layer, sharpen the duplicate layer and then mess with the opacity so that it wouldn't look too bad. :O

 

[Rui]

Transformed the Charm for Naga Siren to Charm for Priestess of the Moon:

Opinions?

Awww, does this mean we're not going to have a new naga face? Oh well, I like that one too.

 

[Heinvers]

wow, still awesome.

 

[Vinz]

Both look cool, but the first priestess is better. Keep up the good work.

 

[Sunreaver]

WOW nice icon but can u let me have your Charm Siren icon

 

[Sin'dorei300]

Thanks everyone for the feedback!

WOW nice icon but can u let me have your Charm Siren icon

Ofc!

 

[Sunreaver]

Whats ofc

 

[Vinz]

Of course.

 

[Sunreaver]

Thanks bro

 

[Chen]

Really?

 

[Sunreaver]

Cool but Skeletons still need improvements

 

[lokharke]

Really?

Tombstone is a nice idea. Maybe u can remove skeletons and just make a hand spring out from the tomb like death knight's unholy animation? If the skeletons are removed then your 1 prob is fixed.

 

[Vinz]

Tombstone needs to stand out more.

 

[Chen]

Hmm...I know the skeletons should improve, but i don't know how the grave can stand out

 

[rulerofiron99]

Really?

IMO, the image is too busy. For an icon you just want 1-2 main elements.

If you want to represent a Necromancer reviving, you need to tone down the other elements (tombstone, skeletons).
If you want to represent resurrection of skeletons, you should tone down the necromancer by e.g. putting him in a small corner of the image.

 

[Rui]

Animate Dead is already the Undead's version of Resurrection, the way I see it. Right now your icon is closer to the first than the second. There's got to be some key element to distinguish them.

 

[Blood Raven]

Wip 1 of Dreadlord Devour Magic
Basic shape n shit

 

[Vinz]

Looks nice even in an early stage, though I'd suggest some emphasis on the mouth and bad breath.

 

[lokharke]

Open more mouth like it is hungering for magic. I think after that only minor things would have to be worked on.

 

[Sunreaver]

Nice Blood Raven i love it

 

[A Void]

Wip 1 of Dreadlord Devour Magic
Basic shape n shit

I don't know if the face would look nice, but I think you should just to mouth of dread-lord, as it feeds on the energy.

 

[Blood Raven]

WiP 2
I have to finish my entry today, since I will be on holiday till 15th :/

 

[Vinz]

Faster, BR! No one would want anyone to be left out.

 

[Blood Raven]

Faster, BR! No one would want anyone to be left out.

Damn right
Here's the final.

 

[Heinvers]

You sure? more shading would be needed imo.

 

[Vinz]

Yes. It would look good as a third WIP.

 

[A Void]

You sure? more shading would be needed imo.

Anyone noticed that his .blp looks more polished and better than the actual Final WIP. I think you should still have enough time to polish it more - or after your holiday.

 

[Blood Raven]

First WiP for Dreadlord Soul Burn.
P.S. I fucking suck at drawing hands, plz don't laugh

EDIT: WiP 2 added. Fire will be recolored.
EDIT2: Here's something that looks like a final... Tweaks will be added in 64x format.
EDIT3: Okay, here's the final. Let me just compile my shit in one post so i can tag it as final.
P.S. I accidentally overrode the first WiP
EDIT4: @Just_Spectating (next post), I'm afraid I can't do much better. As I said, I suck at drawing hands. :/

 

[Just_Spectating]

doesn't look like a hand
look's like a scepter

 

[Blood Raven]

FINAL [Blood Raven] [Dreadlord Skillset]

Here's my final guys. Hope you like them, and I apologize for not being able to fix, polish or update my icons further because of my holidays. Because the contest will be over when I come back, I wish every one contestant the best of luck in the contest. We've all had some fun here and I'm looking forward to the next icon contest.

Dreadlord Stomp

Dreadlord Soulburn

Dreadlord Devour Magic

Dreadlord Reincarnation

You can browse my previous posts if you're interested in seeing WiPs.
And here's the final Skillset:

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Sketches

Reference Images

I used those as reference:
http://img3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20080426224228/wowwiki/images/6/69/Dreadlord.jpg
http://cdn.animeonly.org/albums/2007_01_22/5000-Renders/Warcraft/normal_Dreadlord.png
http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs12/f/2006/319/1/4/Warcraft_III___Dreadlord_by_radiationboyy.jpg

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Icons in .blp format attached below (in a zip).
Hope you enjoy it! Well, goodbye I guess, I'm going on holidays! :3

 

[lokharke]

I like the dreadlord's horn in devour magic. Ya, sould burn's hand looks too slender almost like that of a skeleton but is ok. I didn't know dreadlords also had hoofs before this (only illidan). Goodbye and enjoy your holidays.

 

[Heinvers]

doesn't look like a hand
look's like a scepter

Agreed. Anyway good set you have now BR.

 

[A Void]

Dread lord's hand looks more like tentacles. Personally only the stomp and devour magic looked genuine enough. The others need more polishing and re-working. Have a nice holiday Blood.

 

[Vinz]

Third one needs more brighf purple.

 

[Sunreaver]

Here's my final guys. Hope you like them, and I apologize for not being able to fix, polish or update my icons further because of my holidays. Because the contest will be over when I come back, I wish every one contestant the best of luck in the contest. We've all had some fun here and I'm looking forward to the next icon contest.

Dreadlord Stomp

Dreadlord Soulburn

Dreadlord Devour Magic

Dreadlord Reincarnation

You can browse my previous posts if you're interested in seeing WiPs.
And here's the final Skillset:

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Sketches

Reference Images

I used those as reference:
http://img3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20080426224228/wowwiki/images/6/69/Dreadlord.jpg
http://cdn.animeonly.org/albums/2007_01_22/5000-Renders/Warcraft/normal_Dreadlord.png
http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs12/f/2006/319/1/4/Warcraft_III___Dreadlord_by_radiationboyy.jpg

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Icons in .blp format attached below (in a zip).
Hope you enjoy it! Well, goodbye I guess, I'm going on holidays! :3

Cool

 

[Kala]

I'm not sure if i'm even gonna join the contest, but here's a quick WIP i made.

Peon Battle Roar :)