Galneda's art Reviews on Newgrounds

[Madness Comic Cover Test4]

Wow!

Very cool! Wonderful and creative style to it all...I'd pick this comic book and read it immediately, because I'm a sucker for style.

[Comic Book 1]

Hmm...

I'm genuinely interested in what's going on, and I COMPLETELY support adventuring into comic production...but I got some beef with a couple of things.

I'm not sure if it's the scanner used or what it is, but the quality came out a bit blurry. Bottom right text box? I can't read it. It's like I'm trying to read something drunk :/

Additionally, when setting up the text box's position, try not to set them up at the very edge of the entire frame. Open up a comic book, any published comic book, and there's a border in between the text box and the edge of the page. It might not apply to the artwork, but that can sometimes be the case too...it just helps it feel organized.

I don't so much mind the handwriting except that it's very small. Viewed in full size, and I have the feeling that I'm over-focusing on the words...this COULD mean they might need to be a bit bigger and more legible, because if I'm having difficulty reading it, I know for a fact there's a few friends of mine with glasses that would have a really hard time.

I want to see this continued! I want to watch you and your work evolve! Please keep it up, and I hope I've been helpful. The tanks and jets look great! Color is unnecessary, not a lot of opportunity to show off environment, but in the next page it could be helpful to clearly establish the location.

[GAYBLACKJEWHITLERAGAINSTOPPRES]

Oooh aren't YOU edgy?

Yawn. Spam crews have desensitized us. It ain't funny, it ain't awesome, I don't think you're even trying. I mean, you really gotta step up your game if you're going to try and offend people nowadays.

The focal character is anatomically mushy and sloppily done, the tattoo isn't believable, the nipples look off, and I guess you thought it was a good idea to use a stereotypical anime stress-vein usually reserved for the forehead and just kinda slap it on his bicep or ham-hawk or whatever that's supposed to be.

The green thing in the background looks like ass, and he's not contributing anything useful to the conversation. MindChamber looks nothing like MindChamber, and most of him is obscured by an arm/ham-hawk or he's cut off on the edge of the screen. Nice American Flag, though I doubt you have the artistic ability to have recreated it in such detail.

Meh. I'll give it a two. Keep trying to improve!

SirCannabisClock responds:

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[Magenta]

I dig!

It's like a cyberpunk kabuki mask, and that font beneath it looks badass! I especially dig the grooves that come down from the eyes to the corners of the mouth, but with those grooves continued above the eyes and connected at the forehead, it creates this shape right smack dab in the middle of the face. That shape somehow throws out the illusion to me that the face is actually much smaller.

Perhaps that detail has yet to grow on me, that's completely possible. If it were me, I would have lead those grooves to right next to the outsides of those white tabs at the top. That way it leads down to the eyes which lead down to the mouth instead of giving off that compacted shape in the middle of the face.

Once again, though, that's just me. I personally think this thing kicks a whole lot of ass! Great style :D

Cope2K responds:

Yeah thanks I might fix that I see what you mean about making it look smaller than it should. And that tagging isn't a font I actually did that myself, thanks for the comment. Glad ya dig!

[Fritz]

Very nice!

I like the trippy font. It's also a very human expression, but pretty slate on expressing his comedic personality.

The shading all around looks good, I like the gradient applied to the tasteful background. The sweatshirt is shaded to look realistic, and the shadows around his neck look right.

It only seems a little too dark near the top, and one detail I wanted to point out is it appears that the mustache seems to be on top or in front of the tip of his nose. Possibly it's an optical illusion, but it's merely what I perceive.

Still, all around this looks great! Has James Fritz seen this? I think he would be flattered :)

Good job! Voted 5

CaptainDale responds:

Thanks man, the expression is like that because James' stage presence is very self deprecating and a running joke on the radio show is that he never smiles.

I flubbed the nose in that respect, the part the mustache is touching isn't supposed to be the tip, but I guess that's what it looks like.

Well thanks again, and he has! He even made it his profile pic on facebook for a couple days. I didn't put my name anywhere on it but still, it was nice to see that.

[Surreal]

This IS surreal!

As I try to view it in full screen, it remains exactly the same size!

There's some impressive symbolism with the character's ethereal self watching from behind him...breathing ethereal air down his nexk and into his...her?...sweatshirt.

The black fire...it would've looked exceptional if it were comprised with warm colors. Y'know, like a fire would look like. Yellows, Oranges, Reds...MAYBE whites? But instead, I'm not sure if we're looking at some sort of BP oil spill, or Tar come to life...

...or maybe it's a reference to THE PIRATES OF DARK WATER. That show kicked ass when I was a little kid! A bunch of faggy pirates with a flamingo monkey on board a ship with one girl to keep it from being an obvious "out and proud" pride voyage? And that monkey had a thing for melons, and that faggy Captain was some kind of...son or heir or some bullshit, and he had like, this "Eye of Thundara" crap going on, but it was like...a sword that got broken into a dagger, and he was being chased around by OTHER pirates, so he lead this ship to try and kill "THE DARK WATER" or some shit. Which was some sort of sentient monster that lurked through the seas and ate ships and terrorized everyth- THAT SHOW, WAS BAD THE FUCK ASS.

4 for the Dark Water reference, nothing else.

[Starcraft Terran Medic]

Nice!

Ever since somebody pointed out that the first Starcraft Medic's voice actress was the same voice of Julie Winters in The Maxx, that's all I picture beneath that visor. Still, this looks badass! The lighting is great, both interior and exterior. Her visor has a great shine, that I can't recall was the same or not on Raynor's visor...it just looks great! Keep up the good work!

[ClokWerkMech]

That is BADASS!

The chrome finish on it looks really convincing. While at first, in the earlier two photo's I wasn't really digging the tripod feet, when it's got that shiiine to it, I think it works. Now that I think about it, with a chunky torso making it as hypothetically top-heavy as possible, maybe those feet make logical sense...

The arm reach also makes sense in the design of the mech...takes stress off of it in case it needs to reach something on the ground, and bend over as little as possible. With those massive cogs around the shoulders, it's believable if it can swing some mighty punches.

The visor gives it an effective, menacing non-stare...any inspirations carried over from the mech in "Da Pink Knight" or was that a medieval prototype to this? :P

I think it looks phenomenal. The 3D is convincing enough that if it weren't for the pixel-y background, I would've assumed this was a tangible model...and if it were, I'd be keeping an eye out for it in the store so I could decorate my desk. Voted five!

[Paladin]

First words out of my mouth-

"THAT is bad the fuck ass."

The detail in the armor has got me envious, and the facial expression is dark and brutal. Though the background is lacking in details, it fits, and there are just details abound that really muscle this character into commanding attention.

...This is just awesome. What was the most fun part to draw, and what gave you the most difficulty? Major props, five and faved! :D

<deleted> responds:

Haha thanks dude!

The most fun part was definitely the face, since I love drawing characters like that. The most difficult was the axe/staff because of it's complexity and the lighting conditions. I had to make it fade into the shadows but also stand out because it was an important part of the request.

Thanks for the comment!

[T-Shirt Cannon]

Interesting...

Kinda wish it was a little bigger, but it could still work as a great wallpaper with borders. Rolling with the phrase, "if you look for it, you'll find it" one's mind could easily pick up shapes, figures, or creatures dancing within what would otherwise be perceived as random...but there IS a structure to this. There is a sense of balance in this chaos...and if there isn't, well fuck it, because I just kinda like to stare at this thing. Fived! Great job!