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[Lich King]

The detail of the Lich King from his skull to his armor, crown, and staff to his withered robe is breathtaking. I love the blue glow you gave him, so it looks like he's emanating power. Lastly, I love the dark and suspenseful mood the skulls on the ground create.

Also, this piece of art reminds me of the King of the Skull Servants card from Yu-Gi-Oh. I noticed in your Author's Comments that you did this for a card game. Not sure if that card inspired you, but that's what it reminded me of. Superb work nonetheless!

ArtDeepMind responds:

I really appreciate you like my work!
I googled the King of the Skull servants and I admit they look a bit similar, but it was not my inspiration :) I looked for some other Lich King concepts and tried to take something from them.

[Super Saiyan Goku]

I've been a DBZ fan for most of my life, so I really adore this painting. Especially since it's Goku and who doesn't love Goku? Anyways, even though I like this painting, there are a few flaws that bother me.

1. I don't expect you to be able to draw like Akira Toriyama, but how you drew his face is very poorly done. His nose is the part that really sticks out the worst. It just doesn't look like him whatsoever.

2. Goku's wristbands, shirt and belt are not the same color. They are always the same shade of blue with his classic outfit. Instead, here you have his shirt colored light blue, one wristband colored light blue and the other a navy blue. His belt is also the same navy blue color as the one wristband or maybe even black. The inconsistency here is terrible.

3. His pinky on his left hand is abnormally long. In fact, all of his fingers on his left hand are not the length they should be. Very unsatisfactory work here.

Although this painting has a few big flaws, It's a very good Goku painting. You drew his body and hair well, and the Super Saiyan energy surrounding him looks fantastic. Just try to focus more on details in the future.

RushLightInvader responds:

Thank you for your opinion :p

[Jack Skellington + The Grinch = Skellrinch!]

A very neat idea for a combination! How you only applied the fur to the head and upper torso is just right. There's not too much and there's not too little across the body. This whole creation of yours is wonderful and original. If you ask me, you created a perfect new Halloween monster. Terrific work.

RushLightInvader responds:

Thank you very much. i appreciate it :D

[Swamp]

Definitely not the most detailed artwork I've seen, but the different colors and shades you used do an excellent job of creating mood. Also, I love how big the swamp landscape is. Finally, the fog is amazing and is without a doubt my favorite thing about this piece of art.

luqzzee responds:

Thanks!

[Pirate Dance Machine]

To be a smartass, it doesn't look like much of a dance machine. But it has very nice detail and it gives me an Assassins Creed 4: Black Flag vibe, which I love. Also, the audio wave effect going through the skull is pretty dope.

[Grand theft horocrux]

Very clever idea! I wouldn't buy a T shirt with this design on it because I'm not a Harry Potter fan, but if a shirt with this design got out there I bet you'd make a lot of money.

chitucoolass responds:

thats what we'r hoping for!! thanks for the 4 stars!

[Akira Kazama]

You do have some great sharpness and detail in this drawing, but there are a few flaws I'd like to point out:

1. Her right eye looks about half the size of her left one.
2. The second line by her nose is unneeded. That's probably something you just forgot to erase.
3. The rosy cheek effect you tried to do is just atrocious. It looks like she has a huge pimple on each cheek.

Like I said, you did a great job with detailing and sharpness. Personally, the thing I like best here is the sheen of her hair. Not a bad drawing whatsoever, but those flaws I found really hurt your artwork. Especially trying to give her rosy cheeks, which turned out terrible.

SnowBacon responds:

I had a feeling the eye looked a bit off (the angle of the eye as well, the proportion looked a bit off as well.

Haha I'll keep that in mind about the rosy cheeks.

Thanks a lot! c:

[Mysterious Cult]

Mysterious, indeed! You did a very nice job with the colors you used to create the mysterious and dark vibe here. Also, the elements provide a great suspenseful atmosphere.

This painting does a good job creating dark and suspenseful vibes, but not much else. If this provided a bigger outlook on what this cult was doing out in this forest, I would score this artwork higher. It just leaves too much to the imagination. If you made this a bigger painting with a more in depth view of what they stand for, it would be much better.

[Welcome To LaFore -for RP group]

This is way too big. It takes forever to load!!

Akari19 responds:

i suck at pixels, so it becomes either to big or to small TvT

[Melancholia]

To start this off, I really like the colors you used. I think all the colors blend in well, but he green and pink blend together the best.

Next, the only color running down the skull's face that looks good is the red. I think that is the only color you should've had running down the skull's face, since it's the only color that would make any sense. Then it would look like the skull was bleeding and then it would have all of the rest of the colors coming out of the back of it's head, making it just look cooler and unusual. Strongly opinionated, I know, but just a suggestion.

Something I don't think a lot of people who view this will notice is all of the little details in the skull and the background. Very good job on that, but it's too bad that most of the people who view this probably won't notice that.

In conclusion, I do think this is a pretty cool painting, if a little messy.

P.S. I read your Author's Comments and I'm glad that making this painting made you feel better. I understand how you feel, when you're trying to help someone out, but you feel like you maybe made it worse. It sucks, but my advice to you is to find out for sure whether your advice to the person you were trying to help out really helped them or not. If it did, great! But if not, helping someone doesn't always work because sometimes people can only solve their problems on their own. Just remember that and hopefully, you didn't damage your relationship with that person. If you did, just say that you were only trying to help and I'm sure they'll understand. :)

Rhunyc responds:

Thank you for the lengthy review and the advice! It's definitely appreciated.

As for the colors on the skull, the reason why I included all of them, was mainly for funsies. The logic behind it was that each color represents a different sort of emotion/idea, and I wanted all of them to be bleeding out.. But I do see what you're saying. I just kind of got carried away with the colors at the end. As I made the timelapse, I rewatched the process of it and realized I could have stopped with the colors when I first introduced them.. But oh well. :P

Maybe I'll come back to this shortly and re-work it. :)