CultistLemming's art Reviews on Newgrounds

[Starry Night in Hyperspace!]

Regardless of if this is "in the rules" or not, it is a really fun and enjoyable piece, good work!

shallan responds:

Thanks!

[Alley]

Damn, this is really nice, I like how it is able to sell the texture of the area through light and not though extensive texture detail. It gives the thing a nice painterly feel but feels realistic. Keep it up.

FuShark responds:

Thanks Cult! I'll do my best. :D

[The girl in my Head]

Neat, I like the simple composition. Careful though with mixing anti-aliased lines with aliased ones, it makes the sharper stuff stick out like a sore thumb and loos incomplete. Try and use similar brushes throughout for a more consistent feel. Also I understand using yellow to draw the eye, but that is not reflected in the lighting elsewhere in the composition, you can add yellow light to the other highlights for that to feel less unnatural. Overall interesting piece, keep practicing!

Miki-Yume responds:

Thank you so much for the advice. I actually used Fresh Paint, the app, and it has limited brushes and such but hopefully I can learn to use what I have. I purposely added the yellow-green light to make it seem unnatural because the girl herself is not there. I hope to keep practicing and learning, any and all helpful criticism is welcomed. Thank you so much :)

[Blur]

RELEASE THE HANDS! YOU CAN DO IT

Rynthie responds:

Hehe, I'll get on that. Its a baad habit I have avoiding them. Amazing artwork, btw!

[Moon lit tree]

I like the colors, you should invest in some proper brushes so it doesn't look so muddy. Also you should check out the artwork of Nick Cross, i think it could teach you a lot just by studing the way he does landscape backgrounds

LinDArtist responds:

Thanks for the feedback. But Where do i find proper brushes?

[Is it worth it?]

Cool! A bit muddy, but a highly effective and ambitious piece throughout , I like the fact that unlike most entrys the axe has proper foreshortening and is not just an obvious trace over of the reference. The posing here is also challenging, and feels like you are in this to get better. That said you should make the investment to get some better PS brushes, the default brushes don't work well for the style you are going for.

Taitanator responds:

Thank you so much, I appreciate your criticism and will use your tips to get better. And thank you for the compliment.

[Lapis Lazuli - Pub Waitress]

Cool, I like the solid color shadows, and how the lines guide the eye back to her face. The thing that gets me in this picture is the deadness of her eye, which could be pushed to give a clearer expression. Overall quite an enjoyable piece, keep practicing.

IvanPANCED responds:

Thank you for your input!

[LegendaryAxe]

Cool idea, but the perspective needs work. It feels like you are hiding anything that could be considered hard to draw from the image, have some more confidence and push yourself more, this challenge is for learning after all. You should consider entering the beginner category instead.

Battlebear1997 responds:

Hey man thanks for the feedback, but I don't know what you mean "hiding anything that could be considered hard to draw" if you're talking about the back, he was always gonna have a shield and also I'm more of a cartoonist, like drawing characters that don't look like normal humans so this was really a first for me, and I am an artist with a really fun T-Shirt printing job (loving it) and I focus more on logos and brand design. Also I don't think art should be determined by skill, it's the passion behind it, check out my Bēhance link in the description for more of my art and the WIP, thanks for the feedback

[The knight in the snow]

Cool, but it looks really muddy you should make the investment to get some better brushes (using photoshops default brushes is like digital finger painting), I recommend Kyle T Webster's megapack to get you started: https://www.kylebrush.com/

Also you should avoid using black shadows, they look ugly and you never see them in nature. You should try and have the shadows match the background lighting or else it looks like the character is standing in front of a green screen.

BobbyArt responds:

Thank you for the critics. I have tried to get other brushes but they wont download for me. I'm not sure what u mean for the shadows because I worked quite hard to make them match the background.

[JazzAxe!]

Cool, I like the colors, and the fact that you split the axe into the two separate pieces. As for my gripes with this image the foreshortening of the clashing sword works well and is ambitious, but the foreshortening on the main figures axe is not done to the same extent, despite the fact that the arm away from the camera. The other gripe I have is the mysterious vanishing of limbs once they go behind the main figures body. The bottom of his right leg gets cut off after being covered, and the right hand is at an impossible angle to be held from a straight arm, so it seems the right arm is also cut off. Good effort and nice use of the traditional medium, keep practicing.

artphoenix responds:

Oh I didn't even notice that! Thank you for the advice, I'll keep that in mind for my next piece :D