Energy Staff, need help with improving it.

[Hemske]

Hey there, this is my newest work in iconmaking. An energy/thunder/lightning/burst staff. Something feels bad about it and it feels like something is missing, I need help to figure out what is missing as well as suggestions on how to improve it. Thank you.

 

[Deleted member 157129]

It lacks more subtle glow to cover the black areas. I'd also suggest removing the red bits and make the staff itself out of a brighter shade of grey.

 

[Hemske]

How about it now? Edited the first post with the changes. Accidently removed the first version though :/.

 

[kola]

well, its never i good idea to completly zoom out to make people see the whole object.

if i was u, i show only the wood part and one of the lightning part. 1 sec, i'll try making an example.

 

[Deleted member 157129]

I think it looks decent now, just one thing - the "energy bar" in the lower right is slightly longer than the one in the upper left. Either that or my eyes are playing tricks on me. Slap a border on it and see what the mods think.

 

[Hemske]

I made one zoomed as you said Kola, the first picture is how it turned out, and I did some minor changes on it. Picture number two is the first version how it looks right now.