Big-Boss's art Reviews on Newgrounds

[South park guys]

I've been a big fan of South Park since I was a little kid...which is bad, but whatever, haha. This piece of art brings back all of the memories of them standing at the bus stop. If only the creators didn't kill off Ms. Crabtree...Very nice piece of pixel art overall.

LexRodent responds:

Thanks, I'm a long time South Park fan too.
Ms. Crabtree was fun (same as Chef), that show still gets me.

[Open It]

This is rather...interesting...and disturbing, but I don't mean that in a bad way entirely, haha. My take on this is that the small logs of wood in the ears represents ignorance. The speakerphone represents preaching to the masses, while keeping in mind the wood in the ears, so this person must be preaching blindly about whatever he wants, while not listening to others. The straw in the brain I'm guessing is supposed to portray that his brain is having the life sucked out of It by the government, an unidentified group of people. etc.

This piece of art is pretty hard to decode. It's difficult to pinpoint the several different meanings it has. I do like the complexity from what I've taken a guess on, but the rest, the guts spilling out, the arm missing, I have no idea what it means. I wish it would've been just a tad more clear to understand the purpose of this illustration.

Overall, it's a piece of art that makes you think and I really appreciate that. People need to be challenged. But like I said, just a little more clarity about the guts spilling out and the arm missing would've been nice.

FogStudio responds:

The meaning is that he states with the screen that he is open-minded, while he's actually just preaching his own opinions and not listening or seeing other's opinions, the brain sucked means that he's a dumbass and the guts falling out mean that he's an hypocrit that can't keep himself together.
i know it's hard to understand the meaning, but it wasn't my intention to explain it; i just left it to imagination :)

[Fancy skull]

I really like your art style in this illustration. It looks graffiti like and I find it very appealing. However, what I really don't like about it is whatever is going on with the skull's jaw. My guess is that you made it look like it's jaw is melted or deformed or something, but nonetheless, it doesn't look very alluring.

If you ever have the time or think this illustration is worth redoing, I would recommend actually drawing it with a jaw and teeth like how a skull should look like. It would look far better that way, in my opinion, and I think others would think the same. I would love seeing it redone, but that's your call.

Overall, very good effort, but how you made the skull's jaw look really killed this piece of art for me.

FogStudio responds:

Thanks a lot for the advice, i don't know if i'll redo it, i don't exclude it though.
really appreciate your comment :)

[Igglypuff]

I can see you have several pieces of art here on Newgrounds, but it doesn't seem like you've had much improvement. I'm not sure if this piece right here and others just resemble your style or if you just haven't improved all that much, but I digress. This isn't a bad piece of work, whatsoever. It looks like the actual drawing for Igglypuff, but with just a little more crudeness with the lines.

All of your drawings seem to have some rough lines to them. You'll get better over time. Just keep working on the areas in which you need to improve. You'll get better with each drawing.

HolyKonni responds:

Hey! A review! :) I haven't actually drawn in ca. 2 years, and am just getting back to it. Thanks for the feedback, I'll try to work more on the lines ~ Hopefully I'll improve some more. Thanks for the comment.

[Sans]

I'm watching a Let's Play gamer on YouTube play Undertale and I really find a charm to it.

I like how you make Sans look spooky in this piece of art. One side of him has light to it, but the other half does not. I like it and the mood it displays. It makes it seem like he has a bad side and a good side.

Too bad Papyrus isn't in this drawing, though...Sans must be feeling BONELY. :P

[Pixel Zangief]

Wow, nostalgia hit immediately. I would love to see this pixel model in an old school beat 'em up style game.

[The Face Of Mayhem]

I like the shading, it makes him look very spooky. Also, your detailing is pretty good.

I got to say, he looks more like Marilyn Manson than the Joker, but that's not a bad thing. That's just what I thought of when I saw this piece of art.

I've looked at your other pieces of art and think that you're a fine artist. I really enjoyed your piece of work titled "Hellmouth." Keep up the good work!

BrainofBarbedWires responds:

Thank you and I did listen to some of Mr. Manson when creating this so that might be it. Oops, hehe.

[Subterranean]

This painting looks like an excellent plot for a horror movie. Imagine those spider-like creatures breaking out of those test tubes to hunt those people down, who are observing them. That would be absolutely insane. I mean, just look at the size difference between those two people and those creatures. I really love the picture it paints in my mind.

Besides all of that, the detail of everything, especially the cave that they are in, is amazing. It creates a great atmosphere. It really emphasizes the size difference between the humans and the monsters. It also really adds to the possible discovery factor of them finding these test tube creatures after a long journey. To me, it kind of tells a story about two people finding these creatures underground after a long adventure trying to find what they are standing before or something else entirely.

Like I said, this gives off a great plot for a horror movie and I just love how this scenario that you painted gives off such a suspicious vibe...this is an impressive piece of work.

[TEN COUNT]

Three.

ZekiDance responds:

haha thank you. c:

[Skate deck design]

Amazing detail with the skulls and bones. Not to mention that the color scheme of pinkish red and blue looks surprisingly pleasant. I'm glad this got the front page because it's well done and skulls look amazing in the right designs.

HeartlessArts responds:

Thanks man I appreciate it a lot :)