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[The New Grounds Car]

Which model?

So, which model was this? I've just come here from the NG Toyota Camry idea thread that's floating around the BBS, so I thought I'd stop by with a review for you as well.

It's a nice paint job, but I have to say, I'm not a fan of the colour scheme - the orange it a little too dark, if you're going for the "NG Sunburst" theme across the paintwork there.

Some of the other ideas floated around out there were the AgnryFaic headlights, which would have been an awesome compliment for the piece. With the way that the whole piece comes together, you've done a really good job. How did the paint smudge on the Everything, by Everyone? I understand that it's something to do with the lower coats, but were you paint over the top while it was still wet? If so, that's a sad mistake to be making.

From a racing fan's point of view, I'm glad that you've left the space on the roof and door for the number of the vehicle - who would you like to have driving it? Rowdy Busch, for his style of punting people out of the way? Intimidatorm for the same reasons, or perhaps Jimmie Johnson, since he looks a little like Tom with his Grizzly Adams face fuzz at present?

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Snowman responds:

Was i linked to in the thread? I havent really kept up on it much, been working....

Tis a 2000 ford taurus. The Everthing by everyone somehow smudged when i put on my clear coat, im guessing sharpie and areosol spray coat dont mix so well. Angry faics on the headlights i did consider, but with my complete skill painting, i would have ruined the whole thing.

Personally, Im a Kenseth fan, before i grinded it down it was originally a Kenseth car. Busch would be fun to have but I would have a problem with the toyota part.

Painting over when wet, what? I made sure to let everything dry, every time i went on to a new part i let it dry for at least a day.

Thanks

[Jokette]

Ladies and gentlemen

We have found a replacement for Heath Ledger. Tits, stockings and suspenders will help us get over the fact that the greatest actor to play the Joker has passed away.

I think that it's a shame you didn't make this into a playing card, put Jokette down the one side and up the other and the image really does jump out of the page and light up the whole imagery.

You've got a great way of putting this across and it does in a way make me feel that I might have had a thing for Heath Ledger if he's had breasts like that... I'm sure it will pass.

Could you draw some actual cartoons of this character, since we need to see what she's capable of when in a comic book world, as opposed to living on a playing card.

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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

[Burned Tower (Ecruteak City)]

Perspective is the key here

I think that you're starting to get yourself a working system for drawing here, but the main issue that I have is the way that this piece looks too two dimensional. Look carefully at the path and the way that it seems to resemble a large wall that the tower is built on top of. With perspective, the paths would taper, giving more of an appearance that you're going into the page, to get to the tower, which rises out of the ground, with no tapering.

Try to work with the shading with the coloured pencils, as it seems that you've got a variation in pressure going that gives ugly darker lines that can be seen over the main shade of the colour. try holding the coloured pencil against the length of your thumb and using a lot of contact from a larger surface area, as you can cover the ground quicker that way as well. sweep in the same direction and you'll notice the difference almost immediately.

With the way that you're switching to flash, I'd like to see how the flames affect the lighting - smoke in the air, dark shadows cast from these light sources being behind the tower and so forth, the sun being almost obscured, you've got a lot of creative option to consider. I'd also have liked to see some flames licking at the windows of the tower, for effect.

Don't give up, I think that you can go far with these projects, if you get yourself into the right mindset over them.

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[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.

[Post-Industrial Waste]

Not bad

So this is you after you were dunked into the Industrial Waste? What super powers did you get?

Mind you, in all seriousness, you've done a good self portrait here, but you could do with some background information / detail here, just to give your image a little more to help disguise the imperfections, such as your ever so slightly "stoned" look that you have by the larger pupil on your right eye.

I think that in these images, sometimes it is beneficial to show the original muse, so that people can see how good you are - it wouldn't work with Picasso, but with yours, where you're aiming for some correctness, you'd credit the drawing, by showing us your original muse.

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