Fro's art Reviews on Newgrounds

[NG Logo Redesign Final - HW]

Nice, simple.

It's nice and simple, but it could use a little more to make it more interesting. The grey really doesn't fit the newgrounds grey, but I guess it doesn't really have to if you're making a new logo.

I like the gradient that you used, but like I said, it could use a little more. I think making the shape 3D or at least adding a shadow to it would make it much better. I personally think it would look best if you were to make the NG 3D and to make the Newgrounds have a shadow or reflection of some sort.

Overall, nice, simple, but could use a little bit to make it better. Congrats on the A+ and everything.

JakBaronKing responds:

It's funny you should say that.

Because I originally intended to use a "shadow-effect" on the logo, but my teacher said it was a bit much.

He said "Simplicity is the best impact for logos"

It's not so much as making an awesome lookin' logo.

But rather something so simple and catchy that in a mere half second a person from afar or driving really fast on a freeway will be able to recognize it.

Too complicated logos tend to be miss-looked because everyone's in a rush.

[Oh the Joy of the Undead Party]

Hmm, I may see a couple problems here.

I think that there are two potential problems here. I say potential because the one may actually cause the other one, but it's hard to tell. The picture is actually very busy. Perhaps a little too busy for the eyes. There's so much going on in the main picture and no real focal point.

Maybe it isn't too busy content wise though. I think it's more about the amount of black in the room. All this black makes it hard for the viewer to tell what is what. It might be better to remove a couple of characters in general or maybe even just get rid of the black and white checkered patter on the floor.

Overall, the characters are done well, the picture looks pretty cool all in all, but it's really too busy to be a "great" piece of art in my opinion.

linda-mota responds:

Yea, the bottom is busy, even I got confused when inking the tiles. I was pressed for time when I did this for a contest on DA. I'm not sure if comic pages have a focal point, this was a silent comic that conveys a story, but I digress.

Thanks for the reveiw, it really helps. =)

[Seras Victoria]

I really like this one.

I don't like it enough to put it under my favorites, but I really like the character design here. I'll start with the only complaints that I have and they really aren't anything big.

The first thing that I notice is the arm and hand above the head. The position that it's in just puts it in an awkward spot where it looks like it's coming out of her head. The second one being that the tongue has a line through it where you had drawn the mouth. This makes it look like it's coming out of the side of the face and not out of the mouth. The last one being that I really do think that putting this character in a background of some sort would have been better this time around.

Other than that the main thing that sticks out to me is how great the colors go together. The reds, blacks, and fleshy colors are amazing in this piece. I'd love to see this stuff in a flash or movie of some sort as it's really close to looking professional.

An all around great piece of art!

linda-mota responds:

Heh, thanks for the reveiw man. It's really helped. I do agree the arm is in an akward place, thanks for pointing it out. =)

[Symbiote Ex: KING]

Nice, what did you use to draw it?

This looks like it was done by hand for sure. It seems that you used a black marker, black pen, and... what else? how did you get the grey and lighter black there? Perhaps I just have your list of materials used wrong, but it just doesn't go with those two things. What did you use? :P

I think it's a really cool character design. I usually comment on how I like to see more of a background with characters, but the way that the major color was black, the white actually acts as a nice contrast and makes the piece very pleasing to the eye.

I really like the face that you have in the upper left hand corner. The detail and the small blotch of yellow in it's eye really goes good. I would like to see a picture of this character from the front like the face there. Maybe you have in in your other art and I'll find out if you do.

An all around good character design and good presentation.

linda-mota responds:

Everything I do is by hand. No digital editing, I only use digital editing if I'm low on black ink for a solid black background. I used prisma ink pens for the smaler details, cpoic markers for the color, and Higgins black ink with a paintbrush for large areas.

I would have done a background, but this was just a character concept drawing. So yea. =P

Thanks! I wanted to give quel a better frontal veiw for his character, I will eventually draw entire scenes for his story as references.

Thank you! That means a lot! :D

[squid]

Yay, pixel stuff.

Hm, I do like pixel flashes, but as art it really needs to have a lot going on to be interesting to the viewer. This seems to be something that could be created in a few minutes. It's very simple, not really bad, but really has nothing going good for it either.

I recommend doing something with it to make it stand out more. It could be as simple as putting it in some water, whether it be floating on top of the water or underwater. You could even get a little abstract with it by giving it human features or clothing. I could see this squid with a monocle, fantasy hat, and cane for some reason. Hell, stick it in an office and make it a really original piece of art.

So yeah... sorry for the really short review and the fact that I really don't have anything to critique on just adding more content to the submission, but that's really the only thing that I can think to improve this piece.

Magical-Zorse responds:

that's cool

[pico released]

I really like it!

I'm impressed with how many good pieces of art were requested on my userpage. I've found quite a few new favorite submissions this way. I really like the style here. The way the character is with the blurry background it reminds me of something that I would see on adult swim.

This kind of goes along with the story that I wrote for Pico Day. (Won 2nd place with it in the newgrounds writing competition) It was basically about Pico being in an insane asylum because he had actually been the one that killed the people in the school and had created a false story to confuse himself into a fake world.

I'd usually comment about the lack of detail in the background, but it actually goes really good with the picture as a whole. The way that he's dressed along with his hair and beard really make him look like he's been away from society for awhile.

Anyway, I'd love to see this in a flash of some sort for the next Pico Day. Great job all around.

[Halloween bats]

Hm, very simple.

I might be a little generous with the seven, but it's probably worth more of a 6.5 in my opinion. :P It looks like something I could probably create in paint or flash with very simple tools. It's also something that I could probably draw with markers, color pencils, and paper in about 20 minutes. So effort... I can't really comment on that because I don't know how much you actually did put into this piece, but to me personally it doesn't seem like a lot.

So on to what I think you could do to make it better. I think that making the stars a lot smaller (almost like your smallest one) would really add a lot to this submission. Randomly placing them around the picture and increasing the quantity would help as well. The idea is not to put too many on, but to put enough on to be effective.

I also recommend moving the moon to the upper right hand corner. Right now it seems too small, but if you were to decrease the size of the stars it would prevent you from having to increase the size of the moon as it'll just look bigger in comparison.

The bats are alright, but I have one issue with them. The bone part of the wings should be connected by a somewhat transparent skin like a real bats would be. The wings that they have here would make them fall right to the ground as it wouldn't push any air around at all. :P

Anyway, a nice little style, but it could use some detail and a few odds and ends here to make it a much better submission.

SystemOfAtte responds:

Well i did it about 20 minutes + 10 minutes to figure out how and what to do it..
Thanks for the review. And the bats are suppose to be like that because they are more dark bones than skin (because it's suppose to be a part of halloween)
And of course the moon and stars are just for not looking too boring :D i just wanted it to be finished as fast as possible (LOL!)

[Everything, by Everyone]

Wow, I wouldn't have the patience.

You have so many characters in here it's crazy. The only thing that you could do to take it a bit further is to put a little more detail into each character. When zoomed in the characters are well done, but very simple. So it looks like it would take a really long time, but a little bit of quality is lacking. Not much though.

It's so big that it doesn't look the best at full size. When it's small it's just a tad bit to small for you to really get to see all the characters. That kind of makes it fun though. It's like a trippy puzzle piece of art where your eyes just goes nuts with how much is going on.

This is a really cool piece all of around. I haven't seen anything quite like it yet on newgrounds.

Kembry responds:

Thank you for this good and really true review.
Because I ahd idea to make more details and color them better, but I really was out of time so this is how it looks like, but you still gave me 10, so it isn`t so bad at all.
Thanks.
:)

[Character]

Pretty cool.

I'm not the biggest fan of the style, but I always keep the bias out of my reviews. It's really simple, but done very well. I love the stance that he's in. It shows that he has just dodged something or jumped from a far distance. The smile on his face makes me think that he did it to avoid an attack and is showing a confident/smug attitude. The stance shows that he had to give way to a far jump, but that he's positioning himself to be on the move yet again.

I can see this being used in a flash before. It's the type of style that does great in flash submissions. The glow around him is really affective. Looks great. The only thing that I can really comment about is the lack of a background. I know that it was to focus on the character, but the proper placing in a good setting could bring this picture to a new level.

SamGreen responds:

Thanks man, I'd like to know what particular part of the style you don't like. Is it the coloring? The chibby-ness? Specifically the eyes? hands?

Thanks though I'm glad the pose looks good as it was the main part I was aiming for, maybe background next time ;)

[probably tomorrow]

Woah, wtf

Sometimes I forget I'm on newgrounds. Ahem, here we go.

Ha, the first thing I argued with myself about was whether this was a male or female. I really couldn't tell. Even with the hint of "Gay luv" on the side it was still confusing. I assuming it's a male with some major tucking and some odd corn nipples.

The brown in the window is a little too vague. I would like to see the outside world from the window as more detailed. Something tells me that a person who looked like this would have something covering the window.

It's funny how things are laying around on the bed. It really goes good with the fat person being there not taking care of their things. Perhaps you could have shown that more by having chip bags, tissues, and just more odds and ends in general around and on the bed.

Perhaps a brighter glow from the TV would be a bit better as well. Other than those fews things here and there this picture is oddly well done. It brings that wtf moment when you look at it.

imjeffhip responds:

it's actually a girl