2D Art Mini-Contests: Icons' Prison

[Pharaoh_]

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Brainstorm an alternative icon border!

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25 reputation for the winner & every contestant shall receive 5 reputation each!

None yet!

• All submissions must follow the current theme.
• You are not allowed to copy-paste any element.
• You can broaden your custom icon border, as long as the candidate icon is still visible.
• The icon border must be usable, this is not a Concept Art contest.
• Your submission in form of a *.png/*.tga and (if done through the following) *.psd (Adobe Photoshop)/*.xcf (GIMP) must be posted before the deadline.
• You must show at least one unfinished preview of your submission, before the deadline, as proof that it’s yours.
• Your submission may not be started/made before the official launch of the contest.
• Teamwork is not allowed.
• The submission has to follow the site rules.

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The 2D Mini-Contest "Icons' Prison" shall begin on 1st of August and conclude on 15th of August.

 

[I3lackDeath]

Erm, are there any limits as of what is allowed to be cut off by that custom border? Blizzard borders frame a 56x56 pixel image, so the border is 8x8 big.

I hope you get what I mean.

 

[Pharaoh_]

Erm, are there any limits as of what is allowed to be cut off by that custom border? Blizzard borders frame a 56x56 pixel image, so the border is 8x8 big.

I hope you get what I mean.

If I got what you meant, then

• You can broaden your custom icon border, as long as the candidate icon is still visible.

Additionally, you may shrink it to what you want.

 

[I3lackDeath]

Well well, alright, it's like with UI portraits then. Those are nifty to create.

 

[Apheraz Lucent]

Sounds like extremely great fun, I'm in.

 

[I3lackDeath]

Dumb question, but it's also forbidden to make sketches on paper before the contest starts, right? Just making sure, I'll just start sketching when I find time at work or something.

 

[Apheraz Lucent]

Oh my God.

I tried to paint with magenta the borders to see their size, and we'll have to work on VERY small texture (4 to 8 pix), meaning details & shading: mission impossible. I also tried a test with small over-the-border colors here and there, and the result is one big honest 'iugh'.

Now THAT's what I call a challenge.

 

[I3lackDeath]

Oh my God.

I tried to paint with magenta the borders to see their size, and we'll have to work on VERY small texture (4 to 8 pix), meaning details & shading: mission impossible. I also tried a test with small over-the-border colors here and there, and the result is one big honest 'iugh'.

Now THAT's what I call a challenge.

The standard BTN border is 8x8 big, since the center icon is 56x56 and the total size is 64x64. Also, as Pharaoh_ stated, we may make it bigger. Pixel art.

 

[Hemske]

Oh dear god. You really need to stop posting such interesting contests. You're ruining my life Phar D:

 

[Jazztastic]

I am very interested in this contest so I shall subscribe.

 

[Sin'dorei300]

I'm in!

 

[JollyD]

I will be in, some questions : are we allowed to post more than one border icon and is thr size needs to be 64x64 as a standart size of icon?

 

[Pharaoh_]

The size must fit the default border, so yes.

No, multiple entries by the same person are not allowed.

 

[grunt]

I'm in too !!
edit : first wip

edit : second one and maybe last

edit : or I'll maybe do it like that

 

[I3lackDeath]

Well, this would be my entry post.
The inner shadows are fused to the respective borders. Additionally, I tested the TGA files in BTNManager, so I can pretty much guarantee that they work.
If you encounter any problems, please contact me. Sometimes BTNManager bitches around with tiny tiny details, when they should work without any problems.

WIPs

The PAS border should be the throne of the Queen of Hearts from American McGee's "Alice: Madness Returns". Unfortunately, the border was too large, so it cut off >30% of an icon...

Reference: Queen of Hearts

Edit:
Update 1: Improved BTN border.
Update 2: Added DISBTN border.
Update 3: Added ATC border (DISATC is not needed, they are the same).
Update 4: Added PAS and DISPAS borders.
Update 5: Remade PAS and DISPAS borders.
Update 6: Added ATT border.
Update 7: Added UPG border.

From left to right:
BTN - DISBTN - ATC - PAS - DISPAS - ATT - UPG

 

[Pharaoh_]

Awesome entries so far!

 

[stonneash]

I Will Join Too,And I Will Try My Best!

 

[grunt]

here is my entrie :
-BTN

/ -DISBTN

-ATC

/ -DISATC

-ATT

/ -UPG

 

[Pharaoh_]

Posting the entry instantly and calling it final is not acceptable, I'm afraid. You need to post the psd file as well (non-flattened image, to prove that it's your work).

 

[grunt]

sorry but what's psd ?? I'm using paint !!

 

[RiotZ]

God this is a really awesome concept. I may have to take a wing at it.

 

[Pharaoh_]

sorry but what's psd ?? I'm using paint !!

Photoshop file. Paint? Can that generate transparent background?

 

[RiotZ]

Photoshop file. Paint? Can that generate transparent background?

I don't think so haha.

 

[grunt]

for the transparence I use microsoft office publisher !!

 

[The Panda]

May i judge

 

[grunt]

I'll show you pictures tomorro how I do for proving to you that it's my work !!

 

[Hemske]

You use paint for your art? :O That is an accomplishment in itself.

 

[grunt]

@ Pharaoh :

spoiler

"here is how I made it
-paint :

-publisher:

"

thats all !!

 

[Hemske]

My eyes. They hurt. Hidden tags please D:

 

[grunt]

oh sorry how we do that please ??

edit : ps: BTN border

ATC border

 

[Hemske]

Wrap your text/imagelink with "hidden" tags, like this (but without the "1"):

[1HIDDEN="spoiler"]"all your text"[1/HIDDEN]

 

[grunt]

thx !! and here is ATT border

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[Sin'dorei300]

1st WIP:

What do u think, guys?

 

[grunt]

I think that it is very nice !!

 

[I3lackDeath]

So, wait.... How many borders does this contest require? A regular BTN alternative, or additional ATK, UPG etc. ones?

 

[Pharaoh_]

Just BTN/DISBTN. But feel free to create the rest, if you wish, like grunt did.

 

[I3lackDeath]

Updated my entry post. I'll try and get workin' on the other buttons either tomorrow or during the weekend.

And wait, DISBTN? Is that a condition of this mini-contest? Because I don't see what good it would do to replace the simple "blacking out" thingy, like the passive "borders" (I never looked at them as borders per se, but a simple fading out effect).

@Sin'dorei300:
Interesting. Let's see how it looks when resized and finished.

 

[stonneash]

I updated My last post please check

 

[Pharaoh_]

Updated my entry post. I'll try and get workin' on the other buttons either tomorrow or during the weekend.

And wait, DISBTN? Is that a condition of this mini-contest? Because I don't see what good it would do to replace the simple "blacking out" thingy, like the passive "borders" (I never looked at them as borders per se, but a simple fading out effect).

@Sin'dorei300:
Interesting. Let's see how it looks when resized and finished.

Doesn't that depend on the shape of your border? If it has been decorated outwards, the default DISBTN shadow won't be matching with it.

 

[I3lackDeath]

Doesn't that depend on the shape of your border? If it has been decorated outwards, the default DISBTN shadow won't be matching with it.

Hmmmm, as I said, I never looked at PAS/DISBTN as borders per se. It didn't even look corresponding to the existing BTN borders for me.

Interesting point though, gotta do that aswell.

 

[kola]

DISBTN and PAS shadows don't match better with the normal border than with a new border.

 

[Sin'dorei300]

WIP 2:

 

[grunt]

-BTN

-DISBTN

-ATC

-DISATC

-ATT

ps : @Sin'dorei300 : very nice night elf border !!

 

[stonneash]

-BTN

-DISBTN

-ATC

-DISATC

-ATT

ps : @Sin'dorei300 : very nice night elf border !!

@grunt :grunt you are such a talented guy , i really like your talent of drawing amazing stuff with just paint BTW is your avatar made using paint??

 

[Kaizer]

My very first contest >_<

WIP

Here are my Entry:
View attachment BTNIcon's Prison no glow.tga / View attachment BTNIcon's Prison no glow.psd -
View attachment DISBTNIcon's Prison no glow.tga / View attachment DISBTNIcon's Prison no glow.psd -



These Borders below have glow in the skull which is only appropriate with icons with LIGHT background...

 

[I3lackDeath]

Added DISBTN border. On to ATC, ATT and UPG.

Also, I assume the PAS should get changed aswell? That will be interesting, as it doesn't feature anything in the original version.

 

[grunt]

@stonneash : thx you are skilled too !! and my avatar is drawing with pencil and paper then colored with paint !!

 

[I3lackDeath]

Meh, woke up and didn't like the PAS borders anymore. They need to be bigger to clearly see what they should depict... Gonna remake them.

 

[I3lackDeath]

Question about BTNManager and ATT borders:

When you select the original ATT border, it automatically resizes the icon to fit in the border.
That does not work with custom borders. Any ideas how to fix that?

 

[stonneash]

Question about BTNManager and ATT borders:

When you select the original ATT border, it automatically resizes the icon to fit in the border.
That does not work with custom borders. Any ideas how to fix that?

There is a resize option in the button manger
you just go to Actions-->file to size to 64x64