So, these are some icons I've made for Fall From Heaven, a roguelike in development.
Made with GrafX2.
They represent, top to bottom, Elemental, Divination, Metamagic and Necromantic mana. The varying number of corners represents the degree of power, a la Heroes of Might and Magic IV, although I noticed that only afterwards. Srsly, all the while I was wondering where had I seen that before. The idea wasn't even mine, it was a suggestion from the dev.
They're supposed to be displayed for magic-using characters, and show the intensity and flavor of magical energy in the area.
YES, I KNOW THE LAST ONE IN THE FIRST ROW IS CRAPPY.
But it's going to stay like that at least for some time, because now there are other pixels that need my attention.
In the bottom row you can see some intermediate stages of work. First of all I drew the whole golden border, then the elemental mana symbol. Then I decided and tested the other three color ramps, and copied, pasted and shaded the corners into their final colors. There is an out-of-ramp color that I had to change manually - I thought I had used six but I actually used seven - you can identify it in the dark red pixels in the necromantic mana border. Then came the necromantic symbol, an assload of fine tuning of the little gems (that don't even stand out that much - well sigh
), and finally the Metamagic and Divination symbols (star thingy and angel thingy respectively).
I'm not going to redraw this any time soon, but some C+C will be appreciated, with future similar pieces in mind. And eventual polishing, but now it isn't a priority.
