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.

[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 :)

[UTAmasq - Ceoil Eika]

Colorful

I'm not personally a large fan of anime style art pieces, simply because I find the submissions always gravitate towards the eyes, and because of that nothing else is worked on. That did not happen here though, I personally liked just the white skin in general, it seemed realistic and believable, as did the shaded parts. The only I might not have liked about this submission was the uncreative background, it might have been better if this character had been in a situation with other people for example. Otherwise, not a bad submission.

suwako responds:

Oh wow, thanks so much! Unfortunetly, there wasn't a lot I could do about the BG as it's a required thing (this is an entry into a group) so I could only use the default background. However, thank you very much for such a kind review!

[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

[Angel of Death]

A bit dark.

Maybe it's just me, but I found this to be a bit too dark for my tastes. I did like how you used the white to really emphasize the angel's limbs and teeth, but I didn't like how the dark acrylic paper really clashed with the character itself. Some parts of the design also seem a bit rudimentary, almost like stray lines with no end, I notice this especially in between the creatures legs, where the lines there don't really fit in well with the rest of the submission. All in all, a good work here no doubt, but nothing spectacular.

Gaz-Metal responds:

Thanks for the constructive criticism. It makes a nice change from being called a gay or something and being told to die. Truth be told, I'm somewhat of a beginner in this painting lark and I have no idea what I'm doing. But thanks again for the comment.

[Food at night it's bad for you]

Funny.

Heh, this is a nice submission because it makes you laugh a bit as well. It's a small comic so there's not a lot of things of worth, but what I do like is the shading on the fridge itself. It adds a sort of sinister feel to it, and when he transforms, it really jumps out at you because of the change in color scheme and overall shade. All in all I liked this submission, but without a real suitable background I found this submission to be a bit dull at best.

Merol responds:

Yeah, the background sucks, I mean it's too simple.
THAAANKS!!!!

[Triforce of Power]

heh neat

I wouldn't call this submission all that great in my eyes, but yea it does depict that scene very nicely. It would've been nice to see had you maybe not made it so dark, I found it hard to really notice anything of value in this submission because it really was so dark. The little tidbits of color are a nice touch, and really provide the only point of depth to this submission. I like how the tri force is highlighted nicely, but again thats really the only thing that stands out for me in this submission. Overall, I think this submission is solid, nothing too bad, but nothing overly good either.

abhirao2001 responds:

Hi, thanks for your feedback.

[{BT} Eye]

An odd 3d image.

It's most definatly an odd 3d image. Sort of like those stair cases you see in people's minds sometimes in different t.v shows. The thing I don't like about this submission is that it's too dark. I also don't like how the shading doesn't add anything to the submission, it seems like you added too much shading to the submission and in some parts it gets too dark for its own good. And let's be honest here all it appears to be is a square like shape with stairs on them, nothing really that great about that. Maybe you got caught having the computer do too much work on this submission.

BenTibbetts responds:

Thanks for the comment.