Little Icons

[Vercas]

My icons

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Potions[td]Pills[/td] [td]Misc.[/td] [td]Runes[/td] [td]Shields[/td] [td]Shields[/td] [td]Shields[/td] [td]Shields[/td] [td]Armors[/td] [td]Armors[/td] [td]Armors[/td]

Presentations

Because I was bored, I also made these:

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Old Runes Algiz Ansuz Berkano Dagaz Ehwaz Eihwaz Fehu Gebo Hagalaz Ingwaz Isa Jera Kenaz Laguz Mannaz Nauthiz Othala Perthro Raidho Sowilo Thurisaz Tiwaz Uruz Wunjo Runes: About the runes... This is the whole runic alphabet sculpted in stone. The quallity is not so high... The highlights and shades are almost invisible... They are not in the runic alphabet order...sorry How did I do them: Step-by-step: Took the "Pebble" icon from war3.mpq Extracted the icon Opened the icon on Paint.NET Removed the mark Replaced the empty space with more stone Took the stone from inside the icon's borders Cutted it Pasted it in a new layer Rotated the new layer 45 degrees Went back the the original layer, filled the space between the borders with black Mixed the two layers Added one new layer for the rune Painted the rune Added one new layer for highlights and shades Painted the highlights and shades in the new layer Saved as .jpg Opened the Button Manager With the icon wizard, I transformed the .jpg's in .blp for Button, Passive, DisabledPassive and Disabled About: Well, I hope you liked them. I would like to know what do you think about my icons.

 

[Elenai]

I like them, nice editing.

 

[RaijinSpark]

lol nice collection ^^

 

[viiva]

Could be useful for a campaign or quest map
You should make them in better perspective though (some of them look a bit weird)

< looks nice

< weird

if u see what i mean

 

[Vercas]

STARwars55, thank you.

bananaHUNT, I know what you mean. I have tried to make them look normal, but I've failed... I tried to make them smaller...but they looked weird. Maybe I will learn how to make them look good...one day...

And yes, they are useful for almost everything. This is the runic alphabet. It could be used as a quest item... As charms or runes in campaigns... As spell runes in spell maps... As runes on MY maps! At the begining, I made them for my map. If I get more positive comments I may upload them.

I started working on some gems. Maybe I will finish them until Tuesday. I will follow a tutorial...again.

 

[Mr.Goblin]

nice.. my icon could be usefull for you

BTNMagicRune - The Hive Workshop - A Warcraft III Modding Site

 

[Vercas]

I like it, but for my map I will use my runes for now
I already added my items in the inventory system... Now I am working on the icons.
I am doing my best to make them look as good and realistic as I can... And I can't do much! xD

 

[Malcous]

I like them , could be useful

 

[Vercas]

Ah, I am so happy to hear that!
It's really impressing me...

 

[Vercas]

Bumped.
I have added some new icons!
Those are made from scratch!
I hope you like them!
I will add more soon!

 

[graystuff111]

Those new icons look, really um, ick. Try adding more shading on the item, and don't use those flames in the background. They look really really bad

 

[TheDivineBoss]

I don't like to critize people(?) but man, the runes look like they got typed on the stones.

 

[Vercas]

I know... They were a stupid try of mine...
But please, tell me your opinion about the potions!

Oh, and the background isn't supposed to be fire, it's supposed to be blood.
But, oh, nevermind...
I painted them in my favorite style, the Anime/Manga style.
I really like them, more than the armor or the runes!

Edit: Oh, I forgot to upload yesterday the Fairy Fire icon...
Still without borders!

 

[RaijinSpark]

Do you have any Base Icon?

 

[Vercas]

Not actualy.
I save them in .pdn so it keeps layers and other information. This makes it easyer for me to edit.

 

[Vercas]

Bump.
I added 4 new icons. Small potions.

 

[Nudl9]

Wrong forum, this belongs to the skinning and texture forum.

I don't like to critize people(?) but man, the runes look like they got typed on the stones.

You should try making the runes look as if they've gotten carved into the stone or written in blood, it makes more sense and it makes em look more sexy and interesting.

The problem with the potions is that they dont look realistic, and you shouldnt use any background on them (just keep em black) or else they will look like an upgrade or a permanent type of item. Also try keep a space between the liquid and the glass outline to make it look realistic.

Like this...

 

[Vercas]

I'll keep this in mind for the next wave of icons.
And still, the outline of the big potions if very thick.
About the background, I needed one because the outline of the potion was black...
But please don't blame me, I am still a beginner.

 

[RaijinSpark]

i tried making a stone icon but it suck i used gimp i don't have Photoshop

 

[Vercas]

I have neither GIMP or Photoshop.
I use Paint.NET
And remember that the stone isn't made by me.


I have added 4 new icons.

 

[RaijinSpark]

Lol where did u get it?

 

[Vercas]

From the "BTNPebble" icon.
I removed the pink symbol and added stone instead.

You could read the first post...

 

[RaijinSpark]

Hmmm maybe i can use it as a base icon

but the icon i will make is only for display not for upload

 

[Vercas]

Got it.
My icons are only for show, not to upload as well.
But I am going to use them for ME.

 

[RaijinSpark]

me too

guess we had a nice conversation

 

[Vercas]

I think i'm going to make a... Please give me an idea of what to paint now...

 

[RaijinSpark]

paint using what?

 

[Vercas]

I paint using Paint.NET
I need an idea... what should I paint next?
Pills?

 

[RaijinSpark]

Helmets

 

[Vercas]

Wrong forum, this belongs to the skinning and texture forum.


You should try making the runes look as if they've gotten carved into the stone or written in blood, it makes more sense and it makes em look more sexy and interesting.

The problem with the potions is that they dont look realistic, and you shouldnt use any background on them (just keep em black) or else they will look like an upgrade or a permanent type of item. Also try keep a space between the liquid and the glass outline to make it look realistic.

Like this...

That thing with the potions is true...maybe it looks sexyer but NOT REALISTIC.
Take an empty glass and fill it with juice(Colored juice, like yellow, black... But NOT transparent!). Take a look, you won't notice the edges of the glass.
It's an optical phenomenon.


Oh, and I am preparing the next wave of icons.
They will be pills!


Edit: I have added the pills and ALSO, take a look at these!

 

[Vercas]

Dumb.
Oops, I mean BUMP!

But let's get to the subject.
I added one new icon, a piece of paper. I personaly like it.
I also found a more interesting way to shade and highlight objects, and I will use it from now on.
I've changed the categories a little bit.

 

[terradont]

I like the shapes, they are really good. But you really need to work on the shading.

 

[Devine]

What nudl ment was that medieval potions have very thick glass right ... so the stuff inside would be blocked by the more inside glass.
Take a look at some other wc3 potions to see how they're shaded (it helped me a lot => look at the current icon contest to see what I mean)

 

[Vercas]

Guys, I've found a new and better way to shade, so next items will be better! xD
I am still a beginner!

 

[Deolrin]

You seriously should get rid of the backgrounds - they are ruining your icons. Either use a plain black background(for basic, generic objects) or a glow of sorts around the object(it shouldn't be too big, for magical\powerful objects).

 

[RaijinSpark]

oh noes!! the background looks good for me

 

[Vercas]

I like the background too, so I am not going to change it.
I think I will place the items on wooden tables from now on.
What do you think?

 

[Deolrin]

I think that it wont fit with WC3, thats what I think. Look at most of the WC3 icons. You will see, no backgrounds at all. It looks more.. er.. fitting.

 

[Vercas]

Okay, I don't want them to fit the Wc3 Icon style.

As for the background issues...
I added glow to the potions and the background is black.
As for the poor quallity colours, blame the Joint Photographic Experts Group and their file extensions, the most common format for storing and transmitting photographic images on the World Wide Web...

And I am developing some borders and other kinds of images to show here.

 

[terradont]

The glow should be more around the bottles. Now it just looks like some disco lights :O

 

[Vercas]

The "disco lights" around the medium potions are supposed to be rays of light... I will fix these too and maybe change the tags to .png ...
Today or tomorrow I will paint more.

Aaaaand I wanna show you this:

 

[terradont]

Cute ^^

I like the bird, but the twig and leaves really needs some work.

 

[Vercas]

I did it just fast, lol, to make something for the bird to stay on.
I can do it (much) better.
Not sure about the bird.

Incomming: Dagger

 

[RaijinSpark]

Add more Runes!! Yay!

 

[Vercas]

I can't add more runes, I made the whole runic alphabet there...
From Fehu to Othala!

Today I am going to make some...
Eh??!!
O_O"
What should I paint today?
Oh yeah!!
An apple!
Now I can use my awesome shading!

 

[Deolrin]

Well how about the dagger you promised?

 

[Vercas]

Take a look at the first post... It's before the apples, on the Misc category!
It's on a table...

Edit: I have just added the red apple.

 

[Deolrin]

Oh, really nice. The background still kills your icons, though.

 

[Vercas]

The wooden table is there because the real item is on a wooden table in game...
But should I remove the background?

 

[terradont]

That would create alot more focus on the item. Now it looks like an item on a table, otherwise it looks like an item... Catch my drift?