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[Tricky the clown]

Good shading

A very menacing image of the clown figure from the Madness series. A great piece of fan art, that really captures the essence of the clown trying to snuff out the light of Hank's painfully staunch resistance.

I think that a couple of issues need to be addressed here - some colour would certainly help, as Madness doesn't use too much in the way of colours - shades of grey and red tend to be the order of the day, with the occasional green and white thrown in there for good measure. I'd love to see the ethereal horns picked out in the characteristic red that they usually use, plus perhaps a little blood dripping off Hank's sword.

The other issue is that the clown in Madness isn't called Tricky - that was a different series, where a clown exposed himself in Clock Crew movies. This one is just called "The Clown".

I think that a more detailed piece showing Hank's face would be called for, as it's a little too cramped into a small area around his goggles, head scarf and all of the other gubbins in there.

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[The never-ending secret]

I'm not sure

So we've got what looks like an overgrown lawn with the added benefit of... I really couldn't make head nor tale of it.

What is it supposed to be? Some sort of light show? I think that I can see a vague outline of Optimus Prime in the lights that have been picked out there, but it's about as good as we'll get from my interpretations.

The black is just a "Goth's White" and needs to be covered where possible - this piece is a vague abstract at best and requires a lot more work to at least convey what you are trying to make in the piece.

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TiberiumCrystalKutu responds:

Thanks for this review.

[Space Core]

Space orange!

This piece just reminds me of a huge interstellar orange - the three curved lines just seem to make me aware of giant segments that could be pulled out and devoured by interstellar beings that like eating rocks.

For me, the structure of this planet is a little too regular. Perhaps pass over it a few more times and add some more mountainous regions and perhaps some craters, for example. This body has been in space for some time and in order for it to look more natural, it will have been peppered with things from the depths of space.

Does it have a liquid surface cover, such as water on Earth? If so, lakes will be visible, plus whole continents should emerge, dependant upon how much liquid coverage there is. Perhaps cloud cover could become a factor as well.

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TiberiumCrystalKutu responds:

Nice review.

[Joyful Chaos]

Roses on green leaves

An interesting abstract piece that reminds me of blood splattered across leaves in a wood. The scene of a murder, an accident, or something totally innocent? That remains to be seen.

I think that this metaphor is slightly stretched, as the red does not follow a uniform pattern as it would with blood splatters, which is a shame, as I can certainly see the skeletal structure underneath the leaves. Possibly a shot of some woodland and they could actually be tree branches and trunks, but it's a little difficult to tell.

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TiberiumCrystalKutu responds:

My inspiration was not a crime scene.
Thanks!

[Black Desert]

Good detail

A nice simple colour scheme and some great work with the shading certainly adds a few dynamics to this image that can only be described as abstract. The dust cloud, or sun burst effect in the top right is nice.

Then it's just a question of what you interpret the three lines as - personally, I've seen them as either go-faster stripes on some sort of being or vehicle moving right to left in a very short time, or claws from something much more sinister.

How does everyone else see it? You decide.

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HeavyTank responds:

Totally awesome review, you interpreted the pic exactly as l wanted you to, l am really surprised that this actually worked...thanks!

[The Eye]

Intricate detail

Well, this piece is certainly a large canvas that you've been working on with a plethora of bright colours in a wonderful spray effect. It does kind of resemble a bird's head - something tropical from the jungles of South America, most likely.

The detail once again can only be appreciated by zooming in, but at least you advised the masses this time :P

I love the way that what looks like a crest flares out to the left of the picture, behind the large eye - that's probably what gave me the impression about the bird. How long did it take you to draw something so intricately abstract, yet so detailled enough to bring through flashes of inspiration within the viewer.

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HeavyTank responds:

Nice review, thanks a lot!

[Biological Catastrophe]

Interesting

This piece MUST BE VIEWED IN FULL SIZE to be properly appreciated. Tell the masses this in your comments, as you really can't see much until you press the full size button!

Right, that little rant over, I can certainly say that this piece is quite dark and I can see where you came to the conclusion about the name from - the shapes within do look like the cultivation of a culture of some sort of bacteria. The one main issue I have is how dark this piece is - making it slightly lighter will be able to give it such an improvement to the overall piece.

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HeavyTank responds:

Thanks a lot.

[Pyscadellic Birds]

*Psychedelic

It's an easy mistake to make, as that is certainly a difficult word to spell.

I like the way that the background looks like oil paints suspended in water and then disturbed by some sort of stick, just to move them slightly, before catching the colours on paper and allowing them to dry.

Finally, the detail work of the birds and the plant life reminds me of the drawing style of NEVR. It looks good and it just makes me feel that I'm looking up at the sky and seeing something weird going on in the atmosphere. I'm actually a little disturbed by the pseudo-hexagonal effect that you've got going in the bottom right corner. I'm not at all sure what that signifies.

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[Quarter Face Collab]

A little rushed

I think that you could have spent some time looking over this piece and smoothing out bits and pieces, just to make it look slightly moire human. The skull could be smoothed over, as that's how they tend to come out of the human head. I appreciate the colours would be like that if it had been left outside with no sunlight to bleach it, but the texture would be quite smooth, nonetheless.

Try looking at other skulls - one big piece of detail that you missed is the temple - just behind and above the eye socket on the side of the head, there is what can only be described as a dent. Try looking for some research material and you'll see what I mean. Adding this to the piece would certainly add to the detail and realism for me at least.

How big is this skull? That spider web looks incredibly detailed, to be used on a human sized eye socket. Perhaps you can reduce the amount of detail there, perhaps even adding the spider lazily stalking prey in one corner of the web?

I'm not sure what you're trying to convey in the background, but it's certainly different. An interesting colour scheme and something ominous looming from behind the skull...

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