Angry-Hatter's art Reviews on Newgrounds

[Suess]

Really nice!

Doesn't really look chibi though, looks more or less like normal manga proportions to me. With chibi, the head is a lot bigger in proportion to the body, between 1 to 1.5 and 1 to 3 ratio.

Anyway, looks adorable! Nice clean, simple lines and tight colors. A job well done!

bocodamondo responds:

yeah i know its not fully chibi style, but compared to my usual proportions i draw this is more chibi-like

[The End]

Love it. The mushroom cloud in the window is very subtle, so it takes you a moment to notice it and realize the full implication of the scene. The rough, sketchy style of the window makes it almost seem like it's vibrating with the force of the blast in the distance, or is it perhaps only a reflection of the emotional state of the child in the window as he/she witnesses the disaster? Speedpaint or no, this is a terrific piece.

Surfsideaaron responds:

Thanks a heap :)

[Donna Orechini ("Master Copy")]

Really cool. Though, if it were me making this, I would add some texture to the piece before I'd consider it finished. Looking at the original piece, it looks like it might be a wall painting with it's rich textures and slight imperfections. Your piece looks every bit a computer generated image by comparison (read, too perfect). I'm not sure whether your teacher cares about it looking that way or if you're limited by what tools you may use in making your piece, but I'd like to add something more to it to make it pop.

Which is what I did. Check your PM inbox to see the quick little edit I made to your piece to show you what I mean.

Great work, regardless. Looks terrific!

AlexierXVII responds:

Thanks for the critique. Yea I did want to add more texture, but i was running out of time and didn't even get the inner circle behind her head completely finished. But I am still proud with how this came out for the most part, but I know this could still be better. Plus we were limited by what was available in Adobe Illustrator and I've actually done nothing like this before. And again, thanks for the review, I very much appreciate this, it really helps me to become a better artist.

[The Detective]

Aha, excellent revision. His eyes look much more like him, and much kinder than before, and the proportions are more life-like. From the looks of it you also made some changes to the lips and nose so he has less of a smirk, and added some nice shading and reflected lighting. A real improvement.

Great job!

(Still dying to know how he managed to survive that fall GOD DAMN IT!!)

bigCman321 responds:

Thanks, yes I literally redid the entire face bit by bit. :)

Yeah that ending is ridiculous. It better be one amazing explanation when they tell us... If they tell us.

[Hipstertheque]

I know it's stylized and exaggerated, but that guys physique just puts me off. He looks like an anorexic pile of bones. Maybe it's that his head has some pretty realistic proportions while the rest of him is exaggerated? Anyway, minor gripe.

I like it, it looks very clean and deliberate, while at the same time managing to convey a sense of bleak grittiness. I don't know if I'd prefer it if it was in color, or if it's actually better as a black and white piece.

Anyway, this is some great stuff! Keep it up!

Hoboweasel responds:

Yeah, the figure was intended to look anorexic; I was trying to portray a stereotypical hipster. I might have done better by making his legs a bit thicker, though (he does look moribund).

[wolf king]

Hmm. I don't know what to make of this one. It's very detailed, but there's no real focus anywhere. Every single line is the same thickness, and there is little variation in the blue shading as well, so looking at it from far away (or in preview size) everything just seems to blend together into an unfocused and blurry mess, and it just looks very flat.

I'd try to add more variation to the lines, thicker lines in dark areas and thinner ones in highlighted areas, to add a sense of depth to the piece.

foamymuffin responds:

yea i know, using a new soft ware and trying to get the hang of it

[Adieu]

This one is a mixed bag. I think the girl in the middle is very well drawn, especially the details around her hair and the flowery crown. On the other hand, the background is very noisy and detracts a lot of attention from the focus of the piece (the girl). I think you might need to remember the old addage: less is more.

Also, the pearl necklace and the lines along her shoulder seem very rough compared to the fine details of her hair. It sticks out and makes the work seem unfinished (which might be the case).

Overall, it has potential to be a really cool piece if you removed some of the clutter in the background and polished some of the details of the girl a little bit more (and judging from the beautiful details in this piece so far, that shouldn't be a problem for you.)

Keep up the good work!

Knocturne responds:

Yup, this was not a finished piece and actually the drawing included her body and everything but I cropped it out. Personally, I like the conflict between the busy background and the simple girl. It's the specks of stars versus the lines that form her and I thought it worked but maybe not, also I spent more time on the background than the girl which is probably why I'm against simplifying it if I ever do go back to this.

Thanks a lot, your review was refreshin!

[phantom of the opera]

Cool, but unpolished.

I love the exaggerated proportions and the character design, but I can't help but feel that it looks somewhat sketchy and unpolished. I would have gone over the details more closely and cleaned up some of the rough parts in this piece. Nevertheless, it's still a very good piece. I give it a 4/5.

uncleporkchop responds:

Well that was the whole idea my man . I wanted it rough. LOL. But thanks anyway for the comment and what you would have done. LOl.