Coop's art Reviews on Newgrounds

[Crazy lines]

Corroded snowflakes

Hmm, a very different concept, I'll give you that. What I think you need to do is zoom out, for more impact. Don't go too far, just leave us with the oily, crystalline style structure that you're on at present and you will have a totally awesome piece.

Perhaps it is symbolic of the damage that we are doing to the earth, with oil and pollution? Maybe a tribute to the darker areas of humanity, but still something very worrying and almost upsetting.

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HeavyTank responds:

Haha, I never thought of it as a corroded snowflake, but then again, I never said it wasn't ;)
I really like how everyone interprets a picture in a different way because that was my initial intention, and it's working pretty well :P
Thanks for the review.

[Tyrannical Boss]

Sharp dressed dinosaur

Not a bad little piece this one. The pink background does kind of set the piece on edge slightly, complete with the creature in the right hand side of the frame. I have no idea at all what it is.

When it comes to the dinosaur, you've got a very Quentin Tarrantino style piece, with the way the hair and cigarette. The only thing that seems to be missing from that is the blood and a katana, but that might be pushing it a little bit.

I think that the posture of the dinosaur looks rather strange - I'm not sure that the tail would sit naturally underneath, more that it would sit behind the beast.

The best thing about this is the symbolism, which reminds me of the name of the piece. Tyrannical and Tyrannosaur being very similar. Perhaps this could have been done slightly more subtly, such as "Working for a Tyrant" and left it at that, but there wasn't much more you could have done.

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Celx-Requin responds:

The title was a little bit too on the nose wasn't it?
I love Quentin, the person who commissioned that naked vagina lady with teeth is
friends with him, so I have a copy of his first film "my best friend birthday", anyway this review made my penis wet, and drippy...

Thanks,
- Celx

[Red Crasher]

A good piece

If only your flash movies showed such a level of detail. I can certainly see this scoring highly if you get scouted. Draw more of this level of work and you'll be a shoe in for the portal.

I think that a little more work could be done on the background, in order to compliment the look of the central figure. The castle crasher is a great piece and as a result, you've got a wonderfully artistic impression of this being of fire.

I love how you've formed the fingers out of the flames and the personality of the character is certainly stated in bold. Perhaps he needs to be holding his weapon, as well?

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Icandraw responds:

thanks

[Psychedelic Rave]

Hippie last supper

That was the first thing that came to mind when I saw the image at the start. This seems like something that you'd see on Glastonbury's fields during the music festival - lots of drunk people wandering about, experimenting with drugs, alcohol, mud and tie-die.

I think that you've drawn each of the characters quite well, with the exception of the guy on the left with the knees torn out of his jeans. His eyes seem very out of place, specifically his left eye, as he looks at us.

With how these festivals usually turn into mud baths by the second day, you probably could have done with caking the lower legs of the revellers with a layer of the brown stuff, just to add a bit of authenticity to it all.

The sky and the light show do add to a marvellous background and as a result, you have got a great looking piece overall.

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Weenog responds:

hehe... yeah i did put a tiny little touch of that religious art in the composition, what with the damned in the left corner and a bit of a jesus feel to the character closest to you, well noticed ^^. As for the character on the left i realy wanted to make him look drunk and although it doesn't real look right...the eyes do give of that impression ^^
if i ever sort some of the bugs in this piece out i'l be sure to add some mud splats. thanks for the great review dude ^^

[Looking up at a Jungle Canopy]

Fractal collage

This piece to me looks like you've made 3-4 fractals and then chopped them about to make a better piece from all of them. This is where people really can use these programs well for superb results.

I think that the way you've done it, the sky / tree canopy overhead does look like a baby cauliflower or cabbage, but it looks very effective. I cannot say how impressed I was once I clicked it to full size, as this truly does become an amazing work. Even the Avatar-like spirit / dandelion seeds look as if they really fit in, which at first I was confused about, since the forests there were darker and had more phosphorescent lifeforms and so much more plant life that getting a clearing like that would be difficult at best.

Keep up this work, though I would like to see you diversify a little away from the fractals, as it will get you noticed more, which is no less than you deserve!

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EchoRun responds:

Well, actually it was 8 fractal, but, hay, who is counting. :P

Thank you for the review. :)

[My only 12 inch]

Good detail

Fro, there's an amazing amount of detail here, with the way that you've gone and shaded each individual panel, to make it look like a trainer. The stitching is also really neatly done, so it does look quite professional. Are you going to be an art teacher at some point?

I think it does look a little flat around the foot hole, where you could have used shading to make it look a little more 3D and embolden the image. A shame, but still a damned good effort. Perhaps this is the sort of thing that might lead to you getting scouted for the portal, as it's some good sketching work. How long did it take you to draw it?

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Fro responds:

This was somewhere around 40 hours worth of work. I have an updated version with the shading and everything like you mentioned, but sadly didn't take a picture. When it is handed back to me at the end of the year I'll update this picture. (Not delete it because I know how annoying that can be) I'll let you guys know about it then and then we'll see how it looks. Maybe I'll just submit it as a newer version as well because after this art class I don't plan on having more art.

Also, my major allows me to teach everything from K-6 grade. It doesn't allow me to teach gym, music, or art though. Doesn't mean I won't do things like this in my classroom. :)

[Firing My Laza]

Nice take

You know, there's not much I would have said you could have done with the "shoop da woop" laser shot, but you've certainly given us a good impression of how it's come together well.

There's a nice background, a good impression of the original art piece of the face (I love the rolled back white eyes) and the graphics of the laser shot itself are pretty well designed.

Streams of ionised particles are elementary physics, but something that I'd have never considered for a commission such as this, which is effectively what you've got with the waves surrounding the bolt itself.

I still think the signature is a little conspicuous, but this seems to be improving over time. Keep up the good work!

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Flash-Gamers responds:

Thanks for the review!

Glad u didn't notice the particle mistake like I said below I'll fix it....when I finally get the time to probably this week since spring break is about to over.

Glad someone liked the eyes rolled back to shoop da whoop's head!

I think that is a small as I'm gonna go the sig, so I guess ya'll will have to get use to seeing besides, I don't really think it's that big. You just probably notice it instantly cuz it's white and sticks out.

[Fun With Daphne and Velma]

Jinkies! Some watermarks!

If it wasn't for the watermarks all over this piece, I think I'd be a perfect 10 as well. There is a slight issue with the corruption of childhood going on there, but the way that you've done it is certainly in a way that's safe for work and it's only when you really look into the image itself that you realise what they're up to.

Two teenagers, with their knickers down in a graveyard? It can only be Scooby Doo related shenanigans. Mind you, I always did expect Freddy to get more involved with this sort of thing, particularly as he is so obviously desperate to get into Daphne's knickers.

I'd have suggested that you give Daphne some white stockings, as it would look much more slutty - after all, you made Velma look like she's actually bothered about relationships and you gave her some decent looks to boot.

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Snakejohnson responds:

Go to my blog for a bigger version with no watermarks. You can download it for free.

flashdivas.chriscrazyhouse.com

The only thing I ask is that you click on some ads so that I can generate some revenue. If I make enough I can do this art more often.

[Tri-Stream]

Wallpaper?

Are you trying to get the desktop wallpaper market with these pieces? I think that certainly, they have a great potential for this sort of thing and you've got the talent to design them. What program do you use?

The signature does look less conspicuous in this piece, which is a great thing to see. You've clearly allowed the piece to focus on the art itself, as opposed to the sign writing that you've used for the name. Perhaps you need to make it even more discrete, by having it smaller and along the plane of the foreground stream, for example.

A good use of a limited colour palette has yielded good results. Keep up the good work.

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Flash-Gamers responds:

Yeah, that's kinda of my thing...but where would I need to go to actually see these?

Oh yeah I use photoshop CS2

Thanks for the review!

[Raintacular]

Quite evocative

I'm guessing that the simple lay of this piece does indicate far more than you were planning for it to originally, with the spectrum at the back and this sharp wire snaking its way across the shot. I like the way that this gets into sharp focus and you've put this in, as I see symbolism of the speed of information transfer through places like the internet, for example.

As I've said in previous pieces of yours, you need to find a more uniform and indicative signature for yourself, so that you can be easily recognised, but not take up a large proportion of the detail that comes with the piece. This is one of your best pieces that I've seen so far and I want you to take what you've done here and improve upon it.

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Flash-Gamers responds:

Thanks for the review!

The signature talk again...well I just can't help myself! I take a lot of pride in my sig name ETH3R...with a cool name like that, who can blame me?!!

Glad you interpretted this in a different ways then the other reviewers!