Fro's art Reviews on Newgrounds

[Comic #1 - Manipulation]

There's actually something very funny and pleasing about the complete and utter simplicity of this comic. Starting off the artwork is very simple because it's pixels, but it's really the generic text that really gives it this feeling.

It's almost like you can envision a multitude of different scenarios for this comic because of how little is actually pictured and said. I could actually see a bunch of different comics of this style being produced.

Its kind of a dry and creative humor that I enjoy. Not sure if that's what you were going for, but thats what I got from it.

VladArt responds:

You're absolutely right! In art, the rule "less is more" is one of my favorites!

I really appreciate the kind words, ty!

[Gift 4 frobotech]

You can probably change the "Frobotech" to "Fro". Fro will still link to the proper username and I'm going to change my name back to Fro asap. I just changed it to Frobotech temporarily as a joke because it's similar to another users username.

What a cool piece! You did this within about 20 or less hours per my request and I believe I requested in at night so more like 12 hours of you being awake you created this.

A little background for anyone who might be viewing this... PriseRed make a thread in the Art Forum asking for OC's to draw for practice. I saw their thread and really liked their style so I decided to challenge them with something a little out of the ordinary. I requested a picture of me, with a ban hammer, smiting some spam. I then sent them a couple of real pictures of me for reference and boom, they created something that actually looks like me, in their own style. It's awesome to view myself as a cartoon. I kind of wish I could watch an animation series with myself as the main character now. I wonder who I could get to voice me though...

The beard and hair are what I would strive for in real life. This is truly a better version of me as my real life beard grows in patchier and my receding hairline has receded much farther than this. Thanks for not making it too realistic. :P

The body and ban hammer are exactly what I was envisioning here.

I didn't really give you any description of the "spam" so you did a great job making something out of nothing. I'm pretty sure that's what the generic internet spammer actually looks like. Hunched over their keyboard. I love that the computer is almost alive and a part of the spammer. It's legit scared of what's about to strike it.

The background is a nice addition and it makes it look like it's straight out of an anime action scene. I'll most likely link to this every now and then when I find the opportunity in threads.

Thanks again!

PriseRed responds:

Really happy you like it :3
Bout spammer: first thing comes to my mind with a word 'spam' - https://www.newgrounds.com/dump/draw/92e9b37781a7594ba26cfcef5d5d1ec1

[Meatwad motivation]

Got to have a good day at school so you can make that money and get those hunnies G.

I love it. I wish someone would come along and paint this on the front of my house.

MTeyez777 responds:

Thank you! I'll be over later

[Horse Ride]

I love it, I can see my daughter watching an animation using this art on youtube for hours back to back.

One thing that I think would improve the overall appearance of this picture is if you would have added a bit of grass just on the other side of the sidewalk/path or maybe just a bit of a hill. It's odd to have the sky so low to the ground with nothing in sight and kind of gives the impression that the bushes and trees are just floating back there.

Nana responds:

Thanks. See , I had a issue with it since I wanted it to have grass but I could find a grass texture in the art program. Plus I forgot to add hills while shading the sky

[Castle Crashin'!]

Wait these look super familiar. Did I comment on a thread about this? Having to do with what style you should do for the cross on their faces?

Brings me back to some of the really fun castle crashers flashes I use to play on newgrounds. You really captured these characters in a fun cartoony style.

The colors used are beautiful.

SomeTinyCritter responds:

I did ask for critique back when this was a work in progress, and someone said I should hold off uploading until Pico Day, maybe it was you?

Thank you for your kind feedback and for helping me back when I asked for critique! ^^

[NG Battle Arena]

Incoming review that's saying the same thing that a ton of other reviews have said.

This should be a real game. This would be some good old fashion fun. It kind of reminds me of this old Sega game where you picked different soldiers and advanced them in a similar type of map versus a randomized CPU group of soldiers.

Except for this is much higher quality and made with all the characters we love.

jagondudo responds:

haha it should be

[PICO DAY 2019 ENTRY -"Endless Handbag"]

This is some pretty epic artwork. I haven't looked at too many art pieces for Pico Day, but if they're half this good I'll have a pretty good time doing so.

Good luck on the prizes, I'd really be surprised of this wasn't pretty high on the top submissions for Pico Day.

DeimosArt responds:

i really feel nice because of what you said, thanks man

[KP's new selfie]

This is kind of fun.

Is the character closest to the front of the picture the one holding the camera for a selfie? If so his arm is in a very awkward position and should be facing more towards the front instead of to the side. The line art is some of your best compared to more recent submissions that seem a bit blurry and sloppy. There's a few spots that could use slight touch ups such as the one finger on the closest characters hand has a line that's way too thick compared to the rest and the lines from what I can assume is some sort of hoody string goes into the finger line a little bit.

Is he thinking about watermelon? That's a weird food thought. I'm thinking it's actually pizza, but with how small the dots are it doesn't look like it's representing pepperoni so I'm going with watermelon here.

I don't like the term selfie in this picture since well... a selfie suggests that you are by yourself, hence the name... selfie. This is more of a togetherie. I imagine this is what a group of friends this age would do in a picture in real life so I think you've captured the feeling of friendship pretty good here.

It's like, alright everyone do something cool for the picture. Guy up front hasn't slept in a few days and gets the full wrath of the camera, two out of the remaining three do something cool, but the one guy has no clue what to do in the amount of time given so he gives the generic thumbs up.

So just some random stuff. The guy giving the thumbs up has an awkward stance. It seems like we should see more of his legs than what we see here. The guy doing the yoga type pose should probably have a part of his foot pop out somewhere, but it just kind of disappears. His toes should be popping out between the front arm and body of the guy up front.

I also think that there's too much empty space on top. If your picture was cut more like it's icon I think it would look a lot better. My eyes get drawn to this empty spot and am left with a feeling that there should be something there.

Overall, a fun picture. I like your style. It would be fun to see this one colored in and where you used dark thick lines for shadows like on the dabbers neck you could use some shading to represent the shadow instead.

KingPug672 responds:

Yeah I appreciate it. I get what you mean, yes the selfie was in an odd position, but it BTW the random thick lines are part of my personal style.