Kinsei's art Reviews on Newgrounds

[I Like Pie]

Meh

so far, I'm unimpressed.

Lack of design.
No lighting, even less shading.
Random background.
Absents of line weight.
Little use of any color theory

Look up some tutorials on just about everything you need to get a better grasp of the basics of art and you need to practice a lot.

girrocks responds:

Thank you very much. I really appreciate constructive criticism. And I actually plan on doing random backgrounds... So... The random background comment was actually very nice. Again, thank you very much.

[Flathead Lake]

Torn....

I am truly torn by this piece. At one moment, I see how it reminds me of impressionist paintings, and at another it feel like it was so rushed with scribbles and dashes.
I tend to be drawn to the reflections of the trees in the water. At that moment I am reminded of Bob Ross. The white guy with an Afro who could paint like nobodies bitch. He always did water and reflections so well. And I think you too have captured that as well.

One thing I would have liked to have seen was some atmospheric effects. You have some mountains or hills in the back. I think you should have shifted them closer to the color of the sky and water. They would still need to stand out enough to have there own identity as well as aid the framing of your piece. But with the more blended color you would have had this much more subtle surprise.
Over all I do like it.

[Lost At Sea]

OK, Here I Go

Well the first thing I am going to bust you on is the scan. You should have cropped it. As you have it at the moment it looks like you rushed it. Keep in mind that presentation is sometime crucial to the pieces survival So you should go ahead and crop out the rings, straighten up the angled right side, and airbrush out that mess in the top right corner.

Now moving on to the actual piece and trying to critique it.

I'm noticing a little of the under drawing still left on the page. Usually with a sketch that isn't that much of a problem, but I get the feeling that you are trying to pass this off more as a finished piece. I think you should adjust the the brightness and contrast a little, Try to get those little bits washed out. This will also help get your blacks of your inks to be a but more true to being black as well as the white of the paper more white.

You might want to be a bit more careful with the legs of the crewmate. His folded legs don't look like they are lead to his hips.

the captains right hand looks a little off. But with the position you have it is difficult to draw. Try changing the position of the hand and see if you get a better result.
Work on your line weight as well. And be sure to take not of how humans interact with there surroundings. Take the Captains foot for example, the toe should curve down a little more considering how the weight falls.

gmanthesandwhichking responds:

Thanks for the critique.
I tried to fix the problem with the captain's foot, the only problem was that that was done after inking so I couldn't really do much without it looking terrible.
As for the hand, I definitely realized my mistake last time I looked at this, the thumb appeared to be more of a pinky than a thumb. Line weight is a big issue with me, but now that I have more than one rapidiograph I have seen a huge improvement in my line weight.
Once again, thanks for the critique and I will definitely folly the advice.

[Knight with spear]

Such An Older Piece

I was a little disappointed that this was what you offered up for a review. You have come a long way in a short amount of time, and you have much better pieces now.

Although there is a lot of hatching and shading and highlights, this thing really feel pretty flat. Another thing is that it looks a little static. I think you could have done a bit better with the pose. A bit more detail would have made this quite a bit more interesting as well.
The anatomy around his abs is a but off, and some work on some proportions would have been nice as well. His right leg is a bit longer than the left and the right upper arm is a bit shorter than he left upper arm.

You have already corrected most of these issues in your more recent works, so mentioning them here is kind of moot.
I'm glad to have seen you come along so well.

[The Dream Sequence]

Traditional, Nice!

Don't get much of these, so this might be a bit fun.

One of the first things I notice was the three colors. I was thinking "What the hell? Did He mask this off?" But then I took a look at the authors comments and found that this was actually three paintings. I have to admit that little surprise adds a little to the wow factor to this. I bet that a bit of preplanning came in to play here.

One problem I am seeing is a lack of lighting. You have some on the masks and the small yellow bird, but I am seeing little to none on the large pink character or the blue one. Some good lighting with some texture would really add to this.

I really hope you can continue to learn more about paints and continue to post them up. I think this is pretty nice for a start.

Luxembourg responds:

Yeah, it can be a bit weird to look at at first. Usually triptychs are hung up with a little bit of space between each panel so it's fairly obvious they're separate pieces, but I can't arrange them in such a way until I find a means of hanging them up.

I'll admit to the lack of lighting on the spirits. If you mean the large reddish-brown one by "large pink one", I worked some lighter shades into the fur (namely on the top panel), but it's true that I didn't add nearly enough lighting. I guess I was kind of lazy with the blue one, as well, since that one has nearly nothing in the way of lights.

Thanks for the review, Kinsei.
You give surprisingly large reviews for a whore.

[Hes Watching You]

Black, Blue, Three Shades Of Pink....

It all works out.... or comes out white in the wash if you use enough bleach :P.

I recall this piece. It seems like a life time ago.

One of the best qualities of this piece is the lighting. You have done better with this better than any other part of this piece. In that bid, I would have liked to see some bit stronger highlights on a couple areas like the tip of the "Head" and the hands.
You have a couple of specks that seem to be floating around and catching the light. It gives the piece a older dusty feel, which I personally feel it adds to the overall effect to the piece.

One minor beef I have with this is the "Head." To be honest, I'm not sure what it is. It reminds me of an old mic used in those old black and white films. But I thin kit is suppose to be a camera.
It would be nice if it was a little more clear of what it is suppose to be.

Even with the minor confusion I think you have done a pretty sweet job here and I think it looked awesome in side the collab.

[Buy Groceries]

OK!!!

Here we go...
This has some wonky anatomy, but I'm pretty sure that the excess of length in the limbs are very intentional. It looks very alien. The swirls around the major joints, the face and breast really throw me off at first. After taking a moment to get accustom with such a strange look I noticed the line art. The line work is quite jagged. I'm sure your brush had no softness to it when you drew this. You have a pretty strongly stylized piece, it makes it hard to put a good critique to it.

I try and not read the authors comments until I have already taken a good look at the art. I do this to see what I can make of the art first and to avoid as much emotional attachment to the artist as possible. After reading the first part, the entire thing makes a good bit more sense then it originally did. If this really is a piece relating to the "Sex Sells" mentality then I can see a good purpose for all the exaggerated limbs and stylized features.

I think perhaps in a future project, if you were to redo this, I thin you should draw a billboard or something that you would see the "Advertisement" in or on. Mostly for the added effect of it being an ad.

Touche QB, you tossed me a good curveball. I hope I at least hit it well.

J-qb responds:

He swings... and he misses!
nah jk ;P I know how hard it can be to review such stylizes pieces, but at the same time that makes it hard for me to improve on this stuff; so thats why i asked you. Thanks for the review.

[It's The Flood!!! 3]

Pretty Awesome

I mean, its a shark, and sharks are awesome, thus, this piece is awesome.

Taking a moment here to look at it in a high resolution I must say that one of the most impressive things I notice is the clean line art. Since I'm try to achieve such clean line art myself, this impresses me.
Not only do you have clean lines, but they display weight so well. This one thing alone has got to be one of the best things of this piece.
The lighting on the shark is ok, it's subtle, but considering the ambient light that water tends to put off, it seems in place.

The tail is where things start to fall off the wagon. The jagged connection has a few places where it lacks color. In your defense though, it only is really noticeable to people who are looking for mistakes and in the high resolution. Another thing with the tail is, what is it? after reading your authors comments, I can see it but before that, I thought it was a piece of wood or something. Its not the shape the throws it off but the texture you have. The texture looks like wood grain in some areas, it really does.

Over all I think you have a good playful piece. I think you need to work on your fur textures a little though.
Nice job
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