Galneda's art Reviews on Newgrounds

[Happy Thoughts]

It's a symbolic and tasteful tribute to the great Bob Ross! That's why you made this! Great job! I especially like the touch of it actually LOOKING like a painting. Very skilled detail on everything. Voted 5!

[Feral]

Nice!

That hair is fantastic!

I dunno how you do it...I guess it's because I drew with pens as a kid, I constantly widdled down the lead of a mechanical pencil by pressing down too hard, breaking the lead bit by bit by bit...but, evidently, this artwork implies you could have greater control with a mech pencil... the shading is just stunning...the hair (all of it!) the area around the eyes, over the breasts...it's delicate and balanced. You're saying this is 100% mechanical pencil? What, a BiC? Incredible.

While I normally don't pay any mind to furry artwork, this is REALLY tastefully done. It's classy, and let's be honest here, definitive of this era in pop culture...it'll be known eighty or even a hundred years from now that furries were a pretty big thing in the early 2000's. The art to prove it will outlive us all.

Voted 5!

[Game_Menu]

Wicked Lightning Strikes.

What would the game be all about, dare I ask? Ninja platforming action? Ching Chong Beautiful's Prequel? :P

[Gatsu vs Grifis]

Wow! REALLY cool!

How the hell do you get that grainy effect, or seperately that canvas texture illusion? The secret behind your coloring methods! AUGH IT LOOKS SO GOOD!!! Very well done! The backlighting behind the character on the right's face highlights him well. The chrome effect on the helmet, the pale skin beneath it...it all just looks fantastic. If you could PM me some tips and tricks on how you got that texturing done, I'd be in debt to you for sharing your wisdom. :D

Easy 5 vote!

[Anima Commercium]

WOWWW

Any art that immediately makes me impulsively "WOWWWW" deserves nothing less than a 10. Doesn't need color, this is BADASS.

I would buy this poster in a heartbeat.

Ikarus777 responds:

Thank you so much!!! I'll let you know when a print is available if you would like

[Happy holidays]

That's nice!

Thank you! She looks great! I especially like the arrangements of colors in the dress, and how everything else helps them pop out. You also did a fantastic job on her eye and lips. Hair looks great too, and let's not forget DAT ASS.

Fived and Faved!

[General Abrams]

Very creative

While his claws definitely look very "Cyborg Big Cat", there's many conflicting structures about him. The first thing that stands out is that his head is almost comically tiny. Like, his full head could be shoved into his hollowed out leg or even bicep....I was about to say, judging by the size of his torso, his HEART could be the size of his own head, but the benefit of the doubt goes to his torso seems larger because of all the armor...still doesn't justify that neck-hole compared to the shoulders...

The bionic arm (and hand!) could justify why his arm length might be 4/5ths (!!!) of his standing height, but it also makes him look a little clumsy and top heavy...could those dinosaur legs really cope with that much MASS lugging around? Which, going back to conflicting structures, the legs and even tail look more dinosaur-like than cat like.

The bionic arms DO look wicked cool, but the attempts to imply armor everywhere else seem to fall short...especially when his itty bitty skull is heavily protected by a hat and unused goggles. We got Batman-like six-pack abs plates to IMPLY he's cut, hints of metal all over the place around the sides of the torso, OOH and heavy plates around the pecs...but neck is exposed and the crotch, well...it has a zipper. Good thing, in case he trusts his giant talons attached to arms the size of a Buick to reach in there and delicately unzip his pants so he can take a leak during a mission.

But his legs? Fuck that, he's got KNEE-PADS, that's all HE needs. The arm with the most flesh? They'll be fiiiine, wouldn't want him looking like Jax from Mortal Kombat. But what really throws me off, besides the size of the head, is that shoulder plate. Because there's no geometry implying thickness, or even really ARMOR-ability, the sense that it's a successful tool in protecting his small, small head is lost. Without any visible thickness or features that imply ballistic durability, it comes off looking like a thin plate of metal bent around his shoulder so he can do his best Dinosaur Cat: SWAT team of Halo Reach cosplay. It especially stands out to me because, literally, EVERYWHERE on his body, the armor conforms to his body's shape. The six-pack BOWFLEX ABS plates, the pecs, the bionic arm, even the shoulder pads...all conform...and then we have this giant metal taco mounted on his shoulder and all I can think about is him going "Hey, I already have a giant blind spot to my right because of this Armored Core cannon, why not put a blind spot on my left to keep it balanced?" It doesn't seem tactically sound and it conflicts with the general theme you've established everywhere else in my opinion. By all means, include a "Cloud Strife" like singular shoulder armor, if you wish, it could just use some aesthetic revision.

It's an interesting character, with really cool looking features, but he could use a lot of refining and balancing. Hope my ranty, tongue-in-cheek review was somewhat helpful to you as an artist :D

Undeadkitty13 responds:

i was going for a swat dino cat, i tried using references of swat and military police
his arms are long because he suppose to be able to run on all four
since he is a heavy unit he wears heavy armor and arsenals which kinda makes his head small and its was suppose to imply the he is a massive giant thought i might have made the a little too small

with the name his was inspired by the Abrams tank ( yes i know it look nothing like a tank) the abrams tank has equipment, using radar that allow the driver to to see almost 360. you can see it on some tanks
the pack on Abrams back it based on that equipment.

why he's wearing a cap with goggles , simply because i thought i looked nice

abrams uses his shoulder as a battering ram which is why the shield is there
and nothing is more terrifying seeing a giant alien bulldozing his way into your house
using the bathroom..... okay i didnt really think that through but im sure his race came up with something maybe making the hands both capable tearing a car apart and holding and egg without crushing it

seeing him in halo would make me vey happy :D

i do see the flaws you mention and ill work on them just wanted to explain why i did it that why
thanks :D