Next Phoenix Trial

[Arowanna]

Past Phoenix Trials

#1 - Reflection

#2 - Command Buttons

#3 - Elements

#4 - Weapon and Armor Upgrade

#5 - Hero Ability Icon Replacements

#6 - Themed Items

#7 - Attribute Icons

Unleash your brainstorming, gentlemen.

 

[viiva]

They had 'Defensive Upgrade Icons', but that's a bit like #4 done last year. I'd like to see Command Buttons again though. It has been 3 years and practically no one thats making icons today has been in that competition.

Or a theme like 'Nerubian' or 'Space'?

 

[Arowanna]

Command Buttons would be a great revival, indeed.
As for themes, I've to agree again, it would be great to see a Racial-based Trail this time around.

Edit
One thing that would be awesome; a "Paired UI and Icon Contest", just like Paired Modeling & Texturing Contest, but to few artists here are willing to do UIs...

 

[viiva]

I don't think UI is a good idea because it just takes up so much time and effort to create a real good one. I think even less people will join then.

 

[Deolrin]

How about... Food? The contestants have to create at least three icons representing some sort of theme, all icons must somehow relate to FOOD. For example you could have 'meat' as a theme and bacon, chicken and beef as icons, or 'Exotic' as a theme and 'Roasted Murloc Eyes', 'Boiled Wildkin Beaks' and 'Deep-fried Abomination Guts' as icons are something.
I think this is a very open theme and has a lot of possibilities. People can be very original here. Plus, it will be rather useful for all those RPG-makers out there, or in fact for EVERYONE, because every map can include food, pretty much.

 

[Arowanna]

@Debode, as you said, Food is really good because of its usefulness and vast number of possibilities and it would be fun to see how creative people would be

 

[kola]

Mr.goblin:

-I call for.. warcraft ARTEFACT (Grom hellscream axe, Sylvanas bow, Muradin's hammer, etc.)

i think warcraft artifacts is a better idea. maybe you have less choice but its much more possible to do an epic/quality icon with it.

 

[Deolrin]

You guys should gather some ideas, then make a poll. So far there's Warcraft Artifacts, Defense Icons and Food, right?

 

[bigapple90]

diablo 2 spells :O

 

[Stanakin]

How about just spell icons.

Or upgrades of any kind, or maybe any kind of upgrade that is not armor and weapons, since that was the theme of an earlier trial.

Or abilities for units already in the game. So you could make, for example, Grunt Rage or Ghoul Bite or Murloc Submerge etc.

 

[Miss_Foxy]

Hmm... I wonder if the term 'Blight' can do?