BrianxDome's art Reviews on Newgrounds

[the world underneath]

That is one very creative and colorful world!

[Serpendragon]

Super DUPER COOL! I don't tend to really like stuff like this but you did a really good job at establishing a focus point and light source. My only problem is with the Sort of Dragon-Snake. To the right of the guy the body of the Sort of Dragon-Snake is squished/ thin looking compared to the rest of the body and it doesn't look like it is going back further into the distance. But other than that the silhouette of the guy is clear and really impressive looking. The Serpendragon and Guy look great! So AWSOME WORK! and KEEP GETTING BETTER! :P

[Berserker Stef]

Maybe you could have shown more, I know you're trying to go for a simplified look but showing too little makes it seem flat which has kinda been done here. you could have also made either the face or the knife have more focus drawn to it because the picture looks to have two separate focus points which could make it look boring(Nothing is truly drawing your attention to it because the "focus" almost takes up the whole page). As you said in the description too that you've been reading a lot of Berserk IF, and I'm not saying you are but if you are going for Kentaro Miura's style you would have done the complete opposite of what he does. I don't think (like I said earlier) you're going for his style but Kentaro Miura pretty much tells his entire stories through detail. He is legendary when it comes to visuals, he's one of my favorite artists. None the less, you have shown that you have a genuine grasp of motion and you did a really good job showing his expression( I like it a lot by the way). So AWSOME JOB! and KEEP GETTING BETTER! :P * I saw your Deathink submission, now THAT... That was really cool and expressive!

AntonM responds:

Thank you so much for the detailed review, man! I really appreciate the tips on focus points, flatness, details + your analysis of Miura's art. Thanks again for taking the time to critique my pic, I'll work on your points + try to get better for next time :)

[Karin!]

WOAH! Your anatomy is great and so is your environment! But what I appreciate the most is the very well done contrasted coloring accompanied by the comic book style ink/direction lines. Also good on you for outlining the light blue ribbon with yellow, by adding it it looks like it actually is apart of the character not just something in the background or behind her. AWSOME WORK! :P
I'm glad that I looked up ohohohohohohohohoho and found this... It was worth it.

[Wandering off]

AHH YOU'RE SO CLOSE! My only problems with this is the anatomy of the girl and her foot placement( The feet in this case tell you how big everything is and if there is any ground behind her, which means you could also work on placing your characters into an enviornment) and how both the girl, and the tree in the background are "stiff" looking, though I still very much so like the way you did your water *that was something I took a note on, and I love the way you did your cobblestones "though you could use more value to emphasize the depth/distance between the very front waterfall and the second." Other than that you did a good job at creating an open space such as this one. My favorite part was the design of the stream, I thought it was really cool the way it turns into the area facing the camera. So AWSOME WORK, KEEP WORKING HARD AND GETTING BETTER. :P

ShalevZohar responds:

Oh wow I missed critics from newgrounds, everyone in Deviantart walks on glass all the time and never dares to point out anything.
Placing a character in a background is one of my weaknesses along with perspective because I don't draw enough backgrounds.
The tree thing is noted, I had this mistake before too, next time I'll use a reference, maybe space the leaves differently.
The water came out of the blue, I've literally never drawn water before and found no good pencil reference so I just improvised.
I used a mechanical pencil for the entire drawing so the shades aren't strong, but it was also a little my fault for hurrying and not having an actual pencil at this point of my art life.
Also, what's specifically off with the anatomy?
Thanks for the comment and the critique, I'll improve and draw whenever I have actual time :'>

[Warriors sketch]

AWSOME you did great making the Bodies look fluid!

[Different Lives]

Ah the scratchy lines... I used to have those. For me it was a problem with confidence and me trying to get every line exact by stopping the line/Stroke short every second but I just ended up screwing the lines up by doing that. It could also be the way you hold the pencil, from the looks of it it looks like you're holding it as if you were writing words on a piece of paper. I'm not sure how to explain it on the computer so simply put, There is a different way of holding the pencil. If you have an art teacher I would encourage you ask them how to hold a pencil when drawing, you only learn from what you ask and acknowledge. You can also ask about the "flow" of a piece, or how you guide someones eye through your work the way you want them to. I say this because it looks like you were going for a comic book page type of style, and this is how comic book creators create good illustrations. Something else you can ask about is the depth of a paper, or how "3D" something looks on a 2D surface, because right now the way you framed and positioned all the character makes it look kinda boring. Though this is ambitious for someone who had just started drawing, your anatomy of course could use some work but thats really good for where you're at, so keep working hard on it and I'm glad you didn't also flip the fight scene upside down that's a +1 in my book. So AWSOME WORK, and please KEEP ON GETTING BETTER! :P

WaleedSoldier responds:

Thank you sir. That means alot to me and I shall keep trying to get better.

[Crockpuncher]

I wouldn't put the text, and the light source designation is a little wonky and should be more defined. but other than that I actually really liked it, and the way you textured everything I thought was very eye pleasing. :P

[Russian Space Man doing Russian Space Things]

You did an amazing job of accurately conveying a "flow" of the painting. The satellite, ship, antenna (to the left), station, astronaut , vodka bottle, and even some of the paint strokes are all facing the same direction! AWSOME WORK! :P

kazorkthedork responds:

oh thank you. hard time practising composition finally paid off.