Kinsei's art Reviews on Newgrounds

[Procrastinization]

Well.....

An Excellent way to procrastinate if you ask me

[Art Trade Gorilla in a Gallery]

Different, But A Good Different

Not your best work, but still quite good, and probably the best thing of all about this is it has taken you away from your style.

To be honest I couldn't find this in the portal when I fist looked, I had to actually look for your name. And I know that seems like a bad thing, but in truth, its not. Getting away from your comfort zone is good every once in a while. It helps you loosen up, it helps you have a more open mind and it really helps you develop as an artist. Getting out and trying new things really changes the way you think a little, and that always comes in handy when doing art.
Now that I'm done giving grandpa's advice and philosophy corner, I'll move on....

Going back to that dead horse I have kind of been trouncing on since I have started bad talking your art here in public view, but Highlights. I think this could have used a couple, but considering this is an art trade where you are imitating some one else, I'll only give the carcass a wack or two.

You know in all... thats about all I got to say on this one, and even that wasn't very much. I think you have the bases covered for the moment. Keep practicing
4/5
9/10

[Evolution - A]

So You Now Have A Tablet....

This is good, not only for you, but for your art as well.
But before I get deep in to the critique, I want to make a mention of one large thing that is bugging the HELL out of me: The Size!
This is so Small! Your cutting your self so thin, you should try and atleast triple this canvas. I know that not everyone's computer can handle the creation of such massive pieces, but I think you could really go over the top with some more canvas room.

ok, not that my rant has ended, on the the critique.

it's obvious that the tablet is making a difference. I'm not going to say you couldn't get these effects with a mouse, but that little plastic pen makes things a hell of a lot better, doesn't it?

The head and tail I'm liking, they are smooth and somewhat lustrous. The tail seems to have a much higher sheen though, but this is just me nitpicking.
I really don't want to call it fur over his body since they seem more like spines or quills from a porcupine. With these little spikes, I like the way you did them on the legs more than I do on the back of the creature. Perhaps you can redo the ones on the body to match more. and I'm not sure what is going on with those side spikes, but I'm not really feeling those either.I think you can get a better effect with out them.

Moving to the eyes. I like the multiple eyes on the head, I think they five them character, but I think you should have pushed those highlights a bit further. Get them to reflecting that light, really push to that edge. Also with the highlights, you seem to have a dual light source, I see this from the double highlights on the tail and on the head, I think you should tap the opposite side of those eyeballs with a small but really strong highlight.
Continuing with the head, I want to bring up the Maw. It's mouth could be a little more, oh what is that word, oh yes; Badass! I think you should just start filling that baby with teeth, and get the frontal ones shining to the point they look dangerous and deadly, give it a real gnarled appeal and really give this guy a place in children nightmares.

I know it seems I bitched about a lot, but I do think this is one of your better pieces. I think you have done an excellent job and that this new tablet will really help you progress your art. I am going to enjoy watching you begin to master your tools and watch you progress as an artist. Perhaps I too should get my tablet out and begin using it more often.

Congrats,
4/5
8/10

[Peter Griffin]

Ms Paint.....

Although a good start, the problem that arise when looking at thisare quite troubling.

One thing that Ms Paint lacks is any real line quality and line weight. These are something that you really have to do manually in Ms Paint. With this single pixel line the thing lacks character and feeling.
Speaking of lines, it looks like you used a line tool over the entire thing rather than actually attempt to draw the lines. You could have at least tried to use the curve line tool, I mean it's not great but it is something bit better. What you have here seems so blocky and cumbersome.

The color is the next issue I have to address. The flat color and lack of shading really takes away from the piece. You should have added a bit of subtle shading and highlights. But a downside is that as simple as this is and with the line quality, if the lighting was done wrong it would utterly destroy this.

The hair looks quite flat as well and shares a lot of the same issues with lighting as the rest of the piece
you should study your reference a little more when working on a piece like this.
http://www.newgrounds.com/dump/item/7279e201d3ec8dfe31ecd4b7a93c68bb

Keep practicing and if you need a better program, try GIMP

SteveDude64 responds:

Thanks for the feedback.
When I started on this I was just messing around in Paint, but it started looking kind of good so I started putting a little work in to it. The reason I used the line is because I have trouble drawing with the pencil/paint tool without totally messing up.
I only uploaded this because I thought it looked pretty good, considering it was made in MS Paint.
I don't know much about shading or coloring...

But thanks and I don't plan on using MS Paint for anything serious in the future.
If you look back, do you think Paint.NET is a good tool? I have it but I don't have much experience with it.

[the beast of the deep]

Reference, Look It Up

As I was saying on your other beastly creature, if you have somethi8ng in mind to draw then look it up see if you can find a a couple of pictures that have the different elements that you want to draw. Look up pictures of snakes and monsters and big muscle guys flexing and posing. the rest should come pretty easily after that.

Reference comes in handy if you know how to use it.

[Madness Warrior]

Even More Madness?

AS I said Before, try something different. Sure if you like madness then great, if you want to do lots of fan art for it, even better, but you need to become a better artist.

This lacks value, line weight, depth, design, composition, and to top it off, a bunch of blank space.

[Dragon Guardian]

Bit Better...

This isn't too bad, It's one of your better pieces.

Next time you draw something with scales, give some reference a bit better look. Also Study what you want to draw.
If you are going to draw a dragon then look at pictures of reptiles and dragons.

[Silence Assassin]

Anatomy....

Really look in to those anatomy tutorials. This piece was really destroyed by the lack of anatomical knowledge.

Also composition. I know what you were going for here, but you kind of missed the mark. Even with the half thing you are aiming for, it rarely works with anything more than the head.

[Melting Hand]

Potential

This really has some, but you need to get some serious shadows and highlights in there.
At the moment it looks so flat. with the right shading this could become a really good piece and become the flagship of your art page. I would advise looking some lighting and shading tutorials and finish this piece.

ArielBoss responds:

Thanks Help-me

[Madness Guardian]

More Madness?

Madness is fine and all, but you really need to draw something else. The character parameters are much too simple.

Change it up and lets see some thing new.

As for this, the character portrays no weight and really lacks any sort of depth.
At least get some values in there to keep it from looking so flat.