Phoenix Trial #4 - Weapon and Armor Upgrade Sequences

[LiOneSS]

Neither do I, thx ^^

@LiOneSS: I quote Elenai:

^^

I don't recall EL being judge or making many icons..

 

[Pyritie]

I agree with LiO on this; your backgrounds are far too bright. You can keep the background but you should darken it a lot.

 

[LiOneSS]

Yep, that's my point Py.

 

[Huinipachutli]

Arr, the mighty Pyrite has spoken! Hes word is law. Must consider to obey or not!


Anyway, made some changes.
And dont glare at me evily while laughing at your success LiOneSS!
Before:

After:

 

[TheBlooddancer]

They remind me of thoose jolly gnomes who always carry a pot of gold etc.

(What are they called in english?)

Besides that, i think they'r nice, needs some outlines, and doesn't really come in handy in Wc3. Nice though.

And at the background, try tone it much down, just so we can see.

 

[SuPa-]

They're called leprechauns
I might be posting some crap here sooner or later

 

[Volvox]

Wip of second level moonblade. Do you think i should add more stuff to it?

 

[Elenai]

I don't recall EL being judge or making many icons..

Still...seems backgrounds just caught on! YAY BACKGROUNDS!

 

[Pyritie]

Arr, the mighty Pyrite has spoken! Hes word is law. Must consider to obey or not!


Anyway, made some changes.
And dont glare at me evily while laughing at your success LiOneSS!
Before:

After:

I can hardly tell the difference

 

[~Void~]

Lol, pimp armor xD

 

[Devine]

Someone give critics on my shield WIP? Ty.

 

[SuPa-]

I just dispelled this waste product from GIMP. Some kind of shield, I'd imagine

 

[Hawkwing]

Ive worked a bit on the Sticks, and here is the result:

The complete sequence looks like this:

Try blurring it or something because I can see all of the brush strokes. Also, you need more differentiation between the object and the misty glow. Try darkening the area around it.

It's alright, you just have to make a new sequence
heres a WIP of my shield.

Looks more like some sort of Fish Egg than a shield.

 

[Technomancer]

Here come some heavily WiP icons. I think I need to up the brightness, and add a bit more... life to em, but yeah, branches.

 

[Hawkwing]

Here come some heavily WiP icons. I think I need to up the brightness, and add a bit more... life to em, but yeah, branches.

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I'm not feeling the "Warcraft III Feel" at all.

 

[Technomancer]

Yeah, I know, neither am I. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

 

[Devine]

see wut I made.
It's the first icon of my armor series, I'm almost sure i'll use this one.
does anyone here feel warcrafty when he sees this? ... Not really huh? whell I tried my best.

 

[Elenai]

Maybe we should just abandon the warcraft feel all together...or at least make it "sorta" warcrafty, since it seems no one is making anything warcrafty, and warcraft icons suck anyway (it hinders our progress, not help)

seriously, just let us make the best darn icon we can.

 

[Kwah]

Seconded.

 

[AirHead]

I agree with Elenai (I tend to do that allot lately) just a little bit warcrafty because some of the best have been not very warcrafty. also I think I'll be making some icons here.

 

[WILL THE ALMIGHTY]

I don't agree with Elenai because I don't like agreeing with Elenai.


I suggest we stop asking for icons to be warcraft-ish though.

 

[Elenai]

Lulz, lets agree to disagree WILL

 

[Hawkwing]

I don't agree with Elenai because I don't like agreeing with Elenai.


I suggest we stop asking for icons to be warcraft-ish though.

Then what should they be? If they aren't they don't fit and just look stupid. I don't think the judges should be too harsh when rating people on that, since it's so hard to do, but we shouldn't vito the criterion.

 

[Kwah]

I am in agreement, that it would be according to the "Agreeable Agreement Act"to concur with Will.

Blizzard Icons are blizzard icons.
Player icons are player icons.

Simple no?

 

[Elenai]

Why not? Why should the icons all have to have horrid plain, black backgrounds, when clearly everyone is doing backgrounds. Backgrounds give it a unique flavour, that warcraft icons lack in.

Seriously though...we've been "making" everything as warcrafty as possible since the beginning.

Lets let ourselves loosen up! And be creative.

Sure we should make it look relatively blizzardy, but we shouldn't have to make it "look blizzardy", at the same time. That limits creativity, kills motivation, and makes the contest that much less enjoyable, when fun is the main focus, not product.

Why lose points, because of a background? We should get points if the icon looks good background or not, or more if our icon goes well with a background.

(and note, I am NOT doing this for my sake, but because the majority seems to have spoken with their actions)

 

[AirHead]

well, background or not, I'm going with tauren.

 

[Hawkwing]

You can really ruin an icon with a background, but it can help if you do it right. Elenai, yours is just barely hitting unacceptable. Make some small changes and it should be fine. For example, if you draw a whole scene in the background it's ruined, if you just change up the colour (from black to blue, let's say) then you're fine.

Edit: And I'm doing Draenei, as stated before. This is just clarification.

 

[AirHead]

Here's a little WIP. there's something about the shading on the totem that really bugs me but I cant put my finger on it. also do you think this background is too much or not?

P.S. it is much bigger than a normal icon right now, I'm gunna shrink it so I get the best quality.

 

[Hawkwing]

I say get rid of the background; you don't want the background and the focal object to be the same. Anyways, I think they'd have cut off any leaves spurring out of the totem and - trying to follow the Warcraft III Style - it would have more creases in the wood. So add more heavily contrasted lines in the wood. Also, you need some more tonal contrast overall, and the light source could be coming more from above.

 

[AirHead]

The leaves are actually part of the background, which is one reason I thought it might be too extreme (they will grow with each tier). In the second tier (which I just finished) I think the light is a little better with the horns but not yet on the wood. I will make the wood be more warcrafty now though.

 

[Huinipachutli]

Lowered the opacity of the background again:

BEFORE:

AFTER:

 

[Hawkwing]

Lowered the opacity of the background again:

BEFORE:

AFTER:

I can still see the brush strokes - even more than before. Also, the only difference I see is in the top hat (third tier armour).

 

[Huinipachutli]

I can still see the brush strokes - even more than before. Also, the only difference I see is in the top hat (third tier armour).

do that explain the brushstrockes?

 

[Hawkwing]

It's fine on the cane, but it's making my very pissed with the hats.

 

[Huinipachutli]

It's fine on the cane, but it's making my very pissed with the hats.

Do you mean brushstrokes in the background or on thr Items themselves?

 

[Mr.Goblin]

I will do gladiator i think... helmet and Axe..

 

[AirHead]

Ok, I think I might have finished my weapon set, here it is.

 

[Kwah]

Background is rather ugly.

 

[Kimbo]

do that explain the brushstrockes?

Seriously dude, add lineart.

 

[AirHead]

I'll try removing the background all together, maybe it will look more warcrafty.

LATER (but not edit because I didn't post the above on accident): hows this?

 

[ike_ike]

Mrrwwwwgll.

EDIT: Blargh. Icons in wrong order.

The current order is 3, 1, 2.

Anyhow...

1. Stone Blades
2. Coral Blades
3. Kraken Blades

 

[LiOneSS]

Wow, the last one is soooooooo hot.
+rep for that, ike.

 

[Paladon]

Concerning the "Blizzard Feeling" criteria, i agree with Hawkwing.
Most icon creators don´t even test their icon ingame in association with normal Blizzard ones.
Improper icons can really ruin a situation/map since not every user will repelace all icons in his map with custom ones.
We´re still a warcraft resource site, not a complete "Show-me-your-64x64-artwork" one.
If they fit both, quality and warcraft (Blizzard Icon Feeling), it´s a really good icon for us.

 

[AirHead]

Above post is true words

Ike_Ike I think those are pretty much frigin' awesome. the tier 3 looks kinda wierd next to the others maybe it's less detailed, or has less room for details, or maybe I'm just crazy.

EDIT: your stone blades look like wood...

 

[Volvox]

Ike, i love it. Also, though i hate warcraft icons, yeah, there is no point in making non-warcraft ones.
edit: improved tier 2 (hopefully)

 

[Huinipachutli]

I Improved the first of my attack Icons, as I wasnt too happy with it.
AFTER:

BEFORE:

 

[TheBlooddancer]

Personally i like BEFORE the best.

 

[Huinipachutli]

Personally i like BEFORE the best.

yes, but the AFTER one looks better scaled, trust me.

 

[Hawkwing]

Ike, i love it. Also, though i hate warcraft icons, yeah, there is no point in making non-warcraft ones.
edit: improved tier 2 (hopefully)

*COUGH*CRAZYRUSSIAN Tutorial*COUGH*

 

[Kwah]

*coughs*