File talk:All-professions small-and-o.png

Should have added a description to the image, but I forgot, sorry.

This is a preview of the profession icons. I want to explain why I've made some decisions.


 * I haven't seen many original pieces of artwork for the new profession icons, so I took a best guess from the icons already on the wiki. They might have to be altered when factions is released.
 * I decided to go for a single colour look for the Assassin and Ritualist icons to match the icons that already exist. Using a two-tone or multi-coloured icon would have meant it didn't fit in with the style of all the other icons.
 * This led to the problem of picking a colour. The colours of the original profession icons are based on the colour of that professions icons and bosses. Judging from the skill icons currently up, Assassins are a red-purple and Ritualists are a blue-green. I just went with bluey-purple for the Assassin and orange for the Ritualist because these were unused colours, whereas blue, green, red and purple are all already used by profession icons. Once we see what the Assassin and Ritualist bosses in factions look like, I'll finalise the colour.

Let me know what you think :) 22:05, 22 March 2006 (CST)
 * Is it possible to sharpen the tips for the assassin dagger symbols? Right now they look rather flat-tipped and resemble snow-flaks o_O" Overall nice work! -SolaPan 22:09, 22 March 2006 (CST)


 * Yeah, I noticed the snow flage resemblence :) I'll try making them a bit sharper. Do you think they should end in a point? 22:30, 22 March 2006 (CST)


 * I think a point for the assassin blades would be a good idea, if not a ^ type point then maybe a /| type point (if my ascii work makes sense to you). =)  --Rainith 00:11, 23 March 2006 (CST)

Cool. Looks mostly good to me, given the reasonable comments. For what it's worth, I wouldn't be strongly against multi-color icons. They are non-core, so maybe different is ok, and there will be more non-core. We will run out of colors fairly soon anyway. =) Just some thoughts. --JoDiamonds 01:38, 23 March 2006 (CST)

Long standing question about the core icons
I've always wondered what inspired your original icon set. The game does have an internal iconic representation of at least four of the professions, as you can see in various publicity works and banners. For example, see the banner above the henchies in ToA. I know that our current icons are somewhat stylized representations of these icons, but was using the icons unmodified ever considered? 01:45, 23 March 2006 (CST)