Template88's art Reviews on Newgrounds

[FLOOOOOOOOD]

I love egoraptor?!

It is a bit of a trickle instead of a flood isnt it, but thats to be expected after it being so long since the last one. Gotta build that forum rapport.

the composition and gesture are swell, though im docking you half a star for not noticing that the velociraptors scythe claw is like a thumb, always on the inside. how DARE you mess up dinosaur anatomy. The science note theme was a good choice and that "fig 3" script is like literally 1:1 perfect text for such a theme.

oh also his boot kind of loses legibility and looks like a weewee. mind your tangents. - 0.5 stars.

SourCherryJack responds:

Gotta trickle before you unleash a mighty stream. Anyway, oddly enough I tried really hard to remember where the big claw goes, but — you see— I am really dumb and fucked it up anyway. Either way thank you for the review and kind words (if anything I would have thought the Dino dick would get me bonus points on NG) also I’m a lil drunk and luv u very much gg peace out.

[Art Golem]

Looking back on our old art is a bit sad sometimes isn't it? Most of those ideas are long since expired and the influences, motivations and energy associated with them has either died or evolved into something else. I tried to look through and gather as much as I could to discover the fragments that this is born out of and came up with these.

https://www.newgrounds.com/art/view/test-object/legless-girl-in-ms-paint - a seemingly innocuous old drawing of a figure you yourself probably havent thought of since forever
https://www.newgrounds.com/art/view/test-object/henri-wilde - an old recurring character that hasn't seemed to have made it with us into the present until today
https://www.newgrounds.com/art/view/test-object/fulp-jr-in-ms-paint - the base if im not mistaken

I could not find the source for the top figure or the one on the left, though there were a few figures in some pieces that resembled them superficially. I probably just cant interpret them the same.

I wonder what changed you in 2011 to push you towards that fine art style you prominently and proudly display today. I wonder what makes you resist the temptation to follow in the footsteps of the artists who draw easy to parse illustrations of popular characters and themes. Whatever the reasons, keep doing it.

Ever since you stepped away from the art forum to join the eternal battle in the politics forum (i dont blame you) I've lost track of you and your work. The art portal and the forum may as well be entirely different planets. No more, though. I'll follow you to continue seeing the journey progress.

DieterTheuns responds:

You got those 3 correct! Other than that, it's;

Figure on the right:
https://www.newgrounds.com/art/view/test-object/chinese-girl-in-ms-paint

...smoking the cigarette from this picture, alongside the mouthworm:
https://www.newgrounds.com/art/view/test-object/the-love-game

Figure on the left:
https://www.newgrounds.com/art/view/test-object/glitch

and Figure on top:
https://www.newgrounds.com/art/view/test-object/2-men-1-ms-paint

Thanks so much for the sweet comments and would love to stay closer in touch again!
You're so incredibly talented :)

[Deus of Calamities]

whoa you really did it, you picked one of the hardest ones too

melogomee responds:

ya i wanted to challenge myself a bit

[Gals sitting in the rain]

Nobody ever told me. The tag didnt work. I'll tell cyangorilla for ya, he needs to see this.

Esmachmat responds:

O crap! Damn tags, but I do think Cyan saw the post back when we where drawing the ocs that didn’t get drawn.

[mettaton]

lol you made this in like 5 minutes didnt you

Cubesona responds:

ouch

[Eyes]

I hope you're doing well despite it all.

MagtiraPaolo responds:

Doing okay!! Hope u are too!!

[Cactus Party]

front page material

(never doubt me again, fool)

FumpHole responds:

Awww thank you! Getting frontpaged would be a dream come true but I don't think I'm quite good enough to be considered just yet :^]

(seems I was wrong, oh wise one)

[Artemis]

Illustrative vector art on newgrounds? pretty rare stuff these days.

i would recommend vastly sizing down your images, as looking at this full screen at 3413x1920 vastly outstrips normal monitors capacity to see the image. unless theres some extraordinary detail in the image theres probably no reason to render it beyond 1200 px eh?

the figure is well crafted, but the composition is uneven, and the same effort that went into the figure is not there in the background curves, as well as it being cropped out awkwardly on one side leading to one flat edge when all the rest are curved.

ArtResident responds:

Thank you for providing such a thorough critique! I usually use 3413 x 1920 dimensions because they allow me to turn my art into prints on teepublic while also preserving the same aspect ratio necessary to keep as a wallpaper. I really do appreciate the feedback!

[Roza's Ride]

Car, girl, gun, a potent and classic combination of elements when put together make something that would appeal to most. The addition of a grainy texture (which I am noticing is something you commonly add in your work these days) gives a vintage and aged look to the design, which enhances the effect of the piece.

Drawing what you have here requires a pretty high level of mechanical and organic design. For Roza herself, I think you have knocked the ball out of the park, this is one of the most appealing OC's designs I've ever seen but more than that there is a considerable attention to detail regarding the fitting and design of her outfit. The only weakness that sticks out to me is how her hand is holding on to the gun.

Now as for that revolving rifle.... it couldve definitely benefited from the use of a reference. Specifically the rifle seems to be one big wooden forestock, when I assume its based off of a colt revolving rifle (nice choice) and should have a distinct metal barrel. As it is it looks like a toy pop gun.

As for the vehicle I feel like you wouldve benefited from having references of this car from multiple angles to better understand the forms involved because getting the perspective of this car correct is made into a herculean task from the forms of this car being organic coupled with the polished sheen of the paint job and glass. Parsing out what is going on exactly in the front as well as making it and the rest of the body in the proper persective while scaling it all to be in the correct propotions is ....well... even in the photograph it looks strange. The far headlight looks like its jutting out in front of the car, and that is exaggerated in your copy of it.

For your ambition alone I think you deserve 5 stars, but theres always room for improvement.

BombsAhoy responds:

Thank you for taking the time to write such an in-depth review :0 The grainy texture I have here in this picture and the few preceding ones, is one of my latest artistic experiments. I have been doing digital work for just a little over a year now and have been trying many things. The grainy texture I've been applying to my past few works is actually an attempt to try and compensate for the photomanipulation technique you saw in my retrospective, since part of the process involves putting the photo in monochrome (this makes it easier to edit), which makes everything kind of jagged and pixelated. I figured giving my characters grainy rendering would allow them to blend into the environment a bit better.

You are right about the hand on her gun looking a little off. Looking at it now, her fingers should be a bit more curled over the barrel to give the impression of a firmer grip. The gun itself looks as though it is floating a bit. Speaking of the gun, it's actually a carbine called the Pieper. You mentioned the odd forestock, which was one of the reasons I chose the gun, given that it was such an odd/unique design. I will edit this post to include a picture of it and do so with other works in the future to avoid this kind of confusion. I plan on giving Roza a gun in every picture I draw her in. Guns are one of the many things I want to get better at.

And as I said earlier, I've been experimenting a lot and this picture was my first attempt at using photomanipulation on a car. Up until now, it's just been plants and buildings, but despite that
it must be said it still did turn out pretty poor. I'm going to try a more stylized approach in the future.

[Fionna]

I saw the thumbnail and I was like "E for everybody eh? Then why does it look like a PORN thumbnail?!" but then it was just a fisheye perspective shot thing. S'fine. Enjoy the scout. Nice clean body of work you have.

Atastic responds:

Haha, glad you were suprised. Thank you! Not trying to offend anyone, i am just practicing forms and relearning myself to draw properly. :)