SquizofrenicCat's art Reviews on Newgrounds

[Inktober #23 Chevy Chase]

This is an interesting picture since there's a form that's actually nice to stare with its many variations of brush size and discontinuities, all while not immediately giving out what it is until you get to read the title, so it's something you can only really see once!

The speed lines are really nice, the blue intrigues me since it gives me the impression the car has hit a water barrel or something and that's the only way I can think of to accentuate movement as you can only go so far with a still image and some deformation.

I'm just not sure if the shiny silhouette is a person or a seat, it looks like a pulled back seat to me. The convertible hood is massive, but I'm not sure if that adds to the picture. Certainly work on some more ambiguous stuff like this though, it's really interesting.

Cyberdevil responds:

Hmm not seeing what it is until you read the title... I'd hoped it wasn't THAT unclear. :) Do like that you get such intriguing first impressions though, and the imaginative thoughts regarding the speed lines too. Chase does seem it might imply such a thing.

Yes, that's a seat, and the black figure in front of it is the person driving. Partially out of the frame for drawing simplicity, I guess. Hood of the car though... are you seeing that here...? I wonder if you're seeing it the right way if you are, but thank you for the fresh impressions! Seems I definitely do need to work a bit on my cars too. :)

[Pot O Gold]

I like the lens flare effect, it's pretty well hidden in the texture as it subtly leads the eye to the more important, shiny bits! The detail on the gold pile is nice as well, with the different shades of yellow that lets you discern the coins from one another very efficiently.

However I find that the rainbow is a bit wobbly, not in the fun slide way, abruptly ending near the pile instead of fading out; not sure if you intended to have it be a solid thing or not though. The symbol on the pot could also have been more symmetric, which would have given the impression it's on a round surface - seems like it is bulging out to me otherwise.

Overall though, it's a pretty comfortable picture to stare at! I'm assuming the texture was used to make it seem like it just stopped raining too, rainbow and whatnot, which is pretty soothing.

XwaynecoltX responds:

Hey thanks for a very nice detailed review this was just something I played with the rainbow was a tad bit wably thank you for the review.

~X~

[No Fear]

The coloring work on this is fantastic, very faithful to Warhammer! Details on the chaos marine like the book/cloth and symbols are superb too.

Great work man.

HandKannon responds:

Thank you. I think Warhammer has the best characters and character designs in sci-fi. So many other franchises draw inspiration from it Starcraft being the most notable but yeah Space marines chaos and loyal are awesome.

[Ditched Teri]

I didn't even notice you mixed this with an actual picture! Nailed the bumps in her paper surface too. Great work.

Furboz responds:

Thanks, I even flexed a paper myself to get the desired effect for the texture. The bus stop is locaded outside my old home and the building it's behind those green pillars...

[Nia Posterized]

I appreciate that pentagram design on her outfit, surprisingly subtle as it took me a moment to notice!

Also the lineless hair is really dope. Sadly it doesn't contrast very well with her skin color, making it a bit hard to make out, so that kills a lot of the picture for me.

Em0Panda responds:

Thank you for your comments! next time i work on a piece like this i'll try using more vibrant colors to make things pop more.

[Winter's End]

I really, REALLY love the background and the way you applied detail on not only the things but also the outfits. Sadly this contrasts very hard with the lady up front, whose face is lacking in that department. In my opinion she steals a lot of the attention that belongs elsewhere to me.

I'm not sure if it was on purpose, considering your other pieces have very decent anatomy. I'd certainly vouch for a version where she's wearing her scarf as a mouth mask of sorts, using the clash of detail in a more positive, obvious way.

Diggymungo responds:

Hey I really appreciate it!! I agree, I really could have planned out the visual hierarchy a bit better. I also did take some liberties so I could show her smile, maybe dropping some bangs on her might have the same effect?

[HIYA friends!]

Sadly this looked a bit more promising from the thumbnail. You've drawn this "chibi" in a way that makes it difficult to figure out her alignment in terms of dimensional space, an example being like how her right ear is bigger than her left one despite her face being turned in a way where it's meant to be the other way around.

Her shoulder is also kind of floating there, her entirety of the torso being almost a polygon. The sword unfortunately looks incredibly dimensionless as well. I like her face, though, as much as you probably seemed to. Color work is pretty neat, too. Taken that you're considering making commission work similar to this, I'm being a bit more judgmental than usual.

Dullahanastasia responds:

Aha! I knew something was wrong with the ears but I couldn't quite put my finger on it. Thank you for this critique as I now know what I've been doing wrong with all of my artwork. So I guess I just need to practice dimensions and perspective haha. Seriously thank you, this helped me a lot! <3

[Raiden]

Good effort, sadly the lack of depth conceptualization along with the asymmetry makes it a bit difficult to distinguish parts of the character, making it look a bit messy if you don't already know how Raiden looks. This is solely my opinion, though.

tatsumaru7 responds:

Hmm yea I know what you mean. My next one will be better :)

[Scanty at the Beach]

Ah, good one. I've only really checked this out because of the E rating tagged along with it, otherwise I would've probably skipped it along with the buttloads of Shadman just sitting at the top scoring section, hah.

[Space Cat]

REALLY cool! it's reinvigorating to see some traditional art for once. Phenomenal stuff.

ewtrtw responds:

It's a pleasure to read such comments)
Thanks :3