VicariousE's art Reviews on Newgrounds

[I <3 Derry]

Ah. This draws me in quite nicely. Excellent use of brushstrokes and color in the face of darkness... a delightful piece. The dot representing his right eye looks off, unless you were planning on drawing him with a lazy eye in a later related work.
I wanna see more of the tie and suit! That's darkness for ya.

SeventhTower responds:

Thanks for the feedback! I think you're right about the eye too. I shall fix that up! Thank you for pointing that out. I probably wouldn't have seen it other wise! :O

[Flood the Portal Friday 12]

Yeah, the perspective on this piece is an acquired taste... hard to view the whole thing comfortably on my monitor. I guess it's the alien pawn in the lower left and the feel of tightness on the center of the piece that threw me. The elements are all laid out nicely. You captured a snapshot of another world, well done!

ZaneZansorrow responds:

I like to call them putty but alien pawn sounds about right :3

[Honk]

I just have to laugh. The caption is the pie in the face this picture needs, so I guess it's worth 3 n a half stars. Nnnno clue what's this is referencing, if anything... it looks damn cool though.
Oh and happy belated birthday. Someone obviously likes you enough to have stared a thread on the subject, so KuDoS :)
Oh forget it, have another star!

thdark responds:

Thanks!
It's actually in reference to a reality TV show Sony makes called "The Tester". It's not a very good show in all regards, but these people in it make it at least watchable.
What's this thread you're talking about? And thanks again for the birthday thing?

['Dwree']

This looks great on canvas!! Great use of space and color. But the bird looks so derpy! I've never seen such an understated legendary, wingless critter before... What are the shapes around the bird? A plasmatic field of some kind? I like the fact I have no clue what I'm looking at, and I don't know why. It's like a tribute to the mundane, yet powerful forces all around us... that or my medication's kicking in.

Butzbo responds:

Huh, well the shapes are something like that, though a bit more inspired by something along mayan glyphs. that's where the , sort of 'legendary' bit comes from.
HUH, if it's not your meds, maybe it has something to do with the frightened, perhaps paranoid yet static (oh well, 'derpy' works aswell) expression of the bird. which, manages to still appear as a sort of relevant creature while it's surrounded by this 'plasma field'.

[Squidbit]

You need a fly colorist now, bro. The half ring of letters has a nice feel of depth. The "I" needs more dark lines in the middle to be seen AS a letter. The eye and tentacle pads are of an exceptional (check my reviews, don't think I've used that word yet) quality. "How good can you free-hand draw a circle"... anyway, your score just went to a full 5. :3 This is really great and lifelike.

Hoboweasel responds:

Thank you so much for your review! I'm not one for color (it's just not my style), but when I get some watercolors or something I might do some colored pieces. I see what you're saying about the 'I,' though. I can draw a pretty decent freehand circle, I guess (though I usually try and do less with circles now and more with strange shapes).

['Wrodg']

The robotic crabs must've been pretty small! This piece is much more fleshed out than almost all of your other works. It's got conventional, solid subject matter. The shading with colors and fine lines (in the bottom left areas, especially) are the best I've seen yet - digital suits you... whatever program your using, it's still your style, 100%.
The overhanging top half of the roof looks a little confusing though. I'll buy ya all the bagels you can eat if you attend the NG NYC meet in May!

Butzbo responds:

Hheh, regular Photoshop seven.
Funny how i wasn't too sure the small windows were good evidence of the size of the crabs.
Huh, wish i could attend a NG meet , too bad there's not that much of a NG community at Chile.
Thanks once again for the review!

[Save us!]

That's a big dude. His eyes are a tad too far apart, I think. What draws me in: is he kneeling on a platform or levitating (the candles are wonderfully rendered, btw)? I really love trying to figure that point out, looking through the rain. With all the vertical elements in play, this thing rocks. What influenced the background? I'm thinking the album cover for Iron Maiden's, Somewhere In Time...

YouAreNotAlone responds:

Haha, that's just a painting on the wall, not a real person =D It's some kind of an icon in falling apart world. Gonna put a whole story in description later.
I just tried to create a desperate, cold and gloomy atmosphere, thats why i put those slums on a background - without any references, pure imagination.
And thanx for response!)

[Vincent Price]

Most excellent representation in a dying style

This was vincent price of old, and he was cool. He die of lung cancer? The smoke skull upstages the smoker... This a recent pic? Append this work with some comments! Your experience (age) is a hot commodity to the younger artists here, so plz share:3

Michael1957 responds:

Thank you for noticing the details.

[Strong Woman]

Women are 52% of the population

They also have a tendency to get what they want too. I'm knocking a half a star off for the layout, 'cause I think a lot of women here at NG will probably fav this. It's a shame R. Crumb did himself in, but his son must still be drawing...
Oh, the other 1/2 star is missing because that's just too much pre-spunk to look at.

JWBalsley responds:

Thanks for the good comment and score. It's true, there's quite a bit of pre-cum to stare at, it kind of looks like pudding here, banana pudding, delicious banana pudding.

I think R. Crumb is still alive though, his brother Charles Crumb killed himself though, a year after they made that documentary on him, but yeah, both his son and daughter both draw or make comics.

Also, I drew this for a few girls I know because they were both fucked around by a couple of asshole guys throughout their life, so it was just a little pep for them, everyone needs pep you know. George Carlin has some funny stuff to say about men and even women, here it is, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJr5iUhORvc

Cheers!

[.:BG Bunnaroo:.]

You've been posting here for a while now...

Your drawings are really smoothing out quite nicely! I've always loved the style you attribute to your (almost always) female characters, but this piece shows how far you've come! This is proof that practice makes perfect - the face elements, hair detail and shading technique all show that yer no noob at this. Another good excuse to schlep on over to dA.

DawnieMewMew responds:

Aww, that's so sweet of you to say! I really appreciate the wonderful comment! *HUGS*

If you ever come to DA, say hi! :D