BTNEntanglingroots

[Moderator]

18:10, 11th Jun 2009
zombie2279: Totally lacks shading and highlights. The object itself is too simple aswell. Give it some more work, until then, rejected until updated.

 

[Deolrin]

Nice icon, and its all green so don't worry about that. It's a bit blurry and just a little bit undefined, but not too much.

4/5

 

[Gamecrafter_DK]

Thanks for the awesome rating man and, do you think i should do something about it?

 

[Deolrin]

All I can see is that it needs some glow around it, and a Sharpen filter.

 

[Gamecrafter_DK]

... since this is my 2nd icon, i'm not sure what you mean, do you want me to blurr it up to create an 'aura', and then sharpen it?

 

[Deolrin]

If you're using Photoshop, then go to Filters, then Sharpen, and click Sharpen, or Sharpen More if needed. And the Glow, I mean, just a faint glow around the vines, sorta like here for example.

 

[Gamecrafter_DK]

okay... maybe about that glow... i've sharpened it:

But about that glow, i think it'll look awkward, as i'm trying to make it look like the model...

 

[Deolrin]

The sharpened version looks better, good job. I think it deserves some +Rep now.

 

[Gamecrafter_DK]

Thanks i'll upload it now.

 

[Deolrin]

Wait, no, don't upload a new icon! Just update this one.

 

[Dentothor]

it looks very messy and it quite low quality. i cant really connect this to Entagling roots because it only looks to me like green lines and green dots. You need to give it a lot more definition.

2/5 (LACKING)

 

[Gamecrafter_DK]

... that's a point of view too... and you're probably right... but i've done as good as i could, and here it is, it works fine for me. I don't think i can do much better...

 

[Dentothor]

... that's a point of view too... and you're probably right... but i've done as good as i could, and here it is, it works fine for me. I don't think i can do much better...

keep trying and make it look more like roots and not green lines. theres no reason to give up. it just needs more definition thats all! ^^

 

[StaberFire]

I think it has plenty of defenition, the only apparent problem is detail.

I mean no offense, but the roots are a little bland. They need some details and shadows.

 

[Dentothor]

Definition is somwhat like shadow and details. it is defining what the object actually is.

 

[Gamecrafter_DK]

hmm, wise words... i'll look into it, and shade it a bit more...

edit:

I've done it... here they are: the new one:

and that's the old one.

 

[Dentothor]

try not to make the vines so round possibly and add thors to the vines

 

[Gamecrafter_DK]

Look at the model, only every second vine got thorns, and they have on my icon...

 

[Dentothor]

ok i used the same concept as you and is this what your tying to do?

PS i did this in like 10 min so i know it looks bad

 

[Gamecrafter_DK]

No... it isn't... at all... i would rather show the whole thing, instead of only part of it... Yours look pretty, but i can't see what it's supposed to look like, brown goo flowing from a black hole with thorny vines on the side?

 

[Dentothor]

you get the main concept. and as i said. i only made this as an example. it took less than 10 min. so yeah it looks bad and that is the basic concept you used. whether you used the whole root or not

 

[Gamecrafter_DK]

... i disagree a little, but i will try to redo it; look at the new roots i've made:

retried making the entangling roots icon; didn't turn out as good:

And now i redid the original icon:

with my new knowledge of shading and so on, i think it turned out better. i also sharpened it.

 

[Dentothor]

i think you should have a unit in the middle. it would mak it more definable

 

[StaberFire]

I think that might add more clutter and take the quality away from the roots.

 

[Dentothor]

if you dont know how to do it properly then yes. if you do, then no

 

[Gamecrafter_DK]

... uuh.... clutter? ... what did you mean, you two, with your last posts? (i got the unit-in thingy)