IloveNantes's art Reviews on Newgrounds

[Galaxy In Space]

Very, very few spiral galaxies have that many arms.

[Fairy With Trees]

Man, why are you so obsessed with 'nice' reviews? Get off your high horse.

DragonPunch responds:

You're not helping any.

[Her Realm of Nothing]

Well gee I'm sure the person enjoyed the kiriban

[FIGHT MUSIC]

Good, nice clean and smooth lines and the color scheme is pleasant with good choices of cool purples and silvers together, plus the glowy eye adds to the piece.

Just one little prob, though, the color and shading technique itself is real good but a bit poorly executed at the same time, in a couple areas like the nearest arm and the hands, the slightly uneven and blotchy areas make me feel like my eyes need a good rub.

I likey.

Sinitron responds:

in retrospect i only like the metal bits personally

i made this while trying to learn photoshop years ago

[Alone]

Sorry brah but just drawing shitty sonic-inspired furry art without remote basic knowledge of photoshop won't cut it.

[Space Art Three]

hate to say it but filter overuse is very obvious here. that said, I myself suck at photoshopping so take that observation with a grain of salt because I honestly don't know how to help you with that part...however what I can legit say is that the clouds swirling over Earth (?) don't look alive, more dead and just 'there', y'know? google 'earth in space', etc... even the famous 1969 snapshot by Apollo is extremely dynamic, you can actually SEE the earth is ..alive, moving. A cause to this problem on your painting might be due to the dull, almost one-tone blue shade, the texture would not impose life or the idea of rippling tides to me because it seems almost papery like the stuff you see on cardboard paper. Play with the concept of contrasting color schemes. There are light blue and dark blue tones on your Earth, sure, but the transition is too dull to look REAL. like... for instance, in the 1969 snapshot, almost all of the earth is a dark blue but also rich in color and the very bright, almost cerulean shade thinly surrounding the ends of the sphere adds more to the depth. Imagine if that bright tint wasn't there?????? Also, the clouds (!!) on the snapshot on the south pole are very dynamic, has a very rich 'body'. Notice how there are varying thicknesses and shapes?? If it was all one flavor it would have looked very flat and boring. The swirls over the bottom tip of Africa and around gives the general atmosphere (literally) a very alive and moving feel in contrast to your painting. Also, the edges of the geographic plates on your painting show up too much next to the water. I would never advocate the blur tool however I'm fairly sure this could have been remedied some way or the other by making the transition more subtle.

NOTE: I was under the impression the 'blue marble' photo from NASA I referred to was taken in 1969. Apparently it was actually from a 1972 mission.

Also the other reviewer is right. The realism is ruined also by the brightness of the surrounding space. Generally, if taken from the planet's focal point, it would be much blacker and darker especially considering our own planet is more than 4.5 light years away from the closest star excluding the Sun. And please. NO LENS FLARE. It automatically horridly stenches an otherwise potent drawing every. single. TIME.

Not trying to tear ya to pieces though, since this was only the third try right?? I do admittedly like the purple and yellow contrasting with each other, I just don't think it'd be necessarily appropriate in a realistic planet scene.

DragonPunch responds:

No, no, it's fine. I understand where you're coming from, and yeah, as I continue to do space art, I will continue to get better and better! I appreciate your feedback!

I'm definitely taking your suggestions into consideration, considering how little experience I actually have with space art in the first place. This is only a new thing that sort of popped up for me, so yeah.

[Morrigan Aensland]

hey hiryu, do you know any lolcows on NG?

you're still improving but try taking my suggestion from a while ago more seriously, because I'm still not really seeing it yanno? by that try getting out of your rut by purposefully forcing yourself to do a drawing of ANYTHING but a perfectly flat composition+no foreshortening etc combo? I'm not an art professional so I might not be coming off clearly but honestly all your pin ups have roughly the 100% same pose in same composition, kinda stiff and boring? 3.5 stars for the actual effort but 1.5 off because still no real signs of 'forcing yourself' to get out of this horrid habit...sorry man, but tis the truth! (if you want actual helpful things, take figure drawing classes or try this site pixelovely dot com, tip for the latter: DON'T rely on the 'pause' button to take your time. trust me.....)

keep the perseverance up. please.

DragonPunch responds:

Thank you for your feedback! I'll be sure to practice some foreshortening and depth sometime soon. Right now, I'm working on another pin-up, and it's one I'm rather proud of, too! Look forward to hearing from you soon!

[I TOLD YOU I WOULD IMPROVE!]

Reminds me of Asuka Langley, but unlike Shinji, I'm not going to be a sick fuck about it and masturbate over to this.

Honestly, looks very... NGE-inspired... I'm not saying that's a bad thing, since I've long since strayed from the strictly realistic path and started stylizing my humans' anatomy as seen in the manga adaption both realistic- and manga-wise (yea, you read that right.. the great anime-hating ilovenantes has started doing manga as a side style!), but there are a few flaws within the design of the armor.

Just the greatest nitpicks, really... like, how you decided to display the crotch area of the armor makes the actual crotch itself seem quite unintentionally so... large. Almost like she has a slight penis, you know? I would make it appear a little less voluminous by not quite putting so much emphasis on how you shaded the area. Kinda in a bulbous sorta way, y'know? And make the lines at the top shorter, too.

I'm not trying to be a douche ya know, but seems as you improve in some areas, you make questionable changes to others.

DragonPunch responds:

Yeah, I just noticed that. Thanks for pointing these things out.

[The World of Snailiad]

the metapod in da tree gives me a hardcore boner

[jenny vamp]

Finally something decent.

Nothing looks terribly out of place being a manga kind of style. Good to see you improving.