Galneda's art Reviews on Newgrounds

[deserted mystery]

Very nice color palette! The foreground dune which dominates the shot is shaded very efficiently, it looks really good, and there's no denying that's sand. Tops on that.

The midground dune looks really good, of what we can see. You did a great job at making it seem like it's waaaayyyy back there, and you were wise to make it a much lighter hue than the dune in front of it. My only problem is that as you follow it from right to left, it just kinda drops off and ends behind the peak of the foreground dune. If it had continued going, flat as can be, to the other side of that peak, it would've been stronger in my personal opinion.

The clouds look fantastic, almost oil painted...that sky is truly a thing of envy. My only other negative criticism is the yellowness of the sun, but take that particular critique with a grain of salt; every artist does things their own style...so your sun happens to be yellow. Happens to be spiky. Happens to bleed out a yellow aura around itself, and that's totally acceptable. If it were me, and the sun HAD to be in the shot, I'd make it a diffused white orb. But like there's no mistaking that's SAND that you've drawn there, there's also no misconceptions that the thing in the top left is absolutely the sun.

The positioning could also be improved...like, making it not cut-off into the corner would've lended some additional strength too. I want you to google or wikipedia research the "Rule of Thirds" which is a very strong and important rule of thumb when it comes to composing your art. It would really hold you over to implement the Rule of Thirds in the future. That way the frame, in it's entirety, really pops and nothings cut off.

You're doing great, man! Never stop!

justice511 responds:

thank you :D the sun was definitly the part i wasnt too sure of in then end but i had the shadows done and all so i thought shit... to i tried to make it work and i honestly think it turned of alright not grate but not bad either and the clouds :'P the clouds my fave part i spent the most time on those to give them a really satisfying look :') and im gonna go and look up the rule of thirds right away :)

[Midnight Mountains]

Look great for mountains! The blackness of the sky and the greyness of the rock, though, makes it kinda feel like we're looking at a Lunar landscape though...we could easily be pointed to the clouds to indicate, hey, it's not the moon, we got an atmosphere to work with. But even for a night shot, I think it would still retain SOME color beneath the moon-light.

I really like the geometry of the backing mountains, and how the light source helps us out with the mountain range's shape.

Keep it up! Push yourself, and let's see what ya got!

slinkie7 responds:

hey, thanks. i realize its a little devoid of color, but im still getting that fine tuned. the support is really appreciated.
hopefully ill be posting again soon.

[Emergency]

I'm dropping a review just to say, I think this looks absolutely fantastic. The details of the suit and her face, the coloring all throughout and that amazing psychedelic nebula in the background....all of it is AWESOME. I would love a poster or a canvas of this in my house. I love it!

[Dental Hygiene Conscious Fish]

They actually put it on the Electric Box? NICE! Do you ever intend to visit it?

I love this artwork...as usual to your style, the color choices really pop out and everything here is REALLY interesting to look at. Full-blown EYE CANDY. I love it! This should be a poster. Easy vote 5.

[Smug looking Grin]

Feminine faces kick my ass too, dude. But like all things, it's a practice! Here's my two bits:

You absolutely NAILED the jaw-line, mouth/lips, and nose. ALL THREE OF THOSE features I royally screw up when trying to draw a female, so I take extra notice when somebody gets it right, lol.

I should also add the skin lighting/shading is top notch; it looks believable and compliments the art style.

The eye might (MIGHT!) be a tad too high on the cheek and right of the nose. I'm trying to conjure where the left eye would be, and if we could flip the bangs up to see the forehead for reference...how would that skull look? Still though, I can't stress enough that this is a BIG MAYBE, because everyone's art style is unique, and intentional creative license with a characters anatomy is absolutely okay to lend one's individual artistic flair to a character. ^ This paragraph? Merely my observation.

The long, slender neck is actually kind of eye-grabbing...and it was a wise move to abstain from adding lines or implied dimensions of the neck. The more details on that neck, the more aged she will look...this character is young, so good deal :D

The collar-bone is a good touch, the popped collar helps steer the eye away from paying attention to how long that neck might be, but open enough to maybe invite some teeth to sink in (right there. RIGHT ON HER JUGULAR) but I'm having a bit of a ponder with her breast shape. I understand with the oval-ness of her left breast (stage-right breast) with the bold line probably implies that her jacket is tight enough to sort of push those babies up...maybe a little mushing action going on...but if that were the case, then the seperation between the breasts (the "V" or "Y" if you will) would look different.

The angle of the slope downward on that (stage-right) breast would imply that her tits sag down and out. By being pushed up, they would kinda level out flat/plateu at the top as they're pushed up by the jacket. Why am I going into this much detail about it? Because the conflicting detail is on the outer dimensions over the jacket on her left breast. I can dig that she's got a HUGE rack, but the slope of that outer line on (stage-left) titty would imply that the tits rest a lot higher, and this (rather large) jacket is mushing them inward. This would lead to a tiny "v" at the top of an elongated "Y" cleavage, methinks.

Either way, however you intended it, you TEASE US into thinking that she has an EPIC RACK and then you cut off the picture at the bottom so we can't see the entirety of her splendor? I am mildly disappoint...lololol

Wrapping it up, the hair looks fantastic; I'm particularly impressed with the detail in coloring and remaining consistent with the lightsource (in front,, chest-high, pointed up slightly). And USUALLY I'm kind of at a loss of ideas on what to do with the background. This sort of flower-petal design is not only stylish, but actually LENDS to the overall piece, and helps it pop. It's vibrant, but not so vibrant that it distracts us from our Busty Grin-Gal.

5/5, great work!

Luceilos responds:

Finally some decent review! I've been craving for actual feedback.

I see what you mean on conflicting detail for the rack there. Most likely due to the fact i didn't draw MORE of the body originally, which is what probably screwed me up. I didn't see that they were irregular shaped till now, and i'll keep in mind your pointers to make sure that consistency will play part int he future. Her rack is indeed very irregular shaped, now that I look at it. As well as the neck being a bit too long and the irregular angle/placement of the one eye we can see. Given your feedback, now I can see why and how to fix it.

And you're definitely right on cleavage orientation there in terms of that "pressed together" shape. That was just my folly to not pay attention to it.

Either way, thanks for the feedback, mate. Stuff like this, and taking time to actually give me your two cents on what you think rather than MINDLESS COMPLEMENTING is exactly what I was hoping for from this community, and you have definitely delivered on that. I can take this to improve in my next piece for sure.

[Phantasm of Light]

Teeming with energy and character. That Phantasm is simply AWESOME looking! I love the color theme all around, it really successfully emotes "power" and, like I said, energy to me. I can almost see the tattered cloak gently sway as it hovers....the starlight patterns flickering with subtle movement, almost pulsing.

Easy on the eyes and tantalizing to the imagination. Easy, EASY 5.

[Light of the World]

Frame-able! That sky is a thing of ENVY, dude! I'm also really digging the distinct differences in texture from the mountain, to the tree line, to the plains. Top notch work, man. I'm voting 5 really hard and violently on this bad boy when I have the chance.

Luceilos responds:

Oh man, now I feel all empowered now. xD

Thanks man, I'm REALLY glad you like it. Actually being able to do landscapes and hearing that it was done well feels really awesome.

[Agent 47]

Fantastic! I love the "paint bleed" as it goes down. The shading on the guns are really eye-catching, all kinds of enjoyable little details make this very, very strong art.

I even checked out the video. I'm gonna ask a noob question, it doesn't look like Photoshop, so what software is that? Also, what tablet do you use?

JoshSummana responds:

Haha no it is Photoshop CS6 - i have just moved some of the pallettes/toolbars etc so its more convenient for me! :) Cheers for the kind words