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Icon Criticism

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Hey.. I'm new to making icons so i figure before i try to submit those i've made i'd ask the hive what you think?

All the Icons I've made are no less than 85% Freehand and one is 100% (yet not quite as good as the rest (guess which one for yourself).

Please criticize harshly as I really want to know whats wrong and how to improve. Also if you think that i obviously have no chance at making good icons please DO say so.

Thanks for all comments.

By the way In this thread I am 'Requesting' your opinions.

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Feel Free to Use these Icons and also feel free to +rep me xD
 
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it's nice that you want to help others by sharing icons, but i must say: I won't use icons like this in my map. I really wouldn`t.

And i don`t know who would.
 
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a bit too detailed, many of these detailes (like flames in the first icons) will become just a blur. also they need a bit more contrast and saturation to look warcraft-ish
 
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Thanks for that. I've added three more if you could tell me if you think i've done any better...
Admittedly I used the same hand in two icons, however the hand was 100% freehand so i figure its ok..ish..

New Icons
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wow.
The new icons are looking wwaaaaayyy muuuchh bettter.
They are amazing.
Keep making them like this:)
 
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I have Decided your right Slaydon, the Fire shield is a bit.. horrible to look at so i changed it slightly and converted it into a 'Dark Shield' I also added another variation of the hand icon.

New Icons

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New Version of Flame Shield (Dark Shield)
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You put way too much detail in these. Remember they will be 64x64 and half of the stuff won't be visible, just make colors look bad.

Your green shield, for example: background becomes grey-green mess.
Static purge becomes so dark you can barely tell what's on the icon, which defeats its purpose.

Don't put too much detail in this. If you want them to look more like Blizz icons, use only basic shading and bright colors. Don't worry if it doesn't look good when it's hi-res, only thing that matters is how it looks in 64x64.
 

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