COM1's art Reviews on Newgrounds

[VENOM]

I think this art is very clean and expressive. Feels ready to be animated in my opinion. I also love that you put some shadow on venoms back teeth and under the eyes. Really helps the image look more lively, and helps the viewer understand the image better. Good work! Got a lot of empty space on the top there, not sure if that is an artistic choice but i would suggest changing your canvas size to focus on the image if it wasn't intended.

Skeet-Daddy responds:

thanks! i appreciate all the kind words! the negative space is just there because my plan for this piece was initially to add a city-scape background (i still. might eventually) so i just had all that empty space and didnt bother cropping it. Glad you like it though!

[Wavedash - Thank You Sakurai!]

My favorite bit is how the text sorta splashes on the screen, and I really like how the lighting on the floor grows with each word added. A nice detail many would miss I think, but still appreciated for the effort it shows. Very nice animation

magpyfeather responds:

Thank you! It's supposed to be like the Smash logo fire, and I thought "hey, fire makes light", so I decided to do that.

[Mei-Ling Shao]

I think this is a great piece of art you've made here. The winkles of the clothing respect the lighting and feels very natural how the shadows fall from them. The subject herself is very visually interesting to look at. I dont know anything about the character but with her pose, expression, and clothing I can get an idea that they are someone of importance and doesn't mind flaunting it. I really have no suggestions to make, its a solid piece. Look forward to seeing your future works sometime.

AuraNova responds:

Aw, thank you kindly for your words! Yeah, been doing what I can to better my sense of shading and color choices to make my pieces blend nicely and pop in a way. Interesting the idea you get of her. And thank you. I do plan to make more art for the long term!

[Fashion Police Cap]

You have a good understanding of light and shadow. I feel you need more figure drawing practice IF you were going for realism. The abs are off. I get they are running, and that abs in generally are not usually perfectly symmetrical in real life but I cant help but feel they should be of an even width. Maybe the left side is smaller because the muscles are contracting to bring that leg up? The shading on the back leg's knee makes the leg look like there is a dent just under the knee. Another good rule of thumb is that a foot will always point in the same direction as the leg's knee. Sure you can move it around a bit but the back foots position seems unrealistic to me. I see a crazy amount of potential, and you WILL reach it with continued practice. Do not let this review discourage you please. That is NOT the purpose of it. You will be one of the greats if you stay dedicated to your studies. I hope to see your works in the future to see how they evolve.

Platinum-Reaper1 responds:

No worries I'm receptive to critique, thank you for the deep dive into the details you picked up on. I likely won't go for realism, on average I go for at most semi-realism but all in all from the feedback I'll be studying to refine face structure and anatomy. thank you for your time!

[Interstella 5555]

Beautiful work! The colored one impressed me the most. The Slight color shift, use of tones and texture of the lines make this look like actual newsprint. I'm following you. Also, I'm a big Daft Punk fan too. [Edit] Sorry I forgot to add, my only suggestion is that, I feel it would look better if the eyelashes dont appear under the hair, or other facial features like that. I know its common to do but I dont know, given how solid the rest of the lines look I cant help but find it a bit distracting. Still though, fantastic work.

RokerRabbit40 responds:

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[Give me your hand!]

[EDIT] Hmm, sorry im not really convinced some elements of this weren't traced. I overlayed the images and although the rest of the body is offset from the original, the lines on the hand give it away for me. Sorry if that is just a one in a million thing but, yeah. This link is my overlay of the two pictures. Not trying to start beef, I'd just like to see future work that isnt this similar to another. https://www.newgrounds.com/dump/item/faffcd93c3280906786b84f9c667e67f

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Definitely skilled, however I had to google this because it felt inconsistent and found the Base image you likely used on deviant art: https://www.deviantart.com/rosysenpai/art/Girl-Reaching-Out-Anime-Base-583504447
While you did make a lot of changes, the maker of the base did request to be credited if used so, I will rate 3.5 if you credit the base makers of your art. I see you practice a lot on faces, hair and clothing. You can easily move past the need for Bases with this skill. Try varying line thicknesses to make your lines feel less stiff.

Chrisdorian17 responds:

(EDIT)I really did not draw it, except the hand lol, I have some saved captures of how the hands were before anyway the rest I swear not to draw it, but in the same way I will give credits to the original image, I admit my mistake

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Well ... I don't really use deviantart, personally I don't like it and I swear I don't really use that reference image http://desmotivaciones.es/881111/Cada-dolor this is the one that I really use as a reference, when I'm done The drawing I put the image on top of my drawing to show that it is not traced but it seems that the author of the drawing that you sent me used the same image as a reference that I used

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[Slightly Human Smokey Sil]

Has a melancholic tone to it with the darker colors. Were you going for a steven universe-esc cartoon style or more realistic? [Edit after response] Ah ok I didn't fully read the description because I did my review during my lunch break. The colors make more sense now that I looked up the original. Since you are going for realistic i would recommend what im sure you are already practicing, study some figure drawing to help planning headshapes and facial features. The nose is a bit hard to read as a nose. The hand gesture also seems to be in a unrealistic position. Using your own hand as reference helps a lot in understanding the limitations of movement. Idk if its just me but I cannot do a 90 degree angle with my hand unless im pushing against something. Overall: I can see the effort, I can also see you easily growing a lot more with some figure study.

that1verdeian responds:

When I first started working on that, I was definitely going for a realistic style, but keeping in mind the cartoony aspect of the original's art - more specifically, its characters. So yeah, the lighting could've definitely needed some work, aside from the other elements being just fine IMHO.

[Delicious flesh]

I like the abstraction of the cats as its still clear to me at least from my first glance. Readability is important for me. Having said that I would not have noticed that they were eating from a human corpse without the description making that clear as I thought there was just a pile of gore on the floor and that the legs were paths along the ground. Upon further inspection i noticed a subtle light source coming from behind our point of view as if it were the flash light of someone who discovered this brutal scene? If the cats had ground shadows and those shadows curved along the body it would help give it some more depth and make it easier to tell they are standing on a corpse. Overall: Great abstract style, could use some more shadows to read better.

Jam3e responds:

Thanks for the feed back my dude

[Split Psyche]

I get the feeling this art is personal, clearly representing a duality of emotions and suppressing them, putting on an appearance of happiness. That is just what crosses my mind when I see this. I like the simplicity of the black and white motif but I feel the brush used for the outlines, text and background masks at the top could use some stabilization and perhaps a glow effect, at least for the left side as it seems the white is supposed to be a sort of aura around the character. If the idea is for the lines to look wobbly, I would recommend another, denser brush and then turn down the opacity to have a uniform shade alone the entire line but still give it that ethereal appearance. I really do like the characters design and feel like the strongest linework is on the drawing on the right. I'd like to see this style experimented on and refined over time! Overall: interesting concept and character design, would like to see more experimentation.

Dolorious responds:

Yeah it's a bunch of experimentation with the tools krita has. But yeah I'll find that sweet middleground eventually.

[Kindred Fates oc]

I personally prefer the one with the line art since it has their faces and the gaps in the colors cant be seen, but I feel if you were to clean up the lineless version it would look great. You have a good sense of depth and have a consistent light source on all the subjects in this piece so that really helps elevate its quality. The lines are a bit messy, which is not by itself a bad thing. I follow an artist on twitter who does fantastic sketchy looking art, but I feel if that is the style you want to go for a brush with some texture would help. I'm going to take a guess and say this is the "Darker Pencil" tool in Clip Studio with the brush density turned down a bit. The issue is that you'll end up with unintentional dark spots where the lines overlap and its transparency on every other line would make the silhouette hard to distinguish IF you had a background. Overall, very cute, great lighting, recommend textured, darker lines.

andi857 responds:

Thank you very much!