Coop's art Reviews on Newgrounds

[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

[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!

[Self Portrait with Characters]

Nice work, but could use colours

I think you've done a wonderful job of balancing the shading in this piece - the way that the focus softens out as the picture heads into the background works so well, keeping the main focus on your actual self portrait, albeit a manga version of it.

With how the jaw line looks so smooth, I believe that there is room for more detail here and I absolutely hate the drawing style that makes the eyes so massively out-of-proportion with the rest of the face. There could certainly be more detail on the neck,a s there are so many natural contours there, that just beg for artists to show them off.

Despite the shading being absolutely fantastic here, I could certainly see there being enough room for more colour, since even if you just went and added the occasional splash of colour to things like the eyes, it would provide more detail to the image, which would take it to the next level.

It looks like you've got some great quality pencils there, so perhaps invest in some great quality coloured pencils and have a go, to see what you can do with them :)

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AkujinRuukasu responds:

Thank you. I kinda forgot to add enough details of my neck, I have to agree. As for the drawing style for the eyes, everyone is entitled to an opinion, and I respect that. They are a bit smaller than those in some of my earlier works. That may not be what you had in mind, but would you consider that, somewhat, an improvement? I do have have some colored pencils. I'm just not sure if they would be considered high-quality, though. Thanks again for the compliments and suggestions. I greatly appreciate it.

[watch it]

Blame Dave Gibbons

After all, he drew the original book. Yes, this does mean that he drew the original images of Dr. Manhattan's blue penis. I think that with how it was most tastefully done, no-one should argue with the artwork originally, but yes, we were denied some quality minge shots from Silk Spectre 2

Anyway, there were a couple of issues here with the presentation. I'd have taken away the line "I learn that" from the start of box 3. Doctor Manhattan seems only to speak in the present and doesn't waste time mincing words. The joke with the sin wave form of his penis was quite fun, but only mathematicians or physicists would get the joke, but kudos anyway.

Perhaps more time could have been devoted to the anatomical deviation with the buttock on pane 3. I'd have said that the cheekshould meet the thigh and a second curve for the hamstring should start. Of course, I can't check this for a few hours, as I don't have a full length mirror and the space to get naked and gyrate like he was in the shot ;)

You've done a great job with the facial features and in the simplicity, it almost looks like Manhattan from the original graphic novel. Yours is a simplified version though, as Gibbons always liked having more black lines in his pieces, making them look more sketch like.

Congratulations on the front page.

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