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[Kinsei SBT Piece]

Nice

I don't know why, but this picture somehow reminds me of Johnny Bravo, heh. Maybe it's the pose. Looks as if Johnny again tries to impress a woman. XD

Anyway, the character looks very good. A lot of details can be seen here, for example the mechanical arm or some folds on his shirt. All those little details add a lot of quality to the work because it shows that you put effort into the drawing.

However, the background isn't too good and should be changed in my opinion. Right now there are just some funny colours and a large part is even just transparent. While this still looks better than a plain white background it isn't really satisfying too look at.

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Kinsei responds:

woo yeah, here comes johnny, hide the foxy mamas!
lol I haven't seen Johnny Bravo in years, thanks for the good memories.

As for the background, I really couldn't think of one when I was drawing this. so I really just kind of slapped the background together. Perhaps with the white, it will be better.

[Good Grief]

Good

The drawing is pretty rough. For example the right arm could have been worked out a bit better (right now it looks as if Charlie has only a stump), but I really like the facial expression. The face was what made me think "wow, looks good" on first glance, I think.

However, on second and third glance there are a few flaws here and there. I already brought up the right arm, but there are more things. For example the background could have been worked out a bit more. Some trees or bushes would look much better.

Also it looks as if the head should be moved a bit more to the right side of the picture. Or maybe that's because the lines of Charlies jaw aren't exactly symmetric. On the left side (or Charlies right side) there is a little bulge that we can't see on the other side. I guess that's because it looks as if the head isn't really centered on the neck.

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Fro responds:

Not only did the scanner screw this up, but it could have been better in so many ways. I might revisit it some day.

[Checkerboard #3]

Too bad it's so small

I like this picture. The lightening is pretty nice and the door (or the portal?) creates a nice atmosphere.
It almost seems as if the room is spinning around me while I try to reach that door.

Pity the picture is so small though. I think it loses quite a bit of it's atmosphere because of the size. If it was bigger, then it would work much better.

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XwaynecoltX responds:

yeah i worked hard on the lighting anyways thanks for the review

~X~

[Chess Checketboard #2]

Looks strange

Is it just me or are the lines on the chessboard not parallel? This looks pretty weird. Also, the titles all seem to have a different size.

Just like the two before me said, it's kind of weird that all four corners of a square are lit, this doesn't look too good.

However, I like the background you chose. The colour fits quite nicely to the gray squares and it builds up a nice contrast to the red squares.

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XwaynecoltX responds:

Thanks

~X~

[Palm Tree]

The lightening is nice

I like the lightening of the sun pretty much. Looks realistic and unrealistic at the same time, heh.

I think the palm tree should bend a little more to a side as it's rare for palm trees to shoot straight up. Or maybe that's just because every palm tree I see on a picture or in a movie is bend, heh.

Also, the objects need some shadows. The sun is shining and no cloud is obscuring it, so the objects on the ground should have shadows.

In addition to that I think the objects in front of the sun should be a bit blurred, or rather outshone by the sun.

Overall it's a nice picture with good colours, but it needs some more works on the details.

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XwaynecoltX responds:

Thanks for another great review

~X~

[Chessboard #1]

Interesting

Well, the chessboard is a little bit stretched which doesn't look that good in my opinion. But maybe it's so streched because it travels through space and time? Because that's what the background reminds me of. Some kind of Wormhole the chessboard travels through.

But there's a thin line on the front of the chessboard that disturbs me a little. It doesn't really belong there as the edge of the board is a little beneath it. I suggest removing this line as it looks pretty weird.

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XwaynecoltX responds:

Yeah its stretched I kinda wanted it that way. Thanks for the review

~X~

[Stoned Jesus]

Basics are there

In this picture you show that you learned the basic skills of drawing (and mind you, with that you can already draw much better than I will ever be able to ;) ), but the character looks still pretty rough around the edges. This effect is intensified by the black outline that Jesus guy has around his body.

I can imagine that it is quite hard to draw without those lines, but I think on characters it just looks misplaced.
Also, you used no black outlines (or only very thin black outlines) for his head, so I think it would look better if you tried to do the same with his body.

Also, the background looks a bit bland, the upper half is just plain white. Maybe a little picture at the wall or a clock would add more "life" to this pic.

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[Celest's Got a Sword]

Good picture

A great picture. The character displayed looks quite realistic, even though I wonder how he can handle such a hughe sword, heh.

But there are some issues with this image. Most of all the left foot looks just too two dimensional. Yeah, it's seen directly from the front but a few more lines at the top of the shoe could add some more depth so that the foot doesn't look so much like a stump as it does now.

Also the left wrist seems to be nonexistant. You should try to work that out a bit more, even though this might be quite a hughe task. A little trick may be a wristband so that it is clear where his wrist is supposed to be.

Also, there is a little white spot visible on the right side of the characters neck which disturbs the image a little bit. I don't think it was supposed to be there, at least it looks rather strange.

You may have noticed that I was nitpicking in my review, but this is only that I can't find anything else wrong with this picture. :D

I really like the propotions of the character (as I've said above, he looks very realistic) and his facial expression looks good as well. He looks more like "that guy next door" than like the typical hero, and that's what I especially like about this picture.

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CelestOrion responds:

Thanks for the review!

I'll try to work on the foot sometime and get some more depth added in there.

Hmm, I never noticed that until now. I think a wristband would work out best.

That white spot was a hair-band for the ponytail, if you look closer at the back regions. You should be able to spot more hair.

I'm glad you liked the image. Everyone in this game I'm working on has that certain look to them, so you'd love the results if everyone posted their own pics of their works.

[Barrett .50 Cal]

Very good

I'm not an expert when it comes to weapons (read: I don't know anything about them), but this looks very realistic. Especially when viewed in Full Size one can see how many details you actually put in there. In the smaller size all those details are lost and the weapon looks quite bland.
So my tip: View this in full size, folks!

My most favorite detail is the shadow from the scope. Most weapons I've seen so far in the art portal don't have any shadows or light reflections at all, so this little detail really lets your work stand out from the rest.

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fallensoul289 responds:

Thanks I do try to work hard and when I motivate myself enough I can stand out from the rest

[Pancake]

Sterile

I just had some pancakes last week and I have to agree with Fro. This one liiks too sterile. A "real" pancake is not equally roasted (is this the right word to use here?), it has some darker spots on the one side while the other is brighter. Also it isn't equally thick on all spots.
So, at first I thought this was some kind of tray with melted butter on it.

Speaking of the butter and the syrup: They look pretty good. It looks as if the butter is just about to melt.
But the syrup looks a bit "unrealistic" how it runs over the cake. Well, I don't have that much experience with syrup on pancakes, but especially at the edge, where it runs over it doesn't look too good.

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chesster415 responds:

Yeah, I usually fry pancakes, and end up with a darker ring around where the burner is. They also don't turn out perfectly round. But I can generally make my pancakes equally thick all around. And only one side has bubbles, if you do it right. I hadn't made pancakes in a while, and was going from memory. My syrup always runs off the side of my pancakes. Maybe I don't pour it well enough, or maybe I need to make thicker syrup, (but I like it thin). But I can see how the run off, is a bit abnormal especially for such a smooth pancake. Thanks, for reviewing.