LegolaSS's art Reviews on Newgrounds

[Steampunk revolver]

"You cant just stick gears on it and call it steampunk"
the three gears don't seem to do anything, you seem to have gone rather over the top with the same texture, also on the handle the texture doesn't line up (i don't know if it was meant to do that) but it would have been better if it lined up. im not sure about the gold trim on the trigger and thumb thing. also the blade seems unnecessary at it already looks top heavy. think about practical use rather then making it look "cool"

whatthemeh responds:

You've addressed something that was a problem for me, yes, the gears do appear a bit pointless. However this piece was animated so that the gears would operate the revolving barrel at the front (yes the big cylindrical part is indeed another barrel). I hven't really made that clear with the image, and yes, there are a number of issues with how i've preseted this, to be honest I just fished it off my hardrive from a while back and using newgrounds as somewhere to host it for the time being. I may come back to this mind.

I do accept constructive criticism but I feel you are patronising me a tad. This was an enormous effort as I was still learning back then.

[Art Nouveau Fierce Deity]

well sabs, i saw this evolve on Facebook from stage to stage. not a bad finished result, so i'm going to go straight in with the problems. from a distance this is great, but if you was to have a poster of this on your wall some things would piss me off, the red fairy's lower right wing isn't as clean and crisp and the others (similar on the yellow ones) while i am on the topic of sloppy work, there is a fair few lines that look rushed or un-refined such as the spikes on the majora's mask, there is also a big ugly blob on the base of the 2nd from the right. i have to agree with some users on the fact that the quality of work isn't constant which really subtracts from the work which has quality. nice use of textures. a tad heavy on the gradients but overall a great piece, well constructed and nicely laid out. 4.5 stars.

Sabtastic responds:

Hey, thanks for the critical review! Yours are always amongst the most insightful and helpful, so I just want to say I appreciate your attention to detail! I always look forward to what you have to say. C:

You're totally right with the fact that this was quite the rush job. I knew that Fierce Deity was a heavy hitter at this particular Animethon, so I NEEDED to have it done in a limited amount of time. That being said, I made a handfull of shortcuts and tried a few new things that I wasn't necessarily good at yet--- like working on the image in chunks. At the end, I pieced it all together.

When I noticed that they didn't look good the way that I intended to display them, I quickly re-arranged the halo of masks, the fairies, and the bosses (which were a complete after-thought) which resulted in the messy edges of things that were previously supposed to be covered up by other chunks of the image.

[Monster T-shirt #1]

bold idea, sloppy work, make sure your lines are all rounded, copy and paste teeth is bad also note the small (x) in the middle of the picture which you haven't noticed. pay more attention to your work in future.

chiro94 responds:

yea i know what you mean, but this was just the prototipe, i alredy correct those mistakes you are talking about you know the thik lines and stuff, but the theeth are ment to be that way, i noticed the "x" too but i was jus trying to see what people would think of the idea, and i didnt took much tame doing this peace as you can notce i have better pieces uploaded

[Lyssa]

Lovely use of colours, brushes and textures, near perfect tone qualities and light reflection. shape and form could use with a touch more work but that it just picking tiny flaws in an ocean of brilliance! 5 stars

Artofinca responds:

Thanks!

[Hua Mulan]

Fantastic lineart art, love the style and the colours, the mood and expresions. LOVE IT! :3

Jettyjetjet responds:

Thanks boss, ahah!

[Alacrity Stance]

So, your first proper art in the portal, Nice start, love your style, the sketchy lines are rough but you make up for the tonal qualities and other details, not sure on the sticky-backed bra cups. really like the textured quality you have created on the blue armour. overall not really top star material. but close... hope to see more quality stuff in the near future :3

Jettyjetjet responds:

Thanks!

[Cristina Scabbia]

nicely traced... indeed this is taken from an existing picture, would have been nice if you posted a link to it in the description. comparing this to the original, you have brightened her eye and shaped it in such a way to give her expression more energy which is nice, her clothes could use with a bit more defining, interesting use of filters though I feel it somewhat was used to hide mistakes, you have also used nicer/brighter colours as well... in short, spend more time looking at the original if your trying to get a like for like picture, her lace finishes before it should on her zip, her hair comes down further then you have drawn and her gum line isn't that exposed. you do show talent in using the software, would like to see more original artwork.

MinioN99 responds:

I didn't try to copy it exactly as it is,i train to paint potraits as close as possible to some person.IF i WANTED to make it exactly the same i was going to do that :) < And that is not my point when painting.
Thanks for the review.

[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 :)

[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!