XwaynecoltX's art Reviews on Newgrounds

[Easter Post]

Mail call?

Okay seems you like to do these Easter posts and they are very sweet and simple, but that can really work out well with your art. I like the line detail and how smooth it is, very close to vector art and as well has that ink art style. I think the use of the yellow inside of the black was a nice touch and really helped you give it a bit of depth. Why didn't you add more of a background here? I think that would have made it more festive, maybe add some Easter stuff since it is your normal Easter post. How about the eggs like last time? I think it needs more. I do like the background like texture details around the letter, giving it a bit of personality like the letter is important to accentuate the meaning of the mail. The same can be said of the details around the letter and the yellows and black lines they have to match the mail itself. It ties in well with that background detail you have going on. Some of your awesome original text here would have worked too, maybe something alone the lines of "YOUVE GOT MAIL?" or something silly like that. It would be cool to add that in there or just to spice it up here and there. Overall a good one, nice smooth solid piece of art here and good eye of using yellow to add that depth. You are really good with lines and ink work so please keep this stuff up, but more backgrounds!

~~THINGS TO IMPROVE ON~~
Add a background and some text to this one and it'll be more complete

~X~

Cyberdevil responds:

If that's wordplay and not TV show reference: exactly. XD

I think white backgrounds make for easy inclusion in posts and such (on my own site, where the background's white). I aimed for a Clip-Art like style too, which goes well with the traditionally white Word document. Solid outlines to let it stand out by itself. Definitely not one of my most advanced pieces though - it was more for the pun. Thanks for the advice; comment!

[Orange Wedge]

Wow

That was pretty amazing and the little "ANIMATION" was really good it made it even more funky then before, you have some really nice pieces of art here I like the style here and was pretty artistic, so nice job all the way around, hope you keep making stuff like this one.

~~THINGS TO IMPROVE ON~~
I couldnt find anything to really change up on this.

~X~

OrangeWedge responds:

Thank you, really!
I have plenty of things I worked on in the last months I still haven't uploaded.
Stay Tuned

[Dying Superhero 1]

Okay

Ok so this is another one of the times you will reuse another older piece of art to go with a new idea and create a new submission. I am fine with this, but only in terms of improvement and not the way this is striking me. I think this one here is a less granded piece than the first one and lacks a lot of your original flare, like the text work you always do youreself, here you have a basic font from any software program you just wrote in, and while that is just fine, I have grown acostume to your original style of making your own text. I don't think you should lose that in your work. I think if you are always making your own text or font rather, you should stick to the because it makes us aware that this is a "CYBERDEVIL" art piece and brings things into perspective on original work. I would love to see you redo this one with your own text and style and maybe not use the same characters are before, but something you design yourself. I know you wanted to make something involving "SAM AND MAX" but perhaps you could create your own duo to fight the justice of the world? Just an idea, but I do like this piece here, the spiral like blue/black background is good for a cover, and the characters are spot-on in terms of fan-art recreation. Okay overall.

~~THINGS TO IMPROVE ON~~
Add more of your originality to this, your own text, your own characters, etc

~X~

Cyberdevil responds:

Agree, the font in particular's really basic here, and overall it's pretty bleak and boxy... but at least not so much white eh? ;) I'm not sure why I went for Sam & Max fan-art considering I've barely played the games, but a retake on this might be fun... will consider!

[Mencere]

Faded

Where is the art going? it is so whited out. I mean, I see something "GOOD-HERE", but it is soooo faded! The texture details are almost whited out here, they seem lost in this. I wonder why you picked to make it so much white covering it up and overall masking the details? I think you over did it on the amount of whiteout here, but it is an interesting piece. This is very abstract as you say, but things are just so subtle and hard to make out. I do like the texture effects you've got going on here. The way it looks almost peace like, like sand inside a snowstorm. I wonder what inspired you to try this out? I love the overall feeling you get looking at this as well, like you're lost in a dream, so that part works out well for you in terms of the look. I would have changed your brightness/darkness settings and made it a more darker and maybe fixed up the contrast inside this one. I think you have really good ideas and you're always trying things, and that is something I like about you. You're different and edgy and for abstract this does work well. I think you were using the darkening brush in this as well and that did help you in some areas, but overall it was good to see something different from you. I would keep trying this out and next time do something that isn't white?

~~THINGS TO IMPROVE ON~~
As stated above, this is far too white and faded. Try to get more darkness and less white next time. Even try playing with your image settings.

~X~

Cyberdevil responds:

I guess I like white. :) Bright colors. Haze. Not sure what inspired me anymore, but I like the impressions you got from it! Lost in a dream sounds particularly nice. Might've been something like that I was going for.

[CyberD Top]

Interesting

This wasnt too bad for another paper sketch, So for this one I gave 3.5 stars because of the sketch itself and is much more "RAW" artistic value, I would really love to know who all the characteristics may or may not be lol, I feel like you have a lot going on here and could use more detail and direction on where to place characters. They seems really squished together and unable to coexist well. I do like it but each character is a different size than the other which is fine but it isnt very consistant for some of them right beside each other and their placement is off at times like some characters look like they are floating. Id definately try to get this converted to a more digital style with thick ink lines like you usually do and then add up color for more style and a better means to tell everyone apart. I like the characters and I notice some NG ones and ones I am not sure of but overall a nice piece. I also love the one character hitting the other with that key lol I did enjoy it just put more focus on the elements of finishing this as oposed to a sketch and youll have a great NG history piece.

~~THINGS TO IMPROVE ON~~
Add up some changes in porportions. Add color. Add ink lines in a digital setting with your art program.

~X~

Cyberdevil responds:

I wish I could remember who they were too! XD Not sure if the guy with glasses is NG Staff or Steve Jobs... or could it be a buffed up, more sinister (in the name of competition) alternative you? The dude in the middle might've been gluttony from Fullmetal Alchemist, and the CD guy at least is 100% most definitely me! Alien Hominid in the metal mask...? I'm just guessing now. Also I'm pretty sure that key's a flag! ;)

[Grattriss 2005]

Nice

Ok so what language is this? I feel like I need to get out google picture translator and investigate, but regardless it is a nice little addition. Is this a lottery card? I feel like it is but you need to add some $$$ signs into it to imply the winning of money, or maybe the symbol you used here is that sign? I am not too sure, but it does look good and has great symmetry overall. I think the orange and green coloring was good and the line work was good as well, but I wish the lines were thicker and heavy in some areas as the symbols themselves were heavy and thick and that should really match with the lines themselves, especially when you use the boxes or stratch box area with such a large thick line intself. I think that is really your main issue here to just keep things flowing in a nice way from line to line and not make it look like too much of a sketch if you want a realistic looking lottery card feeling here. Overall I did like this one and I hope you'll do more, but maybe an English version for us boys in the USA? Nice job tho.

~~THINGS TO IMPROVE ON~~
Just change up your border line thickness to match the boxes and give it a flow overall for this piece.

~X~

Cyberdevil responds:

If you read the description you'd know the answers to most questions above. ;) Good point with the winning implication though. The symbol's the official brand - 'triss' being a wordplay on three and clover/slang for money. Don't think a translated version would make much sense, and it's old work now, but thanks for the continued reviews!

[Youtuber's Anxiety]

Nice idea

So this was a nice idea and a good "COMIC" too I actually think you could make a comic series based off you-tubers or something like that, your art style is there and you have some deep colortones and it all comes together very well, but anyways very nice work here I like it.

~~THINGS TO IMPROVE ON~~
I actually think you could make a comic series based off you-tubers or something like that

~X~

MookGames responds:

Thanks for the feedback! I'm currently working on some bigger projects, but I'll definately keep your input in mind

[Baron Screen]

Colorful

Wow this one right here is just great, I mean this one is full blown in details of wonderful colors. I think the blues really stand out the most here, I really am enjoying this one. The level of detail and skill you've put into this is something right out of a professional handbook. I think the concept is great too and even your font is original and colored with such a deep and vibrant red. The red really shines and comes off of all those blues and makes a nice pop that stands out from the rest, and it is important for text to stand out and not be lost in the all other business and elements going on in an art piece. The cat has this great elements of surprise that you have created by drawing these bright big eyes and the body posture of a cat that is freaked out. I love the way you allowed the shadows and shading to hide the cat but kept the eyes bright to show that element of surprise and make sure it stood out from the rest of things to focus your own eyes on this part. The red barron is also nice to be positioned as he is and the overall body posture shows you that he is your main character and seem to have accomplished a goal. Your environmental setting was also well established as a sort of run down area of the streets and you did that by creating this nicely done torn up spaced out fence. I think that by making things a bit run down on a sidewalk, you showed us what your setting was and it made sense why the cat would be there. I don't think I have much here to improve on, you have covered every area of space here with details, textures, colors, shades, and dept. You have a story going on and I am entertained by each element and each detail. You clearly put effort into this and it has paid off. I think this is perfect as it is. I hope to see more from you soon and keep up the good work, I look forward to more.

~~THINGS TO IMPROVE ON~~
Nothing to change, I like this one the way it is.

~X~

MindChamber responds:

Thanks so much for that in-depth review! Much appreciated

[Morsdagen 2005]

Editorial

Wow ok I love this one it is like something from an editorial or magazine piece. The coloring and the positioning of the borders and text makes it feel like an ad or front page piece. The cloud like grass at the bottom spiraling out of the main box border really give it an original design feeling and some great depth of a piece. The flower alone by itself makes it the star of the show and the central character to your point here and your theme. I do love the way it is focused on and the overall background it goes along with. I think the shadows and elements around the flower also help focus on it and allows for a good perspective. The sun off to the side, hiding a bit, also helps you focus on the flower and even the text it comes off alive with the positioning. I love the different colors inside each letter and the shading in them really lets it pop with your gradiant color choices. I think overall there isn't anything to really improve here, as it all works together and flows very well. I think you are doing a great job with these types of submissions

~~THINGS TO IMPROVE ON~~
Nothing really as I think it is good the way it is.

~X~

Cyberdevil responds:

Thank you!

[Man In Car]

Comical

I did think this one was funny, but this piece right here has the elements of a comic strip or comic sketch. I think the guy is a bit too blended into the art tho, he seems lost in the background when his head comes out. I think he needs some shadows and depth to show us he isn't part of the road or the background. I do like your background tho and it is always nice to see you make those in your work when you use your ink or drawing style. I see a lot of your work without backgrounds and I am always pleased when you add one up, but this one is good and I found the character to be comical with his big "YO". I don't understand why you didnt make the font of the "YO" yourself as usually your fonts are much bigger and original with your own hand writing. I would hope next time you use your own drawing text font skills to add to the pieces you do with any speech bubbles. I do like this one and it made me laugh. I hope to see this character again sometime and I am impressed with the direction that you took with this.

~~THINGS TO IMPROVE ON~~
Just add some more depth to his head sticking out so it doesn't get lost in the background and maybe do your own font for the speech bubbles.

~X~

Cyberdevil responds:

Hmm well I guess it was a bit rushed since the font's a basic one, or I was just experimenting with styles back then. Good points on depth there!