BTNFrostEnchantC

[Moderator]

14:26, 3rd Sep 2013
enjoy: Way too much going on here. It's VERY confusing to look at. Less small detailed pieces, would be more pleasent to look at. And the thick infront of the hand is a shame, you should remove that. Maybe add a background.

13:23 18th oct 2013
enjoy: No changes made. Awaiting update.

 

[morbent]

Nice icon. I mean.. it's.. .REALLY good for a first try. The hand looks a bit. unproportional and unrealistic, but hands are quite hard to draw wow xD

Hmm. Well, an important thing about icons is background - it should always be black... in only.. few cases you should make it colorful. Maybe you should lower a bit this blue magic around his hand. Also, try adding different colors - like purplish-blue, blue-orange, blue-teal, etc. It gives "life" to your painting. The color variety.


For a first try though... this is... AMAZING

take my rep and a 5/5 :!

 

[PublishedShadow]

I Decided to get rid of most the blue, the hand should look more transparent; the icon itself looks, I guess... more Icy? Got rid of the bolt so now it's more of a frost shield/bolt forming....

The hand gave me a lot of problems... While making it, the idea I had was a cupped, (sort of like palming a basketball), hand shape.

Thanks for the feedback!

 

[morbent]

Hmm.. Well, you can always take a hand image from the internet for reference or just look at your hand and draw it. Hands are really hard to draw.. The background DOes look better now, but, since it's a background I think you should make it .. less shaped. I mean, more like bluish atmosphere with frost sparks or something like that. Still, as I said, it's very very good for a first icon, especially the coloring. The coloring is amazing, the only problem is the icon itself. The hand and the spell it throws. It looks more like blue gel and a frost shield in front, which is cool, but since it's an enchant it should be something like.. more.. more "atmospheric" if you know what I mean

Or probably make like a hand that is enchanting a sword (looked from above) etc. Try a lot of versions of the concept itself before you start painting the image, it really helps, at least to me

Then you just choose the one you like most and .. paint it. I like how you painted the hand. Even though it has these strokes that are kinda.. well, unfinished, as some would say, it is still really good and cool xD

 

[Binsu]

Hey there. Icon looks nice but only problem is that the ice is quite unrealistic dont you think. It looks like more of a liquid water or cartoonish ice?

But nice job on this. 3/5!

 

[PublishedShadow]

All of this helps... so would something like this look better?

Concept Image

This would make it more of an enchantment but I still would have to make it look more icy... I'm liking this new concept though... I personally think the hand looks better like this as well.


I also would want to make the spell's spiral around the hand stand out more, so it looks like it's actually circling the hand...

 

[Binsu]

Yes, but the ice looks like mess up. How about smoothen it up and fitting still for War3?

 

[PublishedShadow]

Yes, but the ice looks like mess up. How about smoothen it up and fitting still for War3?

Oh that was something I just tried and went on as a concept. I'm gonna make it look much better before considering updating.

 

[Binsu]

Well, actually your ice is kind of a liquid water here. Dont make it maybe too smooth becuase it makes it much of a water.

 

[morbent]

Wow. This new version is a lot cooler. But maybe.. less definition to the spell and more.. not blurriness but ..hmmm bluish-glow

 

[PublishedShadow]

So here's an update of that version...

Update

New:

Old:

 

[Binsu]

Looks much much more better but you can make that cey aura that is like circling his hands realistic because it is like a blue Whip constricting its hands. Good luck and +4 REP bro!

 

[PublishedShadow]

Looks much much more better but you can make that cey aura that is like circling his hands realistic because it is like a blue Whip constricting its hands. Good luck and +4 REP bro!

Funny, I was literally just thinking that so I sure will. You mean the part that's off to the side of the wrist correct?

 

[Binsu]

Yes =)

 

[PublishedShadow]

Icon Updated with those changes...


I'm wondering if the thumb should have slightly more white on it?

 

[morbent]

Hmm.. I Don't think it should. I mean, it isn't the center of the icon and right now it's good looking