I'm gonna have to agree with spy here.

change the sparkles to bee sprites of the same size, and i'll say YES

I'm glad you are taking our criticism! I am confident you will make good items!

I appreciate all the criticism, I will definitely avoid having still PNG's and instead either not use them at all or try to incorporate other things to make it more alive. Sorry everyone!

do not need another png unusual effect holy shit

beehiveclipart.png

Not a fan of jpg's as unusual effects.

imo these floating png unusual effects feel super out of place in tf2

I would like it more if the hive was not a 2D sticker.

why? like what is the point other than for it to be a wacky summer themed effect for the upcoming case so you can get an epic self made unusual.

Thanks :))))

TF2 community not complaining about workshop items like idiots challenge (impossible)

That aside really great work. Its not something i'd have for an unusual hat but the effect alone looks beautiful. Voted and favorited :)

Yet another animated PNG effect that would most likely look bad on a lot of hats.

the bee thingy in your face has been done before, i didnt want to copy it too much. Also read the comments below

Well, I want to ask you a question... why? This is a bland concept, a better concept would have been the yellow cloud with bees swarming around your face but instead a png of a bee hive. I love your work because the concept looks great but its flawed from the start. Good luck!

You're welcome! I'm excited to see your future work.

thank you for the input, i will probably remake this effect in the future using the ideas you've provided. Thanks again

However, if you wanted my personal opinion, I would dig deeper into the concept and get down to honey as being the main theme of the effect, instead of the hive itself. Usually one of the most pleasant things I like to watch while cooking is seeing honey drip, specifically from a honey spoon. If I had the know-how of blender magic to make it, I would redo this unusual effect in this way:

An orbiting honey-spoon constantly pouring a slow stream of honey into a pool at the bottom of the effect, or just the stream of honey falling into a transparent fade around the object.

Overall, I do think this effect needs a bit more work until I'd want it in the game, but your skill shows in making these effects in the first place. Work hard and you better bet, no matter what direction you decide to go with this effect while improving it, it'll be ten times better than before. Keep it up!

The hive itself, even though I said it was static, can also move given certain conditions. Having the hive on a branch allows us to give it some pivot, making it swing slightly like its being blown in the wind, or just bobbing side to side. That would also allow us to play with the honey drip coming out of the entrance, since at the moment its a static piece of the unusual. With movement, we can make that honey drip sway and bob, maybe splashing honey off to the sides. With this included movement and the additions of bees, this item can exist without needing to have background filler elements like clouds and sparkles to bring it to life.

I think this one is a bit too static, and the golden clouds and sparkles don't really help the fact that it's a static image of a hive. I can also see an animation behind the static honey-drip too.

HOWEVER, the concept is fun, and I think we could take this apart and rework it into something less static and reliant on clouds. Let's look at the core of it, honey, and work our way up.
Bees, hives, they related to honey, but there's not much you can do with a hive since it's a static living space. However, the organisms that live in that space are not static. What we can do here is add bees that fly around the hive, buzzing about and specifically entering in and out of the hive.

what they said

If anyone wants to come here to comment on this workshop submission, you all better BEEHAVE yourselves.