BTNVampire

[Moderator]

04:17, 19th Mar 2016
Sin'dorei300: It'd be nice to see some improvements.
Read my comment.

01:59, 27th Mar 2016
Sin'dorei300: I don't see too much difference compared to the old one.
I recommend you to make some more visible improvements.

 

[KILLCIDE]

I was about this close to the screen.



On a more serious note, I still couldn't really tell what it was. It is reeeally dark and there is really no definitions of a vampire from what I can see. Do you mind posting the original image?

 

[Naze]

Interesting, in my screen it is pretty clear! Must be display's configuration.

I think the fact that it was too dark in KILLCIDE's screen is an indication you should brighten the background outlining the vampire, in a way that better emphasises the silhouette.

 

[Arad MNK]

Maybe a slight color difference between the vampire and the background?

 

[WereElf]

Alright, I updated it to a brighter version.
I guess it wouldn't be as dark when you download it, but the preview images didn't change

 

[KILLCIDE]

Ahh now I see it! I actually like it :3 the purple glow looks nice around the silhouette. Did you use any reference images?

 

[WereElf]

I used one dreadlord pic to get the shape and proportins of his head and horns right

But the body and his hand are free-hand work by me
The glow too

EDIT: I uploaded passive buttons too, with the new glow

 

[Sin'dorei300]

Regarding the vampire related theme, this is a pretty good idea.
With a bit of imagination and effort, some good icons touching the vampiric realm could come out.
Actually, this icon is too dark and too simple.
If u use a dark silhouette, u could help it to stand out with an interesting effect/bg, not only with a simple glow on a black bg.
Be more creative!
Also, this dark silhouette could have some reflections on it, reducing a bit of its flatness in this way.
Almost anyone could trace a contour(over a reference pic) to create a silhouette, adding a glow around it.
We can make hundred icons in this way, but i don't recommend it at all. We have some rules to follow.
Why don't u try to draw something using ur skills?
Read some of these tutorials that we have here(2D Art Tutorials):
How to Make an Icon
General Icon Process Tutorial
Basic Icons Tutorial
ICONS by Crazyrussian
Basic Icon Guide
, and try to make something on ur own, avoid tracing and CnP.
I'm sure u will succeed if u insist on it.

 

[WereElf]

I did try to make it 100% free-hand at 1-st, but it looked ridiculous
His head was like a bubble, with antenas
(I guess part of the reason for that was because I was in a train and the ride was bumpy, and I couldn't control the mouse too well . But even if that wasn't the case, I still doubt it would've looked this good by imagination alone)
It actually turned out that drawing siluets is actually harder than normal drawing.
You need to imagine where the body parts are supposed to be, and stuff like that, while with normal drawing - you just see them xP

But, yeah, I'll read these guides and try to make a better icon next time

 

[Sin'dorei300]

No, no, don't hesitate to use reference pics, but i say to draw looking at them(looking at a reference pic and using your own skill to sketch out the picture), not over them(not drawing over lines that are already there for you).

 

[WhiteFang]

I feel like it would be awesome if you brightened the purple outline a bit,otherwise it is pretty useful

 

[BiroN]

Light it up, fam.

 

[WereElf]

Okay, I increased the contrast - made the glow brighter, and added another layer to the background, so now it gets darker further from the vampire.
I also added some highlights on the siluet, but they aren't really noticable on the icon xP

 

[Sin'dorei300]

Can you show me the big pic, please?

 

[WereElf]

Here... both the psd, and the jpg files
You can find something "weird" I tried to do (but didn't apply) in the psd..