sincronikon's art Reviews on Newgrounds

[Shub-Whatshername]

"This is probably somebody’s fetish fuel. I regret nothing." -- story of my art tab ;). Call me crazy, but I suspect that you'd come up with some wild, tasteful stuff if you allowed yourself to get into this headspace more often. You're thinking about what you make a lot harder than most people.

Thetageist responds:

Thanks! It is pretty fun to take what people usually want and mess with it, for creativity more than “subversion”. I’ve got at least one horror-related iteration of the Super Crown/Bowsette meme in the pipeline, I think you’d enjoy that.

[Hey ya'll!]

This one caught my attention :). I love paints! Since you asked for feedback, here's what I'd do:

1) Light from the front with a strong light. This would cast shadows on all the awkward spots (e.g. fingers), and make it easy to reason about darkening the edges of fingers / the tip of the tail / etc. You'd probably brighten up the thighs, which would then help you reason about where to put hard lines to make the character pop. Don't be afraid of near-black shadows if you need them ;).

2) Soft blend your hard contrast blobs -- e.g. tip of the ear / tail transition / hair highlights. You're ***so close*** to having wonderful shading here, it's just a few sweeps of a soft blending brush away on the inside, and a hard blender on the edges :)

Always nice to see people going for complex full colour :). Hope this helps in some way? Keep it up!

redfoxbennaton responds:

It does help. I think. At the time when I made this I didn't really use smudge tools for blending in some messy paint.

[giving smoke vibes]

*goes to fetch lighter; decides against it*

I love this! What tools are you using to make your art?

ayofern responds:

thx! i just use photoshop cc 2019 and an intuos tablet ahhaha

[Cave Spidergirl]

This is wonderful. Instant follow + fav. I can only hope to be able to finish things at this level of quality one day. As mentioned previously, fearless use of colour. But, it's also restrained. Interesting.

PS: Where do all the painter-types hang out?! Comics, cartoons: not my thing. Finding paint-style focused groups? I'm clueless. NG is the best I've found so far.

blazingpumpkinart responds:

thanks for the nice comment. You can find groups in discord where different artists work and you can see things like this if you can find the right one.
I reside in the discord server "the waifu factory" where there are plenty of artists of varying styles https://discord.gg/zB9WWEkH7q

[Liara T'soni]

Hope to be able to paint clothes this well some day, haha. Followed :). I see this and think, "I've got loooong way to go" :). Oof.

If you're brave and have a spare moment, I'd love feedback on of my digi-paints -- I'm sure you'd be sufficiently disgusted by the quality alone, if not subject matter, to have some valuable feedback ;). Hard to find painter-types -- hence the ask. Regardless, have a good one!

dretalake responds:

I appreciate that you are up front, humble and honest!
It's all just art we're doing, it's not that big of a deal. Just need to age restrict the arty stuff that might be too much for the faint of heart.

Before I can suggest any direction I need to know where you want to go with your art. Such as where do you want to improve? what kind of art do you want to make one day? Some things got easy solutions I can recommend.

[Necrotic]

Stylish imp-type, I approve! Doom got me started on everything, even recently in my [awkward] move to 2D concept stuffs ;).

PrincessUsagi85 responds:

Tysm, forsure DOOM inspired.
I can beat knee deep in the dead on nightmare in under 45 mins 🤣

[What is this?]

I won't lie, I think this original piece lands better, but that is probably just my opinion. I'll tell you why, and you can discard my opinion if it doesn't serve you :).

"What's going on here"? Wonderful! So many artists try to prove a specific point without leaving anything open. I love the abstract nature of this paint + draw. In this early iteration, I can use my own imagination to wonder about things. The later image you produced is, in some way, more "specific" than this image -- and when dealing with gore / trauma / etc, I think it's best to leave interpretation open. That may just be my opinion, and I'm happy to be wrong :).

Specifically, the intestine is not well defined -- I have to imagine it. I can see the shoulders; the eyes; the hips;... it all stands out very well. But I want to know about the chest. Is there some heart? Is this about pain, or anatomy? I don't know if you intended to prove a point with the image, but as a gamer type, I appreciate the inspiration and it's reasonable.

If you ever revisit this idea I hope you look at both of your paints and decide on something that tells a story. I will not claim to be good at this myself :), merely, that I noticed.

Best!

misterbright responds:

...it's a silent hill reference :I

[Do you like THE MCRIB?]

Fascinating, fearless use of colour :). Love people who go for vibrant stuff!

4-5 hours? I have no critique, frankly, because this is so unique and wonderful! But I'm curious as to how you thought about composition? There is so much overlap... what was your approach to achieve this in such a short time? Did you immediately paint? Any references, or pure imagination?

Best!

Opabinia responds:

Hell, the time's mostly an estimate considering I was stuck in buttass nowhere (affectionate) in Pennsylvania at the time and was sitting on a bed drawing all day because the family we were visiting came down w/COVID halfway through our visit.

Thank you for the feedback! I didn't think much about composition aside from how the heck to position a Protogen's giant head so as to make it look like it was about to enjoy a Mcrib. I googled a reference image of a guy eating a sandwich, and then just drew a protogen over top of it (not tracing- drawing the protogen's body shapes using the position of the human's body as a guide for placement).

My process went: sketch -> colored the sketch -> added some shading to the sketch to guide me later when I finalized it (usually with lineart) -> hid the sketch layer one time and concluded it looked too good without lineart -> painted it.

This was painted on one layer, which is actually a bit easier than painting with multiple layers IMO. I had to think about where to paint first so I didn't paint over something else in the drawing that was already done.

Gradients and layer modes helped with this too, as well as an airbrush for around the glowing parts. Also I forgot to render the metal "ears" almost completely but no one ever noticed so I consider that a win

[Land scape practice]

Back for updoots =). I forgot to ask, how long did this take you? My first paints of environment were 20+ hours long, hahaha!

This is beautiful. OK, "rule of thirds", blah blah, but it's clear from your profile you know all of this and more -- way more, than I do.

What I especially like is how crisp this turned out, despite the lack of line work. The only thing I don't "believe" in this image is the mountain in the background, and I'm sure you'll sort it out as you go. Only tip? I think you could leverage a texture brush (e.g. dots, scattered lines -- complex brush) in combo. with a blender to generate sand and other "unknowns" a little more believably. I'm a big fan of shortcuts, and will share my brushes if you want to shoot me a PM. Best!!!

TheOtherSider responds:

This was something like 5 to 6 hours on a iPad from start to finish. I think had I dedicated a little more time to it I could have made it more believable all around. I think I might take a month and devote as much time as I really like to painting landscapes. This is the first time I really did one with the land scape being the soul subject.

[Kazuto underwater]

Hmm... I like the body shape and your focus on very specific things.

Can I suggest some things? Feel free to discard this advice if it doesn't work for you:
- I have a hard time believing the shin. A feminine leg works! The shin is a bit off at the top

- Push yourself to render feet! Hahaha, I'm also scared of feet! But once you do them a few times you realize they're easier than hands.

- Since this is under water, I suggest you push yourself to make a more complex background. If you need to photo-bash to get started, don't be embarrassed, ignore your art teacher =D. Look up Renee Robyn for examples of how real-world camera artists combine their work with digital, if you need inspiration. She has a wonderful under-water gallery. Even though she's a photographer, I think you could pick up an idea or two -- or at least, inspiration.

Best!

KisakiTetsu responds:

Hey! Thank you so much for your advice! it really helps me out! thanks for taking the time to look at my art and write the review! really aprecciate it!