Galneda's art Reviews on Newgrounds

[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

[Heavy Metal zombie]

It's your one way ticket to midnight! Call it! HEAVY METAL!

Everything looks good, except, if I'm to be perfectly honest, the random white scratches all over the place. There's nothing wrong with trying to do grit, but these white lines fail to do that. Like, I'm not sure how I'm supposed to feel about them...they look added in at the last minute.

Everything else looks fantastic. Keep up the good work!

afiboy69 responds:

o dude i agree i kinda tried to make it much more retro looking, but sadly failed lol, thanks a bunch tho =)

[Coat da Arms]

Warpaint comes to mind...and it looks damn good.

kalabor106 responds:

Thanks

[Judge dredd jacket]

You just earned a fan instantly!

What did you use to paint it? What was the most difficult part about painting on leather? Are you concerned about rain or rubbing against seats/surfaces wearing out the paint? Also, do you ride a motorcycle? Thanks man! Easy vote of five.

afiboy69 responds:

ahahahah thanks man =D
lets see where to begin i used acrylics to paint the jacket, its a very durable form of paint and rain doesn't do much damage at all. If u want u could even put on an acrylic varnish on top for extra protection. The most difficult part of painting on leather would be the drawing that goes on first, i used white chalk pastel easy to rub out mistakes. all in all i say painting on leather is much easier for me than painting on canvas ( smoother surface for leather) so ur paints just flow nicley. unfortunately i have not got my M licence yet but soon i will =) thanks for the vote/feedback/ and fandom =D

[City Panorama View]

First words out of my mouth were:

"Wow...How do you do it!?"

Can't score anything less than a 10. You got a helluva talent!

Kamikaye responds:

Thx :)