Coop's art Reviews on Newgrounds

[Privyet Russia]

Russian Bears

Hmm, an interesting piece, with the massive bear looming menacingly over the Kremlin. Is this some sort of symbolism of the Cold War, with America portrayed by the bear and the USSR by the Kremlin, the sear of all of the Union's power in the bleak midwindter?

I think that the bear roaring might have been better, as opposed to just standing there looking impressive. I think that the direction of the brush strokes was important, in order to get the lay of the fur going right for the bear, which gives it so much more depth. Maybe a little more detail could be given to the foreground, since there is so much in the background and the bear, that you need to keep it all closely tied together.

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[Seeing Through Your Eyes]

Could use a little more shading

A nice piece - I like the green for the PVC or leather style jacket that he's wearing and the purple hair that you've chosen for him. With how masculine the face looks, I'd have considered giving him a little shading around the beard area, as without it, the picture looks incomplete.

I think that this is a good effort and I would like to see more of the context that you've got it in, since the background is a little limited. Perhaps you could have done something along the lines of removing your copyright watermarks right over the top of the image, as I feel that it takes away from the quality of your piece. I know that there is a lot of theft of material online like this, but I feel that you need to get over it in order to properly express yourself with your work.

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[Nick]

Superimposed face?

It looks like you drew the rough outline of the face and then concentrated on adding the facial features afterwards. I think from this, it just puts the eyes out of proportion with the rest of Nick's face and he looks quite weird.

I think that you could combat this effect by making it a little bigger - pan the shot out, take in Nick's shoulders and this would perhaps combat the effect of his 'thick neck'. I think that the hair is as wild as it looks from various of your videos, so not much could be done there, save for changing the style of it, which might take away from the whole piece itself.

Finally, there appear to be quite a few smudges in the top of the image - this can be countered by cropping the piece, before publication, to save on parts that look messy.

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Fro responds:

This piece takes up 1/4 of a door. It doesn't get much bigger. :P

Thanks

[Senor Peench]

Catchy name :P

I'm not a fan of imagery that lacks focus like this, to be honest - you've got a great concept and have done a decent job of the outline, but as it pans out, there isn't the crisp detail that I love to see from art of this type. With how you've made the piece look, I'd suggest that you work a little more on sharpening the image up, since it makes me feel like I'm looking at this through a hangover.

I think that this piece could also use some sort of a rudimentary background, since it looks a little lonely on its own as it is.

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Daverom responds:

I see what you mean with the blurriness, it does have a trippiness to it.
I don't remember why I didn't clean it up or add a background, I think I timed myself for an hour and ran out of time.
Thanks for the review

[B-B-B-Ben Stein]

Very good caricature.

Was this on a canvas board, or just a sheet of card? This is a pretty good piece, which does show a lot of detail in the focal points of the two glasses. The rest of the facial detail is made up of simple lines, so you have that down to a tee, since simple is usually the key with this art form.

I guess that the part you are emphasising here is the fact that you've got a long face, since caricature tends to focus on one feature of the person and expand upon it, drawing attention in a humorous way. The length of the nose would seem to be the other one that you've done here.

I like the amount of detail from behind the glasses, since you've effectively focussed through them, which is a nice touch - something you wouldn't see with photography, except perhaps for the shading that you've done.

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Daverom responds:

It's 18 by 10 inches, paper I think.
Thanks for the review

[Duck Hunt: Apocalypse]

That ain't no duck!

That's a satanic beast more like a Cocatrice! You know, the mythical beasts that can tear your legs off, because their legs are as tall as you. I think that the fact you chose to give the mean looking duck some chicken legs that might have made me feel like this. Couldn't you have made webbed feet look more menacing?

With how you've given the appearance of more detail in this image, perhaps you would like to raise or lower the scar tissue of the guy in the foreground, since he currently looks quite flat in that respect and the best surgeons in the world couldn't make a scar like that match up to the original tissue, so an indentation or raised area of scar tissue would finish that off.

I'm not too sure about the smoke effects either, but that's your call at the end of the day, so good luck with that.

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Daverom responds:

I based it off a chocobo for some reason, no clue what I was thinking there, but that was pretty much the problem, I couldn't make the duck menacing looking.

I see what you're saying with the scar, it looks kinda silly.
Thanks for your review

[Zach's Crayon Drawing]

3 year old's tag

This is what I can see a budding graffiti artist starting out with, before he's old enough to graduate to spray cans and become the next Banksy. I think that you need to work on the control and if this is drawn on a computer, give yourself more time, before you publish a piece.

Try zooming in and using a slightly smaller tool, as this will enable you to have a more controlled drawing action, thus when you zoom out, the piece will look tidier. Perhaps use Google Images for more inspiration for your images as the large expanses of white are quite off putting on this piece.

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ZJ responds:

Mmm, this is exciting. Thanks for the review, baby.

[dolfin and fish]

Too sketchy

Sorry, if you're going to draw, you need to stop using lined paper, unless you're doing something like a cunning "childish themed" cartoon, that comes straight out of a schoolchild's exercise book at school. With how these two look, you need to practice more on the work and when you get better, start adding things like colour and backgrounds.

I'm not sure to what end you're taking these, so perhaps detail them some more in the comments section, so we can all see what you're thinking - it's what they put that there for.

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[daysie]

Didn't scan well :(

A shame that this piece didn't scan very well - I think you've sacrificed a lot of quality there, which is a great shame. I like the level of detail , with the different shades that you've used on the stem and the centre of the flower.

I'm not sure about the bug on the flower - it just seems to be too much detail when you've not put a background on the piece itself.

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[Cube City]

Lack of detail hinders, perspective is out

The main problem that a drawing such as this will have is that you don't have enough detail to draw the attention away from the issues you have with the perspective in such a case as this.

More work is required on the shading, so that you can get the pencil strokes going in the same direction at the same speed, so that it looks the same. Particularly on the front building, you've got an issue with the shading going in 3-4 different directions, which really does lose you marks on the whole piece overall.

Other than the obvious, you could also consider investing in some coloured pencils, in order to get yourself a more workable palette to produce these piece with. It's not like you're incapable,a s you've laid a foundation, but try to add some more bits and pieces that stop a street looking like a uniform concrete jungle, like a street map says it should be in most American cities and add some life to the works - street furniture, trees, clouds in the sky, an aeroplane, for example. You've got some good possibilities, so work with them and see what you can produce.

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ZJ responds:

Will Do. Thanks Coop!