Knuckstrike's art Reviews on Newgrounds

[Paarthurnax Bust]

Very impressive

There's a lot of detail in this piece of art which makes it pretty good. I especially like the scale on his nose.

If you look at it from a close-up (by clicking the picture) you can see the spikes to the side of his mouth being a bit hazy at the ends. If you would've made them sharper it would seem more like a dragon IMO.

The scales on his head make him realistic. With them slowly becoming a horn the more you go to the back of his head is a good way to make a horn of a dragon.

It's just a head though. I feel like a whole dragon would be more scary/impressive. With the white background and him (or her) lacking a body it feels like more of a sketch then a piece of art.

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SuperBastard responds:

Thanks for the review! I see what you mean about the spikes on the side of the mouth getting hazy. I probably should have put the extra time into polishing those off better.

I probably should have drawn the whole thing, and not just the head, but I guess I burned myself out trying this new painting style. Maybe I should have just made this a .png with a transparent background! :P

[Diplomacy]

Awesome

One of the best things in this picture is its wings. It almost looks like there is no wing, but it's a very thin piece of skin. The clouds even shine through it. Wonderfully done.
His scales are nice too. You must have spent a lot of time on them.
His back leg seems to be twisted in a bit of an wierd position though. I'm not too familiar with the anatomy of dragons, but it seems a bit off.

The surroundings seem natural though. The clouds are nice, and the lighting in the sky gives a nice atmosphere. I also like how you did the light to the right of the dragon.

Until I almost finished with reviewing this, I finally saw the knight. You did well hiding him (or her) , but I would prefer him being a bit more clear. You could make the armour reflecting some of the very bright sunlight. It would give a nice effect.

SuperBastard responds:

Thanks, I appreciate the review! I'm glad you liked the surrounding environment. That was the part I was most worried about since I tend to be really bad at doing backgrounds. Cheers!

[Eyeball Tree Helix]

Very nice

The tree stands out, and I think that's what you tried to achieve with this picture. The background is a bit bland though. A sky, or some holy background to make it look like some holy tree would fit well IMO.

After a while I saw that the eyeball is made out of two different colours: red-ish and white. My monitor (or my eyes) aren't good enough to see that directly, but those details make it nice, and the red under the roots give it just a bit more of a realistic feeling.

The tree is drawn just great. I can imagine how time-consuming it has been to draw each leave apart, I don't see that anywhere else. The shadows
The trunk of the tree is very well done too. Lots of small roots is a great way to draw a tree. I see nothing wrong with that.

The shading seems a bit odd though. Why is there shading on the tree, but not on the eyeball? The light seems to come from the left if you look at the leaves, it seems to come from behind the viewer if you look at the intersection between the two trunks and it seems to come from every direction if you look at the eyeball.

These are just small points of improvement though, and the majority of the piece of art is just fine.

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Galneda responds:

But of course the tree stands out; the tree is the focal, solitary object, and the simple gradient background serves to only have you focus on the former. Though I'm not a fan of this background's simplicity either, I agree that a sky is in order. If I were to redo this, I would definitely include that.

It was intended to make the pinkish nerve-shadows faint, but I'm glad they weren't so subtle that they were completely overlooked. Thanks for the affirmation :D

Dude you have no idea, lol...those leaves sucked. And Coop down there wants me to put even MORE detail in them. lmao Thanks

Initially there was a thin black line on the side of the eyeball, but it didn't quite look right. When I removed it completely, I suppose I was pleased with how it all turned out and forgot to add the appropriate shading or highlighting to the eyeball itself. What this review shows me, however, that the lack of proportionate shading DOES throw it off, and I'll need to include it in future recreations. Thank you.

I greatly appreciate the review :D

[Shape Up Pumpkin]

Quite funny actually

I liked that you chose the easiest characters to carve. It's a funny contrast with all the other pumpkins with a lot of teeth and evil eyes.

You did basically the same last year though. I didn't see it back then, so for me it's original, but I can see that for others the joke isn't funny anymore.
I would've liked it more if a candle was in there. It would've been nice to see what kind of light those shapes created. Or you could project it on your wall.

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ZJ responds:

THX

[Everybody's Happy Nowadays]

Very minimalistic

They look even more like comic characters now, looking to each other with those gigantic eyes. Those big ears and the lack of noses makes it even clearer that they are comic characters. Normally it would've been a mistake, but in a comic you can draw your own characters, right? They look pretty cute being drawn so minimalistic.

The lighting seems a bit wierd though. The use of colours due to the light is perfect, but the light source seems to come from between them. But I don't see anything. You could place something in the middle to solve that, and it would make the background less boring.

I like their poses. How she puts her hand on her bag (I think it's a bag at least, it might just be a scarf.) seems pretty realistic.

Next to those two kids, you could maybe add something more? Perhaps one of those really cartoony text balloons? With an addition of just a few background details, you could make it look more like a scene, or a picture from a comic. Now I have the feeling it lacks something. Like it's just a sketch, but I don't think you meant it that way.

Aigis responds:

You're definitely right about the lighting. That's because this is made up of two pictures I drew at different times, with no intention of combining into one picture, until later.

[Sitting By The Sunlight]

Awesome

I liked that, however it's an horrible (as in zombies, not in badly drawn) painting, at first sight it looks like a very happy painting.

One small negative point is that the moon looks more like a sun to me, with the orange glow of the moon itself and the red in the sky.

But still, it's a wonderful piece of art. It's detailed, and the different coloured hills give a nice illusion of depth. And she sitting there being content about the people she just killed finishes the piece.

By the way, until now I didn't notice that it was Nene who killed Pico, Darnell and the rest. It makes me wonder who the rest of the people are she killed.

ZombieMonkey responds:

I originally wanted to include some UBER kids. So it easily could be them :P

[Fionna]

Cute

I can't say I've seen adventure time, but from what I know of her and the show (and google images), she looks alike. Her backpack looks natural, and her posture, and how she stands, looks nice too. The bunny ears and the hair like that make her cute too. Though her hands seem a bit oddly shaped.

The under part of her body, and especially her legs, are nicely drawn. You kept pretty close to the original, and that's meant in a positive way.

To make it a bit more appealing, you could give the backgrounds more of a style, like floral, or some other forest-naturish trees or bushes. The green circle looks a bit too simple. That can be the style too, but I would've liked it more if you made a somewhat more detailed background.

PinkRose11 responds:

Thank you :) Yeah, the hands are bad, and they were the last thing to do so I kinda rushed it. And I will work on backgrounds some more (Im so bad ;_; ) Thanks again!

[Ross Fenton and the Explosion]

The shading is a bit off.

The shading seems really wierd. The front of Ross' jacket is the brightest, meaning that the light must come from between the viewer's point of view, and him. That would mean, because the explosion is the light source, the explosion is smaller than him. And certainly not in the distance.

Ross looks pretty cool. His mouth is perfect for this painting, and so are his eyebrows. You could've reflected something in his sunglasses though, to make it a bit more detailed. His right hand seems very off too, it looks more like a pencil than a hand.
To make it a bit better, you could do something with his red jacket too, like buttons or a zipper at least.

It would be somewhat nicer too if something exploded. And by that I mean that now it's just a random explosion. It would be nicer if something like pieces of metal, or whatever exploded, flew around the painting.

You could've done something with the right of the painting too. Just making it black doesn't seem too realistic with an explosion next to it: at least there would be some light, and maybe something to see.

MisterTig responds:

Thanks for reviewing. I found this review helpful, and you've give me great tips for my future art.

[Trying to be gangster...]

Such a difference

I'm not really an art specialist, but in my opinion the wall seems to be done so much better than the potato. The wall is really great, in fact, it looks more like a wall than the wall of my house. The potato looks a bit too smooth, it would look more like a potato if you made it look a bit uglier, and with a bit more detail.
The eyes of the potato look nice though. A bit silly.
Last, the lighting. It looks good if you look at the shading around the potato, but on and directly behind the potato there isn't any shading at all. I at least expected some differences in his hair colour. Though you don't need too much shading, since the light shines on the front of his head.

PlusPlusKid responds:

dude, the wall is just a texture!