Dew's art Reviews on Newgrounds

[hunter s. thompson]

Neat

I wouldn't say that this submission really has any great qualities to it, but I can say that it is a solid submission. The first thing I notice is the odd way the head doesn't really fit in with the rest of the person's body. Clearly the gun is supposed to be the main focus here, but I just can't get past the odd shaped head. I found the background to fit in well with what the person was wearing and you get a sort of feeling that it could be some sort of desert shooter or something. I like the dash of red in the corners as well, it adds a bit of flavour to an otherwise odd submission.

[Yoen]

Meh

Maybe it's me but this looks like it's photoshopped to death. The various colors don't do anything for the submission, other than crowed it up. The color of her tail and the sky match up, but since the tail takes up such a large portion of the submission, it really takes away from the colors in the sky. I also found the rocks to be a tad bit odd shaped, and if anything rushed. You don't get a sense that she's in the water for one thing, and all in all it's not that great of a submission. Maybe it's just me, but I'm not impressed with this one.

CaffeiNix responds:

Yeah. I wanted to paint up a backgroud to establish that she is, in fact, sitting on rocks above water but I was feelin' lazy. The colors don't balance out well and I really should have just left it unfinished.

[Give It To me!]

Not too bad.

The first thing I actually notice about this submission, after reading your script is the odd manner she's holding the bat almost robotic like. I find it hard to believe someone would hold a bat, even in a situation like that, quite like the way she's holding it. I do like the hair, as you mentioned as well in your script, I think that's the best part of this submission because it brings a sense of color to an otherwise dreary and dark scene. It's a neat little picture that certainly has some odd parts to it, but all in all it's a funny little thing to look at.

XxThumbsuckerxX responds:

Thank you, see the whole point of my comic is comedy. Most people shoot for horror & just the shock factor of everything. But I like my characters to not care as much, and focus more on stupid puns & gags. Plus this pink haired character, Rowan is a bit of a ditz. Not saying she's a complete idiot, but I like her to have a sense of cluelessness & lack of realization that she could be in danger. I agree with the bat, I wanted to fit it in & spent well more than an hour trying to do so. I pictured her trying to swing & then the zombie grabbing it, thus causing this back & forth tug of war kind of thing. I think it worked out nicely, but adding motion is very hard for me. I'm used to one person portraits mostly, so this was a BIG leap for me. Drawing two people in one picture, then having them interact. I think it's a good first try though. Thank you very much for your review! It was very helpful & I agree with all of it. So thanks, I really appreciate it. (:

[Robot]

A lot of hard work no doubt.

I can tell you put a lot of hard work into this submission, I can see it by the various designs you put into this submission, and how evenly spaced out the quality is. No single part is defined, but all parts of the submission are great quality. Obviously the lack of background takes away from the submission, but the overall death and ferocity of a machine like that is still here. I didn't really like the way you made the black powerlines of the character, I thought they were poor quality and seemed to fill in more space than actually do what they were supposed to; which is of course had some deapth to the submission. Other than that I liked this submission very much, good work.

[the shitdicks.]

Heh neat

Well there isn't a lot to say about this submission considering its size and what's actually in it, but from what I can see, I can see that it's a great work of art. You clearly have some great talent here, as you really managed to blend different colors well. The two characters there leave you intrigued into what the band can actually offer as well. A good promo art.

[Jack Sparrow , savvy?]

Seems a bit off balance.

Maybe it;s just me, but I find this submission to be a bit off balance. The body of the character is great, the cartoony feel and look of it really is done very well, but when you get up to the face of Jack Sparrow, it just doesn't fit. You made the chin way to long and odd looking to really work well with the rest of the body, and the lack of background makes it tough to overlook that. I also found the sheen look of his hair to be a bit odd looking too, but all in all it wasn't a bad submission.

Ripperjaxx responds:

Ah crap your right! he's chin is too long , fuck sorry.

Thanks for the feedback though , appriciated

[Satan's Marshmellow Invasion]

Very nice

To be honest, I like this submission the various facial expressions of the small blueish and purpleish characters really bring out great emotion for this submission, mostly in the sense of laughter. I did find that you repeated a lot of the facial expressions, especially near the character though, so that's a bit disappointing. I liked the background of this submission, and I like how it doesn't just add depth to the submission, but actually gives a locale of the submission too. So many people spend all their time making the character, and then just throw out a random and rushed background, but you didn't, very nice work there. Overall, this is top notch work, but of course you knew that already.