jago1996's art Reviews on Newgrounds

[(request) Ready for Anything]

It's simple. It looks nice. Energetic for such a simple pose. It's a bit too simplified to be anything more than mildly interesting. Even the background is a bit bland. Something a would change about the character is how you designed the feet. They are far too simplified that they look silly. The rest of the body is basic but fits together. The feet seem misplaced here. It's cute. But it's not much more.

Tattorack responds:

Yeah, I have the same idea About this character, but it doesn't belong to me. I was simply requested to make his character look "cool", which I did as best as I could. Would you believe it if I told you the actual reference of the character was even blander than this?

[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!

[[ One time I saw a light ]]

This is wonderful to look at.

The color harmony is awesome. The style is interesting. Because some of the anatomy looks off but also it doesn't look to bad since it flows nicely together. The way her hands become super small seems like an error up close but when you stare at the whole peice it still works.

[An Excursion in Pixels - Day 15]

I love this piece. You can do so much with so low resolution. The pose is great. I can feel the wind in her hair. The colors are great contrast. I'd like to see you get into backgrounds sometime.

[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.

[Far Away]

The character design is cute. The background is too soft for me. Clouds should be raised higher too. Thinner blades of grass would help. Maybe some foliage around as well.

[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: