VicariousE's art Reviews on Newgrounds

[Old Lab concept]

That's what you consider a concept?! Sure looks awfully fleshed out to me! Love the gears on the left, and the walls of speakers. So many details, and yet none of them familiar or telling, as to the nature of this lab (other than sound).

Kamikaye responds:

Sure it's fleshed out a sa picture. But maybe it can be a concept for a 3D space ? :)
Maybe I'll build that in Space Engineers when I get ahold of some round blocks :D

[Sticking to Your Guns]

Elephant in the room indeed! This would make an excellent Front Page submission! It's rare to see a comic strip, even in the Saturday color funnies section, look this good. Well done, though I would argue that poor and hateful jokes (such as the ones that French 'paper' puts out) aren't that marketable to begin with, let alone sponsor.

[Aries]

Truly exceptional work, the details pop right off the page. I'm glad her face is so well structured and shaded, really sets this piece to a higher standard.

xaolan responds:

Thank you ^u^

[40]

Excellent work on the shading/coloring, as well as 'character' design. Doesn't have much of a jaw, and I wonder about the missing/unformed limbs... wounded beings are quite dangerous. Definitely a mythical creature of some capability.

[Cpt Australia]

That's properly good, in all the ways that matter. Should've given him a bigger package, lol! Head seems a bit short, maybe his jaw got knocked off in a Bathurst brawl between Chevy and Ford blokes ;)

Rennis5 responds:

lol yeah,
when I was drawing it I said to myself that I needed to make his head bigger
"right after I do this other part" and then I completely forgot about it,
maybe his legs should be a bit smaller too but I was rushing to get this done in one day before going out to celebrate the day.

Thank you for your comment :D

[Braiding]

His eye looks set back a bit too far, nose and mouth as well.... unless it's a slight 3/4, then it's jus the nose, which looks great, just a tad big. A generic profile ref pic could've been helpful before framing the face. It's still a very sweet and soft scene :)

[Astrid and Stormfly FanArt]

A lot to like about this piece, so I'll point out: the hand on her hip (and to a lesser degree the other one) looks odd, thumb seems set too far back towards the wrist. The lizard critter's facial features seem flat, but the teeth have a nice shadow shading, makes it look dimensional.

billtheartist responds:

thank you for the review. I did know about the hand. That bothered me. I was so far along in the piece. I forgot to go back to it.

[Fresh Black Pepper]

Once upon a time, most upscale restaurants had plenty of staff, including wine experts, and roving waiters offering fresh pepper, hot towels, water/butter refills... usually while you're in mid chomp, though it's never happened to me while eating a taco lol

[Dragon skull lady]

Really nice composition, though her head and eyes, seem a bit atypical in shape and distance apart... but only slightly, so I can't pull any points for that. It is a tad sketchy and out of focus, but it's unique! Perfect bedroom eyes :) Ever think about scanning and/or coloring/doctoring some of these?

[Solar Striker Pilot]

It certainly looks reality based, like an alternate reality, late 20th century version of Top Gun :) Congrats on the Front Page, you earned it! That being said, 2 quibbles: the gauss/filter effect is hiding your talent/details, it reminds me of old gif compression, but it's a bit much, at least, for a whole piece.

Secondly, the displays in front of the pilot seem like they'd obscure his line of sight, a very crucial part of flying a war machine... unless his visor transmits unobstructed visuals? There's a commercial airplane modder who's installing sheets of OLED across the interior cabin; when turned on, cameras along the hull transmit the picture to the inside of the cabin, so it's looks as though you're flying! Stephen King described the tech in one of his characters: Blaine the Train.... anyway the control panels look primitive compared to the rest of the tech and styling.

mematron responds:

It's my lost and found technique I picked up from watercolor painting.

It's not a war space plane; Line of site can be deceiving in space especially when this craft is surrounded by overlapping waveguides. The 3D display modules are appropriate for it's operational needs. This is based on real science not a collection of parts placed just to look cool. For what this does It must look this way.

Also this is the co-pilot position of the plane. You can even see the main pilot seat ahead of his position. Look at my other illustrations http://www.newgrounds.com/art/view/mematron/solar-striker-cut-away related to this piece to see that i'm not jerking your preverbal chain.