XwaynecoltX's art Reviews on Newgrounds

[Fortress]

Neat design

This one here is neat, but seems a bit rushed. I feel like there could be more going on here. This was some nice detail some really good shading to give off that robot design, that sci-fi reference was apparent in your work. I love how you used color and detail and that was all talent on your part. I would love to more of a full background and integrate more elements of what is surrounding the robot, because I honestly don't understand what is around them, but it seems to be connected to them in some way.

~~THINGS TO IMPROVE ON~~
Just more background details and more details on the element surrounding the robot

~X~

BlurMarsh responds:

I wasn't expecting a review on this drawing! I haven't drawn her in a while but I'll try to keep in mind what you told me in the next one. Thank you!!

[Three Year Old Sun]

Ok

Ok I am not sure what you were going for with this one. I had to read the description to even start to understand your concept here. I think maybe you wanted to make something that looked like a 3 year olds work in 3 minutes because the theme was 3? Like keep it all in 3s to fit this idea of a 3 year old drawing something. I think the sun is nice, the way it is positioned is most likely something a 3 year old would do. I think the font is just messy enough to think a kid did it. I mean, when I first saw it, I was like this cannot be his art, his fonts and text style are usually so well done and I enjoy them but this is, Not to say anything negative, it was just not what I am used to from you. The dirty ground is the only thing I think that you got lost in. It is just so plain and just this brown thing that is sitting here. I look at it and thing a kid would draw more, maybe a flower or something. They don't see the world as this brown earth look, well it is more grey now that I think about it. The bushes are your most detailed and do not look too much like a child drew them because of the texture you've put inside them. Most kids dont go for texture but just color things inside the lines. Overall not a bad piece, just different, and I see what you were trying I think lol.

~~THINGS TO IMPROVE ON~~
Think more like a child and do more grass type then the grey and add a flower next time.

~X~

Cyberdevil responds:

Rated three because of all these threes right? :P Hmm yeah, you're right about the ground, although indeed there's no brown there at all, it's all dark gray, and a bit much detail anyway huh. I did go for different so glad that comes across at least!

[Ghoul]

Very dark

So this was really "DARK" and that was the "INTENT" I love the dark element you pushed here Now as a small improvment I think some glowing eyes would have been good and maybe darker overwelming clouds aswell, but besides all that this was an amazing piece of dark element.

~~THINGS TO IMPROVE ON~~
I think some glowing eyes would have been good and maybe darker overwelming clouds aswell

~X~

HappytoDraw responds:

Thanks for the great review! I agree that darker clouds/sky would make give the piece a better/stronger dynamic. Good tips!

[JasonD]

Dark

Ok so this strikes me as short of a darker jason, like in theme, he is more sinister and has more need for blood here. I like the way you have placed the blood on the mask and all over his bloody hand, but why the feet? I think the feet would naturally have blood on them, but he is standing there in a puddle of blood, without a body, and the rest of the blood is off to the side? I think this would have worked better if you attached the blood trail to the arm/hand weapon a bit more to show it was spooling over and that it just got all over him being so much there. I think the mask and the body are good. The arms are very very big, my god. Why did you draw them so long and big? I think it makes his body look uneven, but this may be the art style you wanted to achieve. Was it what you were going for? I would have balanced out the arms more, less length to them as now they seem as long as a gorilla. I would have also added a background to this. You do have awesome original text names hovering over him, but that is about it. I think you need a murder scene or something to show me where the blood came from, that would be a nice addition, but the character and art itself was dark and I do like that, especially all that blood. The jason text name is also well done and the way you've made the one letter longer was a nice idea and executed in a good manner. Overall a good piece here and I love the sinister stuff you do most.

~~THINGS TO IMPROVE ON~~
Add a background with a murder scene or victim, fix the arms length, add more blood to the weapon and feet. Mostly add more blood flow please.

~X~

Cyberdevil responds:

I think all bodies I drew had unproportionately long limbs back then. :) Maybe inspired by eighties action heroes like Arnold... not sure if it was intentional or it just turned out that way. I might've thought it looked cool. Agree some bits of this could've been worked on more, and the title in particular's pretty blank.

[SUBWOOFY [L]]

Funky

I love the use of color here. Nice patterns and details and textures. I love the way it captures your attention with vibrant bright colors. So this was a nice charterer you have here, I like the armor and the background the most but I would suggest some deeper use of effects of glows and lighting. I would even add a border to this one for sure. The main issue tho here, is that your lines are very very pixelate and they need to be smoothed out, unless you want this effect, but it tends to make your artwork seem sloppy. Good work tho and good eye for color.

~~THINGS TO IMPROVE ON~~
Just fix your issue with pixelated lines and more effects inside this.

~X~

megawolf77 responds:

The pixelated style is intentional since this was drawn on MS Paint with just a mouse. I'd love to add the anti-alias effect, but I let the pixels stay for aesthetic purpose of MS Paint work.

I still appreciate your comment!

[Helo]

OK

Ok well I do like this one and this one here is very cute. The typo you have seems to be intentional and the overall look of your creature guy is pretty neat. I like the headphones they are wearing and the look they have in their face. I think the color you used for the guy himself is nice and the way you had him hide his face with the sign was actually really cute, and given the fact that the sign is not spelled correctly, the face hiding with the typo just added some extra cuteness, like the guy doesn't know or understand in that innocent way. The background here is lacking and it would have been really nice if you did something here other than just using a white background. I think that white can work at times, but there is so much of that going on in this. Why not add more to the background, maybe a setting or a theme? I also think since he is wearing headphones that you should add up some music symbols to make it appear that this guy is listening to some music, because otherwise it seems like he is just having them on without a purpose. Maybe you intended to do that and maybe the headphone are more of hat, I am not sure, but I do like the look and think the music symbols would really add something here. As always, your original font and text are nice to see again and I do like the idea you had of not spelling it right with that text. I think overall this was a nice okay piece of art but I hope you add more in the future.

~~THINGS TO IMPROVE ON~~
Please add a background and maybe some music symbols around his head to really make you understand the character more.

~X~

Cyberdevil responds:

You keep going about those backgrounds. XD Sometimes they just aren't meant to be... but I shall respect your opinions. Thanks for the review!

[Smiley Alien Ant]

Neat

Ok so this one here, well it was neat, but also kind of familiar. I think because we often see Alien games on here that it tends to draw me back to that and make me think of it over and over. I like the smile you have inside your alien, but it seems more like just a smiley that replaces its head on another body of a king ant or something. It just doesn't really work together for me and I am not sure why, but it is cute and neat. I think the drawing style you used here is nice and the coloring you went for is also good, because the colors really flow and work together. They compliment each other and make it a nice happy piece, for a nice happy smiley. I would have added a nice background or maybe a spaceship behind him to really tell a story and more details is never a bad thing. Sometimes you focus soley on the character and not the background or any other details, but I would encourage you to explore more backgrounds and other fun elements you can put behind characters. I do think you have this ability as you are very talented in terms of using digital art. I think overall I would give this a good rating as it is well executed but I would hope for a bit more next time you do this type of character.

~~THINGS TO IMPROVE ON~~
Please add a background to this one, I think it would be great or maybe a spaceship? It would really make for a nice scene. I think this was a good job tho.

~X~

Cyberdevil responds:

Ah yeah, a spaceship would've been cool! :D Thanks for reviewing!

[Frog]

Nice

Ok wow I did like this one a lot, because the character just has the funniest face and clean look. I think that you were going for a nice new original character and I like what you've done. The green is nice for a "FROG" and the eyes are the best part of the body with being large and expressive. The eyes really let you feel what the frog is about and draws you in as a focus point. The subtle blue around the inner eye is nice as well, and I think you almost have an anime type eye style here that really works well for the frog. Your use of shadows and shine on the main body is good and makes for a more completed cartoon, but I would have added more shine in the face to give a more slimey feelings as frogs tend to be in the water and wet and slimey. I would have also added some water like background or a lily-pad background to fit it all as a nice scene that you could perhaps use inside of an animation. I think overall this was a nice character and the clean look and style is something I do like when you execute it. I hope you make more of the frog and maybe even the full body and not just the face shot of the lil dude.

~~THINGS TO IMPROVE ON~~
Add more shine to the body of the frog, a nice water type or frog setting background to this would help too, and next time make the entire frog body so we can see the entire character.

~X~

Cyberdevil responds:

The green's the one relatable part I think. XD Thanks for the review!

[Dude]

D00d!

Do it dood, this is great, this is very detailed in the character desing, but why is this not digital? I do not see much paper work from you, but it would appear to be an all paper drawing and work that isn't done by computer. How did you go about this decision? I wonder, because you've been so digital in the past. The gear is amazing with your details and line work, but the body is very very off. The hand is so huge! But maybe he has a big hand? I think if you wanted to just show big gear, there is a way to do that, by making the gear seem a bit thicker and the hand doesn't get any smaller, that would have achived your effect much better in my eyes. The face seems a bit lost and the neck isn't really there. I think he should have a neck and the expression of this dude's face is a little barren, almost emotionaless. I'd add more emotion to the face and give a neck to boot. I think color would also benefit in this piece to show off the different type of armour and maybe a background as well, but for a doodle of a dude, this was just fine.

~~THINGS TO IMPROVE ON~~
Add a background, add color, work on the size of his hand, work on his facial expressions, and maybe more of a neck for this dude, dude.

~X~

Cyberdevil responds:

Well before I started with computers it was all paper, so this was actually the kind of content I made way before that aforementioned digital past. :) Would love to do more hand-drawn work though, it's just easier with digital these days. Yupp, proportions and angles were pretty off, but I'm still pretty happy with the detail otherwise, drawing age considered! Thanks for reviewing!

[Funky Dude]

Funky?

I am sorry but where is the funk? He needs to be getting down to some funky fresh beats if he has the funky. I don't even know what you were going with this one, but I do like the character. He has a personality, with those lost teeth and wide eyed smile. I love all the weapons he has and the details on them. I think the thing at the bottom is tacks? I don't really know. I'd make a point to make that a little more clear when you're adding something so small, just give more details or more text for realization of what the item is. I think that the one arm is far far too long for his body. I mean, it just comes out of no-where and then his other one is kept inside. I know you wanted him to extended his arm to hold things, but it seems very off proportions compared to the other arm. I think you really need to work on body positions of the characters you create originally, but nothing too bad, just for arms in this one. I think the overall body and character you've created in nice, but I would have loved to see this in color or with a background. You would really have spiced this up from just a doodle to a nice art submission going the extra mile in detail and colorization. Overall I do like the characters that you come up with tho.

~~THINGS TO IMPROVE ON~~
Add a background, add color, and fix the size of that extended arm.

~X~

Cyberdevil responds:

Funky as in modern and stylish in an unconventional or striking way and/or strongly musty. ;)

Yupp, those are tacks! Of the Ouch TM brand. You know, you're delving into ancient work with this one, so I do know there's improvement potential but I probably won't be polishing these old ones. :) It's just fun to look back at at this point. Glad you liked the character though!