Phoenix Trial #4 - Weapon and Armor Upgrade Sequences

[shamanyouranus]

Yes, it is a chinese jedi

 

[FrIkY]

GRARGH!!!!

-_- damn... I suck...
I'll start new icon then...

EDIT: Stupid Star Wars!! >

 

[Pyritie]

Eh, just keep it. Hey, it could have two uses.

that other thingy that makes highlights *can't find the word*.

Dodge?

 

[shamanyouranus]

GRARGH!!!!

-_- damn... I suck...
I'll start new icon then...

EDIT: Stupid Star Wars!! >

No no no...keep the pandaren theme. It's good. I'm just messing with you

 

[Paladon]

I liked the concept of your wips FrIkY.

Just as the ones of everyone here.

 

[FrIkY]

Alright, new WIP! How is it?

 

[Pyritie]

Perspective on the metal bit on the hat is weird.

Also with the bright white background you lose the definition of the robes.

 

[Blaxor]

first WIP on my wep tell me what you think. I will remake the whole armor to fit the half-ogre/half-orc race (rexxars race)

 

[FrIkY]

Hmm, ok - make new metal. And background, should I make it as in the 1. one?

 

[Volvox]

Blaxor, way more shading, now.

 

[Blaxor]

should i use more shading

 

[Mr.Goblin]

k i will keep my old concept.. but will change it abit.. i will do a Gaulish set

 

[~Void~]

is this what you meant or is it epic fail? (dont pay attention to burn and highlights, they suck)

It's getting there, but you did the shading wrong. Some artfags think it's "stylistic" to show those annoying semi-transparent brush strokes, but to be honest I think it looks like crap, or at least when you're trying to make a texture.

Here's a quick example for you, it's supposed to be a recreation of the rough, black iron of a cannonball:

 

[Blaxor]

Yet another WIP from me today (check first level on earlier post)

 

[~Void~]

It's ok, but the metal texture is kinda meh and all smudgy. You might want to try using my technique :3

 

[Mr.Goblin]

or mine (go see my tutorial in the tutorial submission)

 

[~Void~]

Yeah, mine's not so good for brushed metal.

 

[Thorneon]

What brush did you use for that example?

 

[Mr.Goblin]

here's a good example of metal, (yeah i know the sharp dark lines doesnt works.., but i ment too )

 

[~Void~]

It's a custom brush. I don't know how to export the file though...

And goblin, that looks like brushed steel, but I just suggest you add a very subtle texture to it (lines) to make it look like the scratches from the brush.

 

[Thorneon]

I dont really think the textures for both the metal and wood are really that realistic. Try, at least for wood, adding the imperfections that make wood look realistic, like cracks and knots.

 

[Kimbo]

Yet another WIP from me today (check first level on earlier post)

Uh huh..a big leap....
cough* :/

 

[~Void~]

Blaxor, just one more thing, the edges of your drawing are very sharp but the drawing itself is very blurry. I have three suggestions.

1: Use a sharpen filter.
2: Use my technique or Goblin's technique to fill it instead (recommended).
3: Use the "Accented Edges" filter with everything set to 1, usually using such filters is not optimal, but it works well enough for metal textures.

 

[shamanyouranus]

/me gives Kimberly a cough drop.

And FriKy, I think you should make the background more epic, assuming it is an upgrade of the tan one.

Looking good, everyone.

 

[~Void~]

Yeah, because right now it looks like a separate image pasted on.

Note that I'm not accusing you of C+P. My point was that the layers don't blend smoothly.

 

[Mr.Goblin]

okay! here's my concept! (btw i will redo the helmets don,t worry )

Tier 1 =

Tier 2 =

Tier 3 =

if you have any ''GOOD'' critic about the helmet concept.. ''Je suis toute Ouïe'' wich means, i will listen to your propositions

as you can see i keeped my old concept.. but i preffer this one more even if it looks the same..

btw .. my theme is GAULISH! things..

 

[anarchianbedlam]

IT LOOKS INCREDIBLE, but i think it might need some gold trim or something for tier 2 so that it blends better with the concept, cause right now it kinda goes, grey metal to grey metal to SOLID GOLD!

seriously though, you are orgasmically good at drawing

 

[anarchianbedlam]

i WOULD LIKE TO JOIN.... not that i expect to win, but itd be good practice . ill probably do some sort of gun or mechanical thing....weee

/me is having fun

 

[Mr.Goblin]

well we do have AWESOME drawer... for example Friky! completly stunt me in places... really Friky! you completly upgraded in your drawings...

 

[shamanyouranus]

For people who don't know, Gaulish= Viking/Celtic

You could probably tell from the HELMETS but you never know....there's always some idiot who can't put two and two together...

Oh, and here's a WIP. Its a helmet if you can't tell

Helmet Sketch

 

[Hawkwing]

okay! here's my concept! (btw i will redo the helmets don,t worry )

Tier 1 =

Tier 2 =

Tier 3 =

if you have any ''GOOD'' critic about the helmet concept.. ''Je suis toute Ouïe'' wich means, i will listen to your propositions

as you can see i keeped my old concept.. but i preffer this one more even if it looks the same..

btw .. my theme is GAULISH! things..

What was wrong with the old version?

 

[ike_ike]

'twas CnP. A slight problem.

Let's see...

FrIkY, looks great.

Mr. Goblin, if you include the helm wearer, 'twill be a bit odd, but the designs look awesome.

Shaman, moar pl0x.

 

[anarchianbedlam]

Ya, ive decided that guns and stuff it kinda hard, so, instead i have a kickass idea for a flail.... or, i should say, a upgrading tier of flails
WIP, i might change it still. but its the general idea, any comments/suggestions?



here it is, I really like how it came out, this is my second hand drawn icon ever. However, my style of drawing always seems to come out a little cartoonish.

its actually incredibly annoying to see in a larger format, it looks crappy, but scaled down, it looks alright but cartoony

larger "annoying" version

just to prove i didn't rip it ^

 

[Mr.Goblin]

Mr. Goblin, if you include the helm wearer, 'twill be a bit odd, but the designs look awesome.

well dude if i don't keep the guy, the first version will be a total fail without him.. so .. i realy don't know

 

[ike_ike]

Oh yeah, it'll only take half the space.

Maybe just make it so that the back extends down to where the neck should be? Because armour and weapon upgrades show only the item being upgraded.

 

[The_Silent]

I got full armor WIP in current state.

 

[AirHead]

ok tier 3 is chainmail but it is too plain. any suggestions? maybe a glow?



Mr. Goblin, looks pretty awesome! hope for some WIPs soon, and if you put the guy in then it would look odd, maybe you could make the helmet cover the whole icon somehow.
Anarchianbedlam, it looks cool, a little cartoony but if you make it just a little less cartoony then it would look about just like wc3 style.
The Silent, pretty cool but it needs something. (uhg I'm bad at critiquing)
Blaxor, two words, shading, complexion. For wood complexion you can just put 1 pixel completely black lines on the big version and scaled it will look good.
Friky, your Icons are Frikyin' awesome! (I'm sorry I had to)
Thoreon, fix up the shading and it would look better.

 

[The_Silent]

The Silent, pretty cool but it needs something. (uhg I'm bad at critiquing)

Personally i was thinking GLOW...

 

[FrIkY]

The_Silent, that looks great but... use some other colors too!

 

[LiOneSS]

New wips!

Weapon T3 and armor T1
(my theme: BE casters)

 

[Verhalthur]

Weapon is AWESOME
good cloth wrinkles too

 

[Volvox]

I'd dare saying that weapon perspective fails, unlike the armor one's.

 

[LiOneSS]

why does it fail?

 

[Devine]

Meh, don't like the armor either ... cloth does look very nice though.
@ Py, ah lol, yes, dodge xD

 

[Volvox]

It looks kinda flat, maybe it's just me but it ends abruptly and... Where do you hold that thing? (maybe i'm not getting the perspective)

 

[FrIkY]

Boo, that's robe for females... ~joke

Looks good, but it isn't matching with your Blood Elf Weapon upgrades... looks like a female villager lvl 1 upgrade right now.
As BE Armor Upg lvl 1, you should make the same robe as this one, but red and without many fancy stuff and things on it. Shoulder pads, or something would be enough (yellow - golden). Oh yeah, if you're gonna make like I suggested, then you should make it without those patches.
^^ Great work on that staff, btw!

EDIT - Off Topic: Is it just me, or does that Blue Rep gem rotates differently than green ones?

 

[Blaxor]

how could i make the blade of the axe look not so smudged but without makin it look really really bare since it's a flat surface

 

[Just_Spectating]

Ill join if i have time and make every one else's submissions look 100x better

 

[anarchianbedlam]

hey lioness, for your armor tier 1 you just posted, there's no back to it, its like a single layer piece of cloth with sleeves, like an apron.

otherwise looks great

although i will say, peasant patchwork cloth doesnt really make great armor

 

[Thorneon]

check out my weapon icon idea, made on my sisters new tablet
tier 1 and tier2