fluffkomix's art Reviews on Newgrounds

[''Ulterior Motives'']

This is quite the piece of work. You need to go back and review some more of the art foundations before you work on rendering man

The anatomy seems to be really off, especially on the head. The perspective is really weird at points and you appear to have too many light sources (I don't know of too many artists that commonly use more than one major light source in their pieces). The pose is also very annoying to read and doesn't have a clear silhouette, causing a bit of confusion when you first look at it

The TL;DR of this is that you really need to work on your foundational skills before you start to rely too much on fancy effects like lens flare and glow. The use of those as a crutch will really hamper your growth as an artist

Fatelogic responds:

We obviously disagree, but I can respect your point of view. Just to make it clear though, there's only one light source in the whole picture (top right end of the image to be specific), two minuscule flares (earring and bracelet) and the faded projection of the main lens (bottom left corner) following the natural direction of the only light source already mentioned.

I like the path I'm going through, and luckily I'm pretty proud of my style (it appeals my eye, what can I say), so I really don't think my art will change acording to your perception of "correctiveness" (what I mean by this is that it probably will never be your "cup of tea", and that's just fine).

What can you do? Nothing is bound to be liked by everyone. I had enough time to grow accustomed to that idea, so no problem. As long as one enjoys what he/she's doing themselves, then that's the way to go.

Thanks for your honest, respectful thoughts nevertheless.

[Riffed UP]

fairly good anatomy

few pointers though.

the ankle doesn't jut out like that. it's more of a smooth bump out rather than a piece of rock inside the skin. same with the kneecap, it shouldn't be that big.

her head looks like it jutting out forward and her shoulders look hunched. try to make her look more relaxed by giving her a slouch. also her head is too small. i didn't notice it until i compared it to the hand. my rule of thumb for anatomically correct drawings is that the hand should be not quite, but almost as big as the face.

the wrinkles look good in some places but in other places they don't flow with the clothes at all, but rather looks like you put them there in an attempt to make it more detailed without focusing on where it should go.

left arm's too long.

but other than that i must say, you're improving quite a bit. keep it up!

OnionsXD responds:

I thik I can see all the errors you mentioned now. I'm gonna update this soonw hen I fix all of it. About the ankle thing I probably habitually. Because I have this western style superhero buff guy anatomical book and their ankles are juutted out so I prob wasn't thinking much when I did the ankle. About the wrinkles...I was just placing them without thinking and yesterday I read an intense tutorial on wrinkles so now I understand them a lil' bit more and I'm better at wrinkles now after a few sketches. Eh the left arm is a little long too...okay thanks fot the really constructive review and I'll continue tryin gto get better

[Castle Crashers Poster]

lol

i love how you're able to completely copy (aka blatantly rip off) Jeff Bandolin's work (johnnyutah) and still pass it off as your own.

i looked at Jeff's portrait submission in the art portal of all the CC playable character portraits, and whaddya know. this is only in the heads, but the shading, the drawing, the expressions are all the same. some are facing the other way, but hey, like that's hard to do.

I don't even know how you got scouted if this is what you call hard work by you.

this is still jeff's work you're passing off as your own, and crediting jeff will not help you. The only thing that is really your art is the bodies, which aren't very good anatomy-wise.

so even though technically this is your art, if you asked some actual artists or random people if they would consider it 'your' art, they would probably agree with me (if they knew the same facts i do)

TheSpicanator responds:

Lol wtf ? hahah i said jeff drew them, and i just redrew them? i dont really know what your saying now. Your saying its my hard work? wtf? where in the hell did i say that. I said this is FAN ART for CC, and yeah i did "rip off" the menu characters. I fucking said that in my description you dumb ass. Your probably some stupid 15 year old from canada that doesnt know shit. Look man, re-read the damn description. I gave credit to Jeff, and yeah i know i took the menu characters, big whoop, i said i did. You need to read the description you bitch.

[robot repair service]

pretty good

but i find that the legs on the girl at the top are too fat, so it throws off the proportion of her body a bit too much for this style. i slightly disagree with hans considering that the glow from the sun is pink, but i think it should be more of a yellowish pink so it matches with the actual color of the song as well.

but i can't say i don't love the coloring and shading of this piece. love your imaginative drawings.

rtil responds:

GOT SOMETHIN AGAINST GIRLS WITH FAT CALVES DO YA?!?!?!?

[Allen Walker]

gasp

but allen walker had a sword. or a gigantic claw hand, not a wolverine style hand.

very nice shading i must say.

RiverJordan responds:

his arm WAS a sword actually, and in this picture he hasn't taken it off yet. the gigantic claw hand was his first innocence form. This form you see was his crown clown innocence form (before taking his arm off).

It happened around manga 9 ish

[Wop]

my god

i loved that series. great work on this, though the explosion looks a little not right.

Hoeloe responds:

It's actually the Krikkit Sun, but thanks!