SuperBastard's art Reviews on Newgrounds

[Primitive Life]

The forms and materials on the robots are incredible, but the cardboard and paper on the ground looks like it's not being affected by the rain at all.

Still giving this a full score because other than that your attention to detail is impeccable. That robot pelvis is crazy. I love your colors, lighting, textures, and composition as well.

SmokeryDots responds:

Yeah, you're right, and the funny thing is, I thought about it during the whole process, but when it was time I kinda forgot about the cardboard... I also wanted to get som barbed wire in there as well. But heck :D
Afterwards though, I thought to myself that I could always excuse myself by saying that the setting is in some kind of alley, where the rain doesn't come down as much ;)

Thanks for the 5 stars :)

[Dragon]

Very very cool, you can do fierce as well as cute! I just wish you'd put more detail into that guy's armor; compared to the rest of the work he looks unfinished.

icheban responds:

Thanks!

And about the armor detail bit... maybe. Looking at it again, I'm still happy with how he turned out. I'm pretty sure if you didn't get to look at the piece so zoomed in, the character size would have made him detailed enough. Not sure though, but thanks for the input!

[Nondescript]

SUNY? No shit, I went to Alfred State!

The varied perspectives are very interesting here, reminds me of some late cubism and your rendering is pretty solid. It feels as though a few places, especially the scene in the middle, are lacking a little in detail though.

Zhon responds:

Sweet deal. Nice to meet another New Yorker. I know someone that went to Alfred - small world.

I didn't look at the perspective like that, that's an interesting observation. Since they're different scenes though I'd distance it from the concept of cubism.

Funny you mention the middle scene lacking detail - I always felt that was the most detailed, with the bottom one lacking the most.

Anyway, thanks for the words and stuff!

[Paint'o Gurrrl]

I hate this. It isn't interesting. It provides no connection at all to me as a viewer. Much of the painting looks rough and hastily done, which can be a good thing but in a case like this I feel it hurts the overall effect. I don't feel engaged or intrigued in any way by the subject. You lazily sprang for the easy cliche of orange and blue. It simply doesn't feel like a creative piece and I believe you can do better work than this, or could have finished this up more before posting it.

I'm disappointed that this was frontpaged.

AkiCarlito responds:

awh well yeah it was intended for the painty/painted feeling so i can see what u mean and art wise i can agree on not understanding how it got frontpaged, really took me by surprise too! but yeah this was something i wanted to practice on and that is lighting that made me myself uncomfortable to work with, which is both cold and warm lighting. i'm doing my best to improve but thatnk you for your thoughts on it btw

[Punching guy]

This is pretty rad, the colors and detail are fantastic. The "idle" part of the animation is great too, but I think the punch would benefit from a bit of anticipation and follow-through. It doesn't look like it has any power behind it since he just kind of tosses it out without changing his stance at all.

Awesome work anyway.

spacefader responds:

Yeah, you are probably right, I guess I neglected the animation side a bit. Was concentrating more on colour and light, which the guy above is not happy with ha ha.

[Impending headache]

I think I recognize this. Is that character's name Red?

Endiment responds:

It is indeed her name.

[Careful What You Wish For...]

My dark side is insensitive, callous, and cruel, but somehow we always end up seeing eye to eye. We've been on some crazy adventures together.
I'd say we've grown close over the years.

It's always fun to see different sides of us personified in art, and the design you chose to show yours is original and interesting. It leaves me wondering why your dark side is represented as a tongue, and making the viewer think is a strong power to have. (Don't explain the choice to me; it'll ruin the wonder!)

I docked some points because, right off the bat, the piece looks unfinished. You've still got a million vestigial sketchy lines everywhere, the colors look flat despite some minor effort to show form, and you have no defined light source, despite that red moon looking like its more than willing to fill that role. The randomly-placed highlights on the creature bug me as well. This looks closer to a thumbnail or concept sketch than a finished work of art.

I'd love to see you revisit this some time and turn it into something truly impressive. Let me know if you do!

qweeirdo responds:

Thanks for the review! i was a lot lazier a year ago, and this piece really reveals that. lol. i think it would be worth it and interesting to to give this piece an update. XD thanks for the idea!

[Charcoal Owl Skull]

You could use a little bit more definition; charcoal is great because it's good for expressing value. I don't see any defined light source here, which would really help you out, and you wouldn't have to rely so much on using lines to define shapes, which in turn would make it look much more realistic.

The smudging you did on the top of the beak turned out well.

It's good that you're willing to draw with different mediums. Keep practicing and you'll be a pro eventually.

Kevrake responds:

Gracias for taking your time to give me some input. This was my first time trying charcoal, as you figured. I SHALL DO BETTER NEXT TIME.

["CL4P-TP"]

I rather like the color choices.

However it doesn't look as though you planned the painting with a sketch first, what with the robot not being symmetrical. The upside-down triangle that frames its eye - being off-center - really throws the whole piece off for me.

There are some shadows you could stand to darken, I'm looking particularly at the back of the wheel where it appears to be beneath the robot and facing away from your light source.

I can't quite tell if its night or day. Your sky tells me its night with its moon and horizon, but the colors and shadows on the robot say otherwise.

One more thing: when you're photographing your paintings, try to fill the entire space of the photo with the piece. Leaving un-cropped edges is distracting and really takes away from your composition and impacts the viewer's overall impression of your work.

The one thing that really bothers me about this is that upside-down triangle on the robot's face. Overall though I think its pretty good.

greyswizzle responds:

Thanks for that detailed critique. I'm really gonna take that and improve my art further. Just what i needed!

[Vending Machine]

I've used that texture before, too!

Very nice detail, cool concept. I recognize the texture you used, though! :P

G-i-b responds:

Yeh deviantart texture, pretty sure I tagged em when I first finished this a few years ago.