TurkeyOnAStick's art Reviews on Newgrounds

[Kitty]

Hm

I still don't get how you're referencing the original pic. I made a GIF, and it appears you have matched up the shape of the cat perfectly.

http://www.newgrounds.com/dump/item/9d2a68eb6408d0d2ba3bbf5660e6d8a8

How are you starting off these paintings? I'm getting the impression you're simply painting over the original. Which is a bit of a shame, cos otherwise the brushwork in this pic is pretty nice, and pops out.

StudioGiselle responds:

Hi TurkeyOnAStick, I noticed you're not the only one who thinks I trace my work so I wrote a post about my methods. I use the grid system. I place the original photo on my right monitor with a grid made in Gimp and then on my left monitor I open the program I'll be using (in this case it was an online painting program; I usually use Gimp) make the same sized grid and then paint.

I used a tool in this one that I wasn't used to and was quite pleased with the results for the kitten but I hate the background. The program had a pencil tool where I could remove the line and keep the fill so I tried filling in the kitten shape all in one go. I had to do it in several stages but it gave it a more vector feel instead of my usual realism feel that I try so hard to accomplish with paint and spray brushes.

I hope this was helpful in understanding my process.

[Birth of Venus]

S'allright

But normally when you're speed painting you don't trace over the image you're copying.

[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 >:(>:(>:(>:(

[Bunny!!]

!!ynnuB

Simple and cute. G'job.
As a personal preference, I think I'd use more short and squat shapes (rather than long and thin like the arms and ears) and simple curved lines, just to amplify the overall cutesiness.

[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