idea: a man, maybe a magician, with his arms out but bent, palms up and on top of each palm floating in the air in one is like a ball of fire, and in the other a ball of ice xD
btw i dont need it but since u rly wanted insparation that could look like a cool icon
I've just been getting better over time. I've been teaching myself all kinds of art (especially on the pc) over the last year. I got sick of my job and decided I want to work on an idea I have for a children's picture book, yet I had never studied any art and my work was real average. I've found modding computer games has been a real good method for learning photoshop programs, as there is endless tutorials and awesome examples to gain inspiration from.
When I freehand I just start by scribbling out the basic outline of what I want to draw, then fill in the base colours for each areas. I then give them shadows so it starts to get shape, and then draw in the features. Finally I just add in the highlights and any finishing touches.
A problem with my icon I found was that as good as it looks, ingame it loses alot of the small detail... which is kind of irritating. I made another version with a bit more contrast, and added a background to give it more of an 'ability' feel. It still blurs up a little ingame, but for anyone who hadn't seen the original versions I'm sure it would look ok
Yeah I'm interested in doing a childrens picture book lol... strange I know, but it's personal.
Anyways, I don't really think I'd be good at writing a tutorial... I don't actually study art so I wouldn't know the correct terms for anything or the best way to teach it, I'm sure there are better artists out there that have already done some tutorials on this kind of thing.
I had a go at the mage like you requested, it's a bit rushed (so it'd probably look sh*#house ingame) but I thought you might be able to pick up a couple of tricks from it. To make it a bit more interesting I first thought about the pose, then when near finished I added a bit of lighting (the glow from the orbs). Like I said its not great and prolly wouldn't work ingame, but there it is -
I'm on a page about incorrect corrections, and spent the better part of like two hours trying to get someone to understand that -5^2 = -25, not 25, and then that post had comments get reposted because that group is self sustaining, and that person was in turn trying to explain what I just explained to them. And I'm taking that as a victory
I will be AFK for a couple of days you guys hold down the fort while I am gone. I will be checking in on my phone but that will severly limit me. Be back saturday!
I just got to watch the video because even though I was there I was trying to work out tech problems with the chat since I was the social media guy so I was distracted but check it out guys the video is super fucking great!