Chaos Project

So I'm doing Icon Resources Requests.
I have a shading style different of the RTP Icons'.
Example : (http://img502.imageshack.us/img502/5335/transparence.png)

Thanks to Moghunter's Darkness Icon : (http://img40.imageshack.us/img40/8803/artsobscurs.png)
I modified it and can recolor it to make a good border : (http://img200.imageshack.us/img200/1127/cadreoblivion.png)

If you want an icon please answer the following questions :

-What does it look like ?
-Do you want a border ?
-If yes, which 2 colors do you want ?

Well here is a challenge for you!^^

I'm making a postapocalyptic Sci-Fi game and I'll use the ring menu, so could you please make the icons for the following commands:
"Items" (IDK what you could do for this, please be creative XD)
"Skills" (These are mainly special functions of weapons)
"Equipment" (A gun perhaps? IDK)
"Status"
"Options" (The BlizzABS pre-menu, a cogweel perhaps?)
"File"

The graphics of my game are mostly black and white or with low saturation, a rusty, old looking cogweel is a picture i use very often. Everything looks kinda... industrial^^. I'll upload some pictures for reference if you need them (You will need them, probably, I'm not good in describing the style of my game)

Thanks!^^

Sci-fi ?????

I have nothing against it but... it's just... Let's just say I'm better at Heroic Fantasy.

Anyway, I tried your status icon... A... binary screen ???
Whatever, it IS crappy. I made two.

(http://img38.imageshack.us/img38/9283/cyberthingy.png)
(http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/2649/cyberthingyb.png)

I highly doubt you would use them. But we never know.

Please upload pictures, I'm lost !

I have a request for you. Not too high priority or anything ;)
Request:
-What does it look like ? I want a white stick figure, arms in the air, with black shackles around it's wrist and ankles - doesn't have to be detailed or anything :P
-Do you want a border ? No

The binary screen actually isn't bad at all, I'll see if it fits. Here are the reference pictures:



The third one is the cogwheel I use very often, you might use it for the options icon and make the other icons in similar palettes.
Of course, if you don't want to do this, it's ok, but it's a challenge, and challenges are good to improve yourself^^

EDIT: Those are bad and out-of-date pictures, but it's just for style + mood reference.

To the reptile-thing : Slavery is a bad thing, you know. And I speak about the icon, not about myself !  :haha:
(http://img18.imageshack.us/img18/1893/sanstitre1dlq.png)
Just edited from a black stick thing. I recolored the character and I added the shackles.

To SN : I'll do it. However, I don't know how I could edit the cogwheel. It already fits as an Option Icon.

Quote from: Xelias on August 21, 2009, 07:38:45 am
To the reptile-thing : Slavery is a bad thing, you know. And I speak about the icon, not about myself !  :haha:
(http://img18.imageshack.us/img18/1893/sanstitre1dlq.png)
Just edited from a black stick thing. I recolored the character and I added the shackles.

To SN : I'll do it. However, I don't know how I could edit the cogwheel. It already fits as an Option Icon.

Then just leave it like it is and use it as a reference XDD

Equipment : Edit of a Gun from a VX icon pack. Edited to match the Cogwheel palette.
(http://img196.imageshack.us/img196/5822/cheapgunedit.png)
Objects :  I edited the bullets and put them with a potion tube, both from the VX pack. May be good or not. Depends of you using ammo and potions or not.
(http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/3043/crappygathering.png)
It's all for now.

Quote from: Xelias on August 21, 2009, 08:03:11 am
Equipment : Edit of a Gun from a VX icon pack. Edited to match the Cogwheel palette.
(http://img196.imageshack.us/img196/5822/cheapgunedit.png)
Objects :  I edited the bullets and put them with a potion tube, both from the VX pack. May be good or not. Depends of you using ammo and potions or not.
(http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/3043/crappygathering.png)
It's all for now.

Fits so far, thanks! That's one level ++ and one credit for you XD

Thanks !
Hey, I'm proud of this one (Load) : I just took non-3D 1 keybord and edited it.
(http://img29.imageshack.us/img29/6390/finallynoncrappy.png)
And for (Skills), edited - again - ammo to make it look golden and gave it a red aura. I don't like it. Will you ?
(http://img259.imageshack.us/img259/5030/skillsx.png)

Finished ?

ty Xil, that'll work ;)

Lets see I'm going to give you a tricky one....

What does it look like
  It looks like this


No border please!!!

Cool challenge ! It's actually hard to make this sword. There are some errors (skulls don't look like skulls, and the blue pattern isn't 100% like the original), but I think I managed to make it good enough.
Finally : 100% original piece of work :

(http://img249.imageshack.us/img249/8906/swordofcerberus.png)

Satisfied ?

*gasps* YOU DID IT!!!!

thanks *lv's up*

Quote from: Xelias on August 21, 2009, 09:34:10 am
Thanks !
Hey, I'm proud of this one (Load) : I just took non-3D 1 keybord and edited it.
(http://img29.imageshack.us/img29/6390/finallynoncrappy.png)
And for (Skills), edited - again - ammo to make it look golden and gave it a red aura. I don't like it. Will you ?
(http://img259.imageshack.us/img259/5030/skillsx.png)

Finished ?

Both look awesome, but the green somehow doesn't fit in ;_;, you know, they are all somehow grey (and a bit red). I can try to edit them, if you don't want to.

Dark red letters on a grey-ish screen, then ?
(http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/1490/ordinateur.png)

I vote this be a sticky!!! I'd sticky it if I were a mod. Though I think it should be stickied to replace Phasedscar. He had an icon shop open.

Xelias, would you mind if I commented on your iconning style?

Quote from: Xelias on August 22, 2009, 02:23:14 am
Dark red letters on a grey-ish screen, then ?
(http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/1490/ordinateur.png)

much better^^ a second level ++ for you.
Would you mind if i edit them slighly, though?

@Game-Guy : Phasedscar's icons look awesome. I'm currently studying his weird-light effect to improve my own icons.
@Aqua : You mean "criticism", you Xemnas-hater ?  :haha: Of course you can. It helps improving.
@Subsonic Noise : I will edit my main post : evidently, I do these for you, so they are yours. Edit them as you want it.

Yes, I meant criticism, but "commenting" sounds better than "critiquing" (funky Q D:)
And criticising just sounds bad D:

Want me to PM it to you or post here?
And would you want me to get examples of what I'm talking about? XD

You can post it here. I don't have to be ashamed of my weaknesses (my, sounds like a cheesy video game character quote  :haha:)
And bring the exemples. The more the merrier !

Your icons looks hardly shaded at all.

(http://img502.imageshack.us/img502/5335/transparence.png)
I can't really tell where the light source is on this one.

You also used a lot of solid black on your icons.
(http://img502.imageshack.us/img502/5335/transparence.png)(http://img18.imageshack.us/img18/1893/sanstitre1dlq.png)(http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/1490/ordinateur.png)
A basic rule of graphics is to never use pure colors such as #00000 (Black), #FFFFFF (White), #FF0000 (Red), etc.
Super highly saturated colors are also usually a no-no.
For the computer, perhaps just make it a dark grey instead of black.

(http://img249.imageshack.us/img249/8906/swordofcerberus.png)
On this sword, it doesn't seem like your normal style and barely looks colored.  All the colors look like a dull grey.
This would be a time where you would use a pretty saturated blue for the marking on the sword.
Also, it needs shading.

I'm not gonna comment much on the editted VX icons, since they're just edits... XD

The main thing you gotta work on is shading your icons and keeping a consistent style.

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I'll show you some of mine and my shading style.
My style is also different from RTP, but it's smooth xD
(Please don't use these... >.<)
(http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n296/TerreAqua/Icons/Amethyst_Angel_Pendant.png)(http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n296/TerreAqua/Icons/Serenade-de-la-Lune.png)(http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n296/TerreAqua/Icons/Spear-of-the-Naiads.png)(http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n296/TerreAqua/Icons/Vonlont-sans-quilibr.png)

(Sorry... this is a kinda bad critique =/)

-What does it look like - I need a blood orb like thingy...Like a drop of water but red and another one completely grey (diff shades)
-Do you want a border No thankyou
-If yes, which 2 colors do you want I SAID NO THANKYOU

To Aqua : OK for me.  I'll remember all of it.
But before sticking to only 1 style...
Which style should I choose (Ugly Test Weapon ) ?

I - (http://img25.imageshack.us/img25/8050/styleno3.png) : RTP Style. My least favorite.
II - (http://img405.imageshack.us/img405/2396/styleno1.png) : Blended Style. You use a variation of this one, no ?
III- (http://img256.imageshack.us/img256/9640/styleno2.png) : Xelias Style  :) Fusion of RTP-Style with strange reflect patterns. My favorite.

To Tazero : In my VX Icon Database I found that (Unknown Creator) : (http://img35.imageshack.us/img35/4617/blooddrop.png) Would you like me to edit it before I make the grey drop ?

Yes please could you make it bigger with more highlights though? And the grey one should match the cogwheel thingy...Thanks ... Special Thanks ^-^

Just go with whichevr one you want. XD

Those random reflects on Xelias style are kinda weird and random though :P

What program do you use?

@Aqua : I only use the reflect things on steel weapons. Zoom at 1600% and you will see it is not random AND there are more than 1 reflect color.
@Tazero : I use Photofiltre. However, I couldn't enlarge the droplet so I made a custom one. (http://img30.imageshack.us/img30/205/customdrop.png)
So again : edits ?

It looks great =]
I'll dl Photothingy and edit it to my exact thingy =]

Quote from: Xelias on August 22, 2009, 01:50:42 pm
@Subsonic Noise : I will edit my main post : evidently, I do these for you, so they are yours. Edit them as you want it.

That's a thanks and a third level ++ XDD
Yes, it's easy to get level ups from me.