Phoenix Trial #5 - Hero Ability Icon Replacements

viiva · May 23, 2009

I think the icon itself is very undefinable, i mean i know what it is because you attached a bigger image, but on the icon itself i wouldnt be able to make out what it is.

The_Silent · May 23, 2009

bananaHUNT said:
I think the icon itself is very undefinable, i mean i know what it is because you attached a bigger image, but on the icon itself i wouldnt be able to make out what it is.

Oh year, like too many Blizzard icons xD
Anyway i'll see what i can do about it...

terradont · May 23, 2009

The_Silent said:
Heres the remade version of the Howl of terror Icon...

And the altered Wip...

I love it!

ike_ike · May 23, 2009

viiva · May 23, 2009

Woah looks nice, but imo use different colours for the skull to make it stand out from arthas

and maybe make the left arm clothes a bit.. not so straight to the ground if you know what i mean

terradont · May 24, 2009

Siphon Mana. Enjoy^^

I'm having trouble finishing my Bash icon though. I'm really bad at faces.

Palaslayer · May 24, 2009

hm, why use a face then?

Devine · May 24, 2009

made his eyes blue, deleted the flame, changed the glow into blu and also created a white glow.
this avatarish enough? =)

terradont · May 24, 2009

I thought it might work, but it didn't.

I'm having trouble figuring out a better concept.

That looks much better DA. Though it looks more like a human eye than a dwarven eye. A bigger eyebrow, perhaps?

Dentothor · May 24, 2009

DevineArmy said:
made his eyes blue, deleted the flame, changed the glow into blu and also created a white glow.
this avatarish enough? =)

i still dont get the feeling of AVATAR in the icon. it just looks like a ghouls eye...

Now This is an avatar icon! Lulz

Avator · May 24, 2009

Indeed. To give it a real Avatar feeling, the power has to burst out of his eyes. So I suggest an oversized airbrush or star brush nearly as big as the icon itself, in a bright white/light blue color.

viiva · May 25, 2009

start to chain lightning (or something like it)

Avator · May 25, 2009

It looks more like ice and I don't see anything to chain or link. I assume that's going to be fixed/added?

HyperActive · May 25, 2009

I'm backing down. Each minute of my free time goes into my new map, so I really can't finish this, as much as I wanted to. Looking towards your submissions, gonna use some of these bit**ing icons in my map.

viiva · May 26, 2009

Yeah it is just a background but maybe i will make it into ice.. no ideas yet

FrIkY · May 26, 2009

It doesn't look like your usual style. D: Now it looks like some ice, or water, whatever.

OFF TOPIC: bananaHUNT, why did you disable your reputation... and visitor messages? D:

viiva · May 26, 2009

I get so many mails from it.. for everything my mailbox is spammed and i cant find how to turn it off..

Palaslayer · May 26, 2009

in the user cp ^^

Discipline · May 28, 2009

I don't think I will enter because I'm quite short on time, but I just quickly did a carrion swarm replacement to take my mind off some troubles I'm having with a requested model atm

FrIkY · May 28, 2009

Looks great! So, what is that, Discipline?

Palaslayer · May 28, 2009

what about just reading the post?

Revolve · May 28, 2009

Yeah carrion swarm :3
Looks awesome, though I think you should add another small insect in the background, for the "Swarm" effect.

FrIkY · May 28, 2009

Palaslayer said:
what about just reading the post?

Wat the fuck? I guess I just missed that part when I was reading it... xD

Well... to me it looks like some strange pig-like creature that is holding some kind of knife and it's about to hit someone. :/

Palaslayer · May 28, 2009

it looks like a coulourful bat to me.

Discipline · May 28, 2009

The colour scheme and look of the bat were loosely based off a breed of vampire bat that have white fur (except I got it wrong, they tend to be whiter underneath and browner on top lol). I know it doesn't have the 'swarm' effect (i started adding little bats in the background but it just seemed to clutter it) because it was just supposed to be a close up of a single bat of the swarm, as it always bugged me the icon for the carrion swarm ability had some blurry looking insects in it when the tool tip said they were bats. BATS DAMN IT BATS

Thanks for the comments tho (lol, a pig like creature holding a knife

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Paladon · May 28, 2009

10 days left.
Looks good so far!

Discipline, i like it but i also agree that you should add smaller, undefined ones in the background. Besides, bats actually look like flying pigs sometimes.

Dentothor · May 28, 2009

ten days? oh wow no im not gonna win but i finalize my six entries

Mr.Goblin · May 28, 2009

Well, since i'm out of time and i'm lazy mostly, Will tell you wich of my Icons you should pic.

1# = The Infernal icon
2# = The Drain Mana icon
3# = The Rain of Fire icon
4# = The DeadCoil icon

yep.. so this is my final entry?! D:

~Void~ · May 29, 2009

I disagree Hawk. I like Paladon's silence icon, it just needs more contrast, and the holy light is really cool. The inferno is sux

Paladon · May 29, 2009

Goblin, no.
The rules clarify that we need the .blp files of your icons, BTN and DISBTN.
Please make an entry post.

terradont · May 29, 2009

I decided to try to finish the Bash icon, as i cannot get any good inspiration for another one.
Dunno if this looks good. I still have alot of shading to do, but does the overall picture look good enough?

It's bash again. :xxd:

EDIT: Added a newer WIP, where i made the hammer glow as in the MK's bash animation.

Revolve · May 29, 2009

Well I don't like the concept (looks like a murder thingy rather than a simple bash xD) but I guess with some shading and lights it'll look good.

Discipline · May 29, 2009

I did another one, felt a burst of artistic energy coming on.... vamp aura if it's not obvious enough lol

Dentothor · May 29, 2009

i get the vampire idea but im not sure i feel the "aura" in it.

Discipline · May 29, 2009

Dentothor said:
i get the vampire idea but im not sure i feel the "aura" in it.

good point.... I tried adding in a 'vamp-feeling' aura... what do you think about it now?

Dentothor · May 29, 2009

hmmmmmm im not quite sure what to make of it. XD

its great but its just... somthing seems weird about it and i don't know what

Its really really really great but its just somthing :eekani:

HappyCockroach · May 29, 2009

your drawing is goddamn awesome! if u want it to be an aura I think it would be better to make some glowy smoke coming out of his mouth or some glow thingy around his face...
well, it already looks great as it is, and suggests some kind of aura as well...so...i don't know, do what you should, but don't let the drawing lose this quality.

viiva · May 29, 2009

[FONT=arial,helvetica]nice denothor, but i would go with the first one, and maybe make the eyes glow dark red+purple

Sacrifices a target friendly unit to convert its hit points into mana for the Lich

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terradont · May 29, 2009

That looks awesome bananaHUNT. Just awesome.

Devine · May 29, 2009

Deadcoll.
took me bout 10 minutes. Oppinions please

terradont · May 29, 2009

Too bright, Death coil is supposed to be more dark.

viiva · May 29, 2009

Same like Mr. Goblin, its a green skull like the original icon

- concept: same like blizzard
- quality: lower than blizzard
so why would it be replaced?

Devine · May 29, 2009

This is like my final entry post ... I'll keep it up to date though.

avatar

View attachment AvatarFinal.zip

evade

View attachment EvadeFinal.zip

deadcoil

View attachment DeadcollFinal.zip

acid bomb

View attachment AcidBombFinal.zip

Infernal

View attachment Infernal.zip

The_Silent · May 30, 2009

Heres my final submission, I just need to update some of the old submissions and gather them in 1 post... Then i'm finished.

Its a replacement of the Feral Spirit icon.

Paladon · May 30, 2009

Don't forget to attach the .blp files.

Devine · May 30, 2009

The_Silent said:
Heres my final submission, I just need to update some of the old submissions and gather them in 1 post... Then i'm finished.

Its a replacement of the Feral Spirit icon.

not as good as your previous.
proportions are a bit off.

Paladon said:
Don't forget to attach the .blp files.

they're in the zip.

Palaslayer · May 30, 2009

banana, your opinion of mr.goblins death coil icon is completely inacceptable, because it is completely different from the blizzard one aas well as from da's...

1st: looks a lot better
2nd: high quality, better use of lightning, looks more realistic

and additionally your icons completely suck compared top his

sry. this post of yours made me really angry...

Paladon · May 30, 2009

He's referring to the fact that Blizzard's and Goblin's versions both show the green skull.
Same applies to the Inferno icon. Both show the Infernal's head.
That's the point, there goes the creativity.

So i can only agree with banana in those points.

Discipline · May 30, 2009

I tried to do something for chain lightning but it turned out too small, complicated and blinding for an in game icon. Still, I want to post it because even tho it was a fail there is something I really like about it lol

D a w n · May 30, 2009

but the problem is that most of thw blizzard icon fit perfectly to the skills and heroes.

so there are two possible ways you could aim:
1. show what the skill exactly does in combination with the hero who does it or with the missile or with a summon ( just how blizzard does it)

==> not that creative, but fits the skill perfectly

2. make something abstract which is related to the spell in some way, but which isnt so obvious

==> creative but does not fit the skill by 100%

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