Soapbubble's art Reviews on Newgrounds

[Midnight]

Feels cold

And warm, both at once.

I'm giving this a seven, mainly because it doesn't make me go "wow". It's a very well-done piece, especially seeing as you say you've only been messing around in Photoshop. However, it seems a similar result could be easily accomplished from using some effects and brushes.

Either way, you composed the picture well. With dark colours, the picture feels cold, but there's something about it that feels really inviting and calming, relaxing. I guess it's the choice of the blue colour.

You did pretty good on cropping out the moon from whatever the original picture was, and I couldn't really see much evidence of it being cropped at all. Didn't even know it was cropped till I read Fro's review, and your response.

Also, I agree with Fro, this one must be viewed in it's full size.

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Imacow responds:

Thanks for the review, good sir!

[Mushroom Kingdom Stand-Up 1]

I see a series in the making.

Like always, a comment on the graphic first:

Your style is very simple, which is also flattering, and it sure looks good. The colors are maybe a bit too simple, I'd like to see some sort of shading used, but along with your drawing style which is simple, the simple use of colors really works out.

The simple plot makes me at least smile, no matter how bad the joke is. It might be how you perform it, setting the gag up and leaving an empty panel, before the punchline, if you can call it that.

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Iplaygames responds:

I agree with the colors... I need to add shading, and a better background then... blue. I'm going to redo this when I get my laptop back... but not until then. The only program I have available for art at the moment is MS Paint... which I've been exploring as well.

Thanks.

[Capture the Moment]

Calm

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Score: 5 / 10
Review:
I like this piece! Yeah! I really do!

Seriously, I do. I like it, because the blue in the back and the color of the table are calm and soothing, whilst the news clip in the back make it a little disturbing. I'm guessing it's a journalist's workplace or something. Or someone with a missing family.

The perspective is a little off, and the camera does look slightly weird, but other than that, i can't find many flaws. Seeing as it seems like there's a light shining directly on the lens, the shadow should probably be on the other side of the camera. I do like the effect on the lens.

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Fro responds:

Score: 5 / 10?

But you give me an 8?

[Dark Entry]

Best of the three

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Score: 8 / 10
Summary: Best of the three
Review: Really, this is the best of the three pieces. Simply because it has the Silent Hill-mood in it.

The colors are dark and grey, daft colors, making it seem sad or scary. It's simplistic, but not simply a square with more squares and a circle, I can clearly see it's a door, and it doesn't blend in with the wall behind.

The one thing that really makes this one, is the smudged look.

The frame of the door looks a little large, as well.

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Fro responds:

Agreed, thanks.

[Owen Morrison]

Looks neat

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Score: 8 / 10
Summary: Looks neat
Review: I see it's a sketch, but this looks good. Would do good in a movie.

I'd like to see some more detail. I can practically imagine the hair waving in the wind just while looking at the picture. The coloring is simple, with just a little shading. The white spot, which I guess is supposed to look like light reflecting, shouldn't be completely white. It really looks like you forgot to fill it in.

The stream of blood has the right color, but it looks like it's voluntarily moving into the edge of the mouth. Or it might just be me.

Nitpicking: The hair coming from behind his nose looks like it's growing out of his nose. Could possibly make it bend less, because it looks like it bends outward. Or, draw some of it next to the ridge of the nose.

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Fro responds:

Thanks for the tips. Kind of an incomplete sketch I guess.

[Dark Cavern]

Looks like the inside of an asshole

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Score: 6 / 10
Summary: Looks like the inside of an asshole
Review: Nah, I'm messing with you. It doesn't look half bad, but I did have some problem making out what it was.

I'm sure it looks better put in context with the rest of the flash (the ocncept art looks great). I'm not sure what the "border" is, and even though I can make ouot that it's a door or something of the kind in the end of the tunnel, and I really can see it's a tunnel, I'd like to see some more detail on the inside of the tunnel. Also, it really is too red.

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Fro responds:

The picture is basically a screen shot of the flash so you're catching it in mid animation. This would be where the person was walking from normal to mysterious cave.

Thanks for the review.

[aging up]

Good idea - if done right.

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Score: 2 / 10
Summary: Good idea - if doone right.
Review: This looks really half-assed.

I suggest you take more time on your drawing. This needs a lot more attention to detail. It simply looks too rushed, even though there is shading added.

Smoother strokes, better filling coolors, shading might be a little off, needs more detail, and it'd be cool if you could add an age under each picture, to show how old they're supposed to look!

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piggy123 responds:

ok thanks

[Shark]

Not half-bad at all

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Score: 7 / 10
Summary: Not half-bad at all
Review: I agree that this is a well-drawn shark, but there are som minor flaws.

First of all, the shark looks great. Proportionally, that is. The colors are also really good. The background also is perfect, and in total, the picture is relaxing and soothing.

The outline is sketchy, and the fin we see looks weird. I can see where it joins the boody, but it still looks really weird. Also, the jaws don't look right.

Overall a nice shark, but not the best. Could use a few minor improvements. Fin, mouth, outline, mainly. Oh, and you might wanna make the body longer, after the fins.

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SeaBoundRhino responds:

I found it very difficult to get the fin to join in the body properly, I thought it looked fine, but obviously I was wrong. Thanks for pointing that out :)

[Wind-Tanken face]

Interesting

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Score: 6 / 10
Summary: Interesting
Review: I won't lie, this isn't a very good piece.

Despite that, it's really interesting. The colors are soft, smooth and feel great, but it simply doesn't look like much. It would've been okay if it was abstract, but this isn't supposed to be abstract, it's a face slowly disappearing.

I don't really see the disappearing part, I can see a nose and what I think is a mouth, but that's about it.

Make it clearer, what's what, and we might have something here.

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TiberiumCrystalKutu responds:

Yes. I understand.