I made these for the Sonny Legacy Collection now available on Steam! Here's the full set of achievement icons that I made on a very fixed budget and tight timeframe. All of these were created in Clip Studio Paint.
The original games are old Flash games that have been ported over to Steam, so when it came to figuring out the designs I needed to make, I had to do tons of research. I found longplays and scoured the wikis to not only see what the game looked like, but to understand the meaning behind each achievement. When the devs saw the results, they were touched! Finishing a job is nice, but there's no better feeling than knowing that you nailed the project in the eyes of the people that matter most!
All Star - The colors of the frames denote the level of difficulty associated with each achievement.
Brutal Blow - I had to use a lot of perspective math to figure out the placement of all the various curves and shapes. It was a challenge but fun.
Elemental Devastation - I think the more ethereal icons were not just super fun to do, but also the most abstract I've been in a while.
Ivory Line - Knowing that these wouldn't be super large in Steam, I wanted to make sure that they read small but also looked interesting if blown up.
Labyrinth - This was definitely one of my favorites to create based solely on the shapes and final render. I built various masks to chart out the planes of the subject, so once that was done, the rest was just airbrushing and gradients until I got this sleek look.
Old Ghosts - I redrew this several times. The game's original art leaves a ton up to the imagination, so when I finally settled on the look I wanted, the rendering and reflections are what really brought this to life.