TheDyingSun's art Reviews on Newgrounds

[The rising son]

Is this some sort of pun?

LoganPhresh responds:

maybe :)

[Kevin's Important Notes]

Egg

Syrupmasterz responds:

If she is the Egg (wo)Man...does that make me the Walrus?

[Corporal Cake]

Heck yeah! I'm so happy it came out well!

Again, you've inspired me mate, I'll be doing something fun soon :)

OrkOrk responds:

Totally keen to see it!!!

[One Pixel Artwork]

THIS IS THE BEST ART I'VE SEEN IN MY LIFE. YOU ARE LEGENDARY!!!

Cyberdevil responds:

IT MAY BE JUST ONE PIXEL BUT IT'S... THE WON PIXEL? THANK YOU SUN!!!

[Christmas Advent 2019]

Looks like you're gonna have a hostage situation on your hands with the hawk.

Oddlem responds:

LOL hell yeah

[Plague]

Nice job on the piece! The line work is dynamic and provides an interesting piece to look at! I think you need more consistency with form on the skulls on the bottom as some of them look beyond cartoonish human. I believe part of your intent was to give the skulls expressions as a reaction to the plague doctor sitting on them, and I think you should exaggerate that with line work reflecting expressions on each and every skull or possibly giving them some sort of eyes (which I think the eye idea detracts from the main focus, but it's something to play with). The colors are well chosen and executed, however there is some lighting that is either missing or done incorrectly. For example, the potions bottle is glowing from the inside so there should be little to none black shadow on the bottle and a more intense glow coming from the inside of it (I hope that made sense). The last thing is the background. Fantastic job on making the background and foreground go together decently, however, I think making the forms sharper closer to the viewer and adding more lines to define the environment closer to the plague doctor helps create a smoother transition.
Overall an enjoyable and fun piece! I'm not complaining.
You have some good work otherwise as well and I hope to see you to continually get better!
I know this was a lot, so if you have any questions or want me to go over more things, I can help you out with that! Keep drawing! You have good tone in your drawings!

I am I biased since it's a plague doctor? - Yes
Edit: Btw, Welcome to Newgrounds!

DynamicAfro responds:

The image have a couple of years already, i just wanted to share it here, but thank you so much for the feedback is always nice read constructive opinions. :D!

[In The Flowers]

Your color choice is good, but what you're mainly missing is contrast between light and shadow. Don't be afraid to use darker tones

GoodL responds:

I'll keep that in mind, thanks a ton!

[Witches & Boxer]

Dang it cam.

LoganPhresh responds:

Some people like cupcakes exclusively, while myself, I say
There is naught nor ought there be nothing so exalted on the face of god's grey
Earth as that prince himself... the ninjamuffin!

[Low Battery]

I gotta say, interesting concept, but I think there needs to be more to the drawing as a white background isn't enough. The proportions are kind of weird as the legs and torsos are the same height or the torsos are LONGER than the legs, where the legs should be longer than the torsos. The child on the right also looks like a scaled version of a grown up man, that might just be me though. The hand placement isn't entirely natural either, experiment often and study and it should come to you.

Again, interesting concept, just needs better execution and more content.

P.S. I do see "minimalist" as one of the tags, but there are many ways to do minimalist art, and I think just a quick google search would help you get an idea of what exactly you can do with the style. It mainly focuses on adding detail where needed, and silhouettes and shadows. Have fun with it!

If you have any questions, feel free to ask. I can give you tips or elaborate on confusions you may have.

JoshuaSawtell responds:

Thank you for the feedback! My friends always tell me “Your art is great!” and never give me genuine constructive criticism so this is refreshing to me. Totally agree with you on the proportions. Looking back now, they do look weird and stiff. First time drawing characters holding hands from the back aswell so not 100% happy with that.
Again, thank you, and I’ll try and keep this in mind for the next few pieces!

[Best of Fairyary-Day 26]

Looking sweet overall mate! I love the hues used in the background, but I think the saturation could be toned up and the background somehow made to be more fitting with the character's stance. You have a good idea of muscles in the body and forms of anatomy, however, you have to brush up on proportions and some slight readjusting of certain limbs. The right arm seems to be a bit to low and possibly too wide for the character. The arms and hands are a bit too large as well. Just experiment with a transform tool until it looks right to help you get an idea of what I'm talking about. Also, don't feel like you're cheating by using references! They can be helpful in getting your first bearings of proportions, and I've even used them to polish up my anatomy. I still kind suck, but anyways, another proportion you might want to watch out for is shoulder width that is dependent on gender. Females have narrower shoulders, and guys have wider ones, research the ratios and look at photos and you'll start noticing this pattern. Try to clean up, blend, and sharpen your shadows. A lot of the surfaces in this piece are curved and don't have hard edges to their shading. This goes for the hair as well for using sharp shading. The straight hair of the fairy, in mind mind, shouldn't be straight, and in drawing doesn't look natural. Make it flow or have fun styling it! Hair that long shouldn't be that straight unless a whole bunch of logic, and hair gel, is holding it up!
I think that's all for now, because if I say anything else, it'll be an overload! So, do't feel scared by all of this, I go through this same thought process when I do my drawings. Just as long as your read this through and during drawings think about these little things every once in a while you'll get better. Experiment, and just try to apply things every once in a while. In essence, don't overload yourself. It takes time, so keep on drawing mate! If you have any questions feel free to ask, I know you're new around here, and there's a scouting system you'll ask questions about, so, if you need a friendly face to help out, you can PM me. So, welcome to NG!

BlindingWrath responds:

Thanks for commenting and for the follow!
I'll work on my colors and female anatomy like you pointed out, they are really weak areas on my art.
But I must tell one thing about the hair; that one was made straight like that on purpose to create a similarity with a comet, to work with that day's prompt. I'll try to get better at art so in a probably next time it looks more comet-y and more natural.
Again, thank you very much!