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[Biological Catastrophe]

Random title name.

Hmm, let's start with what I think could have been better in this piece. I didn't like M shape of the picture. (or at least that's what I think of if the figure were to continue off of the picture itself) I would have liked to see this be a whole picture and just continue in the same pattern all away across the screen without the black parts.

Again, blue and green look great together and they are some of my favorite colors. The black used here makes it seem like it's something dangerous or harmful, but at the same time it's trying to hide it, which would kind of go along with your hypnotic comment their in your author comments. (which has a n in it by the way)

It does have a very cell or virus like look to it. I like the whole biological theme with this submission.

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HeavyTank responds:

well, you know what?
You can't see the M shape when you watch it in Full Size...then you can see all the details n'stuff and l guarantee you, you won't see any M shape/

[Black Desert]

For everyone.

VIEW IN FULL SIZE!

Ha, I looked at it like this and I was like, "Meh, I don't really see anything", which is totally true. I look at this and can't see what it is at all. I can't even imagine anything when I look at this like I could with your last piece of art. Then when I looked at it at full size I was like, "Woah, this thing looks pretty good."

So I really have no clue what it is, can't think of anything, but it's just pretty cool looking all around when viewed at full screen.

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HeavyTank responds:

Yah you're right for some people it amy look like a big WTF...but still, m initial thought was to make a desert..of course this doesen't look like one, but still...

[Quarter Face Collab]

Lol Evil Like Sex!

XD

So I'm looking at the upper right half of a skull if I'm not mistaken. Or at least that's what I put together when I see that the title and the picture together.The spider web in the eye was really a nice touch. The hair on the lower part of the skull was also a very nice touch indeed.

The background was very interesting and the colors used matched the piece of art in it's entirety very well. When I first looked at the picture I honestly had no clue what it was, but now I see it for sure. To the right of the eye looks like some scratches which makes me think that there wasn't anything lovely about this death. :P

An overall good piece. Maybe next time try something with a bit more of a detailed background?

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[Cliff Top Perch]

Woot.

At first I almost had a complaint about the colors being too similar and it kind of just running together, but as I looked at it longer and longer that wasn't the problem anymore. I actually noticed that you did quite a good job distinction the different parts with different shades. I seriously had to study this for about 10 minutes before I could find the right words to write, but I guess that just goes to show art isn't something you just look at and can write about instantly. I almost takes the person studying it before they can really see it for what it's worth.

I liked the lighter colors used on the darker background. That helped the dragon stick out more and be the main attention of the picture. After looking at the dragon I ventured my way around the background to notice that it was very detailed, especially for using charcoal.

An all around good job again. Keep up the great work.

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EchoRun responds:

Dude, you make my day!

"I seriously had to study this for about 10 minutes before I could find the right words to write, but I guess that just goes to show art isn't something you just look at and can write about instantly."

THAT is the kind of thing tells an artist that they are getting something right, so I am over the moon that you thought that!

*tackle hugs review*

[Pyscadellic Birds]

I also like how this turned out.

I'll first start with the "bad" and then work my way to what I think is good about the submission.

The little circles that you used on the bottom right hand corner looked out of place. They looked good, but nonetheless just didn't match up with the rest of the picture for some reason. They are almost an eyesore and just doesn't mix well.

Other than that though I think it looked pretty good all around. I love the mixes of blue and orange colors as they are my two favorite colors. :3 They also just look very good together. The small use of green was just about perfect. Anymore and it would have been too much and too much less would have made it too subtle.

The border would look out of place, but because of the plants on each corner it gave it a nice feeling of balance. Because of the black in the middle with the birds the black on the edges also gave it a great feeling of balance. The birds themselves looked really great.

Overall I think if you replaced the part on the lower right hand corner with another orange section that it would have looked much better. It's a very simple piece of art, but very nice nonetheless. Worth the look in my opinion. Keep up the good work.

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TheThinWhale responds:

Thanks, I really liked how the colors turned out too

[My girl =]]

Not bad

I had a hard time with the face on this submission. The shape of the face was perfectly fine, but a couple of things came to mind when looking at it. The pointy ears for one looked a little odd even if you were going for a fox look. Perhaps pointed more towards the top of the screen instead of towards the side of the screen. The eyes were either huge or covered in shadow and I couldnâEUTMt tell the difference. If they are really that big then wow, if they were covered in shadow then I suggest maybe using a bit of a lighter shade.

Now that I got the biggest complaint out of the way IâEUTMll work my way down the rest of the body of your girl. The hair looked good and shaded rather well. The neck was well sized and down the shoulders and chest were well shaped.

The arms were either too skinny to the fingers were too long. I donâEUTMt know which one it was, but it was one of them. The body and the tail look perfectly fine and are in good proportion with the main part of the girl.

The dress is rather detailed for just a penciling and theâEU¦ WHAT lol the legs look out of proportion to the arms in my opinion. I guess I just expected to see something skinnier right around her knee caps. The boot/feet are alright compared to the legs though.

Overall I think perhaps a few proportional problems, but the art itself is done rather well. (The longer I look at this the wider she gets as her body goes down) I would even suggest maybe a more detailed background sometime? Something simple, but yet there even if itâEUTMs just a wall/floor.

You have a talent though and I suggest you keep working. Good luck and good job!

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[feel what I feel]

Hmm...

Again, I like the messages that I get from your submissions, but I just don't like the art work that much in itself. Seems too simple, almost kind of sloppy, etc.. I don't know how to explain it and since I don't know much about art I don't know what you could do to really improve it, but since I know about how art makes me feel I can still give you a decent review. :P

From this submission I get the feeling that the two people have different feelings or emotions and the one person is saying that, "You should feel like and because you are different nobody is going to like you."

The other person almost looks revealed that the person is telling them this that they will finally fit in as long as they act differently and cross over to the different color. (which represents conforming to become popular) Even though this person feels a bit better there is still a little part of them that knows that this isn't right and it's not the way things should be.

(odd how people see art isn't it O.o)

The purple side of things seemed a bit distorted, which even helps me along with my envision even more because things on that side are distorted and people aren't the real person that they really are when they conform like that.

Hmm, like usual good messages that allow the viewer to think what they want to think, but I still think it could be better done and the artwork is kind of crude/rough.

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Silent-G responds:

thanks for the review, although it was a bit wordy and you sounded like a confused cheerleader. I am, however, glad that you thought it was crude.

[help me out]

Odd..

The character in the front was probably enough in my opinion. He was just very big and with the other two guys the screen seems very full and distracting. Perhaps if one of the doctor looking guys was removed and the big guy in the middle could be shifted over a little bit while one of the doctors could then shift over again giving more "white" space and allow people to focus on the piece of art better. (Just more space because things can be hard too look at when cluttered)

I want to ask why you put some color on the two doctors? It just seems that it goes against your style. I also like the sky that you did here, but again it's a bit crowded as the words seem too close to the sky and too close to the big guy in the middle. Unlesss that's what you were going for the entire time.

I can also see this being made too crowded on purpose. Perhaps as the guy says Help me out here, it's because the two doctor guys want to help him for some reason, in which he doesn't need help for (since they do look like death and very creepy for some reason) so hence he does need help, but it's to get away from the people who are trying to help him in the first place. O.o (I hope that makes sense. It does to me at least) But then that would explain why everything was cluttered because it gives an impression that the big guy just needs to get the hell out of there.

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Silent-G responds:

holy shit you answered all of your own questions. thanks for the review.
P.S. they aren't doctors.

[may I take yours?]

Perhaps I don't understand?

I think the colors that you used in the sky were too straight. Especially if it's in a desert where there is a lot of heat waves and things off in the distance are going too look wavy/distorted a little more. I also think that the change of color in the sky should have been more subtle. It just goes from one color right to another color without any blending. Just really doesn't look good in my opinion.

The things that I did like in the picture were the ground, mountains, and sun though. They seemed to be down much better and I really liked the color that you used in them. I do admit though that the yellow color in the sky kind of clashes with the yellow color in the sun. This brings up another problem that I have with the sky though. Perhaps I'm wrong, but shouldn't the order be yellow, orange, and red? Having the lighter color in between the darker colors just seemed weird and out of place.

I don't mind that you have words there for us to read, but do think about not including words sometimes so people can't think of what it means to them without the bias of any extra information in piece of art. I also would have liked the words out of a text box. The words seem cartoonish and the text box seems too straight and professional to match with the words. Perhaps if the box was more cartoonish itself also. (Did I just make up the word cartoonish? Firefox says I did)

I almost like the simple black and white character that you used, but I think you should have made the body as detailed as you did the head. Also, the shadow almost looks like a part of his body instead of a shadow. Perhaps a different shade of black or gray could have been used for that or you could have used just a bit more thickness since shadows do tend to be a bit thicker than the body every now and then. I also find it kind of funny that the glasses don't go behind his ears and just kind of sit on the side of his face.

I do see some sort of story here though. A man, who is lost in the desert still has the etiquette and civility to ask if he could take someone else stuff for them so they don't have to. At least that's how I interpreted this piece of art. The man has a very kind/gentle face too.

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Silent-G responds:

I don't even no how to respond to this. thanks for the review I guess...

[Blue Eyed Dragon]

Woot my favorite artist!

The first thing that I'm drawn to on this piece of art is the very beautiful blue eyes that you have gave the dragon. Then I notice the posture of the dragon and after a second look it doesn't look so much like a dragon anymore. It's just very human in nature, which of course you were going for.

From the smile on the face you get a very nice, gentle, and relaxed feeling from the picture in it's entirety. The smooth green colors against the cracked wall in the background also add to this relaxed mellow feeling that the piece of art gives off.

Like usual I can't critique your art as you have done a very good job. It's very detailed and just looks professional all around. Keep up the good work.

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EchoRun responds:

Originally I wasn't trying to make him 'smile' - that was just supposed to be following the line of his muzzle. Like how bottle nose dolphins look like they are smiling or something like that I suppose.

The other more human characteristics also developed over time, the first sketch certainly didn't look so 'soft' or friendly. That's just how it turned out. Funny that. I quite like it though, make the image something of it's own creation, instead of just mine. Like a good story develops on it's own.

Thanks for the review.