Big-Boss's art Reviews on Newgrounds

[Chapter 4: City of Hodorin]

Wow, two months to make this masterpiece, huh? It was definitely worth it. The city gives me a futuristic Greek or Roman kind of vibe, I love it. With all the small lines you used to make the detail of the city I'm surprised it didn't take you longer to complete this piece of art. It must've been a pain since you gave the city a distant perspective as if someone is looking from afar. Aside from that, the edges of the mountain are great, the clouds look incredible, and the plant life is well done, especially the luscious plant life in the bottom right hand corner.

I hope one day a piece of your artwork gets front-paged because you are really improving. I hardly ever see great landscape paintings get front-paged and in my opinion, you're overdue because your landscape paintings are incredible.

SkyrisDesign responds:

Thanks for the heartwarming comment. :D I've been doing hundreds of masters studies within the past two months and this is the result of all that hard work. I hope you stick around because i have more great stuff incoming.

[The Red Crusader]

I see you said in your author comments that this is the first character that you're actually proud of, but you should be proud of your other ones too. I know you did another painting titled 'Rath', in which you painted a character and yes, it's nowhere near as good as this painting right here, but it's still a decent painting with lots of potential and you should be proud of that. The comparison between those two paintings show how your skills have improved tremendously. I know you don't upload artwork too often, but when you do it's really worth the wait, if you ask me.

With this painting, I love the detail and the pose that the solider is in. I also find the cast of what seems to be a ghostly apparition of the soldier emanating from the side of his body to be very cool. One problem I see is that the skirting of his armor should be equal in length. Some parts are longer or shorter (depending on how you look at it) when compared to the other parts of the skirting. It's something that can be very easily overlooked, so don't beat yourself up about it.

I hope to see some new artwork from you sooner rather than later. :)

SkyrisDesign responds:

Thanks for taking ur time on this comment. I really do appreciate your feedback! I am not really good at character stuff and usually I would have a lot of anatomy mistakes and it bothers me. And sorry about the wait. I spend A LOT of time on each and every piece while doing tons of studies in between. I only upload final pieces on Newgrounds so if you are interested in other stuff I am doing, you can check out my deviant art or tumblr!

[Snowy]

Looks really video-gamey if you ask me, but that's not a bad thing! It actually looks kind of cool since it matches the texture of the landscapes you might see in an RPG. I suppose it was a nice change of pace for you, since you used a different technique. I prefer the way you usually make your landscapes, but this is nice too. :)

1600 responds:

Thanks, I'm actually gonna be working on making 3D assets for a game so this is sorta practice for that :)

[Chapter 1: Tower of Ambagis]

It's amazing how you can add so much detail to the tall building that is so distant in this painting. Also, I really like how the light reflects off of the water. But one flaw I can point out is that some strokes in the middle of the painting really stick out and look unnatural and rushed. Nonetheless, I'll be looking forward to see more paintings from you!

SkyrisDesign responds:

Thanks! and Yea i see what you mean T.T I haven't done a landscape in a while and this 1 really kicked my ass

[Hide and seek]

I really love the colors you used and the detail in this painting. The dark colors, especially the dark orange, bring out a suspenseful vibe to me. The detail of the blood splatter on the window and the alien's drool adds to that suspense. I'm definitely adding this one to my favorites. This is a great painting you created. Keep up the great work!

Rhunyc responds:

Awesome! I'm glad to hear you like it so much! Thanks for reviewing :3

[Disassociation]

It has some nice detail to it and I also like the background and the colors you used, but the proportion of her breasts are poor. The right one is clearly larger than the left one. Also, her collarbone on the left side should be showing to some degree, while the right side looks too close to her neck. Perhaps you should work a little more on your female anatomy. It's definitely got potential and it's well done for the most part. I do enjoy your artwork, so keep it up!

Rhunyc responds:

Thank you very much for the honest feedback! Yeah, her body is supposed to be at an angle so the one on her right is a bit closer and facing view so that's why it's bigger. However, I didn't really notice it until you pointed it out, but yeah, it is bigger than it should be.

The collar bone thing though, I was going to cover it with hair on the left side (not to like hide it, but that was just my plan..) Looks like I ended up forgetting to shade the strands in that area. D: (Usually after I submit things and call them finished, I realize I forgot a thing or two..)

But I am trying to work on my female anatomy! Anatomy in general is really my failing point, so it's been a focus of mine to do these studies to nail proportions down.. I still have a long way to go, but at least I've been trying. This was just one of those attempts. :)

Again, thank you for the honest review, it's nice to hear points of improvement! Very appreciated. :D

[Dying TImes]

Superb, I love gas masks. It has very good detail and shading.

legendofslotha responds:

Thanks, I actually want to remake this because it's quite old and I feel I've progressed since then :P

[Water Elemental]

I really like how detailed you made the monster and how the atmosphere blends in with him. You did a good job making it look realistic with the gorgeous detail and by using different shadings. It's definitely a very cool painting. This would look extremely cool in a video game.

RussFairchild responds:

wow! thank you so much =)

[Dashing through the snooooow..]

I really like your style of art lately as you've been blending soldiers with gas masks with cold weather. I really like how you design your soldiers! Keep up the awesome work! I hope to see more of this in the future.

Rhunyc responds:

Thanks a lot! I'm glad to hear you're diggin the little universe I've got goin. :) I will definitely be doing more of these in the future. :)

[The Sane Hatter]

This is definitely a different piece of artwork, but I mean that in a good way! This is very innovative and amazing! I really like how you colored it and how you blended the green into everything. What inspired you to do this? And what do the arms represent?

zephyo responds:

thank you! The green???? Alright. I am always inspired by myself. I'm not really exposed to outside influences except childhood memories. The robotic arm represents technology, the middle represents humanity, and the last represents strategy.