Kinsei's art Reviews on Newgrounds

[Protected from on high]

Excellent!!!!

There is a feel to this that I wish I could achieve in my own work. This is simply wonderful in giving the feel of a long hard battle. You have done well in delivering a setting and story in one image.

If there is any one thing I have to call you on it's some perspective, but only on one part. Link's right leg, the one on the ground, is off. it seems short and stubby. I know that you were attempting some forshortning, but I think you missed just a tad. I think you could have gotten away with it if you would have had the knee a bit larger and a bit more to the right.

Still a solid piece
Fave'd
5/5
9/10

[J&SB]

Woo Snoogans !!!!

I'm a small fan of Kevin Smith, and I do love his Characters Jay and Silent Bob.
I think you have done a pretty solid Tribute right here. It got a instant fave.

Normally I would bash balls for the blank background, but considering the subject and style, I have to say it is the most fitting thing you could have done. In this having a background would have probably have distracted way too much from the characters. Eh but what do I know, I leave out backgrounds on 90% of my own "Finished" works...

Nice high resolution. I advise every one to look at the high res cause there is just somethings you miss on this tiny piece.

I like the lighting. you have some nice shading going on. Over all this is a win
5/5
10/10

[Roses Are Red]

Damn, Just Damn....

More Spectacular work Cake. Very nice.
Its prety simple and effective. I got some work ahead of me to get my vectors this good.

PixelCake responds:

well this is technically a vexel at this point, or mixed media. I'll PM you what the ACTUAL vector looks like so you can see the difference, it's super bland :3
thank you so much :D

[Elves of Ragnarok]

Woah

Very Nice.
I'm really digging the armor. You have done an excellent job at giving it a high sheen.
It feels like it really matches the quote from the description. I hope you have more of these lined up to shop. Especially more from Norse Mythology

[Give It Up]

A Good Trade Indeed

I'm sure that Lux will be damn pleased with this.
It's a great trade. I can't wait to see what he does for you.

Knocturne responds:

Oh he finished before me! His piece is the latest work available on his page ;D

[Plod of War]

I Lol'd

Nice job.
The real selling point for myself is the facial expression. It feels as if he is being annoyed, like being sent to the store for tampons or something.
very nice.

Brakkenimation responds:

Haha, nice one.

Thanks!

[Anime]

Well...

Fist off, whats up with the white wash that seems to be going on?
your description says you scanned, but it looks like a bad photograph with a webcam or something.
If your going to document your work with a cam of some sort, you should give this tut a read, it's by NG's very own Art101
http://art101.newgrounds.com/news/post/314936

Anyway, moving on. You got some vibrant colors which is helping, but only so much. I think you should take some time to practice the color more.

Anatomy is a big issue here. Your proportions are all screwed to hell and you got bends in the arms that would have me thinking that the arms were Broken.
Take some time to learn some anatomy and some of the other basics of anatomy.

You should also try and work on something other than anime. Their are so many expectations over anime that it is best to get the art basics down and proper anatomy down before you go out and start breaking those rules.

On a last note. this really isn't that original, and that really strips away from the entire thing. When I clicked on the thumbnail, I thought "Oh great another Naruto fan piece" and to be honest, I could still consider it that. So Google some Character design tuts and try again, cause this could easily fall in to the sea of endless anime fanart.

2/10

BIGJACE1 responds:

I did this drawing a while ago so my skills wern't that great, I was going to edit this on paint but my computer skills suck badly and knowing me I would screw it up, so I put it up just as I scanned it.

I have followed all the rules and conduct on here, If I did break them, this piece would be taken down by now as of request of either the Admins and or site owners.

At the time I was drawing or trying to, I was persuaded to draw Nuruto even though it sucks, I'm more of a Dragonball fan, anyway I thought might as well put it up on here just to see what people like you think of it.

Thank you for your information and advice in your review.

Additional: I apologize for my spelling it is inexcusable but I am not very good, simple as.

[Woah there]

Well Done

I like this, Its pretty funny all and all.
Simple style, well executed, and to the point.
I'm enjoying the simple shading and highlights as well
Nice one QB.

J-qb responds:

thanks!

[Chan the Man]

And we come full circle.

By now, I have seen all you have up and left little tidbits floating about on every one of those pieces. So to be honest this one won't have a call for much of a review, you'll just have to look over all your works and compile what I have given you.

The first thing I want to address is something I have neglected during my other reviews; Line Quality.
One down side of using a mouse is a lack of line weight. And good line weight and character can take a piece from being "Good"to "Holy Fuck Thats Some Great Shit!!!"
Check into your brush settings and see try adjust the end taper of the brush. This should give your strokes a more natural feel.

Moving on from having you mess with your Photoshop settings. I can tell you took a bit more time and care from this one than you did with most of your others. Taking that bit of extra care really pays off in the end, doesn't it?

The highlights are looking pretty good, but you should go ahead and try to push some out a little farther. You should also start to put a couple of highlights on the hair to give it a slight shine as well. But at the same time I think you should increase your shading in the dark areas a little as well.

Your color work is looking a lot better in this one as well. The background has more than one color, you are getting some more character to the different shades of the shirt as well. I would still like to see more wrinkles in the shirt though.

The facial expression I found quite amusing. I bet it was just as fun to paint.
I would like to see some more funny expressions if you can get them up. They don't all have to be painted.

In the future I would like to see you get some pencil and paper together and see what you come up with when you don't have the bulkiness of a mouse in the way. So yeah get some sketches and roughs up for us to critique.

5/5
9/10