LegolaSS's art Reviews on Newgrounds

[Cephalopodic Advancement.]

Nicely done Kuoke, I am unsure about why the girl is sunbathing in the water... the guy looks either too big or misplaced on the beach... needs to be brought forward... i like the background and sky... and the spazzy drawn birds are fab. waves on beach could use a bit more reference/work... the squidzila its self is nicely done, unsure on the back legs, if its blue in colour or odd reflective lighting... but overall your getting 3.5 stars :3... put a bit more thought into the layout and your away :D

[AsparLAME]

My review

The art itself is basic, the backgrounds are sketchy, the colours are blocked and there isn't much visual skill shown.

after seeing a lot of your artwork come into the art portal, i can say that seeing the same images with slight alterations *like eyes, paws moved and added objects* really seems rather feeble, its like posting a piece of artwork and then posting the same one again the next day with a different coloured hat.

my main focus is on the art itself not the text to go with it. i would much prefer to see new artwork for each strip rather then duplicated pictures. i can understand if you are a busy guy and haven't got much time to put into this, but is drawing each frame from scratch to much to ask?

this is my honest review about your comic strips... it may seem harsh but i feel it is a fair point.

WaldFlieger responds:

Thanks for the review! Not harsh at all. If this was meant as an art piece without text or narrative or humor I'd definitely agree with you wholeheartedly. Although I suppose it could be argued even then that perhaps the minimalist approach would be some kind of "commentary" on art or something. Otherwise why make hundreds of these art pieces? There'd have to be some purpose or point or else it would just be an exercise in monotony.

Fortunately for me, I am only using this art to serve a larger context. But since you don't feel inclined to review "that part" of the work, I won't get into that.

[The Ship That Never Made It.]

Nicely done

Great concept a spherical layout pulling the users eye to the main focus, lovely consistency of brush strokes and tones, i feel either the stone pillar/spike in the foreground is a tad too light or the one behind is a tad too dark because currently they are similar colour, you have done some nice simple splashes of white to show snow blowing and mist/fog... a using the orange as the focus colour of interest really works well... your getting a high 9 from me as this is still rather sketchy like a concept sketch, but its a very high 9

Charongess responds:

Thank you :)

[Save Yourself, You Punk]

Few issues...

ok, I really like the way you have applied colours to this image, very bold and sharp... I like the design aspect as well... however I'm going to pull you up on a few things, First of all, lets look at the background, the cross isnt attached to the floor, it really stands out... should have picked that up, 2nd the cross on the church isnt central to the church, *if the building doesnt seem to look angled enough to cope with the cross been there, 3rd the eye design on the back of the coat, the eyelashes things on the left hand side seem to be hovering over the fold of the cloak in a non realistic way, like you put a layer on and forgot about it. 4th i dont know why theres lense flair from behind that gravestone if the main light is coming from the right handside of the screen. 5th the shading is all over the place, i mean, the coat is good, but the horns say its coming from below, the hat says its from above and a final thing to go along with the shading, is that you should really dull down some colours in the darker areas, such as the horns and cross on the hat, they shouldn't be that bright, try looking at metallic objects or referencing to get better metallic looks. this picture is ok, but shows its either rushed or not enough care has gone into it... a fine example of talent but not enough skill applied. 5/10

[Tanya]

love it!

really love your funky style you do, very stylistic in a great way! great use of textures... i'm so going to make a model of this :D

MindChamber responds:

lol hellz yah!! that would be hot!

[CRINA]

gritty and different

now, anime is a rather over done topic for drawing and painting and you see alot of rubbish, you are one of the people who pulls it off very well... and the reason im replying to this piece if because i love how gritty and textured it is compaired to most of your other stuff which tends to be more smooth and clean cut, this has alot more artistic character to it, i love how easy it is to pick out the lines and blocky colours, its a really nice change and im glad you are experimenting with different tool and looks, i also like the bold pastel like colours you have used, i feel it could use with a touch more depth to it to define areas so you get a 9/10 :D

suwako responds:

Oh thank you very much! I really like that kind of gritty and dark style so I've been trying to study and apply it to my works... I'm really glad that you noticed it! I also agree about the rubbish anime pictures, but I think that kind of shiny style attracts everyone at first... I know when I was younger that's all I wanted lol. Hopefully people will grow out of it like I did? :) I much prefer that painted look to be honest. Then again, everyone has to start somewhere, it's all part of artistic growth and all that.
Thank you for the kind review :)

[Kawaii]

nicely done

simple sleek lines, lovely pastel colours, reminds me of Egoraptor's artwork somewhat. a lovely soft smooth finish to the whole piece. i want to rate it higher but i feel it deserves a very high 7.

Ein457 responds:

cooool

[Leaking Lord]

Simplistic and smooth

I really love how you have merged the background in with the main focus point, smooth and blended very well, I like the shading and coloured used, i feel it is lacking story somewhat, adding a ledge or a distant point he is leaping too might have helped... due to the nature of the size been wider and empty... due to the sweeping curves i do feel the one between his arms *the whitish one* could be more mechanic with a perfect circle line, rather then the organic hand drawn line... but very nice and clean cut... 9/10

[Reach]

Very nice ashman!

I like the semi realism going on in this piece, it has real dynamics and flow... a very inspirational piece.
I do feel her skirt should either flow onto her other leg or there should be stronger folds around her leg to show the cloth folding.
9/10 :D

[Sexy Santa Chick]

<3

And I will cherish it forever, fantastic artwork ReNaeNae, looking forward to this years :D