Fro's art Reviews on Newgrounds

[Valentines]

Could use a little Fro, but it'll do nicely.

ZetoSoul responds:

Maybe someday.

[Jenny Fur - 'New Sheriff In Town']

Kind of copy and paste a lot of my other review to this one for the base of my review, which I won't actually do.

Since this picture is zoomed out a lot more it makes the little details that I mentioned before not so noticeably. Some of the weird things you can't even see in this version, which is kind of a good thing.

Same issue in my unprofessional opinion with this one though. (Contrary to some beliefs people who dont do art every day can have educated opinions on art) The background just doesnt go with the character, its a different style and all around sticks out like a sore thumb.

I think I'd be able to increase my score if the background didnt look like a picture edited off of Google in Photoshop and was just as cartoony as the character being focused on. I understand the focus is on your characyer, but its kind of just rehashed, doesnt really give any feeling, emotion, or story. Perhaps adding some detail into it by trying to tell a story line with characters in the background could improve the quality.

Please be patient as I systematically try to help your scores go back to more deserving ratings, it'll take me awhile to review all of your work.

[Jenny Fur - 'New Sheriff In Town' - Close-Up]

(Pre-warning, I'm typing on mobile, sorry for any spelling errors. I dont quite have the dexterity in these clumsy thumbs)

Took me awhile to pick one to score. I naturally stay away from the adult and mature work as it's not really my thing and I wouldnt want an opinion on a certain genre or style influencing my vote any. I'm by no means an artist so don't expect the review to have a lot of technical mumbo jumbo...

The background is really great, did you create that? It kind of looks like a oicture taken from the interwebs and blurred a bit with Photoshop or something. If not, you've done a great job with it and you could do some work with backgrounds and stufd, good stuff there.

Is the darker section supposed to be her shadow? If so it doesnt really look placed in the right position. Perhaps it its not suppose to be her shadow and it's just to add some texture to the ground. If thats true I think its too dark and not properly blended in with the other colors to create a good effect. Either way it seems slightly out of place.

The left leg when viewing, aka her right leg, is awesomely proportioned and positioned, but the other leg (the straight one that shes leaning into) seems to be oddly and unnaturally positioned in comparison. Its super close to being there, but for some reason at a glance it just seems slightly off. To me, with the lean shes doing her hips woukd be slightly more slanted then they are to keep her lower body into proportion. Like I said, it's really not that far off though so its barely noticeably. The knee size is also a little messed up because of this.

The colors and shine on the boots have a reslly nice effect all around. While I'm on the subject the colors and shadows used on the character themselves are probably the most attractive thing in the picture. Besides the shadows used on the V section right sbove her shorts I think they are extremely well done and add a ton of quality to the picture overall. That being said, there is such a drastic difference between the style of the background and the style of the character that it gives them this impression that they came from two different sources and shouldnt exist coherently in the same universe of said artwork.

The fun, belt buckle, and belt are very detailed. The sizes of the bullets strapped to her are different sizes in thickness and could have used a bit more attention. The badge on her breast doesnt show the same detail as the other accessories though.

The color of red around her neck is very pleasing to the eye. I feel if that wasnt there we would have to large an area without something going on. That was great positioning of a splash of color. I feel like the dark outline on her finger grabbing at the red accessory is a bit off and squiggly where it shouldnt be when looked at closely.

The bend in the ear seems very unnatural and the thickness/length of that ear seem way off in my opinion. The use of that thickness black line also seems off in the bend of the ear. Slightly longer, thicker ear here with a better line thickness of the ear would be an improvement in my opinion. Almost the samething can be daid with the hat, its slightly off to me, but overall pretty good.

Overall, a slight proportion issue here and there, but extremely slight. You've done a much better job at it than I coukd have ever managed. The color use and use of ahadows added a lot of quality to the picture in almost every essence, and the color use was great on the character, but didnt quite match the style of the background.

[Shaco]

A great piece, very deserving of front page. Congratulations and keep up the great work!

[Royal]

This one was the piece that I found that turned me on to your work. My favorite thing overall is color palette. Perhaps my love of purple and black combination has skewed my view of the quality of this piece, but I don't believe so.

Starting from the bottom and working my way up... the bottom is probably the least amount of detail. A little heavy on the shadow when looked at individually, but when looking at the center attention of the picture right down the middle the shadow has this wonderful balancing effect so this isn't really a problem in my opinion.

I can almost feel the dirty gritty texture of the skin on the hand in face. Same opinion on the shadow of the weapon, it lacks in detail on the bottom, but when looked at as part of the whole it really does have a nice balancing effect.

The face and head region are extremely detailed. I love the glow of the eyes and the use of purples and reds. The shadow on the "hat" region is extremely well done and the background couldn't have been better color choices.

Overall, an extremely good piece. I'm happy to have found your work so I can check it out in the future. I'll also try to review a piece every now when I have time.