Galneda's art Reviews on Newgrounds

[The Workshop]

Wonderful detail!

How long did this take you to do? The quality is astounding. If my desktop wasn't so cluttered- oh fuck it, this is my wallpaper.

Like, if this were an album cover, regardless of the band, I would buy and listen to the album because of this artwork. It makes Rust in Peace look campy.

...Well...CAMPIER...lol

I got nothing to criticize. This is inspiring! Great job, faved and fived!

[red baron]

Inspiring!

This is some really magnificent work- that guy really got his money's worth!

He stands out so effectively, and looks so totally BRUTAL it's hard not to just study it for minutes in awe at hardcore he looks. The shading and inkwork gives him weight, the red is powerful, and brown fits, and the sword reminds me of Heavy Metal (this is a good).

The scratches and imperfections in the armor are used sparingly, but just enough to imply density; I like to point that out because I have a bad habit of not knowing when to stop with "battle damage", and it was used well in this. The pose is menacingly cool! The name in the background also knits in an effective way to memorize the name, and it doesn't try to stand out all campy-like...I wouldn't be surprised at all to see this as a pro comic-book cover.

The brown papery texture REALLY works well with it all, too. As a learning artist, I'd love to just pick your brain about this- What was the hardest thing to do about this artwork? How exactly did you manage to pull off that texture in the background and over the cape, and what's YOUR personal favorite detail?

Great job! Fav'd and fived!

dommi-fresh responds:

wow quite a review let me start by saying thank you its a poetic and and well put review. i am glad you like it.
firstly the back ground is just actually white cartridge paper but because of the paint and the way i edit my pictures i scanned it... it turns out brown and wavy but it is intentional.
and as for my favourite detail... i am not sure i usually pick out the bits i hate. but i have to say i am pleased with the outcome of his hands.

[Engine]

I don't know why...

...but looking at this in full view just makes me smile. Maybe I have a chub for machinery, but...this is fantastic artwork. :D I love this! Fav'd and Fived!

AssKiller responds:

thanks a lot :) !

[10 July]

Tesla for the win!

This artwork is ten different shades of awesome! Fav'd and representin' as a wallpaper!

[New Recruits]

I know I'm a nerd...

...because immediately I thought about Vader and his robotic arms and limbs.

DESPITE my incredible nerdiness, this was still pretty funny :D Gratz on Frontpage!

[PM-Secretary Nano V.01c]

Y'know what I see...

I could easily see something similar to this painted on the nose of a Predator Drone.

Great style! Love the details; it's like modern pin-up girl art...kinda. lol

Either way, I love it. You do a good job!

BizarroJoe responds:

When reading your comment, I thought in this being printed on the faceplate of a movie Predator and I found the image really shocking...
... But now I know! (thanks Google search)

Do unmanned airplanes daydream of electric chicks?

Thank you very much for the comment!

[Rocko's Modern Life]

Fishsticks!

I'm overwhelmed with nostalgia...Your lively style took some pretty decent creative license to the cast! I just wish there was more-so an environment/background to accommodate the illustration; if I remember correctly, Rocko had a really whacky, colorful house he lived in that could've helped take the artwork a step further. Background or not, though, it's still really good!

[Peace Sells, But Who's Buying?]

OMGOMGOMG

Megadeth!? Referencing one hell of an awesome album!?? Subtle Calvin & Hobbes styling?

LOOOVE! This would make a great T-shirt, and I would proudly rock it! It's badass AND cute...somehow. You would think those two should never go together, but this artwork is so much win.

Fived and Fav'd!

[tiger]

Damn, all on one layer!? Nice!

I'm really digging the orange with blue details. I'm also impressed with how the shading in the stripes and highlights of the fur against the moon create the illusion of fur. The only thing keeping it from being a perfect 10 from me is the claws being cut off by the border. It's cool for the tiger to dominate the picture, but you laid out some pretty interesting details in both the tiger and the clouds, and I think it would've given the entire artwork more justice if you got to see the entire tiger instead of just most of it.

Keep up the good work, despite the business!

lenkalamari responds:

thanks. its funny you mentioned the claws, you could see the entire tiger at one point before i cropped it about halfway through painting

[Hank Is Mad]

Nice!

Looks really good...the sunlight streakes in the background look awesome (Dodge tool?). I like the black and white photo to help out details with the background, but if you drew that, I'm going to bust a nut. The shading on the sweater looks really well done; I'm liking the combination of cross-hatching with just solid dark gray, and the highlights on Hank's skin it appropriate. Well done all around!

But if hank has a line going across and down the middle of his face, that means if that line intersects the middle of his lip. Since he's sort of sneering, does that mean the middle of his hip would be off-center, therefore the line going down his lip would be slightly off-center as well before coming to the point that is near his chin?

Then again this has a great, distinct cartoon quality to it, and that kind of detail is really kinda unnecessary, I still want to debate with the artist on it. :P

Great job! 5'd

AlmightyHans responds:

i didnt draw the line on his face crooked to the lips cause i thought a cross distorte like that would look stupid.