Celx-Requin's art Reviews on Newgrounds

[Midnight]

Exquisite...

Hello,

I really like the way you made everything so organic in terms of placement, you made very good use of the "canvass".

I like the colors, and the black "grassy" bits add to the dreamy quality this has.
It's really good, but because it's photoshop I shall need to deduct points, very rarely is photoshop work worth really high marks in my eyes.

Sincerely,
- Celx
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Imacow responds:

Thanks for the review!

[Land of the Walking Plants]

Day of the triffids anyone?

Hello,

This reminds me of the novel "day of the triffids" by John W.
Were you inspired by said book?

Anyway the drawing itself is quite good, as I often state, inking the piece would make the lines come out better, and elevate the piece as a whole.

Furthermore I think using inks for colors would have been a good idea too.
Overall it's really cool!

Sincerely,
- Celx
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Merol responds:

Wow, I never heard about that book before, but I searched something obout it, and I can see what are you talking about. Even with that, I think the design it's very different.
And yeah, inked, It would look much better, I'll try to use ink next time.

THANKS A LOT FOR YOU REVIEW!!!

[crazy]

Family portraits much?

It's disturbing... And that's coming from a guy who draws talking vagina's for money!

I would scout you but you haven't been here all that long, so I don't want to take the risk only to find out your art was stolen or something...

I am recommending you though!
Sincerely,
- Celx

desktoppirate responds:

i was scouted...now im not, have no idea why. don't understand this system yet ahh. also "good artists copy, great artists steal" unfortunately im neither :( haha. colour me very interested in these talking vaginas :P

[B-B-B-Ben Stein]

Good cartoon version of the man...

Ben Stein had a guest role in one of my favorite, and most criminally neglected games of all time "toonstruck"...

That said the score I have just given you is based on your execution, not on my personal feelings towards the man.

Your depiction of the man is exaggerated, yet uncanny, perhaps a little too youthful looking though.

The lines show up well, but as I have told many others inking always makes them appear "sharper"...

Another issue I have with this piece is his suit isn't fully "colored", or shaded in this case, making it seem a little unfinished.

Had you colored, and inked this I would have given you a full ten,
still most excellent if I say so.

Sincerely,
- Celx
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Daverom responds:

I did want to ink and color it, but the restrictions of the project was midnight, i think it was called, only midnight pencil
Thanks for the review

[Blueby Wooby]

Oh my...

Reminds me of the poster for the film "street trash",
very cool and grimy.

Thanks,
- Celx

conundrummer responds:

Yeah, that poster has really stuck in my mind, it's pretty incredible. Thanks :)

[Self Portrait with Characters]

Good self portrait...

Hello,

Although some of the characters seemed out of proportion, and just to be clear I mean out of proportion relative to your art style, plus the lack of color kind of hurt you too.

I feel even if you didn't want to use color you should have at least inked it, as it would have given your lines a more salient presentation.

Other than that I must commend you on all the activity you have going on,
it's really a good use of space on your "canvas".

Thanks!
- Celx
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AkujinRuukasu responds:

I see where some characters were out of proportion, especially Arch Vile's DevilFace's hands and the vampire hunter's neck, jaw, and hair. I have to say that Yuka was kinda tricky to draw to me. Right now, I'm taking a figure drawing class. I'm sure this'll help me with proportions and perspective. As for coloring, at the time this was worked on, I figured colored pencils would be too bright for this picture. I couldn't really afford appropriate color utensils then. My family had a critical situation which ended tragically two months after this was completed. Until you mentioned inking the picture, I didn't really think about doing that. Oh well...
Thank you for your suggestions and compliments. I really do appreciate it. ^_^

[Two]

Not bad however...

Hello,

There are a couple of things that bother me about this piece.

It seems as though there are unfilled white spots on the canvas, & the black on the eyes seems too abrasive, perhaps you should have used a softer shade?

Aside from that it seems like a nicer surreal piece!
Thanks,
- Celx

InsertFunnyUserName responds:

I agree about the eyes. I tried to make eye lashes, but eh, didn't work out as well as I hoped. A lighter shade is a good idea.

And yeah, I'll make sure to watch out for white spots.

Thanks for the review

[Memories of Better Times]

As good as it could be...

Hello,

I think you nailed the pokeball,
and the placement of the image does stand out quite a bit.

There isn't a flaw I can pick out at all, it's as good as it gets in my books.
That said the reason I'm not giving you a ten is the image is too simplistic,
and fairly easy to do, so I wouldn't feel right giving you anything higher than a 7.

Still nice work though!
Thanks,
- Celx
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Kinsei responds:

Thanks Celx,
A simplistic piece was the goal here, so I would guess I landed it well.
I feel good memories of the past can get too cluttered to easily with random complications. So I'm OK with the 7 instead of a 9 or 10.

[Luigi]

Luigi if he was real.

Very cool piece!

The detail on this is fantastic,
I guess the only thing that would have made this better is if it were inked,
since I feel it would make the lines more salient.

Nothing really wrong with the piece, although adding a mushroom insignia on the top corner, and moving you signature to the bottom left corner would add a nice "harmony" to the canvas. Obviously it's too late for that now though :(

Thanks,
- Celx
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Kinsei responds:

well lucky me, the sig could always be moved with photoshop :P
am I right?
with the grungy feel of this piece, I don't feel that inking it would do justice.

[Copper Dragon]

Solid with a few minor flaws...

Hello,

I think you did an excellent job on the background,
my only issue is the dragons legs seem a little out of proportion,
as well as awkwardly placed.

Everything else is really well done, I particularly like how you caught the
moonlight on the water.

Great job!
Thanks,
- Celx
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EchoRun responds:

I suppose the legs could have been a tad beefier, and its left back leg could have been placed differently.

Thanks for the review. :)