shadowfals's art Reviews on Newgrounds

[The House of The Dead Thumbnail]

I like the character drawings. I dislike how they're mismatched with the title, which looks like a scan of a metallic book cover or card that could look cleaner with a digital redraw.

Tele-Pathetic responds:

This is helpful, thanks! :)

[Get pumped]

I love the face. This character seems fun. The overall colors are fun. What I'm not pumped up about: At first I thought the lines were blood vessels. Looking again, that wouldn't make sense. Blood vessels don't grow in that pattern. So then I guessed scars. But thinking about more, they've got to be blood vessels. Anyhow, I like the clothes; slightly suggestive of a snake.

JArtist88 responds:

It's supposed to be blood flowing through his veins.

[Space Lady]

Gorgeous, and creative! I especially love her hair and the glow effects.

There was a technical problem you might want to know about . The image was extremely slow to load for me. Maybe the file size is too big? I'm not sure everyone would wait for the lady to appear.

LIAVI responds:

Oh thank you!
Being honest, I didn't expect to see a comment on something as old as this piece... but in regards to the file size (iirc), yeah it's probably a bit big for what it's worth -w-

[Cotton Candy Llama]

Cute!

[Hanging out]

Perfect colors. Cute outfits. Strange proportions that almost work for me in the back character but not the one in the front. The scene is a little confusing. I'm not sure if the hamburger is a random hungry thought while the characters are cherry picking or if it's symbolic of something; that's bugging me.

[Improvement from 2020 to 2021]

Lovely. Your coloring is well done.

[Midday meeting]

The hands are amazing!

[Commission: Annamalee]

Lovely colors. Gorgeous curves. The shiny details are very appealing.

For me, the duck in the cage is less appealing. Just seems out of place. The bird is simultaneously the focal point of the image and partially hidden by the bright bars. I don't understand why. I'm not sure what's happening in this image.

But I'm guessing it's significant to the client, whose opinion is the one that really matters.

The stained glass background blends too well with the goth character, in my opinion, but it is very pretty, too.

smashbrethren responds:

Thanks for the compliments. I'll have to keep in mind the level of contrast between the background elements and the main figure next time.

As for the posing and goose, they were pretty much specified exactly by the client. The only thing I had much artistic liberty with was the design of the outfit.

[Realistic cherry blossom]

Can you share your reference(s)? The silhouette is obviously a plant and has a tree shape. (Good job!) But the cherry blossoms look unrealistic to me. I might be unfamiliar with the type you're drawing.