SteelSoldier Posted August 12, 2013 Share Posted August 12, 2013 (edited) The purpose of these icons are to replace the role images that are currently found in the game, I am currently doing several experiments to see what type of backgrounds I should use on the icons and what weapons and items I can use on them in order to identify each role of each character. The Icons of Steel NEW Download https://www.dropbox.com/s/56dq86bpbmgj1t3/Steel%20Icons.rar Download https://www.dropbox.com/s/31ni1gtpq8d12f7/Colored%20Icons.zip Extras(Shields etc) Download https://www.dropbox.com/s/7saixu8o5sqif9g/Extras.zip ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Old Ones below Sharpened Icons here: These are the standard ones without any background. https://www.dropbox.com/s/ejyihkdllutf79b/Sharp%20Icons.zip Normal Icons here Uploaded with ImageShack.us https://www.dropbox.com/s/2q341ilaeu51x9n/Icons%20Normal%2BWhite.zip These were just an experiment but you can download. The 25 Degree Icons https://www.dropbox.com/s/f395gc5i2mvjpn7/25%20Degree%20Icons.zip Edited August 23, 2013 by SteelSoldier Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aufklarer Posted August 12, 2013 Share Posted August 12, 2013 The more the merrier in the role icons, have a look here I started to make my own and there are some links in the comments with more role icons made by others. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteelSoldier Posted August 12, 2013 Author Share Posted August 12, 2013 Ya, I took a look at your icons, they look pretty good so far, I just decided to do something a little different taking a bit some inspiration out of your icons to do something that uses the artwork of the game and making icons fitting each of the weapons and some miscellaneous equipment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ishantil Posted August 12, 2013 Share Posted August 12, 2013 I like the focus on weapon type. ::downloads:: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteelSoldier Posted August 12, 2013 Author Share Posted August 12, 2013 Added even more icons. Also tried doing some crosshairs for icons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ishantil Posted August 12, 2013 Share Posted August 12, 2013 I like what you've got here. I would suggest sharpening the edges of the various guns then scaling them slightly larger. It's very hard to tell what some of them are with the small version of the files (such as when you do a mouseover). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteelSoldier Posted August 12, 2013 Author Share Posted August 12, 2013 As requested I have done all the icons, had to take part of the background off though in order to increase the size. https://www.dropbox.com/s/nr83q0ilk4ux8yn/Xenonauts%20Sharp%20Icons.rar http://img824.imageshack.us/img824/7250/ndc.png Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ishantil Posted August 12, 2013 Share Posted August 12, 2013 Those look awesome! Thanks for putting that together! I'm downloading them now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteelSoldier Posted August 12, 2013 Author Share Posted August 12, 2013 Ya, I think I should have just gone for simplified icons, instead of trying to make a matching background color for them, this way I can increase the weapon size and make the quality good enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ishantil Posted August 12, 2013 Share Posted August 12, 2013 I think that the latest ones are probably a good compromise. An order of magnitude better than a red H. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteelSoldier Posted August 14, 2013 Author Share Posted August 14, 2013 I have added more icons, and also new letter icons Check them out: http://img853.imageshack.us/img853/2319/8qsu.png https://www.dropbox.com/s/ejyihkdllutf79b/Sharp%20Icons.zip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ishantil Posted August 14, 2013 Share Posted August 14, 2013 Well done! These look great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteelSoldier Posted August 18, 2013 Author Share Posted August 18, 2013 I tried using a different angle for the weapons, I will call these the 25 Degree Icons: http://img191.imageshack.us/img191/5514/7g91.png https://www.dropbox.com/s/f395gc5i2mvjpn7/25%20Degree%20Icons.zip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aufklarer Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 your last set looked better Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteelSoldier Posted August 18, 2013 Author Share Posted August 18, 2013 (edited) And what about these: Edited August 18, 2013 by SteelSoldier Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ishantil Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 Hmmm...those look kinda blurry, with the gray background around them. The main problem is being able to distinguish them when the icon is small. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteelSoldier Posted August 18, 2013 Author Share Posted August 18, 2013 (edited) They are blurry because I had to upload to this page in inferior quality, but in download form they are much sharper. http://img844.imageshack.us/img844/1192/p2z5.png https://www.dropbox.com/s/2xktb5oa7hcddws/Grey%20Background.rar Edited August 18, 2013 by SteelSoldier Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GizmoGomez Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 These look nice; I like them. Is there an "unused" image to replace the blank red square? EDIT: Never mind, just downloaded them. Very snazzy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ishantil Posted August 19, 2013 Share Posted August 19, 2013 (edited) In looking at the second set you provided, I'm starting to reconsider, those do look very nice. I like the stylistic curve at the top. Well done! Idea: Perhaps color coding each one by filling the "tab" in bottom left area with color? Perhaps add a white outline to dark colors and a black outline to bright colors. Red=assault Orange=flame thrower Yellow=rocket launcher Green=rifle Blue=heavy Purple=sniper Brown=pistol White=shield Edited August 19, 2013 by Ishantil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteelSoldier Posted August 19, 2013 Author Share Posted August 19, 2013 When you mean tab, do you mean the little triangle?, or just part of the bottom left area? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ishantil Posted August 19, 2013 Share Posted August 19, 2013 Indeed, the bottom left area. The center portion has a curved background. I was thinking that bottom left portion could have some color in it to further denote each role. Just a thought. You're the one doing the graphics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteelSoldier Posted August 19, 2013 Author Share Posted August 19, 2013 I have done something completely different than you suggested, but I think I achieved perfect results: http://img837.imageshack.us/img837/1401/egnb.png Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GizmoGomez Posted August 19, 2013 Share Posted August 19, 2013 Can you allow us to download the "blank" grey one? Currently I'm using one of your all black "unused" images along side your all grey with white symbol images. (I really like those. ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteelSoldier Posted August 19, 2013 Author Share Posted August 19, 2013 (edited) Here ya go: https://www.dropbox.com/s/wkfyxpom9xmdsdv/Colored%20Backgrounds.zip The png file is called unused, should be inside the zip file. Also my plan is to do all weapons with grey backgrounds, but I will have the colored backgrounds to people who want some distinction between each type of weapon, also will try and do a different color for the extra icons. Edited August 19, 2013 by SteelSoldier Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GizmoGomez Posted August 19, 2013 Share Posted August 19, 2013 Sweet: having both grey and colored would be awesome. (I'd only use the grey; colors don't seem to have a place in this organization, beyond powder blue ). Thanks for the icons! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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