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[Woman]

Looks rather masculine

I'm not saying I dislike the piece in the summary, but I have to say that it doesn't feel right in a few ways:

1) The jaw line looks quite prominent and angular. Combined with the way you've drawn the eyebrow / eye socket, there is the perception of some sort of set, almost angry or aggressive face.

2) The arms and torso seem a little out of proportion. I'd personally have said that the shoulders were too broad and the breasts were too high, almost like slightly swollen pectoral muscles. With the way that the arms look very toned, there might even be a few people calling them ripped, which takes the feminine quality away, again.

I loved the hairstyle, it reminds me of the 1980s and the background blends in nicely with this, framing the object, as opposed to the canvas itself, which is a neat quirk.

Perhaps when you drew attention to the groin, you could have used the soft pencil tones that you used where the thighs touch one another. You would only have needed a darker shade had your picture had pubes. The lack of detail here is good, because you're not focusing on the sexual nature, more on the beauty of the form.

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Merol responds:

Yeah, but I think what makes her looks a bit masculine are the arms, I really don't think the same about the angry face (since it doesn't really looks angry to me), but I respect your opinion. Also, maybe the arms look that way because I took my own arms as a reference, damn.

About her hair, it looks very frizzy because it's like if she were lying down somewhere, and her hair it's just splattered on the floor (I'm not sure if "splattred" is the correct word).

THANKS A LOT MAN!!!
(My english is not perfect, so, sorry if I missunderstood something)

[Midnight]

Interesting concept

So how did you do this image - did you take a photograph and doctor it, with the black framework and the changes in the lighting? I can see that there's a good blend of factors in this piece that come together in making a nice effect, but I'm a little curious about the methods used to get here.

The colour scheme is interesting, as I've never seen a night sky of that colour, so there is a good, unnatural, even slightly creepy effect. Are you playing towards the Twilight crowd here?

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Imacow responds:

Sorry about such a late response. I remember always getting pissed when I never got responses for my reviews. :P

Anyways this was really just me generating some effects in PS, then using a brush i found to do the plants. Then messing around with opacity and etc. So I didn't do too much for this.

Thanks for the review man, I've been away from NG forever. I'll try to drop by the RRC and request a flash or do some reviews sometime.

[Institute Kaorishe - Reloaded]

Street Fighters

I like the way that you've got a lot of poses sorted out for these characters and that they aren't all doing the same thing, giving the impression of being staged - it looks like a photo montage, which really does do the trick for advertising hoardings, or video game cover art, for example.

Perhaps a little more could be done with the background, but I do understand that you've got a kind of minimalist attitude with things like that, which stems from the artistic style itself. Still, a few pieces of "furniture" in there could make all the difference. I notice that only one of the characters is armed - there aren't even knuckle dusters on the other characters, which does detract a little, but bear in mind that this isn't exactly ruining the piece itself, so credit does go there nicely.

Perhaps make it into a proper advert, with the detailed writing across the bottom, some sort of age-defining icon for legal purposes and so forth, just to complete the look.

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kreeslak responds:

Yea i first thought about doing some background, maybe the HisgSchool Building With no real perspective just iconic presence. About the Wepons, maybe the result was kinda battle royale, but i wanted to make a more generic not just fighting in the story. In fact the comic main characters don't fight to much directly (at least on my first adventure) but maybe this composition and proportion of fighter characters give an unfullfilled battle shoot. I should be more sensible about those details and overall sensations.

Cool ideas for the finishing look, soemtimes i run out of detail ideas to give that pro finishing touch, expereince and good feedback should make me learn too do it.

Thnks for such review Coop

[Mushroom Kingdom Stand-Up 1]

Open Mic Night

Well, Luigi may have fallen flat on his arse for this joke, but your performance as an artist surely didn't! It's very well drawn and you've conveyed the emotions that Luigi is feeling nicely.

As the layout of the comic goes, perhaps you'd consider making it into a strip that measures 2 frames by 3, allowing it to be displayed in a better shape. This would require one further frame, but something like Luigi being pelted with a turtle shell might be the solution there?

I like the set up of the gag and the dead pan of the audience, except for the one heckler, which can be the most demoralising and disastrous thing for a stand up comedian, from what I've seen.

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Iplaygames responds:

Yeah, I'm likely (when I get time and my better laptop working again) going to make it a 2x3... but stretch out the "Mushroom Kingdom Stand Up" to cover up two panels...

Thanks for the review

[P-Bot Working]

Interesting concept

I think that this is a working concept and I'd love to see it developed further - after all, P-Bot has a gun, so why not a shot of him working to remove blammed flash, by shooting them down and smaller bots clearing up the trash from around him?

Further to this, the portal is a really well organised filing system, so why not have a bunch of filing cabinets, where flash movies are catalogued according to name, topic, score, category and so forth?

As for the drawing itself, there is a good rendition of P-Bot - you've captured his essence nicely and as a result, you've got a nice drawing. What lets this piece down and costs you stars is the shading quality. Taken in proper context, you've got a nice variety of colours, but it does need tidying up. I know that you might not have a proper program for the colouring of these pieces, any more than you've got a drawing program, but good quality pencils or even inks would yield a much better finished product.

Keep up the good work - you've been frontpaged, so keep working on this and you'll get some good scores to match :D

As a side note, this is Art Review #200 - I know a few people like you might actually be bothered ;)

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Hacsev responds:

Thanks for all the constructive criticism, Coop83! Yeah, the only program I use to make the drawings not "childlike" is with Flash.

[Even trolls need a leader!]

sbdFHKABF on his Throne

Ah, the mighty troll - how the similarity is drawn between the humble troll and Napoleon Bonaparte. Lovely detail on the throne and the pile of skulls was a nice touch. With the army of reprobates in the background. The true face of the BBS, without the watchful gaze of the moderators or the admins.

I think that you've done a very nice job with this and, symbolism aside, there is a good use of the NG colour scheme for the background and, while the trolls do look like they are copied, you've taken pains to make them look slightly different each time.

Of course, a throne looks suitably menacing, with the skulls of vanquished enemies and red leather on it. Perhaps a few different shape, size and state of repair skulls would also have been appropriate?

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Mabelma responds:

I'm very sorry for not having replied sooner, I just spaced out but thank you do much for the review, it's greatly appreciated and now that you mention it, It would
indeed have been a little better if the skulls on the throne where a little warned off and damaged. Thanks for the review.

[Hayley]

Nice detailed sketch

I think that you friend was right to keep bugging you about this - it was well worth it and as a result, you've got a very nice looking piece out of it. While I'm not sure what the two streaks of "background" were on the right hand side, it's really the only blemish on a wonderful looking piece.

I would have said that more detail could have been put into the image, with more pencil strokes perhaps starting to construct a background or even an outline that faces into the white of the background. It's very well constructed and as a result, you've got a nice piece to show off your skills. Perhaps you need to do more of these style works with this model and convince your friend to pose more for you - sort of returning the nagging favour ;)

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WetPhyseter responds:

Quite so.

[Little 'topus]

Colourful piece

Well, you've got the basic shape outlined nicely. I think that the way it all looks is pretty good, complete with the surrealism of the flag waving as well. Perhaps you could have expanded on the graphic that you have for the flag, since it's bunched up in the corner. It might be your tag, but it would be a great place to put it.

I think that it was a shame that you put no detail of suckers on the tentacles, since that's one of the most recognisable things about an octopus, or any other cephalopod. The only other thing I would have personally changed would have been the background. I can see that the green looks like ink that has been jettisoned by the creature, but there is nothing but white behind it. Perhaps some sort of basic underwater scene would help there.

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WetPhyseter responds:

I have no tag. The other kids wouldn't play with me.

[Japanese Wolf]

Needs more practice, but good

For a piece that is drawn freehand, you've not done a bad job overall, but there are a couple of things that need to have a little more attention paid to, just to smooth out the detail:

1) On the hind leg - should that be an encased line, or should it just be a line of fur that is only attached on one side? That looks like a small inconsistency there, that just needs a little more attention to.

2) The circle looks imperfect - I know that it's really difficult to draw circles freehand at the best of times, but practice makes perfect and a soft pencil (4B; 6B) for sketching would be perfect here, as you can correct mistakes easily. Granted, towards the end, when you ink it over, it should look a lot better, but it's getting it there that remains the goal.

Keep up the work and when you get a better scanner / camera, we'll see some more results.

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MonoFlauta responds:

okok, thanks a lot :P
yeah the leg and the circle are bad u.u

well
thanks for reviewing :)

[Cleen the Clown]

Why so menacing?

What is the story with Clowns that look like they are ready to rip someone's face off as soon as look at them? This one seems like he's thinking "If that custard pie comes anywhere near my face or trousers, I'm gonna cut you."

Perhaps the face paint could be changed slightly - the moon shape doesn't look very symmetrical and with the way that the rest of the face does, it feels like it should be.

Give the guy some ears and a little hair, like sideburns or something similar. As regards the hat, you need to make it look more 3D, as opposed to a triangle that sits atop his head.

Finally, the postcard size of the piece makes it a little difficult to get around, so I'd suggest that you make it slightly bigger for us all to enjoy.

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MCarsten responds:

LOL, i laughed a lot with your possible phrase from Cleen about the pie! hehehehe. The story is from a clown that give children in the circus, pops with cyanide and then rob them out, was a story originally made by me and a friend, we're was creating a scary-horror tale.

I believe that if the conde in his head be more 3D, can add a more good looking into it. The ears from him was to be that more "fat" line in his side, and i agree with you, doesn't seem like a ear. Yeah, the image can be bigger, by this way can show much more things from the mysterious Cleen.

Thanks for the nice review! Thanks!!!

SpyS.