Daru925's art Reviews on Newgrounds

[Sam Winchester (Jared Padalecki) Portrait]

"This isn't very good" said no one ever.

rainwalker007 responds:

lol Thank you im glad u liked it.

[Yeshua VS Sinterklass]

I like the inmate look for santa haha.

This reminded me of this classic:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_pffqVB3tM

LexRodent responds:

If I tell you that video had nothing to do with this, I'd be lying.

[3D Casio Keyboard]

Pretty good for a low poly.
You might want to bevel some edges, depending of the LOD this mesh will be used for.
Add some normal map, or bump map maybe?

jenninexus responds:

Some good points! I'll try for some bump mapping. It was rendered with Vray Toon in Max so when I tried beveling the edges, they were too thick-black lines but will definitely consider it for the game down the line when we have more content compiled for it. :-D Thx for stopping by!

[South park guys]

ummfuff pfuummu hmmufuupuuuuf!

LexRodent responds:

Nice, the Kenny seal of approval. :D

[Not a rip-off]

Cannot unsee the cute blue pokemon thing with sharp teeth and yellow eyes.

LexRodent responds:

Now neither can I.

[A special birthday gift]

Superbe, toutes ces couleurs!
The cake is a little overkill, dont get sick^^

Troisnyx responds:

Promis, je ne vais pas en manger trop ! ^_^'

[Savo(u)ring the Start]

Youpi! Tout le monde au cimetière!

Not sure what you mean with "minus subtitle", so my comment below might not apply
- imho, the title and signature clash too much with the rest, just a little too bright.
I'd like to see them blending more (like a watermark but not fading as much as the background shadows, but not RGB 255-255-255 colgate pure white either, to keep the mysterious and dramatic feeling)-

Otherwise, it's a nice little cemetery i totally wouldn't want to visit at night :D
I'm sure it's haunted by ghosts of newgrounders.

The stone material looks like a clever use of filter. Or maybe a custom brush? Anyway it's pretty convincing and fits with the drawing style.

SuperUltra nitpicking:
- The right side of the crack on the "in loving memory" tombstone should be thicker according to perspective)
- The wooden cross in the should be visible in the gap beewteen the tombstones, a line seems to be missing, or maybe... it's floating in the air and.... AHHHHH!

Troisnyx responds:

Minus subtitle meant that the cover was lacking its subtitle: "The First Dramatic Anthology from the Writers of Newgrounds," which @Tremax was going to do in simple font. Sketchbook Express, to my knowledge, has no font input.

The stone was indeed a filter. On that note, the filter did also render the signature into #FFFFFF when it should have been something along the lines of #B0B0B0 -- really couldn't help it there.....

Point taken about the cracks. Also, the cross which seems to be "floating in the air" actually has its stem jutting out from behind the gravestones, but it's not evident. Although floating in the air might be a good effect for it...^_-

[Down in the Dumps]

Nice start^^!

JKSSN responds:

Thanks! The start of a hard road to improvement. .-.

[Hunter Demon]

Great inking and the lighting is really impressive.
The haze gives a good sense of depht.
The highlights, rimlights and color transitions really help defining the type of "materials" (lava, stone, skin, shell etc), this is what like most in this picture.

buriedantenna responds:

Thanks a lot for the really positive comment, and for pointing out some specifics of where you think I'm getting it right, that's useful feedback ;)

[Weave the Cosmos]

Why do you put a description? You already managed to explain everything with the picture! :D

I like the idea and composition, it's well balanced, imo the background wing positioning is a bit off, too low, or the curve is too steep maybe.
And at the same time, viewer can focus on the universe without being distracted, and i think it's more important than design accuracy.

Crisp details enhanced by great lighting, subtle contrast and rimlights.
Unlike JJ Abrams, with all those stars, you didn't go overboard adding lens flares everywhere, killing my eyes in the process, so thanks.
Also, good use of DOF.

Now I am curious to "see" Vusuuk :)

Amaruuk responds:

Haha, thank you so much! And yes, he'll be designed when I get to it. These things kinda just happen when they happen but when there's a pair, ya gotta have both :)