Kinsei's art Reviews on Newgrounds

[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.

[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

[Christmas Card - Penguins]

Good

It is a pretty simple design over all. I think that adds a lot to the appeal.
Some simple coloring and shading is good too.
For a short and simple Christmas card, I think this will do nicely.

Are those Skates on there feet?
Gotta to hurt holding each other up.... sounds like a bloody accident waiting to happen.

aniforce responds:

Thanks for the review.
Yes those are skates... They are part of the mascottes and can't be taken off... It popped up in my mind as well...

[Colonial Fight Club]

Pretty Solid Again Simpson...

Great release. YOu should get around to posting more than one a day.

I do have one small beef, and it's not really about the art. The high resolution isn't really any higher. I would have loved to be able to click on it and get slapped by that beautiful high res image.

Still pretty cool though. I like your lighting. I've been practicing my lighting as well recently.
Good expression too,

gsimpson responds:

I've had problems before putting up high-rez work and people making/selling prints at Cons before. I don't mind people printing out stuff for themselves or making desktops from them, its just irksome getting a booth at a show and some group of kids is selling your prints a few tables down.

[25-291010]

Zone-Sama?

For some reason This reminds me of Zone-Sama.

Either way, you got some decent art here. YOu also have some decent lighting and color as well.

A side note here. In the high resolution, you have some white border that shows at the top of the head. Just thought you should know so you could adjust it.

Nandi responds:

I don't know who that is ):
Yeah. some weird crap is happening with the Alpha.

[Spas-12]

good start

Over all I think you have a good start.

Some areas like the hand grip need a little more roundness. Also, as it has been mentioned before, turn down the reflectivity, and some beveling on some of the edges would really help.

I'd like to see an unwrap over all and some textures done to this.

Dawn-Breaker responds:

Thank you.

to think of it, I started this quite some time ago and I remember how I avoided making the handgrip xD

And yes I'll try and patch this piece up and make it look more convincing as its an actual functioning weapon in the future with actual textures :D

[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

[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.