Phoenix Trial #5 - Hero Ability Icon Replacements

[Revolve]

Too me, that looks exactly like the original storm bolt, no offence.

 

[a7xpwns3]

It looks good, but differentiate it more from its original.

 

[UnholyDobry]

original is turned the other way lol... ok i will try to figure something out... but is it better than water elemental i posted on page 44?

Edit: now so blizardish now?

edit: i changed from page 34 to 44 since it is 44... duh

 

[Palaslayer]

ok, i will try to enter the contest and i am gonna do the following spells:

-fireburn of the demon hunter
-stormbolt of the mountain king (more lightning, less hammer)
-robo factory of the tinker
-and something else

xD

 

[Dentothor]

original is turned the other way lol... ok i will try to figure something out... but is it better than water elemental i posted on page 34?

Edit: now so blizardish now?

your missing the point. it looks exactly like the blizzard icon.

 

[Paladon]

Sorry, my other comp (with my icons on it) crashed, so all I can do is give you the links.
(Too lazy to mass download/convert/imageshack/copy/paste)
This also means I cannot update it.
Paladon, could you do that for me?

I can't since i am unable to edit your post.

 

[a7xpwns3]

Damn. Then can you take it's status from Awaiting Update to Pending/Approved?

 

[Paladon]

Again, links to the icon section are not valid.
Just post your icons with apreview and the blps here.

 

[Slaydon]

Quote MR Goblin

Here's my true (third try) final entry?! ;D

DEAD COIL

DRAIN MANA

THUNDER CLAP

RAIN OF FIRE

INFERNO

Dont want to spam
The Inferno looks awesome and the others looks cool

 

[Kwah]

Speaking of which. Goblin, I'd say you drop Thunder Clap from that mix.

 

[viiva]

probably i will use Tornado, Big Bad Voodoo, Dark Ritual and Phoenix

 

[Palaslayer]

nice icons banana.

 

[UnholyDobry]

Thorns aura... any good? btw jpeg sucks it looks better in tga also i got pas borders i just posted this one to see what do you think...

 

[Dentothor]

1st of all TGA doesn't change the look of the icon drastically so thats no excuse.
2nd its waaay too blurry

and bannana that is awsome. major win

 

[terradont]

Nice icons indeed banana. I absolutely love that Dark ritual icon, so much that i could actually marry it.

@UnholyDobry
The thorns could be bigger, seing how that's the core of the icon, and i think the twig(?) should be more bended to look natural.

 

[Mr.Goblin]

hum.. well it seems i still got some inspiration..

CHAIN HEAL of shadow hunter

 

[terradont]

Goblin, could you stop being so goddamn awesome and let the others shine?

No wait, keep being awesome.

 

[Dentothor]

lolz

 

[viiva]

thorns aura: you should make a dark outline on the spikes for sure, and i would make more colours (or more difference between light and dark)
chain heal: the beam looks good and the staff also (though these white sticks/bones should have a bit less dark outline, maybe even bright yellow if it looks good), but the units need work. imo place only 1 clear visible unit, and let the beam bounce off the screen so you know it goes on

 

[Mr.Goblin]

hum, yeah i understand for the bones, but for the units i wont touch them , thanks dude..

 

[UnholyDobry]

better?

 

[Dentothor]

vine is still too straight

 

[UnholyDobry]

thats not a vine its a tree...

 

[Dentothor]

trees don't have thorns

 

[viiva]

what denethor said is right, it is too straight which makes it dull, also i really meant outlines like this almost

because of the shape it gets an instant thorny/prickly feeling. also even though it doesnt has much colour its much more alive

 

[UnholyDobry]

aura gives them thorns and other units its aura after all and thorns are huge so it would damage attacking units if you were going to say that tree is too small compared to thorns...

 

[Slaydon]

Banana, thats alot of improvements than hes

 

[AbstractCreativity]

Hiya guys I made a replacement icon for the Alchemist's "Transmute".
It doesn't nessesceraly mean I'm into the contest, I was just playing around with an idea I had, and thought I'd show you the first outcome, to see what you guys would think of it.

I know it's not exactly very good atm, but it's a WIP picture, I'm improving it atm.

Transmute:

"Kills a target unit instantly, turning it into gold which is added to your available gold! Cannot be used on Heroes or creeps above level 5."

Silly icon, for a silly ability, really...

 

[viiva]

i like it nice expression on the face
for improvement i would not make the 'transmuting line' so vertical and add some sparkly effect

 

[terradont]

And make the gold a little "shinier" and reflective.

The expression is really fitting for a goblin xD

 

[AbstractCreativity]

**Transmute Update**

- Moar shinyness (Gold half is more shining and reflective)
- More detailed "transmute line"
- If you have a reeeaaally good eye, you could probably spot that I added the reflection of that fat, smelly ogre the alchemist is sitting on, on the breast/shoulder region of the golden half. I thought the Alchemist would probably be hangin' out nearby the dude he turned into gold, right?

 

[Dentothor]

hmm its interesting but a little undefined... ill work on one like that

just for fun not for the contest

 

[Kwah]

Line needs to be shinier.

 

[Palaslayer]

ok here are three of four of my entries. goblin army, stormbolt and fireburn. fireburn in two different ways.

unfortunately only the jpg images can be shown, but i attach the icons as well and you can find them in the icon section. i also added some of my scratches to show my working process, comments plz!

images

 

[HappyCockroach]

The goblins are pretty cool, but the others lack a good base drawing.

 

[Palaslayer]

yes, i also like the goblins best, but the stormbolt as well, which can be magic missile or stormbolt it doesnt really matter.

i think i am gonna delete the new version of the fireburn (i just spent 3 hours working on it -.-) and rework the old one

update - goblins greed - transmute

 

[Kyrbi0]

I'm sad. Aside from a few at the beginning (which are gone now), I have yet to see icons that could fit in Wc3. v_v

I guess I'll be grading solely on artwork. Dang, I was hoping to get some cool icons out of this.

 

[Dentothor]

kyrbi0 can u shut your face? honestly these people are working hard and good critisism is preferably required. No one wants to listen to a jackass who can't make an icon himself laugh at people who are actually trying.

 

[HappyCockroach]

I'm sad. Aside from a few at the beginning (which are gone now), I have yet to see icons that could fit in Wc3. v_v

I guess I'll be grading solely on artwork. Dang, I was hoping to get some cool icons out of this.

There you go, drama king.
You need some needle pokes to get out from this big-persona baloon that you live in.
So here it goes:

• Your cold review isn't any specific and helpful, it will just make the contestants feel bad.
• Although it doesn't really matter, you have no artwork submitted, what would prove that you know what you are saying...
• Keep your hopes to yourself next time.

You shouldn't expect blizzard-like work from every contestants. There are many great wips in the last pages.

 

[Paladon]

ok here are three of four of my entries. goblin army, stormbolt and fireburn. fireburn in two different ways.

unfortunately only the jpg images can be shown, but i attach the icons as well and you can find them in the icon section. i also added some of my scratches to show my working process, comments plz!

images

Please, attach the icon versions as a preview

 

[Pyritie]

Ok Here are My Final Entries

Hidden

• Howl of Terror (Pit Lord)
• Siphon Mana (Blood Mage)
• Tornado (Naga Sea Witch)
• Reign of Chaos (Lord Archimonde)
• Pheonix (Blood Mage)
• Frost Armour (Lich)

***************
BTNHowl of Terror

***************
BTNSiphon Mana

***************
BTNTornado

***************
BTNReignOfChaos

***************
BTNPheonix

***************
BTNFrostArmour

Don't forget to attach your icons.

 

[viiva]

[FONT=arial,helvetica][FONT=arial,helvetica]When killed, the Tauren Chieftain will come back to life. The Tauren Chieftain will return with full mana. [/FONT][/FONT]

 

[terradont]

Frankly, i don't see much reincarnation in that one. In fact, i don't see much tauren either :S

 

[viiva]

hmm what could i make to make it more like a tauren then
reincarnation is the magic he has inside of him to live again after he has died = blue eyes; or should i use it for the endure aura?

 

[terradont]

I'd make the nose longer, and maybe the eyes more orange, seeing how the effect of reincarnation is rather orange.

Otherwise i have no idea, it's hard to make an icon for reincarnation.

 

[Avator]

It looks decently like a Tauren to me, but the nose could help. However I think this concept is hard to make Reincarnation with. I would've taken a whole different scene to show on the icon, since just the head doesn't allow you much space to express the reincarnation effect in. My opinion to increase your chances in making it show reincarnation better would be to shrink the face, add a bit of body and use the space created to add effects to show its reincarnation.

 

[Kyrbi0]

[FONT=arial,helvetica][FONT=arial,helvetica]When killed, the Tauren Chieftain will come back to life. The Tauren Chieftain will return with full mana. [/FONT][/FONT]

Hm. Not bad, and I can see the spell in the icon. Almost definitely make it orangeish-red instead of blue, since that's the SFX color of the spell.

It might be a bit too much of a rework, but what about a sort of silhouette of a Tauren stretching out his hands to a setting sun or something? Gets that orange-red color (glow behind him), and shows him as if he's "rising up" again to fight.

There you go, drama king.
You need some needle pokes to get out from this big-persona baloon that you live in.
So here it goes:

- Your cold review isn't any specific and helpful, it will just make the contestants feel bad.
- Although it doesn't really matter, you have no artwork submitted, what would prove that you know what you are saying...
- Keep your hopes to yourself next time.

You shouldn't expect blizzard-like work from every contestants. There are many great wips in the last pages.

Ha. I don't have an ego to speak of. I was specifically non-specific, since I didn't want to point any fingers (obviously, some are better than others).

I was simply bemoaning what I took as fact due to observation. There's a certain style that Blizzard has (I certainly couldn't define it), that I have yet to see performed on any of the "here's my final entry" posts.

You can agree or disagree with me, and that's fine. And no, I don't expect Blizzard-quality work from every contestant. That would be ridiculous. But I thought I might see a few; especially from people that had done well at that in the past.

Still, just an opinion.

 

[Palaslayer]

banana you stole my idea ^^

yes, how much time do i got? i will make completely new entries.

 

[Paladon]

All dates are mentioned in the first post.

 

[Palaslayer]

icons

how the hell can i upload previews? blp files are not shown and bmp files cannot be uploaded, jpgs bug for me...