sincronikon's art Reviews on Newgrounds

[Bowsette]

Love the blend of styles! Ideally, one day, I will figure out how to mix lines and painting similarly :).

I don't know how far you intended to go with this, but I would suggest the reflection doesn't make sense, and the parapets don't match the high quality of the rest of the scene. It's clear you're pushing anatomy, and +doots for that! However, I don't believe she's actually riding Yoshi -- the creature shouldn't be transparent, regardless of intent. If you intended to show more behind, I would suggest expanding the canvas to a wide format and letting yourself go :).

Since you recently argued in favour of accuracy on my thread, I feel these comments are reasonable? But holy crap, great work, this is awesome :).

TheOtherSider responds:

Fair and accurate critique ! As I’ve spoken of before I have always been more of a character artist tha backgrounds and the like. So anatomy is kinda my game. You are also correct she is not riding yoshi . It is supposed to be one of those inflatable pool toys. Though admittedly my ability to render it as such is lacking a bit. Some of my problems come from I only think about the character until like 80% of that is done…then I’m like “shit…I need to add a back ground or something” a lot of my troubles comes from me not thinking all the way threw the piece. Thank you for taking the time to give me this feed back :)

[Spirited Away 3]

I see the story now :). Haha. My only (extremely minor) gripe? The shape of the eye and the shape of the lamp/dish/receiver are very similar and very close to each other. I had to take a moment to visually separate the two in order to fully see the monster. But again, wish I could draw this well!

TreasurePlanet responds:

oh yeah! i can def see that! those are good things to notice, the lamp looks like a face!

[Ruby Ridge]

I see your bashing based on Wiki of the Ridge, and I approve. I think you could have given yourself permission to go farther with this, by telling more of the story. How would you approach that? IDK... I'd probably have chosen to render the Weaver dog dead next to Vicki, but that could also be too much? Interesting, regardless :)

TreasurePlanet responds:

yeah i think youre right! I def could have gone more into this. I def dont shy away from themes of abuse and i think the feelings of animals are just as valid as human feelings.

[Spirited Away 2]

Wild, interesting, and impressive. I only wish I could draw this well! 5/5. I only wish there was some kind of background to tell me where this creature is, but, frankly, who cares? This is great.

TreasurePlanet responds:

thank you so much : )))))
you can draw this well too!!it just takes practice and nights full of frustration LOL

[Overdose]

Easily the most interest abstract/texture I've seen in awhile :). You'd think this idea would show up all the time, but, hmm... interesting :). Big fan of fearless colour peeps. Especially the ones who find a way to send a message.

TreasurePlanet responds:

thank you so much! : )))

[Revenge for LankyLunatic]

Not a furry, but I love your artistic choices and like the paint style! Kudos for going with strong colour. Brave choice.

4/5 because we're all improving :). I see what you intend, and it's really interesting.

How did you achieve the fur? Did you stroke each line, or use a texture brush?

Only critique is the cyan outlines on nails & spikes. I don't know this style, but I feel like a different colour of line would have helped. Perhaps I'm wrong? But I tried a quick re-colour using the purples/blues of your background and it "felt better" somehow. Maybe this is not what you intend, just offering.

Anyway -- you're reaching a non-furry -- that's impressive :). Good job!

Opabinia responds:

Thank you! I'm glad I reached more people and am getting some constructive feedback! When I color a sketch (or lineart, really), I usually just use the colors on a character's reference sheet (or whatever reference I have of their normal colors). Shading, gradient maps, and randomized color jitter in the brush settings get me to the finalized color scheme of a piece. Say, if the colors of a piece seem all over the place, overlays and gradients can bring them together and seem less out of place.

I utilized a textured brush for the fur and hair. Doing it with the brushes is hard enough, I can hardly imagine painting individual strands. Using CSP's timelapse feature for painting with this many strokes inflates the file size enough too haha.

Yeah, I agree, I could've done the claws and spikes better. I just didn't really know how to correctly execute them when they are supposed to be blue on the outside but purple on the inside. Perhaps I should do some little material studies on crystals, transparent materials, and claws.

Thank you for the feedback, it made my morning better.

[ΛNNIKI - "The Cathie Drip"]

You recently decided to dump criticism of "anatomy" on another artist who is doing an equally good job as you. I've looked at your images. It's clear you aren't capable of providing this criticism. I can't stand it when people punch above their weight in order to be shitty, so here is specific advice on how to improve:

- Where is the neck?
- Where is the torso?
- I don't believe your claws, at all.
- Legs have volume. Where is the indication of a shin? How do you hide the shin?
- Teeth simply don't look like this.
- Hair is not a single colour, ever, even in bare-bones modern anime style.

Do you get it? Your character might be fine, if you intend cartoons, but a "fundamentals" lesson is not the sort of thing you are qualified to recommend to other people. And with this, I will ignore you until you improve and leave you be. HELP your fellow artists. SHARE resources. If you just want to be shitty, hey bud, I can do that too! But I can at least tell you what's off.

TheMiamiDeSantos responds:

ok kek

[Alex My Boy]

I am also a huge fan of Deus Ex (play it yearly ;)) and immediately saw what you are going for! On my profile I have a relatively SFW Anna Navarre in a precarious position, lol.

4/5 because I can read this easily but we're all improving =D. I'm not a fan of comics, but your style hits me anyway with this image -- this is really hard to do with people who aren't anime fans, so you can take this feedback however you want, but I suggest this is a good path :). If you've impressed someone who runs away from anime, you've succeeded on many levels.

- The reflection seems like it tested you?
- Flat colours work well here, but perhaps altering the the sky to show light rays could help you add more complex colour?
- I don't believe the energy katana in relation to the rest of the image

Hope this helps? Good stuff bud. Enjoy!

LavvieGuro responds:

Thanks! I really like the story of IW and I really wish Alex got more love. I've been experimenting around and an early 2000s anime just fit him :> The reflections/water was REALLLLLY tough, I'll defo take the light rays in mind~! Any ideas on how I could improve the energy sword? :3c