Big-Boss's art Reviews on Newgrounds

[Terra]

The rocks and cliffs here have the same texture as the ones in your 'Power of Nature' painting, which isn't a bad thing, of course, but I kind of wish you gave them a different look. It's a good thing to experiment with some different textures. Even with that being said, I cannot argue with how detailed the rocks and cliffs are with cracks and how you made them look jagged in all of the right places. Also, the light brown color of the rocks and the light blue color of the sky go well together, so good job on that.

By the way, was this entire painting based off of your friends idea or did you add a couple things yourself?

SkyrisDesign responds:

This piece was done simultaneously with the Power of Nature so I was doing the same thing over xD LOL. And he asked me to critique his work and I kinda went off with it. I can link his original work for you to see.

[Power of Nature Murals]

Wow, there is so much potential and excellence in this painting. I shall evaluate each frame by itself to give a more effective review. :)

1st frame: I can tell that the space atmosphere is full of detail that took quite some patience to complete. You do not get such a well balanced combination of colors and stars without patience. After looking through all of the frames beforehand, this one is my favorite.

2nd frame: There is some lovely detailing here, but there are also flaws. The man that is shaded mostly grey and a little to the right of the goddess in the middle has a very bulky and misshapen left arm. The legs of the man right beside him are too short for his stature and his feet are awkward looking. I also see this issue with the left foot of the man I mentioned before and a couple others in this painting. I'm not sure if the feet were intended to be drawn that way, but either way they do not look well done and therefore, not impressive.

3rd frame: The detail is great, the layout of the land is substantial, and if the smoke from the volcano is supposed to be creating a dark cloud in which the lightning is striking down from, it is a magnificent and creative idea. It also has kind of a cartoonish vibe to it, which I like. One thing I did notice though is that the white clouds near the cracked part of the volcano with molten lava inside should probably also be dark. The same kind of issue falls upon the cloud that is below the big dark cloud of smoke that is emerging from the volcano. That should not be white, since it's so close to that cloud of smoke.

4th frame: I know you uploaded this piece of artwork alone and it is a very well done piece, but I feel as if the mountains are not detailed enough. I feel that you would usually add some more detail to them in a painting of yours. It kind of makes the quality of the mountains stand apart from the detail of the ship and water, which are more well done.

5th frame: I can see that this piece was done to show the murkiness of an underwater marine environment (or maybe that's just me). At first, I thought this should've been more detailed, but it actually captures a more realistic outlook once I thought a little deeper.

6th frame: This last frame is a very interesting piece. How I comprehend this painting is that it's deeply below the ocean as the entrance to Hell or the Earth's center. The demon depicted is nicely detailed and holds well to his fiery environment. The lava behind him is a nice touch, since the light illuminating from it reflects off of him, creating a more sinister vibe.

There is definitely some work that needs to be done on some of the pieces, but they all hold great potential. One thing that I did not mention is that I love how all the frames blend together, that was a brilliant idea. I saw in your Author's Comments that this was a collab, so I hope that they can receive this constructive criticism from you, perhaps. I want all artists who worked on this collab to see where they can improve. :)

You did a good job, nonetheless, and same goes for the artists you collabed with.

SkyrisDesign responds:

Thank you so much for putting so much time on this review. It was reallyy helpful. Ill make sure the rest of the artists read this :D

[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 =)