Dew's art Reviews on Newgrounds

[Confusion]

Cool.

What I like about this submission first of all is the title and the fact that you can't tell very well what it's supposed to be. The second thing I really like about this submission is the color scheme of it and the fact that it stays consistant throughout. What I did not like was that for some reason you decided to make the background into stripes at the end, and I found that rather lazy, intentional or not. Overall, not a bad submission though .

DeathGirl-Luz responds:

Yeah, I think I didn´t put enough effort in there : /
I will try harder next, Thanks C:

[MineCrap]

lol

Well this submission doesn't have a lot of artistic value to it, but it is humorous, which has a quality in of itself. The graphics in this submission were solid albeit a bit grey, especially with the skin colors. I didn't really like the background or lack thereof ether, but I can understand it because of this submission being a joke. All in all not a bad submission, but nothing interesting outside of the joke itself.

[Organised]

Neat

Well it's a nice, but unoriginal spin on a organized crime. It's nice to see some humor in a submission though which adds to the quality of this submission. I personally liked just how good everything worked together; it seemed like there was nothing in particular that stood out in this submission, but together, it looked great. Overall a nice submission.

[magnolia]

A bit lackng

Compared to other submissions in the art portal I found this submission to be lacking. In the places where I would criticize artists, I found nothing to criticize here, but not because of the overwhelming quality, but because there was nothing there in the first place. For example, the background, a green circle? What's up with that? The character was also really average in general, I mean she looks good and all, but nothing really that would make you say "wow this is good". Meh, this is not something I enjoyed.

Sashura responds:

thats ok. i really wanted to do something simple and soft looking. i left the background plain because i didnt want to distract from the linework too much. i appreciate your opinion. thanks for the review!

[Just me and my pen]

A bit rushed

I don't know, maybe its your style or maybe it's me, but I found this submission looked rushed. The character did not look realistic or proportional, and because of that even with the slight movement of him, it felt dull. I did like the way the background looked to add to the character in general, as well as the expression on the character's face. Overall the submission wasn't terrible, it just didn't seem all that great.

[Riley Texture]

Okay I guess.

Well I suppose this really isn't a submission in general, I understand the purpose of it and all, but since you submitted it to the portal, it technically can be considered a submission. I personally did not like this submission, it did not have any style, feeling or anything. There was a distinct lack of background as well, which I was disappointed in seeing. I did like, I guess, the way you could see everything on its own, but it just felt weird looking at this submission.

Vortex00 responds:

This review truly is useless.

I wonder if every one else in the contest will have their mandatory art portal texture submission grilled in this fashion.

[belly dancer]

Not bad

Well I can tell you're a fan of realism, many artists will just through in whatever they feel like, which tends to make the submisson look unrealistic. Not so much here, the thing I liked about this submission, surprisingly was the background. I found myself trying to look at the skin, of the character and I found that it wasn't quite the realistic shade that it should be, so I noticed the background and it was actually quite nice. I did like how well you created the lips on the character though as well, they work well with the rest of the submission, and look realistic. I would have liked to have seen maybe a more realistic skin tone, but other than that not a bad submission.

[picnic]

I like the style.

The style of the characters in this submission remindes me a lot of one of the Legend of Zelda games in the past. I particularly liked how it seemed like you might have been reading a scroll or something to that effect, and I liked the sort of ambiguous story between the characters that you could essientially create on your own, that showed itself. All in all a good submission, original, nice to look at and cool. Good work.

CHAOSWONTON responds:

Thanks for the support!

[Riley Figure]

Cool I guess

Well this submission isn't all that bad in general, I did like in this submission how it gravitated towards her eyes and when you looked at them it actually was worth looking at. The purple color throughout was also cool as you had the chance to change her clothing to a different color, for example and you didn't. The background is simple, but also kind of cool because it works well with the submission character in general. Overall, nice work, nothing to spectacular, but nothing too bad either.

Vortex00 responds:

Chance to change the clothing color?

The clothing is the color I wanted it to be.

[Rebeka]

Meh

Well my first reaction to this submisison is "meh". I found this submission to be a bit dull, and I know the materials you had to your disposal, but compared to the rest of the art portal this is really dark, dull and gloomy otherwise. I did particularly like the way the hair looked and how you didn't keep the same color throughout that, but by the same token I disliked the shade on her skin in general, because it did not look realistic at all. Overall, well it's an average submission in general I'd say.

Harukawa responds:

Thank you.

I know greytone drawings are not a favorite in the art portal, so that is fine. I know this is not my best work, but I like the character so I am biased hehe.

The 'skin' on her legs is actually leggings of a darker shade than her actual skin, which is why it is darker than the face and arms, though I do agree the 'tone' is off. (I know the neck looks bad... I started it, and had gone too far with it, so I had to live with it :P)

You can say this drawing was kind of an experiment to play with dynamic cell-shading like shadows since I only had 4 shades of gray to work with, and I really do appreciate the feedback and for letting me know that it did not exactly work hehe. Thank you :)