TheDyingSun's art Reviews on Newgrounds

[blood stop]

Wonderful style! I might clean up the smoke effect a little bit and the placement of the character's right foot is a bit awkward. I would love to see some hue shading within the drawing. Using blue shadows in this case would look really cool! Keep it up, it really does look beautiful!

MatthewLopz responds:

thanks man that's some good critic i def get ya on the placement of the foot, when it comes to shadowing, i try to make my drawings have plain colors with no light or shadow, lately with a few pieces i've experimented with some basic shadowing but it's not something i wanna get too in depth i feel like having no light or shadow is one of the things that people use to identify my art, but maybe a few shadows here and there on this one would have looked nice, again ty for the critic and the nice comments ;D

[Red, Black and Blue.]

I love the feel to this! It's just eye candy! The background looks lovely and the effects are done perfectly. Now I just need to find my 3D glasses. Happy Independence Day mate!

GrimJimmy responds:

Hey thanks! Happy 4th to you, too.

[Viking Axe]

The texturing and surface imperfections look lovely! However, since this is a 3D model, I might find another way to attach the blade to the handle. Looking at the model makes me nervous that if I were to swing the axe the blade might fall out. This might be a personal nitpick, but I hope you get what I'm saying.

HighKing responds:

Thanks for the C&C! But the way the head is attached is by a wedge, being driven down by a hammer in the middle of the shaft at the top. Which basically squeezes the shaft against the head and stops it in place.

[1OO FANS on NG]

Congrats man! However, I'm not here for that C:<
I've fallen in love with you style and just how expressive it can be. I might experiment with some shading though. No no no, don't do the crazy rendering I do. (Please, you'll regret it.) I just might suggest having a brighter highlight on your pieces. In the case of the tank I might add a desaturated sort of gold. Something just a little brighter on the tank to make the drawing just pop a little more. I assume your light source is the sun so I might add a darker shading to the demon and crown to show that it's back lit. I would add more of a shadow of the demon on to the tank and possibly darken the dark orange you have on your tank already. Just keep in mind light sources. The skulls should be fine, but I might add more fading mountains in the distance. I think it might be interesting to have the words in the back were drawn as it they were a giant mountain carved into.
That's about it! But why are the zeroes in the "100" in the title Os?

GrimJimmy responds:

Thanks for the advice!
Also, the "O" zeroes are for style.

[Wander's mask]

I love the concept of the mask itself, however, the mask needs more rendering and this piece overall needs more "meat" to it. Pieces like this can stand alone, but they do need a little extra to do so.

[Hungry Demon]

Overall ok, but the shading is kind of uncanny and the slime feels more like the skin than slime. For the skin I might suggest lightening up the shadows. You will of course have a really dark shadow, but skin is transparent and you have to keep in mind of that. You tend to have to use more hue shading for skin along with making it darker. For the slime I might add some transparency and reflections from the rest of the body to give it more of a slime feel. However, if you want to keep it opaque just add more reflections of the surfaces around it. I would also suggest taking a look at how liquids flow as well, as perfect streams don't usually come out of an area filled with water. I might also suggest working of the anatomy of the fat on your creature. It looks kind of bloated to an uncomfortable point. Keep an eye on shading, and that's it! Sorry for going all in there mate but I do see a lot of potential in you for creating demons and other wacky creatures. Make you're nightmares real, and keep up the good work!

DaemmonArts responds:

Hey! Thank you so much for this. I really appreciated and I am going to think in all you said to me, to improve my art. I really like to receive critics so I can improve my work. Thank you so much!!

[Username]

Now that you mentioned it, I want to try it!
Otherwise, lovely humor as always sir. and the expressions are priceless.
Keep up the great work!

ChazDude responds:

thx! :>

[Tiger L]

She looks a little off balance at the top. Moving the head and shoulders forward should do the trick! Adding a little expression to the character would also add some personality. Overall, the colors look amazing! The transitions are very pleasing to look at as well! Keep it up!

[Before The Incident..]

I just love the father and son relationship between Horatio and Hansel. It's so adorable! You captured the bond amazingly!

[Pico Day Reanimated - Commemorative Painting]

That night will live forever, it was awesome being there and meeting a lot of the Newgrounds community, and the painting brings back the wonderful memory!