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[Beatles Crossing]

Definitely not your normal style

This is a cool picture. I've never seen any pixel art from you, but for a first time this does look quite impressive.

As a picture, this looks good. The clothes were drawn very well and like sixflab, I think the mirror effect compliments this quite well too. Still, it's my natural instinct to nitpick on small details, so that's what I'll do right now :3.

Firstly, I think that the space between 'THE' and 'BEATLES' was too large. Maybe it's just me, but I think making them a little closer to each other would look better. Secondly, there are a few pixels which aren't filled in (can be seen when you increase this to full-screen mode). Not much of a problem, but it does make this look a little rushed. Finally, the feet have room for improvement, especially the feet of the third person from the right, i.e. the one in grey. The clothes, hair and hands were all drawn well, so it's a bummer to see the feet drawn so strangely.

As a recap, this doesn't have many problems, and is a nice change from your usual style, but the three very small details which need a little work in my opinion would be the position of the title, the feet and some pixels not being filled in. Keep it up, and sorry if I didn't make any sense. This is like the quickest review I ever wrote :P.
8/10

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up-a-notch responds:

yes ringo does look weird also...my normal style is next

[Surprise]

Decent job!

Sorry for... never... reviewing any of your submissions. I tend to write more audio reviews, but I'm abroad right now and can't listen to any audio so I'll review some art. As for the submission, it's well done. It doesn't seem like you spent enough time on the little details, but as usual your style works well and all in all it looks good.

The colour scheme is fine. I think the bricks could be a little redder but other than that minor defect the colours were chosen well.

Shading could be better though, especially since I see no shadow behind the burglar, and considering that there's a light shining on him, I'd expect quite a strong shadow behind him.

The lighting is good around the outline of the burglar, but other than the outlines there's no lighting in front of the burglar which is weird. Maybe you could put the burglar's right arm in front of his face as if he's shielding his eyes from the light. It would definitely make the picture look better and more realistic.

When it comes to the textures, they were quite plain, really. Maybe that's your style, but I still would've liked to see some creases on the bag, and better brick texture in the background for sure (some rows of bricks are thinner than others, there are no chips in the bricks, etc...). Some creases and folds on the clothes too would be nice.

Having said all that, the picture itself is drawn well. While the concept isn't too original, the burglar looks cartoon-ish with a nice drawing style to him. However, there are a few small details which need work. The money bag is hanging unnaturally from the burglar's arm, the burglar has four fingers, the tie is not symmetrical, the spotlight isn't a perfect circle, the face expression should be more surprised and the ear looks weird.

I understand that maybe these were on purpose because of your sloppy style, but I definitely think that fixing the defects I pointed out will make this look better, and that's the aim of an art submission, right? To look pleasing to the eye or look interesting. Also, maybe you should give the burglar a burglar costume, although that's personal preference.

All in all, this is a good submission. The sloppy style is interesting and works well. All I'd ask for is fixing the small details here and there. Try and make the piece look more refined and detailed while still keeping your unique style on it. I think the result would be impressive. On an unrelated note, this picture reminds me of Metal Gear, particularly at the very beginning of the first one when you're in the helicopter bay with spotlights moving around the floor. Only difference is that you're not holding a money bag xD. Anyway, keep up the good work!
6/10

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up-a-notch responds:

this picture was going to be a cop at first...then I thought it should be a robber...but before that it was luis...

[Burned Tower (Ecruteak City)]

Getting better :D

Like in your P-Bot art piece, this also looks childish, due to the fact that you're using crayons, although I doubt it's easy not to look childish when using crayons so I won't complain much. This is a better submission than your last in my opinion, looks much neater, and has a lot more detail. Pretty good :3.

The colour scheme is a bit too bright for my liking. If you're trying to portray a scene of an abandoned or burnt house, then I definitely don't think a bright colour scheme would do any good to the atmosphere. I mean, from far away, this would look like a perfectly ordinary house, not an abandoned/destroyed/burnt house. Still, I suppose the colours weren't bad, even though I don't understand why the trees in the background are half yellow and half orange. The shading was good, but I think the cloud in the background had too much of a dark shade to it.

The picture itself is drawn well. Nothing much to say about it; the drawing style is fine. The one thing I might ask for would be to make the house look a bit more destroyed or burnt. Other than the shattered glass on the windows (which, by the way, looked a bit weird), and a bit of the roof, there isn't much which could make me think that this house has gone through something destructive like a flame.

As for the background, it was decent, although the sky could've been a darker colour in my opinion. Other than that, a good background ^^.

So yeah, I think this is better than the other submission you requested. Just work a bit more on the atmosphere mostly: darker colours, a more destroyed house, etc... Keep up the good work.
6/10
3/5

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Hacsev responds:

Reading through all the review it is obvious to say that you have never purchased a pokémon game or at least HG or SS. This will be the last time I'll be mentioning this: I NEVER USE CRAYONS! These are COLORED PENCILS.

Now that that's out of the way, the house IS burned and abandoned. Since you saw the cracks in the windows and the pieces of wood burnt.

Now, the trees. They actually look like that in the game. If you see the hole inside the house that is (according to the game) where all the wood from the house went.

[Land of the Walking Plants]

Interesting idea.

This is drawn very well, and you have a pretty cool idea. Like all other submissions there are some good and bad things in this, but it's an all around good drawing. Nice job.

The colours you chose were great. As Haggard said, it's nice that you had a variety of different colours and not one or two boring colours. Didn't understand why the sky was orange, though.

The concept is good and the picture itself is drawn really well. The plants look really weird but still look like plants, and there's a large amount of detail in the picture. Still, this picture has its defects. Firstly, I really can't understand the perspective of the picture. The plant in the middle looks bigger than it should be compared to the other plants in the background and the path unnecessarily widens, as Haggard pointed out. Secondly, all of the plants look the same and I would've loved to see some really unique and weird different plants walking around too. Thirdly, at times this drawing lacks use of a ruler, such as with the pipe thing at the top left. Fourthly, there's a plant on the right hand side which looks really flat. Finally, I think there's a little too much empty space in the foreground, which could have easily been fixed if you added a few more plants walking.

The background, contrary to the foreground, is extremely detailed, and I really don't think there's anything I can point out which needs work in the background. Good work.

Overall, this is a very cool drawing. A few nitpicks here and there make me give you an 8, but you're talented at drawing so keep it up. Also, sorry if something doesn't make any sense in this review. I'm in a bit of a hurry because I have loads to do and as you probably already saw, this review does look a bit rushed, eh? xP.
8/10
4/5

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Merol responds:

I think I screwed up on the perspective, damn. Actually, I don't know why the sky it's orange either, but the thing that bugs me it's the water, it should be orange too.
Thanks man, you pointed some good things (and your review doesn't looks rushed).
THANKS!!!

[Even trolls need a leader!]

Should be the logo of the NG General Forum :D.

Yeah, I can't really find much wrong with this. Most of the stuff that could've been better was already mentioned, so I suppose you get a 10/10 from me :3. Good job on this!

The colours are fantastic. The fact that all of the objects and background has bright colours while the trolls are all dark make them stand out more (just like a troll would stand out in a forum :D) and gives this picture a sort of comical feel. The shading was also superb, so nice job there too, although I would've liked to see a more fur-like texture on the trolls instead of the plain texture you have now.

As for the drawing itself, it's drawn extremely well, too. As I said, this has a comical and cartoon-y theme to it. The blankly staring eyes of the trolls and the open mouths give them an ignorant appearance, which was cool. The throne is also drawn well, and while I don't see why you didn't draw a floor, I think the drawing in this is flawless.

The background is cool, and as Coop83 said, the background colours resembled the NG colour scheme. Nothing wrong with the background either.

In all, this is a good picture. Since I can't find anything wrong with it, you get a 10/10. Keep up the good work.
10/10
Recommended for the Art Portal.

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Mabelma responds:

Thank you so much for the reccomendation, the 10 and for the great review. I am very sorry for boy having responded earlier, so please excuse me but again thank you for such a great review and as you say a fur texture would indeed be nice for those trolls, I'll try to ad everything you guys/gals said as soon as I can.

[Post-Industrial Waste]

Again, another good sketch...

While I still think I prefer the other sketch better, this one is still an awesome sketch. Good job.

As XwaynecoltX said, some colours would be interesting here, but even then it works well as a sketch. I really like the hair; it has a lot of detail put into it. The folds and creases on the clothes were well drawn too.

Still, no critical analysis is good without being assy and pointing out defects, so that's what I'm going to do :3. To begin with, as you said, your right eye looks really weird. Secondly, the thingy in between your lips and nose looks odd and out of place (not saying you should remove it but make it look a little less like a strip of paper :P. Thirdly, the shading could have been better, since I was unsure about whether the shading was actually shading or facial hair. Finally, I don't know when the top lip ends and the cheek starts, you may want to fix that xP.

Yeah it looks like I pointed out more defects than I did positive stuff, but still, this is a great picture. Excellent job on it, and I hope you continue developing your talent for art :).
9/10
5/5

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[P-Bot Working]

A little childish, but decent

It's an OK submission. I won't lie; it doesn't really look like you actually tried hard in it, since it looks like it was made by an 8-year old or something, but still, the concept is good and it's not horrible either.

The colour scheme was good, even though the colouring itself could use some work. Sometimes the colour is darker in some parts than it is in others, which gives this a sloppy appearance. However, the colours chosen were fine. Shading lacked here, though, but I doubt you can achieve good shading with crayons...

The picture is drawn a bit sloppily too. The 'D' of protected is a little outside its space, P-bot seems unnecessarily tilted to his left, the 'protected' gate thing was smaller than the 'blammed' one, it was higher up, too, the 'A' of blammed doesn't look too good, the little squares at the top left are drawn pretty badly and there seems to be lack of use of ruler in the whole thing. Small stuff like this will really make this picture look better.

The background is a bit weird. I don't really understand if those little squares at the top left are Flash submissions or something else, I don't know why on the right instead of squares there's just blackness, and I don't know why the road on the right suddenly ends in a weird way. While I like the use of a background, I still think it needs to be better.

Overall, this is pretty decent, but childish and sloppy. Try and work on drawing in a more 'professional' way, possibly without the use of crayons, and try and make your pictures a bit less sloppy by using a ruler or something. Still, keep up the OK work I suppose. Good luck in any other submissions you plan on posting to NG.
5/10
3/5

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[Hayley]

Excellent!

Wow, I wish I could draw as good as you xP. There isn't really much wrong with this, for sure. This looks like a really awesome piece; even better than your other one. Good job!

Even for a sketch, I was impressed by the amazing amount of detail that you put into this. The shading was absolutely stunning, especially around the nose, and the pencil textures are all perfect, especially on the hat (it's a hat, come on :P).

The only two things that could use a slight bit of work would be the hair and the hat, where the hair looks a lot like the fur of the hat, as curiouluke101 said. Also, those two rays of colour in the background stand out too much. Other than those two minor complaints, this is drawn flawlessly.

Keep up the amazing work. Sorry for the almost useless review full of praise, but I really can't find anything to say about a picture as good as this. Ask your friends to bother you more so you can keep making awesome sketches like this :D.
10/10
5/5

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WetPhyseter responds:

Blood and thunder.
BLOOD AND THUNDER!

[Little 'topus]

Not bad.

While there isn't really much to this picture, I seem to like its simplicity. It's got a decent background, and a simple cartoon octopus holding a flag. What can't you like about it? Well, that's where us critics come in! xD.

The colours, as you said, were cool, I suppose. The octopus was colourful and the background compliments it pretty well, but like the two reviewers below me said, take away the white spaces. They distract the person from the main attraction, i.e., the octopus, and a background should compliment the main attraction and not distract the viewers from the main attraction. Try going for a green-ish sea background or something. Also, maybe the octopus is a bit, well, too colourful? :P. I mean, its tentacles are green and orange, and then it suddenly switches to cyan and pink. I'm OK with you choosing loads of colours for the octopus, but try and make them compliment each other a bit more :). Shading style was pretty good.

The picture is drawn well. The flag's wave was a bit exaggerated though. On the other hand, the octopus itself was drawn well, especially the tentacles. This whole picture has a cool cartoon-y style to it, which I quite like. Good job ^^.

Overall, this is a decent picture. Simple, and not really too special, but it has a good style, and is drawn well, despite its defects here and there. Keep up the good work!
7/10
4/5

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WetPhyseter responds:

It's actually part of American history, as revealed in National Treasure 3: Nicholas Cage Finally Shows Some Emotion. Now don't you feel silly?

[Sly Cooper]

Hehe...

...I prefer your music more than your art xP. Still, what the heck, this is a decent sketch. You can see that it's drawn by someone who's pretty much a beginner at sketching, especially when looking at the buildings, but this still is a cool art piece :D.

Well, as the others have said, adding colour will really give life to this submission. Right now, the picture looks cool, but it's a bit dull. Adding a few colours will make this piece much more interesting and fill in the detail that is missed out as it is now. That being said, the shading was really good, except for that little nitpick Coop83 mentioned about the fact that you shaded in different directions. Other than that, the shading was impressive.

As a picture, this is pretty well-drawn. I was really impressed by how you drew Sly Cooper. His stance was excellent, and he looked amazing. Just one little thing, though: I think his tail looks rather weird. Maybe it's its angle: the fact that I'm expecting his tail to be hanging at a 300-ish degree angle and not sideways when he's flying through the air. Still, other than the slightly awkwardly placed tail, Sly Cooper was brilliantly drawn. As for the buildings, I'll say this without beating around the bush: they were terrible :P. Lol, what I mean is, the perspective of some of them were way off such as the ones at the bottom, and the lines were rough and as if they were drawn in a hurry. Ruler, much? xP. Also, I totally agree with XwaynecoltX about the lack of shattered glass.

Overall, I like this submission. It's well-drawn, and shows that music isn't your only talent. Still, it has a few defects, but practice makes perfect, so good luck with any future art submissions you might do, and keep up the good work.
7/10

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