VicariousE's art Reviews on Newgrounds

[Clean Your Room]

Another brilliant, satirical masterpiece. Yet another reason why the system is broken - otherwise, this sort of content would be in your daily newspaper. All aspects of the art in the first frames, are to wonderfully lull you in a different direction... I like the new direction you've taken with your characters, insofar as their rendered. A nice surprise, thanks!!

ToonHole responds:

Flattery will get you everywhere, VicariousE

[Let's Misbehave]

A purple-rocked city (matches the Art Portal)... an odder than usual set of creatures... and the wonderful, spoken sentiment. Sounds like a line from Serenity, the Firefly movie; the dour expressions make it that much more humorous. I'm kinda busy now, but I just had to say that!

JWBalsley responds:

Thanks a lot, I have not seen those movies yet but I know of them, I'll have to check them out soon.

Cheers!

['SuperGameboySonic Breakfast']

I don't know everyone's voting low on this. For a hand painted and inked picture, this is very aesthetically pleasing for me to look at.... I never owned a Gameboy, but I'm sure there are lots of people who'd like this framed on their wall. I took a half star off because it looks a little dark and, even though the detail is precise, it (barely) looks like it's a pretty small canvas you had to work with.
Looks good and lively!

Butzbo responds:

Heh, thanks man, i made these from a stock of wooden 'squares' i found in my house, quite small squares, though.

[Zombies Ate My Neighbors]

I was walking the Earth when the original came out... 100 levels and NO saves.
Also had a creepy repetitive sound track, if kin remember.
It looks more like the original when not zoomed in, very curious... almost looks like hi-res pic art.
For creeping me out, I take 1/2 star... which unfair, I'm sure. How long to do?

BansheeIndian responds:

I started this and finished it in one day, about 12 hours total. I don't know why I did this in one day, and I'm pretty sure that it's ill advised to do such a thing, but I really just wanted to finish it.

[Subzero Day Version]

I'm glad to see you're still posting here, and your skills are improving! I had to take a half star off for the thick outlines on the background elements (rocks and trees), but this was a commission...
The foreground critter and his reflection is wonderfully and realistically done, although I've never seen a pond look so round... a bit of a perspective problem there now that I look at it. Minor quibbles for a major beast. Good show!

Maszrum responds:

You've valid points. Thank you. :3

[Food Food Food]

Short, high metabolism.. yeah, I can relate. It's fun to win the belly-buster special-prize when you look so inoffensive. After reviewing your past submissions, I can see more detail could have been added to this, but maybe then it wouldn't be as funny (urc, kan't believe i et da hole ting).
Great diversity of work so far, and it looks to be improving. Cheers!

[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?

[Dog With A Bone]

A pity there's no description, but does it need one? "Yeah, yeah here's your treat puppy... the head another unworthy subject." A nice satirical cartoon, that boasts an excellent and heavy shading, and thin limbs to nicely accentuate the subject matter. Rare to see such a style of drawing these days.
I had to knock a half a star off for the slightly over-extended lip line and it's shading, but that's petty compared to the whole piece.