Haggard's art Reviews on Newgrounds

[Eyeball Tree Helix]

Cool

This picture looks really cool. The tree alone would be worthy for the art portal (I like how detailed the leaves are!), but the addition of the eyeball gives the image almost a surrealistic touch. I like how the roots are connected to the eyeball. Really looks like there is an ocular muscle connected to the eyeball.

The background could use some work, though. Maybe the tree would look better in a different environment. The grey background takes away too much from the main object, I think. I mean, Magritte's "The Son of Man" wouldn't look so great if the man was standing in front of a grayish background, right?

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Galneda responds:

I agree the background and overall environment needs revision. Thanks for the review!

[Greek Heritage]

Good

This is a pretty good image, even though the characters are only barely visible. But this is what makes this image look so impressive.

The greek soldiers (could also be roman soldiers) standing in front of a light source. Somehow they look very dangerous even though nobody has drawn his weapon yet. But just the way they stand there, facing the viewer, the faces left in the dark... it has a threatening feeling to it.

Only thing that bothers me are the kind of blurry outlines of the characters. Feels a bit as if the viewer is in desperate need of some glasses.

samulis responds:

It's a stylistic choice of mine... a lot of people critique me for makig things more blurry than they should be... it's pretty much because it's how I see the world. I like to call it 'intense Anti-Aliasing', but the eye doctor likes to call it poor vision. :P

[Jeo flys]

Very nice

A quite dramatic picture. We can see some alien guy in what appears to be a space battle. At least he doesn't look very happy, so I guess he's angry at someone or something. Or maybe he just had a bad day, heh.

Anyway, the details in this picture are pretty good. The background looks amazing and I think you covered the "space feeling" here very well.

Only thing that bothers me is that the perspective inside the spaceship seems to be a bit off. Or maybe I just need to get my eyes examined, lol.

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Rennis5 responds:

lol, yeah he is on his way to kick someones arse.
i think you are right about the perspective i noticed it escially on the dash with the instuments after you mentioned it.
i'm thinking redesigning the dash slightly by adding a few more things.
thank you for the 10 dude
:)

[Nightwolves]

Nice picture

I like this picture a lot. The background has some very nice details (the city, the night sky, the stars) as well as the characters. The clothes are very distinctive, every character has his/her own style and the characters do look very realistic (apart from the huge eyes).

I also like the "movement" of the picture. We can see two of the characters climbing a roof top. This creates the feeling that the characters are about to move any second, which is way more interesting to look at than for example still life pictures.

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[Dead of Winter]

Good

I like this picture even though it's quite brutal. The axe is still dripping with blood, but the girl doesn't seem to care too much. She's happily goose stepping though the snow.

I like the details on the clothing, they look really good. But I think the sky and the snow could use some details as well. Ok, maybe the snow is freshly fallen, but I guess some sort of "dirt" or wind-blown dispersal could add a bit more to the image.
The sky is all greyish, which doesn't look too good either. Maybe some leaves blowing through the air or some darker clouds could give this picture some sort of extra touch.

Overall, the picture is nice, but it needs some more work in the "tiny details" department.

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[Nice job, Ross Fenton!]

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This picture looks a bit better than the last one I reviewed (the one with the explosion) but it's still far from being "art portal material".

This time we have two characters, which makes the picture look a bit better, even though one of the characters is already dead.

I like the smoke coming up from the gun, as it indicates that the bald one just fired his shot. This brings a bit "movement" or "momentum" into the picture. I have the feeling "Oh gosh, he just shot that person!" when looking at this picture.

The background sure does need some more work. Why is it all purple? That doesn't really fit to the scene we can see on the image.
Also, there again are some artefacts of the JPG compression visible in the picture.

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MisterTig responds:

Again, its supposed to be random, with dumb backgrounds and stuff. But now i've started to submit art with more detailed backgrounds. And again, It doesn't need to be art portal material. Thanks for reviewing. :)

[Ross Fenton and the Explosion]

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For a quick doodle this would be ok, but I guess it's nothing that would get you scouted for the art portal. The explosion doesn't look too good, in my opinion. There should be more smoke coming up.

The character on the left hand side looks OK, but he could use some more details as well. His clothing looks awfully bland. Also, there are some JPG artefacts on his red clothing, but maybe this happened during the uploading process.

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MisterTig responds:

lol yeah I know. Ross Fenton's jacket is also supposed to be bland, but in another art submission I gave the jacket more detail. Thanks for reviewing.

[Room 1]

Grey room

Well, not much to say here. It's a room, mostly grey with a wooden door in the center.

Some of the lines need some work, though. I notice that in the wall with the door, the bottom left corner doesn't really fit together. Also, one of the lines from the "alcove" like thin in the right wall is too long. To avoid this it's best to zoom into to the picture. This gives you better control over what you are doing and you can easily edit out any lines that aren't quite right.

Also, speaking of the alcoves: On the top it looks as if there's a small niche, as the line on the ceiling isn't continuous and there's an additional line that gives the impression of the alcove.
However, on the bottom the line IS continuous and there's no additional line present that could give us the impression of an alcove. So, the perspective is really off here.

There really isn't too much in the picture, so I'm afraid I can't give you a higher score.

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[The Tone Fulps]

Good work

A very good picture. I like the comical style here a lot, especially because the whole picture has this comical style. So everything blends in very well.

I also like the idea of the three newgrounds characters (and a fourth unknown one for the drums) playing together in a band. Going along with this is the setlist in the comments. Really good work here.

As for the characters: Pico reminds me a bit of Ziggy Stardust, Nene... well, I don't know. At first I was thinking of Aretha Franklin, but she looks different. Janis Joplin also looks different, but the clothes fit. Darnell, I really have no idea. And the drummer looks like one of the characters from the Gorillaz, while his drum kit looks like the one the Beatles used.

Anyway, very nice picture!

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Aigis responds:

2/4.

[Trying to be gangster...]

Nice try

The wall in the background looks very good and realistic. The "potatoe" guy builds some contrast to that wall as he doesn't have too many details in his face. Also the face looks too bright because of the light source. I guess it's supposed to be a flash light shining in his face, which fits well into the context of a "failed gangster", but for the sake of the picture I think it would be better if the light wasn't so bright.

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PlusPlusKid responds:

okay. thanks :)