monsterparty's art Reviews on Newgrounds

[Do they not remind you of sweet caramels…]

I just love your style, dude. And what an awesome use of a primary color scheme!

[MESSY FIT]

I really like the boldness of your brush strokes, in this piece and in your previous ones! There's a very cool energy to it that I'm looking forward to seeing more of.

picturadio responds:

Thank you, I really appreciate hearing your thoughts! I did these a few months ago, so I still have a backlog of random other work to post - but I'll definitely get back to this style soon!

[Dog Days]

This is awesome! The linework, colors, and rendering style are very cool, and I love the collage of images around the border. If this were a magnet, it would be on my fridge.

[Bomber bot]

I really love the way you draw attention to the robot's head. I know you've been working with zbrush lately, and I initially thought it was a 3d rendered image. The way you focus in on it while leaving the surrounding areas blurred really gives the image a sense of depth. Excellent work.

My only crit I suppose would be to tighten up some of the edges just a little bit, for instance, the band that goes around its waist. The width of the band is inconsistent--making that symmetrical is just an example of a tiny little touch up that I think would go a long way.

Flowers10 responds:

Thanks for your kind works! I've actually just began working on hard and soft edges, I have always been oblivious to them. Hard to make a balance:P

[Glaceon]

Not bad

I think a little more could have been done with the background though. As of right now, it's just white, and though I'm sure it's supposed to be snow it looks more like a blank canvas.

Aside from that Glaceon looks pretty good, and the way you positioned her gives her a lot of personality, which I really like. I personally am not a fan of the fur. I guess because I'm so used to seeing them flat colored, but I can't go as far as to say it looks bad because it really doesn't. It's just not my taste. I think the only thing I have to say about her is to increase your values and establish a clearer light source.

So with all that in mind, I give you 7/10 because it's good. Not great, but good. Keep practicing and keep posting and you'll only get better and better. :)

[Awakening]

solid

There's no doubt that the coloring looks great and it fits really well with that style. I feel like the image as a whole is a little lacking though. The colors bring a really nice energy to the picture, but I feel like the composition falls a little flat. Changing up the angle/perspective of the scene and possibly giving her a more dynamic pose would really make it that much more exciting. It also looks like the hand was sort of given up on. It comes across kind of blocky, and even in a manga/anime style, I still think it's important to get across the shape of things like hands and feet. Again though, the coloring is very well done and the drawing is very solid. It's just little things that could be done that would make this really really great.

[Dragon's Flight]

Awesome.

This turned out really really good!
There are only two things I could see that would make it better, and that's stronger lighting (more shadows and it would be really nice if the colors of the sun were reflected off the dragons) and a little aerial perspective to give the sky and the dragons further in the background a little more depth. Aside from that, your lines are amazing! It's a really great use of perspective. Overall a really solid, pretty successful piece of work, and with a little more practice this would be UNREAL. :D

Ramatsu responds:

yeah I was going to do that to be honest. I did put some lighting of the sun on the dragons but my lame pc started lagging and I wanted to save it before I lost a bunch of hours of work put into this. Luckily after I saved it the program crashed on me lol. Thanx a bunch I got a lot of practice to do Now since I got my tablet it's overwhelming! So many tools I don't know where to start I see what people meant when it takes some getting used to it's not about drawing on it, it about the selection they give you makes it so hard to deal with.

[bedtime stories]

WOW

This is amazing!
The perspective is awesome. The kids are adorable. And all the details are just like... wow. Everywhere I look, there's something new to look at.
You're really great at harmonizing colors. Everything is SO colorful and vibrant, but at the same time, nothing gets lost. It's quite a lovely painting. :]

[Rayman group]

LOVE

Totally agree. I've always loved Rayman as a kid, and even now Rayman 3d is the first game I bought for my 3ds. So I'm already biased.

Aside from that though, this image is really great. Lines are clean, colors are vibrant, everyone is mucho intense. You gave the picture this "action-packed" feeling without anybody even moving, and that's nice. Just out of curiousity, what did you use to color? It looks like colored pencil and something else, but I could be totally wrong.

Anyway, great job. I love it. :]

Luichemax responds:

TKS

is really good when people admire our designs with love!
Look, it's just color pencils, pen and ink

and a little digital brightness

RAYMAN FOREVER!