SoConfused's art Reviews on Newgrounds

[Starcraft Terran Ghost]

Simply astounding

Words simply cannot describe how awesome this is. I can't believe you aren't going to pursue a career in art, at least you will have a very rewarding hobby. I don't think anyone is going to be able to locate any flaws or errors in that picture of yours. You did a great job and this deserves to be placed on the front page for a long time.

Vonschlippe responds:

Thanks a lot man!
I'm glad you like it! I would not pursue a career in arts because making it a job would suck the fun out of it...
Then again, there's also the fact being an engineer does not stop me from being an artist, but being an artist will most certainly prevent me from being an engineer!

[Doomsday Unite!]

Wow

Your picture is quite detailed in how you foresee the end of the human race. I chuckled a bit when I saw the graffiti on the wall that said, "What a waste of the 21st century."

Also, why is Cthulhu hiding when he could be devouring the delicious non-zombie people? Is he camera shy? Keep up the good work, 10/10 and 5/5 from me.

HongKongBong responds:

No jesus is just being selfish and took his spot at the last moment.
Glad you like it!

[Mikhail Mouse]

One thing I notice...

Is that this looks like either a decal or paint on an already painted surface. Now before you go "well duh..", if you haven't already, I was going to point out that this is a nice graphic, but is it supposed to be as old as the wall that you painted on? or is it supposed to be recently added?

If this is supposed to be as old as that peeling wall, you should either erase, or make it very transparent where the base coat of paint on the wall has peeled away, so that it looks like your decal/graphic has also fallen off the wall with the base coat. If it is as old as the wall, you should probably fade the colors a bit, make the white a little more yellow, like the wall since the wall was probably white at one point in time, and make the black a light gray to represent the fading.

If this is added post base coat paint peel, you should mess around with the blending options or burn tool / dodge tool to give the decal some depth where it is placed over the peeled spots of the wall.

I'll give this a 9/10 and a 5/5 because the design is great, but it just doesn't match the wall's condition. This is just my opinion on how to improve this, so you can take it or leave it, but regardless of what I think you can do to improve it, your design is good.

Pillowmint responds:

It was meant to look like a decal that had been painted on to an already ageing surface, and has aged a bit. In fairness I didn't really make any effort to make sure the the damage to the design matched the damage to the background, purely because I didn't think anyone would notice or care! This piece only took me about 30 minutes to make, and wasn't meant to be particularly amazing, but I appreciate your comment.

If I were to ever do something like this again seriously, I would make more effort to make it look authentic.

Thanks for the review man :)

[Modern Hyrule]

Hmmm

I like it, especially how the front of the Epona has the appearance of an animal's face (looks more like a wolf than a horse to me though). As for his sword position, it seems like an incredibly bad idea to keep it so close to the front wheel... I can only imagine if his sword hits a rock, and it slices through the front tire, causing Link to lose control and careen into a wall at 160 mph... In addition to hitting his front wheel, what would happen to link if he hits a pothole with his sword like that? I'm going to guess that in the least he will shatter his arm and lose his sword. I just don't understand why Link would take such risks. I guess that's why he keeps a spare fairy in a bottle at all times. Great job on the painting, it's just too bad that technology has caused Link to become so foolish. 9/10 and 5/5 because it made my day.

Nambread responds:

I tried streamlining the head on the bike. First time round it looked like a cat, now apparently a wolf. Haha oh well, it's a damn horse! May add an EPONA decal somewhere to get the message across. Yeah you can't see it but he has 4 fairies to resuscitate him if he comes off that bike or sticks that sword in the wrong place. He needs no lessons in swordsmanship! He has the triforce of courage/stupidity, he's going to take these little risks haha.

[Greeny]

I see...

Better late than never. Also, his facial expression kind of creeps me out. It's as if he's undressing me with his eyes... Oh well, you can look but you can't touch.

fatcat360 responds:

haha yeah
thanks for the review!

[Kermit]

Hahaha

If I could only see the looks on the kids faces who were hoping to see something other than a cock due to the M rating. Kermit is definitely looking a little...green in this picture, but I like your use of lighting on him. I don't know exactly why, but I feel as though he is mocking me... I bet it's the eyes.

Toast-Tony responds:

The kid's would have realised it's too late and with a look of despair on their faces they would soldier through it...