I3lackDeath said:

Okay, so here is what I can offer:

As I said, the current state of this icon features an effect that looks very random. You can change that by creating an object that draws attention. This will become the core of your icon. This step is all up to you. I came up with a lightning that hits the ground, resulting in an electric current, focusing on the very spot of inpact (lightning "ball" ). Add some smaller lightnings all over the place, emerging from the actual impact / "ball". Now you have one object that catches the eye of users. You can round up the icon by creating some environment that fits the theme / idea. I decided to make it hit somewhere in a dying forest, so you need additional shapes that represent trees. Drawing them all black creates very harsh contrasts, resulting in exactly the effect you want: a very strong light source, located in the middle of the impact point. Finally, you can do some things to pimp the sh* out of your icon: Use the "Liquify" filter (if you are working in Photoshop). I came to love this tool. If you use it wisely (after you gained some experience with it), you can create great looking matter and effects. I always use this when I want to create a distinct effect that shows motion (hence, "liquify" ). You can add another layer and set it to "Color" mode. Pick a colour and draw all over the icon to see how this actually works (if you haven't worked with this option before). Play around with various colours and layer opacities (you can create additional "Color" layers). Once you have created a colour scheme you like, you can flatten the whole image. Note that you will need a dark / black background for your image. If you merge "Color" layers with layers that don't have an actual background, it will look like make-up gone bad (you will see what I mean once you actually do that).

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