Luxembourg's art Reviews on Newgrounds

[Bunbun]

The great original.

For the record, this made about the best icon for any of the floods thus far. Of course, your work is always fantastic, Qb. I love the color scheme and the feeling of motion. The grass looks wonderful, and I especially love the blurred blades placed in front of the rabbit. You did a great job with the fur texture, though it all seems a little too smooth. A few tufts sticking out here or there would have really sealed in the whole furry look. The largest problem I notice with this is somewhat irritating, and that's the perspective on the ears. They don't seem to be evenly placed. Whereas the head is obviously facing dead forwards, the ears seem to be pointing to the right, and so just look funky in conjunction with the rest of the head.

Good work, man. Love your stuff, and I think it's awesome of you to lead the flood this month.

J-qb responds:

Thanks, to be fair though, its a less iconic than the other flood thumbnails were. The fur is too smooth, it didnt matter in the small version and I didnt want to put too much effort into redrawing the big one ;).
Thanks

[Give It Up]

Odd and awesome.

I rather like it, Knoc.
It's been good trading with you, and I certainly feel this does my drawing justice. You managed to change the character a great deal without actually really changing much at all. It's amazing how painty it looks, and your color choices are pretty cool. The hand is a bit odd (in shape and in how its middle kind of darkens), but besides that, it's excellent. Like Pierrot fits my style, this character (who I haven't named) fits your style really well.
Thanks, man. I'd say this was a fair trade.

Knocturne responds:

Thanks, I'm glad you like it. The hand thing was pure laziness, I could have fixed the positioning to make sense but I'm soooooooooooooo lazy. The darkness thing with the hand was part of the half done concept that instead of melting, the character was pulling out of darkness towards the person seeing the picture with the gesture being a peaceful sign of guidance through the dark.

[Chuckys got ya]

Not quite.

What you have here is a very flawed piece, weighed down by some notable issues.
Firstly, there's the background. You have a lot of blank space above the subject, and the scenery just feels incomplete. There are three trees in the background, but that's really it. None behind them, none spreading out around the landscape, just those three trees, sitting awkwardly. The sky is atrocious; an unwritten rule in digital art is that, with some minor exceptions, gradients are taboo. They are ugly and they feel unnatural.
Moving away from the background and onto the subject, I find it very odd how Chucky's face is ridiculously more detailed than anything else in the image. It just doesn't fit at all with how toony the rest of the image is, especially considering how simple the face of the walking man is. There's nothing wrong with cartoons, but oftentimes if the whole piece doesn't have a generally consistent level of reality to it, the whole aesthetic is thrown off. Continuing on the matter of the subject, I find the legs to be bothersome. They're completely out of perspective; the backmost leg feels to be going out to the left rather than behind the man. Lastly, his clothes are so drab and void of detail. They have no wrinkles in them, for instance, and they're both pretty much static colors.
The piece has a lot of potential, which is worth pointing out. You seem to have put in an honest effort, Chucky's face (while ruining the rest of the piece for me) looks good, and you have some decent stylistic elements running with your tooniness. I can see a decent amount of skill, it just needs refining.
I don't have a real idea of where your problems lie, but it seems to me that you need to work on your backgrounds and involving the subject with them. The composition should really lend itself to feeling more complete; ie: less blank space. I'd advise you to avoid gradients in the near future.
I'm sorry for the mostly negative review, but I hope it helps you out some. Good luck, and keep on working at it.

Rovertarthead responds:

Well ok yea i see some of your points. And i was actually going to put more trees in there but i thought it allready looked ok just like that. But yea i should have made more trees. But for one thing Chucky's face could be really detailed even in a cartoon if you'd like and so thats what i wanted to do. Thats the best thing about him. His face expressions with lots of detail. I know it might look kinda random with a real character like him with a cartoon character like me but i think it looks ok. But i guess you right about the background sky and the tree and cloths detail. I guess i got lazy on those parts. But other than that my drawings done. Oh and Chucky's legs are supposed to be all floppy like. Casue his legs are kinda lose when he's holding onto the person like that. Remember? But yea just for you i'll probably go back and draw in a few more things for ya ;) Thank you for the info and the 6.

[Arcia]

Wonderful.

This is so wonderfully gorgeous, it just became possibly my favorite piece in the portal. I don't usually comment on things just to sing their praise, but I felt compelled to do so with this.
There are so many things I love about it; her expression, namely, and the style. The vector style isn't necessarily new (though it's still a great style, and you do a decent job making it your own), but it's so masterfully done here. The shading, lighting, and the colors are all beautiful. The fluidity of the character, her position, and her anatomy all give it such an outlandish, whimsical feel. It's great. Her expression is so calm and warm that it just completes the whole piece.
The only problems are that her leg's position (above her head) looks just a tad awkward, and it can be a little difficult to make out exactly what one is looking at in the picture. The tendrils of smoke/mist/whatever are also a bit simple and awkwardly placed in relation to the rest of the drawing. Most of these flaws are minute and can be ignored, though, because this piece is simply gorgeous.
I can really see myself becoming a fan of your work in the future. It's amazing stuff. Keep posting, please!

DarkBlueFlannel responds:

I'm not one to fall back on easy excuses. You are 100% correct about my errors. The smoke/mist is very poorly rendered. Yes, it was an afterthought, at the time. Anyway, I've always wondered whether the leg was good enough, as well. The intent is to look as though it is bending behind her and then, at the knee bending so that the rest of the leg and foot is pointing more towards the viewer. However, I don't think I exaggerated the foreshortening enough to get that across. Of course, I'm not likely to go back to it now but I will try to be more fastidious, in future.

Thank you for the critique, sir.

[Jessi Rockabilly Poster]

Good; not perfect.

I like it. I especially like the background, and how it feels decorative yet simultaneously adds to the action of the piece (vertical lines add to the appearance that she's falling.) I like the character and her outfit.
However, it's got some notable problems. First and foremost, the face. I've seen numerous anime artists do this, and it always bothers the shit out of me, but that nose makes her face indent without coming back up for the forehead. Look at a real human head; the forehead and lips are aligned and where the nose moves back into the face, it curves back up so that the forehead sticks out. Yours doesn't do that, and it makes the bottom of her face stick too far out as a result. I know its anime and that anime faces don't usually follow normal rules, blah, blah, blah, but there are certain ways that the human body is built that should always be followed in order for things to look natural. That's one of them.
The next gripe is much smaller, and that's some proportions. Her hand is a tad too small, her arm just the slightest bit too short, and her neck is a little too short as well.
Besides these anatomical messups, it's a very solid piece that has a pretty good personality. Good work.

[Mewman]

Adorable.

That's fucking adorable. It's pretty well done, too. The colors are good, the sky looks good, and the character is really well done. The shading and the painting looks wonderful.
It does have some little flaws, though. First one is the tail. That has a bit of a phallic appearance. I'm shocked there hasn't been some idiot posting about how that looks. Maybe I'm just in an unusually dirty mindset (I'm not usually that perverted of a person), but I think you could have chose a better place have the tail coming out.
Second is the grass. Some areas of the grass are a solid shade of green that throws the appearance of the grass off and makes it look a little strange.
Overall, these are pretty small gripes and some might not even think of them as problems. Great work. It's so fucking adorable.

kashidoodles responds:

XD Thank you so much.

And yeah, I didn't notice the grass before. o.o; As for the tail... XD Eh, anyone who knows Mew knows it's the tail so, I'm not too worried about that.

[Mouse]

Mouse!

I don't usually review something unless I feel like I've got something constructive to say. Accordingly, I don't usually give out 10s. However, this is just so fucking cute, bright, and happy, I felt like I had to give it a review.
The background looks great; it fits the character and adds atmosphere, despite being really simple. The character's design is really great, it's like a rave-circus theme, and she looks so ridiculously ecstatic that it makes me smile too. I love the color scheme, especially on her clothes. The decorations (namely around the skirt) are really cool, and she's so detailed for your simple little style.
My favorite piece by you thus far. Keep it up, you've got so much style. I love it.

PixelCake responds:

Thank you so much :)
It was great that you joined in on the livestream too, greatly appreciate it!
<3

[Yakuza Face]

Kind of messy-looking, but well done.

It's painted, and I understand that keeping everything looking nice and tidy can be a bit difficult through those methods, but this really looks a bit smeary and messy, especially when viewed full-size.
The background looks really blurry, and, strangely enough, Box-cat looks like he's composed of fur instead of cardboard.
Those things said, this is still very skillful and good. The cityscape, while blurry, is really good looking, and the most important thing of all, Cat-Face, looks really good. The fur effect is wonderful, and he's so well detailed that it almost offsets the rest of the piece.
Keep it up; you may want to work on making things tidier. Good work, though.

[Ashley the Shiny Sentret]

Cute.

You created a character that's extremely flawed. The only thing she's got going for her is good fashion sense, I suppose. Shame. It always seems to mean to me when people create characters that don't seem to have anything going for them.
Anyways, the drawing is extremely cute. My favorite part is her legs, which are very well done. You have a great colour palette running here.
Some issues I have with the piece, however, lie in the background. I like how you went for the colorful stripey background, but I think you should have faded out the Sentrets that pattern it and made them look more like a pattern (the left corners really feel like they should have some Sentrets). As it stands, they look like they're more a part of the subject than the background, and as a result create a cluttered, confused feel in the piece.
As well, the lines on her ears and the Sentrets in the background are pretty messy, and her boots aren't of the same size.
Overall, though, it's a nice piece. It's extremely cute.

Lomps responds:

Thanks, and I really appreciate the review.
And is there any way I could have patterned it?
I don't mean to make excuses...but I did this all by hand in the middle of the night, and I'm still coming out of a cold lol A lot of these horrendous mistakes are obvious to me lol

I realize she's extremely flawed, but that's her charm amongst all the super-beefed Mary-Sue's and God-mod characters.
It isn't a shame, really.
Just realistic.
But I'm still really thankful for your input <3