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[The Colour Of Water]

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When I look at pictures like this I just sit back and let the imagination roll. It only took me about 20 seconds to envision something and after reading Haggard's review I see we almost saw the same thing.

What I saw:

The very top of the picture looks like the horizon. Directly under that I imagined a beach with writing in it. Perhaps something a kid would write, or maybe even something that was more like an S.O.S that survivor would write.

Under the writing and the beach it looked like the ocean with the darker colors towards the bottom being farther away from the light source which is in the horizon.

The circle shapes in the water look like rocks sticking up, which almost seem to fit with the whole survivor theme as it could explain why someone would be stuck there in the first place.

So yeah, if you just look at this for what it is then you won't ever get the true value of it. If you really look at it and let your imagination go then you could even create a little scenario like I just did.

You had a nice use of colors and nothing really seemed out of place in my opinion. It does get a little sketchy here and there, but without that I don't know if I would have seen the same thing. It's a pretty good picture all around.

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thies responds:

Thanks for the review. I like how you saw all those thing in it, I did'n even think about some stuff you noticed myself. (like an SOS survivor that's stuck there) However alot of stuff you and Haggard noticed, I have seen too.
But what do you mean with the writing in sand at the top? I tried to find what you meant, but I can't see it..

I know it's a bit too sketchy.. Maybe I should've used a thinner brush.

[upsideDown Town]

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There are too many white spaces in the blue. The darker blues were a bit too obvious as well and could be much lighter and blended better to make a cooler effect. It just looks kind of messy with the light blue and then random blotches here and there.

The green background was almost the same as the blue, but you did a much better job at it. There could have been more details back there though showing things such as a landscape. It does say upside down town so perhaps having some trees or buildings hanging upside down could be kind of cool.

The red circle in the corner was alright and kind of added a little extra to the picture, but the black in it really didn't make it look too good. I don't exactly know what it was suppose to be, but I'm assuming the sun or something of the sort. Perhaps using a gradient there would be more appropriate such as starting dark red in the middle, working out with an orange, and then yellow on the outside.

The creature as a whole really isn't too bad. There are a few spots here and there that could use a little work though. The scruffy outside could have been done more carefully and cleaner like you did on the lower part of his body. There was a part on the left side where the black line didn't fit the shape of the purple body and that caught my eye quickly.

The black line on the right side of his body is too dark and too evident. Making it thinner like you did on the left side of his body would have worked better. Also, his feet could have been a bit better. Maybe something better than the generic three toes on his feet? The foot on the right side of the picture had a sloppy black line go through it.

The foot on the left was way too big. Perhaps you wanted it bigger than the other one, but in my opinion it's really not fitting here. Not only that, but the spacing between his toes are way off compared to the other foot. My second thought was perhaps you wanted him to be closer to the screen on that side and the side with his smaller foot was suppose to be farther away, but the size was still too big to do that properly and the character wasn't angled or turned enough for that do be done effectively.

I think the strong points to this piece though were the eyes of the creature and the shading that you used on both the bodies and the eyes to portray shadows. Like I said, the overall picture isn't terrible, but it's really not too great. Looks like you rushed through a lot of it and slowing down could actually make this a very interesting and good picture.

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up-a-notch responds:

thanks dude

[Siamese Octopus Gentlemen]

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I liked that you had parts of the body going outside of the picture and then had them reappear in other parts such as the one very long and big tentacle on the bottom left of the picture. I do find it a bit odd that there would only be one of these large tentacle though and it's really out of proportion to the other ones that the menapus creature had.

The faces were very entertaining and well drawn. The hat itself was a really nice addition because without it the picture would have a bit of an empty space that would slightly take away from the piece.

I like the style that it was drawn over what seems to be a real piece of paper, but which is obviously a digital picture of a paper due to it's high quality. I always enjoyed flash submissions that were made on scrap pieces of paper such this art piece was made on.

I enjoyed the colors that you used and you had a really cool way of making it look like it was made with water colors. One of the best parts of this piece though has to be the detail put into it. You did a really good job with that.

I really don't have any complaints that I haven't already said about the tentacle being so large and not having proportion with anything else and it's a pretty good piece all around.

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thies responds:

I actually did that on purpose, with the tentacles being all different sizes etc, I find that look a bit more interesting. But some tentacles do look a bit off.

Yeah the paper is just a digital pic., you had to use it as a background. (It's for the Notepad Collab).

Thanks again for the review :)

[Raintacular]

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I see that you said this didn't turn out the way you wanted it to. I think I slightly would agree with that statement. The picture as a whole has a very dark look to it and I wouldn't mind seeing it brightened up a bit. You did use lighter colors, but there wasn't a very good balance.

The vertical black that you used for the picture gave it a nice wavy feel. It almost looks like this is a curtain on a stage or some sort of material in which can get bumpy if pushed together.

The white shape used in the middle did a decent job at not making the picture darker than it already was and I think you did a really good job with your ETH3R word this time. The way the colors blended into the white letters was really cool and even gave it a smoke like effect.

I think one last thing you could have done to make this picture better is to blend the colors a bit more. On top the green and the yellow and even the light blue and green blend very nicely and naturally. The other colors don't look so great right next to each other though and it looks like you had a hard time blending them together.

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Flash-Gamers responds:

Thanks for the review as always! Plz recommend for scouting, I've waited long enough

Anways yeah the picture is dark on the outside edges but brighter towards the center of the picture. Tried to make the ETH3R not stick out as much as it usually does...as for the color blending that was just a gradient effect...nothing I can really do to make it blend.

But much grateful for the critisim, and good reveiw!

[Killer Teddy]

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Killer teddy? To me it doesn't represent a teddy whatsoever, but I guess I can see where it use to look like a child's doll of some sort. I think that it could have looked pretty cool if you added some shredded clothes or some more apparent tears in the teddy.

The biggest problem in my opinion was the consistency of the dark black line that you used to outline the character and the objects in the picture.I would have probably toned down the thickness a little bit and also made sure that there weren't any sloppy parts. For example the top left hand corner of his head sticks out in a very obvious manner as well as the bottom left hand corner of his head. Also the random line by his left arm and the small diagonal line on his neck.

The black scratches and shadows that you used were pretty good. I would have liked to see different line thicknesses in the other parts of your picture like you used for the scratches. The eyes were pretty good as well, but I felt like you could have used a different design for the skull eyes as it gets to be a repetitive representative symbol for eyes.

The three colors used were really good. The goldish dirty color that you used was really effective in this piece. The blue color gave it a nice creepy shade and the black almost seems necessary for the shadows and outlines you would have needed for this.

I wouldn't have minded some sort of background to this. It could be in some kids room since it's a killer teddy and all, but I could also see this being in some sort of mysterious cave. All in all a decent piece.

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thies responds:

Thanks! Yeah, I actually almost didn't notice those sloppy outlines.. You're right, they should be a bit thinner and less sloppy. Oh and I don't know why I added the random lines, probably forgot to delete them.

Thanks again for the review!

[Orbital Shift]

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I only have one small complaint on this one so I'll get to that first and then I'll move on to the rest of my review. The word ETH3R is hard enough to read that if I hadn't seen your author comments or reviewed your other piece of art before I probably wouldn't have figured out what it said. I feel that you did a great job with the E, 3, and the R, but the T and the H need to be a bit more solid to be able to tell what they are for sure.

The colors used in this piece were really good. The white lines and random white shapes give off the impression of energy or electricity. The way that you swirled the blue and the rest of the picture really gives the impression that the shape in the middle is like a ball of energy, which both gives off energy and takes it in at the same time creating that vortex look.

You have some great mixes in this piece all around and it's pretty good. I enjoyed the colors that you used and it's a very energetic piece.

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Flash-Gamers responds:

Thanks for the review!

I was going for a like "brighthole" effect instead of a darkhole effect.

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?

[Not lucy in the sky...]

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You have to take some good with the bad I guess. I think that your art skills have improved a lot since the last time we reviewed some of your submissions.

The clouds were done rather well. You did a good job on making them look like they had a shape instead of just being flat against the sky. The transparency on the outside of the clouds made them seem more realistic, but I do feel that you could have made it a more subtle transition from being solid to being see through.

The color used for the sky and the explosion looked pretty good as well. You used great colors and good shades. I think that where the explosion has happened behind a cloud it should show through the cloud a bit more. That would make it seem more realistic in my opinion.

The material coming from the explosion didn't look too great. I wasn't sure if it was smoke coming from the alien or if it was stuff falling from the explosion. If it's smoke then it needs to be more transparent and fluid like, but if it's a solid it needs to have some burnt marks on the outer edges and be more solid looking.

The alien is the main attraction, but sadly it's not up to quality with the rest of your picture. There were a lot of parts with the black line that needed to be thinner. The line consistency was really off. Another problem with the lines is they showed up in some places where they shouldn't have such as the bottom left hand side of the alien.

The bottom of his two... legs? were too flat and didn't seem natural on the rest of the curvy body. I do think there needs to be a little bit of a consistency in what the tentacles look like as well. The eyes could have looked much better as well. When viewed as the regular size it looks good, but when viewed at full size you really see the lack of detail.

So what this picture really needs is a lot more detail in the alien itself. That would have made it much more enjoyable and probably would have risen my review much higher. Another thing that would have made this picture much better is to show physical debris from the explosion. I'm assuming he's falling from some sort of craft. Why not show the craft falling to pieces in midst of the explosion?

Overall, this is one of your better pieces, but the lack of detail in the alien, which is the main attraction, really takes away from the piece as a whole. This 6 is really more of a 6.4 then it is a 6 so don't be discouraged by the score.

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up-a-notch responds:

thanks

[Stream Scene]

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I feel that the blue that you used could have been a bit more blurred or blended more with the background. It seems to clean for the picture. The dark/black colors that you used worked very good with the other colors and was a nice base or background.

I felt that you made the red blur perfectly and it's something that you should look into doing with the blues as well. The small circle shapes that you used and the wave white line behind the word ETH3R was pretty cool as well. They all seem very fitting.

The white that you used was very bright and worked well with the background, but I do feel that it mixed too much with the word in the middle. There might be a couple of ways of dealing with this such as making the word have a distinct outline or maybe by changing the shade of color you used slightly.

An all around good piece, but the mess of white in the middle could be improved a little bit. It's an overload of one thing in my opinion.

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Flash-Gamers responds:

Yeah, sorry about the blue. It was apart of the filter I had to use to get the explosion of ligt in the bottom left corner to really stick out.

Was thinking about putting an outline around my art name....but thought it would make ETH3R stick out a lot more than I wanted it to...almost too busy; but thanks though.

Yeah, now looking back it needs more red lines overall.

Thanks for the review!

[Lobbyist of Cthulhu]

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One thing sticks out to me in this picture and it's how white his head is and the white objects around him. Those parts stick out so much that they kind of take away from the rest of the picture. Perhaps making it more of a gray would improve the look of this picture a lot.

I really enjoyed the detail put into this though. The shoes and pants almost look like they've been taken from a picture they are so good. The upper part of the coat looks very realistic as well, but I think that the part between the upper coat and the pants needs a little bit of work in terms of blending. This part doesn't look as real in my opinion.

There is a part right beneath his hand that I can't quite figure out. There is a white spot that just doesn't fit there at all. Other than these few faults I wouldn't have minded seeing a more developed shadow beneath the character.

The background, colors, and picture as a whole are very good. Good job and keep up the work.

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[blondie]

Not bad, but not really too great.

I don't know if you were trying to show a young attractive girl, because I do see that slightly, or an older woman who use to be attractive when she was younger. I do see both and it kind of goes along with the whole mix that you were talking about in your author comments.

The sketchy style gives it a nice touch and changes it up from the regular filled in colors, but at the same time it gives it a sloppy touch. I think the way to make this better would be to zoom in and make the lines cleaner and smaller. This way when viewed at a quick glance it looks neat, but when looked at much closer you can see the detail.

Everywhere that you used the black lines, except for the breasts, seemed to be too thick. Thinning these out would also make it look much cleaner than what you made it look.

Lastly, put the character somewhere. Put a background in to show me where she is and don't just make it any random background. Instead make it something that shows me who the character is as a person.

Oh, by the way... I can't scout you. Only people who are scouted can scout someone else.

nickgarciaface responds:

:D