Dew's art Reviews on Newgrounds

[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 :)

[TERROR!]

Mesmerising.

What an odd submission this is. The first thing I obviously notice is the crazy eyes. Almost like you're literally falling into them. As for the rest of the submission, I didn't really like it. The eyes were the centerpiece and it did what it had to do, but that was really it. I found the color change in the corner and the general noir feel of the submission to also do very little. I don't know not a bad submission, but not a great one either.

[Acolyte Ciyiana]

neat

This submission really isn't all that special to be honest with you. Most of the coloring is very average compared to other submissions and the lack of background seems lazy on your part. I notice for example that the bells on her head seem to be misshaped in some places, and aren't full circles. It's a neat little submission, but again nothing spectacular in anyway.

Jcdr responds:

Well, I never intended to make it special, since I draw mostly for fun

[pikmin in it's natual habitat]

I can tell a lot of work was put into it.

I can tell like with a lot of submissions, that a lot of work was put into it. I did find the rather dull design to be a bit average in my opinion, I know the difficulty in carving wood into something really special so I'm not going to dock too many points for that, but the white background with black dot in front just leaves a little to be desired. I did like the green and orange base to it, I found it added a nice touch of color in an otherwise red filled animal. I played Pikman back a few years, and I was never really a fan to be honest, but that doesn't stop me from recognizing what this is an giving you kudos for making it! Nice work here.