ZetoSoul's art Reviews on Newgrounds

[Reflecting on a Skull]

Was this meant to be a serious piece of art or something humorous? Unless I know your goal with this art, it's a bit hard to gather my thoughts on this. It's at a crossroad where I can't tell if supposed to be serious or funny.

If this is supposed to be one of your more realistic or serious works, then I think one of the first things you should think about is the line work. I see uneven jagged pixels along the figure and it's crude in a way that doesn't lend itself well to that direction. On top of that, the head doesn't look quite right and the hand carrying the skull looks so simple and cartoony compared to the more realistic one on the right. A more serious work is usually better off looking cleaner with a good sense of anatomy.

If it's supposed to be a humorous or cartoony work like almost everything else you posted, then maybe you should've exaggerated it more and made her look uglier or funnier. The proportions of her figure are semi-realistic but they're off. I think you intentionally made her a bit weird looking, so it would've been better just to make it more cartoony artwork with whacky proportions all around.

If you want to improve this, then maybe study anatomy more and don't be afraid to look at lots of references, because it looks like you just drew from imagination. And also think about the line work as I've said before.

Don't let my low, critical score daunt you if you want to become an artist or want to take up art as a hobby. Keep making more art, learn new techniques and look at the artists you do like and study what you like about them. Improvements will obviously come to you that way.

WaffleCrisp responds:

Wow thanks for the reply! I will take this advise to heart. To be honest I really lost myself in this and have no idea what I really meant by it.

[Jotaro Kujo]

Good grief, this looks so detailed. Your impressionist style looks really cool. I assuming this is digital work made to look like a traditional painting or is it real paint?

grillhou5e responds:

Thank you! Oh yeah, this one is defiantly digital. I use a ‘messy painting style’ or a ‘concept paint style’... whatever the painting aesthetic is called. Then I composite random textures and blend them into the image to give it a ‘canvas’ or ‘painter surface’ look!

[New Management]

You work fast or something. Nice work.

[Leon Kennedy]

I'm digging how detailed Leon is. The shading is good and it has nice sense of texture, especially the hair and the fluids around the face. The shading even gives the skin a slight porous quality, which I think is interesting.

[The Wind Fish's Dream]

I'm amazed at how packed full of quirky, colorful characters this is. Did you recently make this or was it made a while back?

[charmz designs]

This would be the weirdest version of Smash Bros. if it became reality. They're all simple, but expressive and charming. Cool stuff.

[fluffy garfs]

Garfield looks so squishy and sleepy. Pretty cute and it's got Garfield's attitude. I do wonder why his eyelids are so shiny though.

[The hoarder]

For a supposed "super minimalist" image, this is pretty good. It kind of looks like something out of Kingdom Hearts.

[Thick Ass]

Well what am I supposed to do with it?

[The Gamest in the Land]

Extremely impressive. I thought it would just be a nice drawing of King Dice, but I kept scrolling down and I was delighted to see more characters thrown into the artwork. Expressive, well posed characters, with a great use of color. Excellent work as always!