jago1996's art Reviews on Newgrounds

[Summer Waters]

First things first. Focus on Figure drawing. Gesture drawing, Anatomy, and drawing the body in perspective(foreshortening) That will make what you have here look way better.

I really admire the color choices here. The water and sky contrasts with her skin, bathing suit, and hair.

Once you feel satisfied with your figure drawing. I'd recommend some lighting practice. I see a few lighting phenomanon that you've applied in this piece which shows you are aware of them. That's good. But it behave oddly, or is miscolored. Such as the relfected light off of the water.

Malaxiao responds:

Thank you, I'll work more diligently for my future works.

[[Commission] Coins]

Your style is tight, refined, pleasing to look at. But a bit too bland. But that may not be really your fault. Since I find this to be a dime a dozen style. It doesn't feel like a unique piece.

Now this could be just because your particular style is just one that clashes with my perception in a way that makes me see this and not feel much elation.

OR

Looking at this more. It could be related to how your shaded and textured this piece. Starting with her skin. The shadows are washed out by some of the pale moonlight. Not a problem smart rendering choice. But it seems the paleness of the moonlight is far too undersaturated. First off shadows are generally more saturated, while the only light that would make an object more saturated is a colored light. Such as a bluish moon. So I think the lighting would be a bit more vivid. And that could help with this piece.

Now looking at the texture on the leaf. It leaves(no pun intended) me with a lackluster taste in my mouth. Because it looks great. But it's the only clothing piece given that amount of attention. You may say that the rest would really have any noticable texture. but it is far more noticable that they do NOT have one. With how they were shaded as well they seem rushed. Overlapping fabrics can have a beautiful effect. But the way you have shaded is a bit non-sensical. Making the beautiful effect just seem... off.

My biggest point right now is that I hope you understand that you have skill. But your style seems to be missing a personal flare. Not all art needs that. If you are just wanting to pump out pleasing art for commission, comics, concept art, blah blah blah. Having a flare isn't needed. But if you are pushing yourself to be an artist. Then pursuing an artistic style and making it your own might be what you want to work towards.

elzielai responds:

Thanks for the awesome comment/critique. I don't always get these but I truly enjoy every bit of them. To be honest, I couldn't agree more. If it isn't said by someone else, I'd usually pass this off as good, and move on.

There's not really much I can say to excuse my flaws aside from, I simply just don't know how to do some things. But that doesn't mean I won't learn them. This piece is just one of those things I can look back to and cringe at when I learned how to do things better.

uhhh.... what else.. thanks again! :D

[TOON JUNE #24]

Very pleasing. The style is great and the posing is interesting. It's a well executed sort of sketchy style. It gives the scene more bouniness to it. The box is a good example since it literally is distorted just to add energy. I'd like to see the messiness line up a bit better though. Like on the forehead the symbol looks lopsided.

GrimJimmy responds:

Gotcha, and thanks!

[Pivot Animation #1]

Why would you include this on your profile. This is not at all even like anything. Save your rep and only upload things that you feel are you giving your best effort.

jobiwobigames responds:

Ok your a little right it is only seven seconds long ok your right.

[Kino Strife]

The posing and design are great. The choice of soft shading everything is what broke this piece. There is no real texture or solid edge shadows. This feels pillowy because of that. The butt tail and face look fine. But you'd be able to define the shape and get a nice thicc feel if you had more than a soft edge brush.

Sqoon responds:

Yeah, I totally agree. I'm still new to using Clip Studio Paint, so I stuck with airbrush tools. I'm still so used to Sai, it's been alot easier to define shapes with the tools in it. I'll try to learn more tools in Clip Studio in hopes to find a better way to define shadows.

Thank ya for the critique and comment. c:

[Gerph's Birthday!]

If you look at my art history you could tell why I like this. But... the line work is smooooooth, The shading is consistent and just works. The choice of that slight smooth shade on the legging was a nice touch. While the highlights really bring the butts juiciness across. The eyes and hair are unique and gorgeous. The point I knocked off were for the odd arms, the elbow is too low and bent weird.

Fluaw responds:

Appreciate the compliments! As for the arm, I changed the positioning so I'll have to remember to fix things like the elbow in the future. Thanks friend!

[An Excursion in Pixels - Day 12]

This is a solid pixel art piece. DO NOT INCLUDE ANYTHING BUT THE ART.

BodoFragins responds:

Fair enough. Is that better? I still want to include the different scales, I was just being lazy...

[Legends Never Die]

Solid style. Love that the shading is consistent. Posing is a solidly placed but sort of lackluster. No intrigue to it. Background is a bit too cluttered detracting from the girls calm pose. It think it's just because the black border contrasts too much with the light sky. But perhaps shrinking the background so it just eclipses her head and shoulder would fix that.

mogy64 responds:

The background always bothered me a bit but I couldn´t point out exactly what, and you got the nail right in the head. Thanks for the feedback!

[Don't give up!]

This is solid. This style seems refined. You were able to depict textures nicely without breaking away from the style you chose. Posing is solid. Minimalistic background does not take away from the image. The font is readable and stylized to bring a looney feel to it. Cutting it off behind him gives both the character depth, while making the viewer feel uneasy reading it. This is rated a four however because the extra detail to the suit is a bit too cluttered.

P-cate responds:

Thank you so much for the critique!, I really appreciate it <3

[Hot Dog]

You have an understanding of art fundementals. The content is funny. The form is neat, the background is a but meh. Everything suffers from being washed out. Shadows aren't quite blending properly. You didn't take much care it seems with this piece. Honestly the best part is the head of the hotdog and the eyes. They really our formed nicely.

rhys510 responds:

Thank! il take this in to considderation its like my 4th proper digital piece ive ever done - thanks for real criticism, its hard to come by :)