Phoenix Trial #2 - Power of Command

[Pyritie]

• l0w_kwaliti
  • The move doesn't really like a move icon
  • The cancel one is a bit too thin, maybe make the red thicker? (especially on the right)
  • The skills one looks a bit messy, I can't see where the fingers are
  • The hold position, again, doesn't really look like a hold position icon
  • Maybe add a bit of shading on that arrow in the patrol one
  Other than that they look very nice.​
• Chaos Overlord - needs more bones, blood, etc. It's not very undead, just very dusty at the moment.

 

[Herio-san]

lol Pyrite, thats what I did, except with gobbies.

Edit: If you cant tell what command this is then I've failed as an icon artist

 

[Kwaliti]

So you have medivial themed things I am guessing? They look nice.

Here is the hand I have drawn out for my stop... don't know why you want to see it but you do. It is supposed to be an undead hand... thats why it is grey. Now I have no clue what to do with it. Any ideas? Some basic shading on the knuckles and palms...

Make it rotten, sharpen it like nuts, and then at sharpened points, change color

 

[UchihaSasuke.gr]

i dunno what to do with Skillz and Patrol

 

[Pyritie]

lol Pyrite, thats what I did, except with gobbies.

Edit: If you cant tell what command this is then I've failed as an icon artist

In the resized one it's hard to tell that those are goblins riding the rocket and not green blobs, maybe add more detail there?

As for me, it's the move icon next! Leafy!

 

[Herio-san]

Thanks Pyritie. I'll try to sharpen it up. Just finished my move icon. Used the same graphic.

Here is the hand I have drawn out for my stop... don't know why you want to see it but you do. It is supposed to be an undead hand... thats why it is grey. Now I have no clue what to do with it. Any ideas? Some basic shading on the knuckles and palms...

If you make the edges more jagged and color with a decayd style (rough fading) it would look better. Might want to show a bone through the palm or something too, maybe cut off a finger lol.

 

[Pyritie]

Used the same graphic.

Cheap!

 

[Chaos Overlord]

Thanks for all the great ideas! I am going through it again to make it look undeadish now. I like the bone idea and I am working on it now... pics coming soon.

EDIT: Here it is now with some more blood, bones ect.. I had funw ith the blood. Lawl I was feeling my own hand trying to fidn where the bones and veins were. Overall, it looks pretty ok now. SOmething is required in the background though, and I forgot to make my hand on a new layer, so I am going to have fun with that.... (sarcasm)

So how does it look now. Too busy you think?

 

[Kimbo]

looks like an 8bit cnp to me =/

 

[Chaos Overlord]

CnP from what? And does that mean it is bad? Yeah.. I kwow it is not very good. And wth is n 8bit? lol

 

[RedBlade]

Althogh Herio-San's icons are bit similar, i like the cartoonistic side of it and the quality.

 

[Berethor]

The hand looks promising, I hope he'll make good work of it and i like most of the other icons too.

 

[Chaos Overlord]

Early WIP of Skillz, my second icon ever. I think it is cool, except for the hand. Hand was so hard to do... =/. Still needs all its gore and stuff I will work on it soon but how does it look over all?

 

[Kwaliti]

Improved versions of Cancel, Patrol and Skills buttons

 

[Chaos Overlord]

Your skillz looks nice, I really like the flame effect. I would say it put mine to shame, but it is a different concept so we can't compare so w00t! What do you think of mine so far?

 

[Kwaliti]

Hmmm, since it's WIP, i guess it's nice!

 

[Chaos Overlord]

W00t i love praise! I thought "Maybe an udead warlock woudl be featured in my skillz... yeah......" so i did and w00t! I am planning on bones and tearing up his robe a little.

 

[Kwaliti]

Can't wait to see it

 

[Pyritie]

Early WIP of Skillz, my second icon ever. I think it is cool, except for the hand. Hand was so hard to do... =/. Still needs all its gore and stuff I will work on it soon but how does it look over all?

When I first saw it I thought it was a torch pedestal.

Maybe make the fire float a little above the hand? I think that would hurt a bit...

And l0w_kwaliti, good improvements!

Yay 500th post! ^_^

 

[Kwaliti]

And l0w_kwaliti, good improvements!

Thanks, but I still don't know what to do with Move and Hold position!

 

[Chaos Overlord]

Float? That may be a bit hard to edit in there but I will see what I can do to it. Lol havent you ever seen people hold magical fire? They don't get hurt, although it may well be that it is floating. I will come back with any improvements later.

 

[RedBlade]

Hard ?!?!? u just use paint... i can do it in 1 second. ..

 

[Pyritie]

Not paint, paint sucks. I only use it for filetype converting and for cropping screenshots.

Besides, I take it you haven't ever seen things hold fire.

 

[Chaos Overlord]

No I haven't. That was a very nice and... informitive picture. I learned a lot after studying it for about ten minutes... lol jk. I can't work now, I am modding with my brother.

 

[Herio-san]

Hmm. I tried to sharpen up the image a little, lemme know what you guys think. Look more like goblins now? rather than "green blobs"?

 

[Kwaliti]

Nice! Grrr, my brain hurts! Can't think of anything for Move and Hold Position!

 

[Pyritie]

Hmm. I tried to sharpen up the image a little, lemme know what you guys think. Look more like goblins now? rather than "green blobs"?

Ya, that's better.

 

[FGRaptor]

Now, I think I never try do draw people by hand in photoshop.
My Attack Icon.

 

[Pyritie]

If the sword is supposed to chopping, it isn't. At the moment it looks like you're slapping with the sword's flat part.

EDIT: I adjusted the hues of my bird patrol one. It looks better now. I think so at least.

 

[UchihaSasuke.gr]

Well,my own are 6 now!!!They are all drawings by me,no filters(only in Cancel button) and no cnp expect a Paladin icon.
I was about to leave for holidays but i will return just for the hive...I know i am shit-brained but i always wanted to win a contest!!!So i will have to finish them!!!GOOD LUCK TO ALL OF YOU!!!

 

[Wolverabid]

So Far, So Good

THe WIPs look good so far, gang.

RedBlade & all compeditors: please remember these important technial details.

• Active and disabled versions of all icons are required.
  
  
• Blizzard icon naming conventions must be followed: BTNAttack*.blp etc.
  • Example: DISBTNHoldPositionBlackDoom.blp

The correct borders for active and disabled icons are critical. For example:

Has the proper active border. The active border is still partially visible on the disabled icon.

Let's look at a top-flight icon for comparison purposes:

BTNHeroGnollSlicer.blp DISBTNHeroGnollSlicer.blp

Notice the differences?

1. No border whatsoever is visible on the disabled version.
   
   
2. The disabled icon has the correct naming convention for its purpose: DISBTN*.blp

Good luck & have fun!

 

[UchihaSasuke.gr]

Ok Wolv.And it's nice to have the deadline so far.I can go holiday and return and end my icons!!!You Rock!!

 

[Kwaliti]

Now, I think I never try do draw people by hand in photoshop.
My Attack Icon.

Hmmm, try to make some motion blur, it'll look realistic, and really, it looks like it's a slapper, not a sword, do you expect some SPANKIN' from daddy later? (DMC3 quote lol)

 

[Pyritie]

So does the patrol one look better with the color variance?

Here's my next one. It was intended to be a "Move" icon, but it turned out being more like a "Stop". I think "Move" should be more of a pointy leaf.

I might add some sparkles here and there, for that added touch.

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EDIT: Added sparklies. Now it looks like a skills button >_<

Does it look more like a stop icon with or without the sparklies?

 

[Chaos Overlord]

Well the sparklied make it look really sweet but it is more stopish without them. Still sweet with them though.

 

[HeretoDLstuff]

Witch theme do you think I should go by, sighs or weapons?

 

[Chaos Overlord]

Rawr he is my skillz. I think it looks overall better than my stop, but the gore on stop looks better. The robe arm looks iffy to me, what about you guys?

 

[Pyritie]

What resolution did you work in? It looks like you worked in 64x64. Personally I work in 512x512...

Maybe I'll add sparkles to the skills one.

And does anyone like the recolored patrol one?

 

[RedBlade]

Not paint, paint sucks.

Really ? When i checked my rep points you said that my pics are good so far .
THEY ARE MADE WITH PAINT !

 

[Pyritie]

That's really good then, for paintbrush anyway. I highly recommend Paint Shop Pro or Photoshop. I use the latter.

 

[HeretoDLstuff]

Do they all have to be theme based anyway? I mean, ofcours they have to be those command buttons, but do they all have to, for a example rocky? Or goblin like? Ect..

 

[Deleted member 126647]

Well it would look ridiculous to have the attack one a sword, the move one a sneaker, the stop one a stop sign and then hold position one a bird in a cage right?

I mean part of making them look good is making them look good as a set. At least that's how I would judge my favorites.

 

[Chaos Overlord]

OMG you have to be f'ing kidding right!! Being new to icon making meant I had no clue that we should expand them then edit them!!!! OMFG I will have to try that, if it looks a lot better, I will be back editing my old ones. )= =( =(

 

[Dalaran_Guard]

And does anyone like the recolored patrol one?

I rather like it. Interesting idea, with the birds...

I'll have to see if I have time for this competition, but I'll get started on some ideas. Everything is looking pretty good so far, guys; just keep up the good work....


EDIT: Okay, so, ideas (just for bookkeeping purposes so that I can't be accused of copying if someone else uses the ideas before I post the icons)

Theme: Spells/Casting
Attack: Lightning shocky thingy (really vague, I know)
Attack Ground: Arrow pointing to scorched earth, magic seeping from cracks in ground
Stop: Wall of fire with silouette of person behind wall
Hold Position: Boot rooted to ground/boot petrified to ground/guy encased in stone up to neck
Patrol: Two hands channeling magic, little sparkly things surrounding the hands, etc.
Other icon ideas yet to be determined....

 

[Pyritie]

Ooo yay someone responded!

More ideas for mine:

Hold position - roots
Attack - a venus flytrap!
Skilz - A lotus/lily pad flower with sparklies at the top
Cancel - Two sticks crossed, nothing fancy
Move - another, more pointy leaf

But I am completely clueless as to what to do for attack ground.

 

[Kwaliti]

AAAAH! I can't think of anything for Hold Position, than my lame 3 shields and 3 swords! GRAAAH!

EDIT: I GOT IT! A guy behind a Shield! Although it may look like defend.....

EDIT 2: Maybe 2 arms in a blocking position, the shield stuff looks like defend

EDIT 3: Both ideas are lame, back to the drawing board

EDIT 4: Oh, well, it looks like my old Hold position will have to do the trick, GO SHIELDS AND SWORDS!

 

[Kwaliti]

Ok, this is a (hastily done) new version of move, please Feedback! And Pyritie, you can try a falling tree for attack ground, or a bird pooping in mid-air

 

[Pyritie]

Hmm... maybe I'll do both, the bird pooping for people who want funny stuff, and a falling tree for more serious people.

Maybe add a bit of shading to the arrow, and those shoes look a little small, they must be for like size 4!

 

[Kwaliti]

Small? They look fine to me

EDIT: Here is the improved version (with bigger shoe size too)

 

[Pyritie]

Yeah that's better!

How many more to go? I got 6 more.