New attack buttons - scratchpad

Post by **Jetrel** » May 7th, 2006, 10:05 pm

Not bad, Disto. As you guys said, the fire lacks the chromatic/luminous intensity of real fire, but the composition ain't bad.

I may take a swing at editing that, one of these days.

Disto · Post by **Disto** » May 8th, 2006, 8:47 am

Jetryl wrote:Not bad, Disto. As you guys said, the fire lacks the chromatic/luminous intensity of real fire, but the composition ain't bad.

I may take a swing at editing that, one of these days.

I tried editing it but...........

Post by **Boucman** » May 8th, 2006, 10:03 am

Disto, you should have a look at khanstant's flaming arrows here http://www.wesnoth.org/forum/viewtopic. ... 877#153877

I don't like the composition, yours is better, but his rendering of fire is good, and it's very saturated. you can saturate even more...

Disto · Post by **Disto** » May 8th, 2006, 10:17 am

Boucman wrote:Disto, you should have a look at khanstant's flaming arrows here http://www.wesnoth.org/forum/viewtopic. ... 877#153877

I don't like the composition, yours is better, but his rendering of fire is good, and it's very saturated. you can saturate even more...

Well this is as saturated as it goes.

Post by **irrevenant** » May 8th, 2006, 10:52 am

Maybe something like this?

JW · Post by JW » May 8th, 2006, 10:57 am

The bow's lack of definition makes it hard for me to look at for more than just a moment.

Post by **Zhukov** » May 8th, 2006, 11:54 am

That file name made me laugh.

One thing that doesn't seem right to me: the fire has a very sharp edge. Should it 'fade out' a bit more? Just a thought.

Ranger M · Post by **Ranger M** » May 8th, 2006, 11:56 am

yep just add some fading, but only at the flames billowing out of the top, the bit next to the burning arrow would fade out much less than the fire above.

ascendant · Post by **ascendant** » May 8th, 2006, 2:58 pm

Khanstant, is that what you mean?

highhole · Post by **highhole** » May 8th, 2006, 4:23 pm

Is this storme-trident attack icon better?

toms · Post by **toms** » May 8th, 2006, 4:39 pm

There is a fish stabbed on it...

It looks like that IMO.

The trident does not look metallic.
It looks pretty flat.

Decide where the light comes from. At yours, it comes from everywhere. Take variations.
Make strong shadows opposed to the light.
Increase the contrast.
->Dare to enlight the lighter parts very much. Be sure of what you draw, because else it looks aliased and could lead to under-saturation. It happens to me too.

Post by **Redeth** » May 8th, 2006, 10:56 pm

Ah... fire... It's far more complex than red and yellow stuff put together isn't it?

I sharpened the bow, added some burning effects to the arrow, a little smoke here and there and some movement to the flame (as if there was wind coming from the 'right' side of the picture).

Sorry, I couldn't resist the temptation to do my own little version.

Post by **Kestenvarn** » May 9th, 2006, 1:13 am

That's a better looking arrow, now all it needs is a good bow.

Khanstant · Post by **Khanstant** » May 9th, 2006, 2:55 am

Ascendant, that looks much better. But what I mean specifically was more like these:

http://web.mit.edu/first-east/www/img/m ... derman.jpg

or the one I've attatched

ascendant · Post by **ascendant** » May 9th, 2006, 4:33 pm

So I should try a spiderman version of the web?