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Alright, I think it's about time I pay my respects to this excellent artwork. You make THIS in a few days for a competition? Pure brilliance. I think the other one is more aesthetically pleasing but this one feels more atmospheric and fits more with the track I've made for the contest myself, so I'll leave this one a review!

Right, first off, the colours are so tastefully chosen. You managed to nail such a beautiful contrast between the brown of the landscape and the pale blue of the dome that truly highlights the fact that the humans are outsiders to this planet. The sky looks gorgeous by the way.

There truly is a sense of majesty from that dome which one would expect from a beautiful nature landscape and not from a man-made structure. One of my favourite things about this artwork is that shine you put on the dome's surface. What an excellent idea. I'd assume it's coming from the sun but whatever the case you cleverly gave it a colder shine rather than the warm light rays I'd imagine coming from the sun, which fits flawlessly.

AND THE RESOLUTION, SWEET JESUS. This is MASSIVE. It looks great no matter how far you zoom in, making it such a great desktop background (literally the only reason why I don't have it as a desktop background myself is the fact that I pretty much exclusively use music-related desktop backgrounds). The amount of work and detail you put into it really shines through.

Despite all that detail and blend of colours, you still manage to keep it looking incredibly artistic and inspiring, rather than being too realistic. Now, this might be hard to explain, but I love how the somehow two-dimensional overviews of the barren rocks and flora sort of separate the picture into different and visibly-separated layers of depth; in this sense it reminds me a bit of Okami's art style, although not as exaggerated as Okami's (if you played the game you might know what I mean). I also like how when you zoom in you can actually recognise the brush strokes, giving this art piece a unique artistic flair over some super-realistic computer-generated interpretation of a hostile planet.

Overall, you've set out with a goal to inspire the contestants and your approach to this goal is stellar. At least, it definitely inspired me, and I'm pretty sure the track Echo and I collaborated on for this contest wouldn't have been nearly as good if it wasn't for such a great art submission being the foundation of it. Perhaps this review ended up being too bloated with praise but at this point I don't really care, you've certainly done the contest justice!

10/10
5/5
Favourited.

Scottr5680 responds:

Thank you so much for your kind words, my friend! I really appreciate it ^_^

Distant explosion or nearby glowing yellow tree?

Here's another pretty bad picture. Harsh review incoming. D:

Right then, the main problems with this are similar to the main problems of the other Art submission of yours which I reviewed, 'Nice job, Ross Fenton!'. It doesn't seem to have much work and dedication put into it. There are still no ears, the fingers of each hand were probably rushed, there isn't any decent background, one leg looks far too wide, the left arm looks almost twice as long as the right one, the explosion's glow isn't reflecting on the sunglasses and the explosion looks ridiculously fake.

First thing I would fix is that explosion. If you didn't write 'Boom' in it and didn't mention anything about an explosion in the title/Author's Comments then I probably wouldn't have guessed it was one. I'm sure drawing explosions won't be easy but you could've put a bit more work to it. Also, Fenton seems to be leaning on something, and the explosion's glow is drawn in front of it. It doesn't make the explosion look that distant now, does it?

But hey, on the bright side the shading was an improvement and Fenton's pose looks quite natural, so good work over there. This picture is a bit more interesting to see than the other one, too.

Overall, it's a bit of an improvement from the other one, but it still requires a lot more work before I can call it good.
5/10

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MisterTig responds:

lol, yeah I know. Anyway, thanks for reviewing. :)

Nothing special.

Sorry, but I'm afraid this didn't really impress me that much. It's not terrible, but certainly not interesting or well-drawn.

Right then, I'll be blunt with you: The drawing looks amateur. You put little to no detail in the characters, the blood looks incredibly unrealistic, the head of the guy on the ground seemed very hastily drawn, the head shapes aren't relevant to each other, the characters lack ears, there is very very little shading, and to top it all off, for a background you just slapped on a purple to black gradient.

All of these problems make the picture look very bland and MS Paint-esque. First thing I would work on is laying down the outline of the characters properly. I've never drawn before and I suck at it a LOT, but if there's one thing I know about drawing, it's that you should start by drawing sketches of your picture until you've nailed the outline. Right now, the way it's all drawn looks bad.

If I were you I'd also work on the shading. You didn't add much shading, save for some shading on Fenton's head and a slight bit on the head of the other character. The shading on Fenton's head doesn't look right, some stuff such as the gun and the clothes of the guy on the ground need shading too, etc...

You should also work on your details. The clothing in particular lacks details, except perhaps Fenton's jacket which is the only thing in the whole picture with an adequate texture (making it stand out unnaturally). On the topic of details, the background certainly didn't catch my interest. I'm sure it looks better than just leaving a white background or something, but I think that if you worked on a background so that we'd know about the surroundings of the two characters, it'd be much appreciated.

Sorry for the harsh review but I'm afraid I wasn't so impressed. Still, practice makes perfect. Good luck in your future art pieces!
4/10

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MisterTig responds:

That's ok. And I understand you totally. I'm really going to start praticing with my art and such. Thanks for the review. :)

Textures need work...

...But it's an otherwise pretty cool picture, nice work! :D

So, what I liked the most about this would be how well-drawn it is. The proportions are spot-on (except perhaps the right arm which looks a bit weird), the background is superb and the facial expression of the green dude was done very well. You seem to have quite a bit of experience in drawing in this style.

Now for my main complaint: this picture seems to be lacking in textures. I mean, you clearly show the veins and muscles of the character, but then his clothes don't have many creases and look plain and the metal of the ship's controls has a very bland texture too. I would've liked to see more details texture-wise.

But still other than that this is drawn particularly well. The lighting effects on the controls, the space background, etc... all look good. Also, looking at the controls makes me increasingly curious about what that red button in front of the character's left hand does. Do tell :D.

Keep up the good work.
8/10
4/5

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Rennis5 responds:

you'r spot on about the texture, that is something that i really need to learn, the right arm looks kinda wack because i was trying to make it look like his elbow was resting on the window sill but yeah it doesn't look right.
so the big red button i originally put in there as an eject button that would shoot the glass windows off the cabin letting the pilot escape but i might change that.
I wanted to draw a glass case over the top of it, i tryed a few different designs but i think it looks better without one
thank you for the review

Really cool to look at!

I'm no artist and my knowledge of art is very limited, so my review is going to be heavily biased on whether I like this or not, and I can safely say that I indeed did like this :P. Like I said it's a really cool picture.

The shading is spot on. I love the mix of light and dark colours, and the way you did the shading made the bright white light in the middle the centre of attraction, illuminating everything around it, and then slowly everything fades out into darkness as it goes further away from the white light. Looks good. Also, the colour scheme is superb. It's mostly vibrant blue and green but I'm seeing a slight shade of red in there which surprisingly added to the picture, despite it being completely different from the colours which surround it.

The detail you incorporated in this picture is stunning. Just looking at the full size version of the picture gives a good representation of all of these details. The stars, the tightly packed background circles with a touch of transparency, the twists and turns of that blue/green stuff. It all just looks so detailed and would make a great wallpaper like SCTE3 said.

If I had anything to point out, it'd be that this picture doesn't seem to have much of a meaning to it. It looks as if you only made it to make it look cool, and the only distinguishing feature of this and the other cool-looking computerised art is the white light in the middle and the way it brightens its surroundings. As far as I know abstract art pieces are supposed to have some sort of meaning to them, but I just don't see any meaning to this (or how it can be associated to its title either). So that's something I think you should work on.

Anyway, I'll give this a solid 9/10. Looks really awesome, has a vibrant and great colour scheme, and the shading/special effects are done to perfection, but I don't see how I could describe this other than just cool-looking. Give us something to remember, something to define the picture.
9/10
Recommended for the Art Portal.

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Marsupial responds:

nice reviews cheers :)

This is actually really well-drawn!

Let me start by saying that I'm no artist. If there's one thing I can't do, it's draw. Still, it doesn't take a genius to recognise that this is really well-drawn. I compared it with the original picture that you redrew (I'm assuming it's this one: http://velofille.com/old/parrot_pics/Eastern%20rosella3.jpg) and they really match in terms of colours and proportion. Nice work!

The colours you used were pretty good. Maybe you could've used a richer shade of red, like in the original picture, and made the tail a bit more appealing to the eyes in terms of colours (you only used two shades of blue for the tail). Also, compared to the original, some of the colours aren't as bright as they could be, which leads to a bit of a dull presentation colour-wise. Still, you mixed in the colours very well, especially in the top part of the bird. Shading could use a bit more work, namely on the branch that the bird is perched on, but other than a few quirks the colour scheme and shading were done right.

What I probably liked the most about the picture is that the proportion was just right. The angle of the bird's head was perfect and the branch was particularly well-drawn, especially the part behind the bird. Regarding the background, it is a bit minimal I guess, so I would've liked a few subtleties in the background such as leaves, but maybe the minimalistic background was intentional to give more attention to the bird.

Now to nitpick - on the whole it looks like you paid attention to detail, but when viewing it full size, I can see a few loose ends you can tie up, like one of the bird's claws, which is supposed to be behind the twig but it is actually going through it. There's a bit of colour jotting out of the tip of the tail too. Still, these are just minor problems, nothing much to worry about.

So yeah, this is very well-drawn, especially in terms of proportion, and the colour scheme is good too. There are just a few minor problems here and there which need fixing. Keep it up.
8/10

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rubyninja responds:

Thanks for your review :) Well, no usually i do search for pictures on the internet, but i happened to come across this one on a book, which actually does look a lot like the image in the link you mentioned.
Also, since i have unfortunately not taken art, i hadn't bothered buying a good set of pencil colours, so i had to do with a limited set, and had to use two colours in certain spaces because i didn't have the right colours :(
The claw was a big defect in the picture, mostly because in the begining i had decided to draw only a bird, and added the branch later on after i had already shaded in the bird.
And, although it seems off, thankyou for pin-pointing my errors in the picture, for in my next pictures, i would be able to keep them in mind and try to avoid them :)
So, thanks :)

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

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...

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.

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!!!

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