Template88's art Reviews on Newgrounds

[Source Sketch]

Hatching is a great way to achieve some dramatic effects, but knowing how to do it right takes a lot of time and practice, luckily as somebody who hatches pretty regularly I can give you some advice about how to do it a little better.

When you hatch or crosshatch special attention needs to be made to make the hatching flow around the form, this will maximize depth and form. As well, a smoother transition should be made between hard black shadows and your hatching, it should look like a gradient, not a sharp transition. when you make a hatched figure in a hatched background special care needs to be taken to make sure the figure doesn't blend into the background, i recommend a white outline around your figure or making your figure have a light area around them to make them stand out more. When hatching or crosshatching its important each ink stroke must not touch a hatch stroke running parallel to it, this breaks the flow of the hatching and looks amateurish. Theres a reason why people don't usually hatch things, its because its tedious and doing it right takes alot of time and a perfectionists eye! If this is the sort of thing you are interested in prepare for some long hours getting your hatching just right!

[Snowbound Clash]

Nice textures there, but you've kinda stumbled into uncanny valley here, with the textures being so realistic, but the lineart nor the background quite being up to that level of realism, you've kind of got this awkward look going on. The comparatively super simple background greatly adds to this feeling of awkwardness.

Enzefik responds:

This is very helpful criticism. I think if I come back to this piece I'll just abandon the outlines and push it to a painterly style. I'll probably just scrap the background and start over, in addition to giving myself a bigger canvas so the monsters aren't so close and it doesn't feel so cluttered. I do need to seriously just work on backgrounds for a while and work on making realistic environments for my characters, regardless of their level of detail. Again, though, seriously, thank you for the feedback.

[You did not reach the nuclear throne]

But I did reach the Nuclear Throne! Never as Fish or Eyes though.

HugoVRB responds:

What about Steroids 8)?
I'm a noob so I'll keep reaching for the nuclear throne.

[My Zombie Boyfriend]

Cute theme, but pallid grey skin and a bloody eye a zombie nor a necromancer make.

Could use more zombie attributes and more necromancer attributes respectively as right now this looks more like a scene from twilight than anything else..

deo101 responds:

Yeah, I was thinking of this as kind of a first summoning, so shes not totally far gone and hes only recently risen.. I had a whole backstory planned but never shared it. so I completely see everything youre saying and agree 100%!!

[Condescending Mirage]

Somebody with your skill set waiting for the success bus? Please. You've basically put good aesthetic in a headlock, the rest is just keeping up on your studies for improvement and networking. I envy people like you.

Excellent composition and mood. I am impressed with your ability to set characters with outlines in a painted background and have it not look too strange. Rock on, stranger.

G3no responds:

super kind words. no worries, i'm not depressed. it was mostly focused on the character. an unexplained gag at their expense. i'll keep on rocking

[request drawing for template88]

Oh man, when i said you should draw one of my oc's i didnt mean actually go through and copy it bit for bit! you should rotate this so its on the right plane and crop and resize it so its full size viewable, kinda like this, 4000x4000 is WAY too big for anything other than giant backgrounds or desktop art. i appreciate the gesture though, hes still one of my favorite designs ive done. Gotta work on that presentation though, get rid of that glare and get a scanner! if you dont want to do that, go to a school or library and borrow their scanner.

http://www.newgrounds.com/dump/item/c92ac565225faac6d5c8f74889fe05e7

artwithabraham responds:

I knew what you meant i just didnt feel like i didnt need to change anything as i was first drawing it so i started again and just followed the way the original looked, and yea i definitely could use a scanner theres no denying that, and yea as i was looking through all of you're oc's this one really caught my eye and really enjoyed drawing this

[Yuri x Sonic]

As for the DoctNiks review, well... http://www.newgrounds.com/dump/draw/a158c420717e353e7930fac45396fb6b at least he is honest indeed.

The only tiny error I can see that I would bother mentioning is the shading on his feet from his ankles doesn't reflect the fur that is there on them. Otherwise a superb piece without even being familiar with the subject matter, a great homage to the original.

Luckytime responds:

Aww thanks! Those shadows weren't my number 1 concern, I felt they could be simplified and still work.

[COTN: Dead Ringer Boss Concept]

You did design work on Crypt of the Necrodancer? Thats one of my favorite games! This design work is pretty good, he was a memorable boss for sure. Who did all the sweet binary art for the game though?

jouste responds:

that would be Mr. Ted Martens! be sure to check out his stuff!

thanks for the comment! and high score!

*highfives*

[Usagi no Oppai]

(pretty sure a nip slip aint e for everyone buddy) Looks nice, but lacks anatomy, her hips are lying man.

GamerTheory responds:

Rating has been corrected.

You're right about the anatomy as well. Thank you for pointing out both of those.