Kinsei's art Reviews on Newgrounds

[Raichu I choose you]

Sweet

Pretty nice. Too bad that my Illustrator Inks don't look this good.
Simple and effective, nice job.

[Tears of the Sun]

Wow

This, this is nice. This is an excellent view. It reminds me of one of those landscape paintings that just seems to invoke some sort of feeling deep inside the viewer.
This is going to be complete conjecture, but I have to kind of feel I need to explain what I feel and see.
I feel as this is the view of some one who is tired, worn thin by the world and time itself. The person looks to the sky, knowing that the the endless void cares not for the troubles of this little rock. But instead of seeing the azure, he sees the rain. There he stands in the rain, letting the cold drops drench his body. He takes ease in the dampness, as it seems to wash away his weariness and fatigue.

I really like this piece.
Good job Knocturne

[trolling, a gentleman affair]

Gentlemen....

Very well done my friend. This got an instant favorite and I personally believe that it deserves a front page.
The detail is is amazing. The design is wonderful.
Over all the message of a Gentlemen Troll is just something I want to continue to enjoy.
Very nice
5/5
10/10

data777 responds:

very thanks you man

[Gendave]

Nice

Very nice Dave.
I guess with everyone doing one of these, I guess I should too eventually.
You've done a pretty good job with design and color. Really fitting.
The ground shadow is bugging me a little though. I would expect the shadow lines to not be so soft.
I hope you do a couple others.

[Queen of a Shrinking Universe]

Well done

Your attention to detail is exquisite. I am truly enjoying the engravings around the scepter, the lace on the corset and sleeves, and even the markings on the face.
A piece like this is why I am hoping that you do an Empress, I would love to see what you do with it.

Over all the composition is alright, At times it seems a little too centered. I think you could have done some more with the background. Having the background reflect the level of detail that the character has would have made this an ace piece. I would have just loved to se the hallway truly crumbling away as it was dragged in to the void. Just to see the stone crumble and break, the building collapsing under the cosmos would have been wonderful.

Although the detail is very nice, the proportions are off a little. Aside from the head the arms are a little short. The left hand is fine, but the right one holding the scepter is lacking some dynamics. the fingers looks static and like they are holding something in a different perspective that what the staff is.

Over all a pretty good piece, I look forward to the Empress
4/5
8/10

[My Creature]

Eh....

Looking over a lot of your pieces I notice some reoccurring problems. and one of the biggest is lighting.

In this one your creatures have no depth or value at all. Well I not completely lacking, the back legs of the little buggers are a darker shade of red, but that isn't enough. On your background you have some minor lighting going on, but again it is very little.
You really need to place in a light source and start getting some shadows in to the scene. With out any depth the entire thing comes off very flat and bland.

Your creatures are also lacking weight, in both line and body. Adding some value and depth will help solve some of the weight issues when it comes to the body.
As for the line weight. It looks as if you are using a vector program. Probably Paint Tool Sai or Adobe Illustrator. You need to add a stroke to the line, Although this doesn't completely solve the issue, it does help it look a little more natural than a single thickness of line through the entire piece.

From here I am going to mention Composition. Right now the picture is very static and very uninteresting. You need to change up the size of the canvas, change around the character position and add in some over all forest details.

Something odd that I am noticing is the roots of the trees. on one section you have them blurred. I assume this is you trying to get them to look like they are going in to the ground, but it isn't comming across as well as you would like. Google some tree roots and look at how those flow in to the ground. Then take out your pencil and sketchbook and do some roughs so you can get the feel of it.

Go out, do some research, study and observe. It will help you a lot in your art.

[Magic Forest]

Loving Most Of It...

I'm really liking everything except those little green streaks. For some reason they are the one thing that really distracts. It is as if they don't belong inside the picture.

The orange lighting beams see m to fit and even that bright blue light but those green streaks, they just bother me.
I guess it has something to do with the way they flow. I figure in a picture like this they would swim through the air much more elegantly.

Even with that I still think this pic is pretty damn awesome.
5/5
9/10

[Golden Retriever]

Wow.

You have not only chosen very nice reference, but you have also done an amazing job of using that reference to render a great piece.

The brush work is very nice. You've done well with the lighting and made the shadows spectacular.
congratulations.
5/5
10/10

[Failfox]

FireFox Has Crashed

Very funny.
If I was to have one beef with firefox it would have to be the crashing. It crashes about once a day on me, thankfully it saves my pages though.

Anyway, This is a pretty simple joke, but it is very well executed. You have done well to keep from cluttering the picture.

The design is well done and I look the goofy look on the Fox's face. I am the color is quite excellent and you have nice line work.

Good job
5/5
10/10

[Happy Fucking Holidays]

Snowage Angst....

Pretty simple and short.
It has some minor appeal.

One of the biggest flaws this has thought is the shading. On the kid you have some shadows on his pants and cap, but no where else in the picture. Take some time and update this with some shadows on the snow man, the ground, and the rest of the boy.
With out these shadows the picture looks so very flat. I know that this picture serves a short and specific purpose, but I think the little extra time to give this some depth would really add to it.

2/5
6/10