TurkeyOnAStick's art Reviews on Newgrounds

[LEGIT HUMAN]

graphical thinking

This is real nice, I'm keen on the straghtforward graphical representation of ideas that aren't quite tangible, and it provokes people to have a shared/different opinion to yourself. I like the exploration you've made in the representation of the alternate reality idea.

... I've only got a couple of slight problems, though! You don't need to heap on the multi-syllable words to sound profound, since your pictures should be doing the work for you. For example "visual depiction of conscious evolution" could just as well be shortened to "depiction of evolution". I also think the 3 ideas could work just as well on 3 separate canvases, whilst being tied together as a small series.

[The soul of the Storm]

Awwww

I was looking forward to a gorgeous image from the thumbnail, since the concept, patterns and colouring of this pic is really tight. I like the idea of having an armour that's similar to pot fragments - that seems like a nice idea to expand on with a more asymmetric design.

My problem is that the bright, long strands of the steam is the most distracting thing in the whole design. The white lightning confuses it further, since it's so similar! I think the steam leaking through the gaps in the armour is a strong enough idea on it's own, but I think simpler, unbranching, fading steam strands which all rise vertically would have worked better.

Keep up the good work, tho, since I follow your other creature concepts.

Undeadkitty13 responds:

i see it now if i tone it down it should look better
glad you like thanks

[Throbulator]

throbbing

Far too great.

I wanted to see how the back of the head looks like in the rendered view, and indeed it looks brain-like.

Good job on the warm coloured flesh and the cold metal feet replacements, too.

Savory responds:

I'll probably make a bunch of maps for it, like an emmissive on the brain!

[The Rabbit and the Heart]

pxxxl

Don't blame your mouse >:( There are a few people who prefer using mice to tablets for pixel art anyway, since you don't need to worry about brush strokes and gradual shading, and more about the bold colours and refining the shape of the characters.

The bunny's good, but the heart and rabbit poo on the ground look like they're slapped in to fill up space, but don't add to the pic.

I'll also recommend Derek Yu's tutorial, which contains lots of decent pointers about pixel art.

http://www.derekyu.com/extras/pixel01.html

EventHorizon responds:

thanks for the review!, ground the brown stuff you see is not the rabbit's poo, really should be acorns or nuts but as I feared people would have thought that was crap, however I'm glad you gave a vote of 6 and thanks for giving me the link on the pixel-art tutorial, very useful.

[The Artistic Murder of Bacon]

and eggs

It reminds me of that scene in the Shining where the guy in a bear suit is giving fellatio to another guy. Probably because I expect to see a kindly old granny sitting in that wheel chair, but it has instead been replaced by a pink bunny.

(not that I expected to see a granny in the Shining scene that I mentioned).

Decent simple painting, the brush strokes and greyed midtones add to the dirty feel of the pic. The size of the canvas is fine, but you could do with something in the background - like a clock, or a mirrror.

[Momma was an Opium Smoker]

momma?

Yeah great work, ja. Love those wasting away rabbits and the simple background.
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... would be better coloured >:(>:(>:(>:(

[Bunbun]

mMmmeMMMMMmmmm

Great for the Flood Logo, yes! Mm, chocolatey brown bunny, yummy.
My complaint is that the foreground grass doesn't look layered, because there's no contrast between neighbouring straws.

Otherwise, mmmmMMmmmmmMmMMM.

J-qb responds:

Ah yeas good point

[Hank plus AR15]

Aight

I'm not a fan of Madness.
I'm a fan of Rhunyc's Madness fan-art.
Your pics capture an extra 1-dimension of drama, action and sheer epicness in a single scene.

This pic Hank is just blasting away at some unknown which produces a bucket load of gore. The dynamicism of the pic is all down to the diagonals - the flow of blood, the direction of the (gorgeously detailed) rifle, and the fall of the bullets. Not to mention the gritty colours you've decided to use.

My negative criticism is petty, since you shouldn't add/subtract much more to this pic. One is that I think you could have shaded/highlighted the head scarf a bit better, since the first thing I look at is either Hank's face, or the exploding barrel of the rifle.

The second is the size of the canvas - it's too tall! I think it might be easier to understand if you treat the rifle as a line that splits the canvas in half. It's an odd trick, but it helps enclose your character within the canvas. I think it would also keep most of the good bits within the centre third of your pic.

Summary: Yeah it's good and stuff.

Rhunyc responds:

Hey thanks for the amazingly awesome review. It makes me warm and fuzzy!!

Also, the depth of your review is great too, awesome feedback! I like to know exactly what I can improve on and what I should do to make the image better.. So thank you! :)