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[Not lucy in the sky...]

Take your time

I think that the image lacks in the detail when it comes down to the finished product. You've got a decent enough concept, but the real value would be shown by taking your time in sketching, then spending a little more time in getting the details right.

For example, the tentacles should be slightly more uniform, with tapered finishes from the body down to the tips. Spending time getting this right is very worthwhile and will give you a much better looking image, to compliment the background. Perhaps consider this taper effect on the neck, so that the head looks better supported.

Finally, with the background, I would suggest that you work more on the rift that appears to be where this alien being has been manifested from.

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up-a-notch responds:

ok thanks

[Killer Teddy]

Weird lips

Hmm, with the way that this piece looks, I think that you've got some pretty decent preconceptions about how you wanted the piece to turn out. The one thing that I would say looks out of place is the lips for the teddy. It doesn't look like a mouth that people tend to associate with plush toys like you have drawn. Perhaps a cat mouth would have suited it better?

I like the detail by criss crossing the colours over and making shading from a combination of the scribbles there. It seems to have a nice effect, but this does go a little astray, when you consider the shading that happens nearer the back of the piece. I think what needs to be established is where the light source or sources are located, so that you can shade better.

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thies responds:

Thanks! About the lips.. well he doesn't really have lips, I think what you mean are his teeth

[Siamese Octopus Gentlemen]

Needs more colour

I can see what you were trying to do here, but the lack of colour has harmed the detail, by drawing more attention to the white of the paper and the lines. It looks like you've either drawn this with felt tipped pen, or have done this on some sort of computer program.

I'm not sure how you could have improved this, due to constraints of the collab, but I'd have suggested more background items and some detail on the tentacles, like the suction cups, which everyone knows about.

This is a neat concept, but with how you seem to leave it as a work in progress, I cannot give you a higher score for it.

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thies responds:

I thought there was not enough space left to add a background, because some of the notepad paper should stay visible.

Thanks for reviewing :)

[The Colour Of Water]

Better viewed further away.

Sorry, but I'm struggling to see what the piece is, any meaning or significance. I appreciate that it is abstract, but there is a line between abstract that shows me something and one that does not. Perhaps as the piece is viewed further away, it shows more. As I backed away, I could see more discernible shapes appearing out of the mist, so perhaps it needs to be made bigger, so that when you zoom out, it looks even smaller and crisp in the detail stakes.

Don't forget, Picasso did abstracts and he was pretty sharp on the detail.

I'm guessing rocks in the ocean spray, with the backdrop of cliffs, but I'm really trying hard to see this. I need to see a little more in the way of the detail to accept this as more than a messy pseudo-sketch.

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thies responds:

I know it's too sketchy, I should've put more detail in it and cleaned it up, but I'm really lazy. I actually don't see anything changing when I look at it from futher away, but maybe that's just me.

Thanks for reviewing :)

[Mini Mischief]

Good interpretaion

I think that the way that you've been able to conjure up this piece within a week shows that you can be really dedicated to your artwork when you stick to a project non-stop in effect. Perhaps it would be a better looking piece if you didn't make the dragon's arms and shoulders look rather human? I think that these particular muscle groups would be better suited being thinner and more athletic, as opposed to bulky, as if it had been doing miniature shoulder press.

I like the two finger like appendages on the wing joints, as they seem to add another layer to the piece in itself. With the way that this looks, there is certainly a chance to see past the image and find out why the dragon is playing with the keys. Helping a friend that is locked in a cell? Playing a prank, by hiding the master's front door key? Who can really say?

The wood does look a little plain, so perhaps put a knothole in there, just to add a little more detail to the bottom right corner, plus I'd have expected some of the keys to be different colours, since they are different lengths and each one does have a different head. Maybe these needed to be slightly more different, but I appreciate the level of detail is only held back by the time constraints.

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EchoRun responds:

I guess with those arms and shoulders, it was because I could see this guy climbing as much as flying - behind cupboards, through wall cavities, that kind of thing. Hence larger muscles. I think I did define his right shoulder a too much though, less shading there would have done a lot for it I think.

Thank you for the review. :)

[Orbital Shift]

Focus on the art

For me, I think that there is too much focus on the signature here. No-one ever went to an Art Gallery to look at someone's image of their name. Sure, it is an integral part of the piece, but it takes up far too much space here. Spend time with your art programs and develop a sort of signature that remains constant through your works, as opposed to the name remaining, but in vastly different styles across the range of pieces.

I don't believe that you did it in Photoshop, more like Apophysis, which is a fractal generation program. I say this, because it looks remarkably like the style of some of the works that have been made by her using that program. Yes, I can appreciate that you've added your name afterwards and tidied the piece up, but it needs to be credited if that was so.

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Flash-Gamers responds:

FIRST OFF I AM TIRED OF PPL OF SAYING I DON'T DO MY WORK FROM SCRATCH! I USE PHOTOSHOP, IN FACT I'M GONNA POST A LINK TO THE WEBSITE I USED TO HELP ME CREATE THIS PIC!

Anyways thanks for the review!

As I said bellow: Yes I kno the sig could've been smaller....besides this was my first pic I ever made in photoshop so what do you expect?

Everyone needs to start paying attention to the art and not the sig...and the sig was suppose to actually be apart of the pic itself hence the fact that it is getting sucked into the picture.

[Stream Scene]

Into the ether

Well, it's a functional identity marker or a banner for various things to do with Ether. I like the visual effects that you've used here, but the quality could be made a little sharper , just showing a more crisp detail to the lettering and allowing it to stand out from the background a little more.

The dark and red colour scheme is a good choice. I like the way that you've blended the colours together and put some sharp detail with the blue lines, which reminds me a little of TRON. Perhaps the piece could be made in just blue, so that it really does look completely like it was from that film, since that should be going through a renaissance this year - the bandwagon is there to be jumped upon :)

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Flash-Gamers responds:

Thanks for your review......yeah, but I'm not gonna be redoing this picture ever...so can't say much about what I need to fix.....

Wouldn't mind doing a blue version; of this but....................maybe later

But guess what, I made a REMAKE of it so go and check it out!

[Velvet - Kaorishe character]

Secretary Fetish?

Well, this piece is a rather interesting and simple piece that does show some great artistic skill. I think that you've got an aggressive demeanor shown by the look on her face and the rapier that she is holding. Does this convey that she has been playfully spanked one too many times by her boss? Perhaps, but who can really argue with a woman wielding a deadly weapon.

I love the hourglass figure, the beehive and the surprising amount of detail on the guard of the sword. Perhaps this means that there should be a little more detail with, say, the stocking tops and you could have done a little more with something like a necklace, without going over the top with the piece, but overall, this is a very nice piece.

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kreeslak responds:

Thnx for the review Review Request Club ^^
Yea its that difficult moment of detail sintesis when you can get carried on and break the homegeny of the design.

[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