m1kclark's art Reviews on Newgrounds

[Statue of Liberty Edited]

Juvenile

You have a lot to learn about respect. I can forgive that, since your bio says you are 13. If you'll permit me, I'd like to give you some advice.

If you don't want people to hate on it, then you shouldn't have done something deliberately insulting. If you know people wouldn't be happy with the picture, but you had something really profound that you want to say with it, then that's cool! But you have to suck it up when people hate it, in that case. When you chose to vandalize a classic national symbol (even in effigy), you invited abuse, so I'm afraid it's rather silly to be surprised when the abuse arrives and to preemptively request that it not appear. That's ignorant of other people's valid opinions.

On a mildly related note, the Art Portal is generally for people to express themselves visually. If you're expressing something here, perhaps you could elaborate. I would at least have more respect if you had a message in mind.

[Tron: Legacy, Daft Punk]

Great glow and colors

This is an awesome pic, and even though it shows signs of being made in Flash, that just gives it some extra style.
Reason I commented: I actually recommend the open source photo-editing program GIMP. It does mostly everything Photoshop does, without the cost (it's free) and without the b.s. that Adobe likes to pull with compatibility and terrible memory allocation.

[3 pikmigos]

Great idea, imperfectly executed

The models and shadows of the piks are great. Unforunately, I think the image is totally dominated by the photo of the leaf and it overshadows the 3D stuff you've done. The audience will see the leaf first and the characters second, and I'm guessing that wasn't the point.

pupuhugr responds:

I understand your thoughts on this, but placing the pikmin in the center is just ordinary and boring. I was working with rule of 3rds here. Plus, if people look at this image, and all they see is a leaf, when there are three Pikmin standing to the side, I think Ive done my job :p.

[Wooden wall]

Fantastic draft

The persepective, content, colors, and overall design of the picture is excellent and was well delivered.
All it needs is refinement: it should either all be smooth (like the path in the lower-right) for a real or impressionist feel, or everything should show the pencil lines (like the ice flow at left-of-center) for a stylistic "grainy" touch. But that's truly a detail.

[Kitten Eyes]

Holy perspective, Batman!

The degree of depth the picture has is incredible, and it makes you believe that the cat has come from the depths of the page, straight into your face to communicate with you.

[Femme]

Double image?

This style reminds me of those double-image drawings, for example the one that can look like a young woman turned away, or an old woman facing forward.
For a ten-minute drawing, it has all the important points, and this technique would make for an animation that would be easy to do but captivating to watch.

krissalus responds:

I love those double-image pictures, although I don't think I'd be able to figure out how to draw one on my own XD Glad you like this, though. And interesting idea about making a flash in this style. I never even thought of that. I might give it a try, see what I get out of it. Thanks!!

[Always & Deeply]

Boobs + no boobs

For the gayest painting you've ever done, it's awfully hetero. Besides, the colors and minimalist form are awesome.

Gaz-Metal responds:

Thank you, kind sir.

[Character Design Pose]

Good basis, needs serious work

Guitar is great. The design and the pose are okay. There are serious problems, though: the hands are way too big. They are also really gnarly looking compared to how smooth everything else is. His hat looks like it was cut from a bucket, and you'd be better off with a textured half-sphere. The eyes shouldn't be so round, more like squat ovals than circles. The nose you can keep. He should have some expression in the mouth, and it should be less wide. The chin is also a mixed bag: either make it protrude a bit in the Z direction (out of the page) or round it out more in the X and Y directions so it looks more cartoonish.

The biggest general issue is that you keep going back and forth between a cartoony look and a realistic look. Character modeling isn't easy, and I think it was overly optimistic to try it here when the guitar looks so realistic.

[one nation]

Excellent details

The eagle, hands, and banner all have fantastic details and look realistic. The logo structure is a bit odd: I'm not sure what the hands are doing, or what the cropped banner is about. The white background also seems out of place when the eagle and hands are so highly detailed.
(P.S. Ignore the guy Armoniascuro below me. Even if he had a valid complaint in his head, that review isn't worth the pixels used to display it.)

ramymagdy responds:

thx man ... already did .... I know that the meaning of the logo is not obvious because the conflict and the situation in my country is unknown to all of u ... I just put this one so that u can give me ur opinions about the details that's all ...thank u

[Midnight swim]

Color context

The previous coloring style gave your art a more "hyper-real" sense, where this is more toned down, not necessarily realistic but less hyperbole. The duller tones make the irony in this picture (I love the ice cream in the right pic) more like a quiet joke in a British movie. Meanwhile, your guru and various torture pics are a little more in-your-face on the order of Jackass 3D. I think playing around with the color allows you to pick your flavor a little better, and will give your portfolio in general more depth. Cheers to Shadman.

TheShadling responds:

Cheers mate.