Kinsei's art Reviews on Newgrounds

[Black Ranger]

I Like Your Work

Your a pretty solid artist, and you are drawing a lot of things I grew up with so that adds even more bonus points, But I feel that these power rangers you have been doing lately are just below your level.

It's mostly your lack of shading and line weight. They are just flat and I think that makes them a little boring. I know these are meant to be wallpapers, but I know you can do much better.
You could turn these in to real epic pieces...

2/5
6/10

Blud-Shot responds:

my fault, my descriptions aren't really informative lol These are pieces of a bigger picture that will be created when the final ranger is complete. For the moment the rangers have no highlights or shadows. Right now what you see is the " flat color version " of all the rangers. You can say that it's more for line art display because I will releasing the line art version later for others to color.

The final piece will look like a painting and not a flat vector image.

Thanks for point that issue out though.

[Anima Duo]

Over All OK

The guy Looks like Fei Long from the street fighter series though.

Also whats up with the blacked background. I know you want to get the characters to stand out more, but it cuts in to them a little here and there.

It also looks like the black was done in MS Paint. Try using Gimp to touch up your pieces. it will be a easier to use and much better looking.

5/10

Jettison responds:

Hmm, never heard of Gimp. I'll look into it. Thanks for the advence.

[Couple]

I liked this one

I thought it was a pretty good piece. Has a very nice mellow and relaxed feel about it.
One problem though. You need to work on shading. At first I didn't even notice the girl and thought that the piece had the wrong name. With some better shading to make the girls head and hair stand out from the guy a little more would help a lot.

Even while looking at it I thought he just had a weird collar on on his jacket and the chest was poofed up cause the way he was sitting.

So work on that shading and you got a real ace here.

8/10

Jettison responds:

Yeah, I feel like my shading has reached a plateau. I've tryed to work on it since I drew this about 6 months ago but I don't think it's gotten much better. Hopefully that will change eventully if I just keep going.

Thanks for the thoughtful reviwe.

[Adventure in Science page 1]

Very Bad Layout.

You need to Work on panel layout and comic flow.
When I first started reading, I had no clue where to start, much less where to go after I did start.

Work on anatomy and yout general sketching skills.

Also take time to shade your work. This looks like water color, so that alone makes it a bit more challenging to work with. Before you do any more projects with water colors, be sure to read a couple of books or tutorials on how to use them properly.

2/10

semeieseed responds:

Thanks for your review :) I'll keep your advice in mind.
The watercoloring was very rushed because I did it all in one night for a school project. There are 2 other pages too this but I don't think It'd pass over very well like this one.

[Gasmask]

Not Too Bad...

This is a pretty solid sketch, I think it works over all.

you might want to get some uniformity in your background shading though.

7/10

killer34578 responds:

I thought about redoing the whole drawing with ink, but I thought it might mess up the whole drawing so I never realy remade the background.
Thanks for the review

[Baby Seal Poacher]

....

it's alright.
Could use some shading on the torso and the right arm. Perhaps some proper shading on the mouth and nose would have helped as well.

Hands could use a tad bit of work, but are alright for the most part.

Last.... What happened to his other ear?
o.0....

4/10

LobosNinja responds:

thanks for the constructive criticism. Now that i look at it, I see the left hand is pretty crappy. As for his other ear... you don't even want to know.

But i think I just got lazy and didn't draw the ear.

[Madness Crew]

Working With Madness...

Well this is a decent start and a good spin on normal madness characters.

I would like to have seen some stronger shadows on the characters and some color glow coming off the flames of the wizard and lighting his face in different colors.

A background or a ground plane or shadows on the ground would have been nice too.
3/5
7/10

Wivernryder responds:

I need to work alot more on lighting, but I just don't have the incentive. I should've put more work into it, but I really just can't find the reason for it. I mean, I know there's a good amount of money at stake for prizes, but I know I'll never be able to get anywhere close to winning any of it, so there's just not really any reason for me to try. It's a bad mentality to have, I know, but... Meh. It's not worth putting the work in.

[Batman!]

Well...

This does look like batman from the 90's animated series, that is truw.
You need to work on anatomy some more. Be sure to study the character designs for the shows your trying to produce art from.

Also be careful of your colors. Some of them are getting harsh. Be sure to desaturate them a little next time.
3/10

dSieben responds:

Thanks for the advice man! It's helpful. I really did not like doing this one due to detail

Thank you very much for the much needed advice! It's always helpful. I really did not like doing this one because of all the detail of Batman. You are extremely right about the anatomy, I felt like I messed up on the left arm compared to the right XD again, thank you :D

[At the Springs]

Markers

Not many use markers on here. So I'm pretty pleased that you did.
Your coloring is pretty well done. Good blending, lots of color choices, highlights, the works. But I do notice a lack of shadows though. You should get some in there.

The anatomy for most is pretty good. Some enlarged heads is a bit bothersome, but that seems to be of the style rather than an artist flaw. The hands are a bit different story. That red heads hands in the front could use some work and the blue haired girls wrist seems a little pointy. The girls in the back are too far off for it to really matter though.

Anyway this is a solid piece, congrats
8/10

Deadboy01 responds:

Thanks for looking. The heads are just a style I've accidentally developed over time because I've never cared to correct myself. And I was having a lazy day with the hands (but when do I not have a lazy day with hands?)

Hopefully I'll be able to continue with markers but it gets expensive :(