XwaynecoltX's art Reviews on Newgrounds

[The Joyful]

Pretty impressive

Well I have to say that this was well detailed and the shading alone was pretty detailed very good sketching here aswell I like the meaning too it's very deep in meaning and just shows off the talent so keep doing what you do and make great drawings

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Awsome work no need for changes

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ColeBasaraba responds:

Very kind words, Thank you.

This one was inspired by a video game called "LISA"

I had a massive inspiration kick after playing it, I'm glad to hear it came through.

[The Painful]

Very nice work

Wow this was kind of cool I think as a suggestion only that if the pills were red or blue colored this would have accented the picture and meaning a little better but like I said just an idea and or suggestion anyways very nice drawing you have here very deep shades well-done work

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Color the pills

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ColeBasaraba responds:

If I'm correct, I actually did color the pills blue. I think I switched it to black & white in Photoshop.
This image was for a small, self published art mag.

I think taking out color saved a few bucks, I'll have to hunt down the original copy.

[Pumpkin -one-]

Spooky

Well this was kind of spooky I would have liked more brighter eyes and mouth maybe even a glow on it to give off a more spooky and scary feel about it just a little suggested idea to enhance the art piece it's a cool art piece you have though anyways nice work

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Some brighter eyes and mouth

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ColeBasaraba responds:

This was the first pumpkin painting I did, I have painted a whole bunch since!

You have very keen eyes, the brightness of the inside has been my main focus of my recent pumpkins. I'll try to post some soon, hopefully I have improved in the the glow department since this piece.

Happy Halloween! (Late or way in advance, you decide)

[Jeletor]

Cute

So this was cute I would love for her red gem center piece to be a doughnut that would really be cool the color and textuture on this was pretty cool and just a fun classic charchter so really nice job here I enjoyed reviewing this piece a good art piece indeed

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Ada doughnut

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ColeBasaraba responds:

Every image can be improved with a doughnut!

[Goodbye Montana]

Wickedly cool

Now that was wickedly cool I love that eye ass focus point and I think you can color that eye and nothing else it would be cool and a good idea but regardless it's some really nice detail good shades and and well-done line work I was really impressed within this one

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Some color pointsbof focus

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ColeBasaraba responds:

Reading your comments has really made me think about adding select points of color to my grey scale artwork, Sin City style, It would be a good excuse to try different mediums!

And hopefully, will look pretty sharp too.

Thanks for the input, and kind words.

[Level Up]

Very impressive

Now this was a very impressive piece I love the deep color you used here and the look on all the props and such is a big plus so nice work there. Those flames comming out of his arms should have more of a glow to them that would be a cool idea something to try out later

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Some glow on the flame
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ColeBasaraba responds:

Adding a glow effect is something I really hope to get better at in the future, it's something that has always been tricky for me. Thank you for the feedback! I really appreciate it.

[Crochet Kirby]

Cool

The Kirby was well made and this was the perfect backdrop to have him in this is the kind of stuff I was talking before about background stuff but overall you did pretty good here and still creative here very nice work I like the creative style here anyways nice job

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Really nice work no changes needed here

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SophieYssabeauWare responds:

Thank you very much!! Thats so sweet!

[GuessWhoImproved!Clock]

Cool

So this was pretty cool I like the skull and the black backround was perfect, I think if you put a burst of light around the skull it would glare off the skull with a nice visual, but besides that this was a pretty good drawing and design, so nice detail here.

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I think if you put a burst of light around the skull it would glare off the skull with a nice visual

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CorpseGrinderClock responds:

I'll get right on that nine years ago

[yuri fanart]

Decent

Well this was notbad pretty decent work as I said in the other one some smoother lines would suffice just fine some deeper colors and in this case some background detail those eyes I can see you adding a sparkle and shine comming off of them but nice charchter work here

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A few suggestions made just above

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starbaka responds:

if you dont have anything nice to say donpt say it at all how could you say mean things abot my art??/ my colrs are DEEP an i dont like backgrounds becose its my STYLE!!! ٩(//̀Д/́/)۶

[You're Gonna Be Great! Bellemere's Love and Nami's Tears!]

Interesting

Well this was interesting, I do think the mother looks more sinister than comforting. I would just work on the eyes and facial expressions, she seems a bit off there, but you have the crying portion of this down for the child. I love the coloring and lines you have used, your character design is something I've seen before but a bit of an original twist. The hair shaved design was pretty neat too. The grass they stand on is a good background element, but it could use some more background, like a sky or scenery back there. I like the clothing detail and overall design you have going.

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This needs more of a background, it has the grass and some starts of a background but I would go all out and do more.

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C-Johnigan responds:

First of all, THANK YOU! It's been forever since I had any sort of criticism ever so it's a breath of fresh air to hear you go on about what can be improved on my work.

Second, I see where you're coming form about the mother's smile; it does come off a little malicious given a second glance but I tried to keep in mind of the character I was trying to portray. I didn't think it appeared that way but that may be my bias talking.

As for the background, in the anime that I was inspired by, There were minimal scenes just like this where the background was greatly faded. I called myself mimic those scenes