Galneda's art Reviews on Newgrounds

[Lapis]

"I've felt worse"

I love her, and this animation is brilliant. The collapse is a great flourish, with her bellowing dress, believably weighty collapse, and wing unfurling. The chain whip is extremely satisfying- I would love to see the Part 2 continuation where you continue to pay tribute to more of her moments, because she is a great gem with a good arc.

[Neil Breen's Double Down]

"WHO AM I? WHAT AM I?"

A goddamn legend. Get this man some tuna before he up and decides to show us all his balls!

jouste responds:

haha i could hear his voice from your comment. so perfect

*highfives

[TWRP - Starlight Brigade]

So stoked for everyone that worked on that thing because it came out brilliant and gorgeous. I love this thing! Great job!

[another damn swimming pic]

I love the colors used, and the ripple effect of the water totally sells it and works. That drink is full-blown vaporwave, and I really diggit.

[CM - Morndrak Marches.]

Holy shit, what a breathtaking and effective display of scale and vastness, it's almost dizzying with the impossible angle and sheer distance this thing's conveying. Truly amazing job, and the color-balance rocks too! I just kinda wish there was more of it to see, weirdly, because the way that it's cropped off at the bottom and how it's chopping that knight in half in the bottom-right kinda makes me feel like we're only seeing some of a much larger picture.

Kayas-Kosmos responds:

Thank you! I'm really glad you like this piece.

I do agree with you regarding the knight, although sadly with this being a commission there were some limitations to what I needed to draw. Hopefully I can keep this in mind if I plan another drawing like this.

[Killco's No 1]

What an awesome and realized style! I love it!

How did you pull off that dot-matrix pattern in the background?

XtremerSadiq responds:

Thank you! It's a feature in the program I use, Clip Studio Paint

[Havel]

OVERWHELMING POISE, BOYS! That's my dude! I wear half of his armor set in DS3!

nathanandersonart responds:

I tend to prefer less armor for maneuverability, but I won't lie when I say that Havel's set realllly comes in handy for certain situations (here's looking at you, Four Kings)!

[EmeraldGamer652 poses]

She cute, and this is allllmost there. Its doodly, but there's enough strength in the character design to hint at an artistic awareness, a comprehension of anatomy, and a realized style that is within all great artists.

Anatomically, people have difficulty with feet, so they'll often just focus on characters in a medium shot or pose them in such a way where it hides their feet. Here, I would've wanted to see you draw the rest of her in the kneeling pose, but she fades away. Limbs become phantom, and you live another day having not drawn a knee or an other foot.

An experience that helped me grow as an artist could help you too. If you have the opportunity to do a live nude sketch model session, do it. This will hone any anatomy difficulties you might be running into.

If thats unavailable...well, we're on the internet. Look up models, and time yourself with your phone. Set alarms, 30 minutes, 15, 10, 5 minutes, and do a different pose each time, working on speed, your brain takes note of the rest as you try and get the whole person down on a sketchpad. This will make you faster and stronger as an artist.

There's clearly a lot of potential in your work to be better than it is today, and I want to see you challenge yourself and improve!

[A proper big brother]

I was immediately drawn from the thumbnail but I hoped there'd be more context included in the piece. The facial expression successfully conveys the character trying to process multiple clashing emotions, and that can be extremely difficult to pull off. Good job! Watch your line quality.

[Helia & Cara]

Cuties! Great jorb!