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[Red Crasher]

I like fire, I like Castle Crashers...

...so yeah, I can't say I don't like this submission ^^. This looks well-drawn and actually looks quite mighty, so yeah, good job on this :D.

The colours, well, red, green and white. While I like your use of different shades of red, unfortunately I don't like the fact that you made the ground green. It sort of stands out in the fiery atmosphere of the piece. Make it fit with the colour scheme a little more, maybe some shade of red with a few sparks coming out of the ground or something, it's just that green didn't really fit with the colour scheme in my opinion. The shading was good, and although the texture, especially on the fire, was pretty simply, it added to the unique stylethat you used to draw this. So yeah, the texture/shading overall was decent, but the colour of green for the ground stands out a bit, and I think you should find something which matches a bit more with the colour scheme of red.

The picture itself was drawn well. The feet look a little weird, and the outline of the ground was too thick, but you drew this well overall, especially the fire around the Castle Crasher, although maybe you could make it that both of his hands are holding fireballs. Just a suggestion ^^. The background was done very well, and I like that you added that fiery background instead of left it one colour or something. Good job :).

In general, it's a pretty simple piece, has its defects like any other picture, but it's an all around good submission. Keep it up.
8/10
Recommended for Art Portal.

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Icandraw responds:

thanks

[My only 12 inch]

Superb!

This is really a great submission, a lot better than some of your others (maybe just as good or a little better than 'Capture the Moment'), and it's amazing how well-detailed and well-drawn you can make a shoe. Good job.

I can't say much about the colours since this doesn't have many, but I really liked how every different part of the shoe had a different shade, giving the shoe a fantastic amount of detail. The shading overall was great, although maybe you should've added more shading in the hole of the shoe as the people below me said. Texture was great.

The picture itself was extremely well drawn. The part where the 'S' is written was really well done, especially at the bottom left where it looked as if it was peeling off. My only real complaint would be that this: [http://www.mediafire.com/?mynmomzznuz] part for some reason looked a bit like the inside of the shoe instead of the outside, if you get what I mean.

In all, this is a really well drawn picture. Keep up the amazing work, and get scouted for sud's sake.
10/10
Recommended for Art Portal.

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Fro responds:

Thanks

[Firing My Laza]

Great!

Although a pretty generic picture (I looked at the name and I knew what I was going to see before the picture even loaded) this is definitely well done and there isn't much I would fix in it.

The colours are the usual colours for the shoopdawhoop guy, so I can't say much about them. Background colour blended in well. There isn't really much shading in this picture, but it's the texture I'll complain about. The lips were far too simple, and I'll agree with RogerBK about the fact that I think those lips could use a little more than just a red line.

The concept, as I said, is terribly unoriginal, but at least you grabbed an unoriginal concept and made it look so good. Starting from the left, other than the lips, it looks great, especially the eyes, and I don't think they need a pupil since they look great as they are with the energy-like blue zig-zags sticking out of them. I liked the way that you introduced the laser from the mouth, instead of making it enter out of nowhere, you give it a gradient and fade it in.

Now I can dedicate a whole paragraph to that laser. Wow, it looks really well done, as the other reviewers said. Definitely the main attraction of the picture. The laser was a great colour and was very well drawn, while the particles around it just added to its awesomeness. Still, the particles all look as if they're in front of the laser, instead of swirling around it. Maybe when you intend the particles to be behind the laser, you can add small cyan shadows/outlines of the particles, if you get what I mean. Other than that small defect, the particles were fantastic.

As for the background, it was simple yet effective. Not the usual bland one-colour background, but not a background which will make you lose your focus from the laser and shoopdawhoop guy either, so great job there. Maybe you could try what MonoFlauta said and make the spiral/circle right behind the shoopdawhoop guy instead of in the middle, and if it doesn't look good, just keep it as it is. Anyway, long story short, background was great!

Yeah, overall it's awesome, since you made it so good and interesting to look at. Just work on the details at times (like on the lips), fix the particles problem to make them look more like they're swirling around the laser and maybe see if putting the spiral behind the guy instead of in the middle might work. Keep it up!
9/10
Get scouted dammit :(.

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Flash-Gamers responds:

First off thanks for the review, and man I had to take a break before I was able to even finish reading the review...na jk

Details, Details, Details....yeah I got to remember that one...(rubs his arm, so it'll rub off on him)

Anywas glad you really enjoyed the pic...guess I should have labeled it has fan art...oh well...notice your only one who has really gone into detail on the laser itself. Like I keep telling everyone else I will fix the particle's and have them looking rite, I'll just re-uploaded it and leave a message in the forums about the fix.

One more thing, what do ya'll mean have the particles behind him instead of the middle? PM me!

Wish I get scouted too!

[Tri-Stream]

Very good!

Yeah, definitely not much wrong with this. The fact that you made it from scratch is great too. Good job, this'll make a perfect wallpaper ^^.

The colour scheme is very impressive. As Haggard said, the colours go very well together, and the mixture of different shades of purple and white was excellent. Maybe you should make the part where the lines and waves meet (let's call it the "Supernova") on the left hand side of the picture a little brighter, to make it more powerful and eye-catching. I like how you made the purple get darker and darker as it went further away from the Supernova, since it provided a cool effect. I'll have to agree with the people below me about that signature though. It didn't fit too well, although the colour and font itself was fine. The fact that you added a 'splatter' texture didn't fit with the sparks and waves all over the picture.

The concept unfortunately is quite unoriginal. I've seen many pictures with a light and something spreading out of the light before. Still, usually pictures like this would have the light or portal in the middle of the picture, while yours is on the left, so it adds a bit to the originality ^^. The lines and waves together really complimented each other and looked fantastic, and the lighting effects were cool, if not a bit too weak at times. Good job in general :).

My biggest complaint would probably be the background to the piece. Next to the Supernova and behind the waves and lines, the background is almost void, except with a few white dots here and there. I think if you fill up that background a bit more with starry/shining things, maybe a planet, etc, it'll be much more interesting to look at.

Overall, this is an excellent submission, with a few nitpicky defects here and there. Good job in all, I liked it! And yeah, why aren't you scouted? :S
9/10
Recommended for the Art Portal.

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Flash-Gamers responds:

Kinda of hard to be original with amount of ppl on ng already uploading there art to the art portal! Just wanted to get that across that It's hard to be original cuz there is someone around the world bound to be interested in drawing the samething as someone else.

Anyways yet again thanks for the long review

Not much to say since I've been answering alot of the same questions

As for the sig most of the splatter effect came from the splatter behind the text not the font itself. (guess nobody really noticed that at all)

Btw the spark effects are just splatters from a brush, but I still thinks it's cool how everyone assumed it was something I never thought about adding to this pic. :D

As for the background It was suppose to be something special since there is already alot going on in the piece to begin with....didn't make a galaxy in the background cuz I wasnt really going for the supernova look...it just happen to turn out that way, and everyone assumed it was a supernova after "Coop83 said it looked like one."

Thanks for the review!

[The Colour Of Water]

Interesting

I think the fact that the title of this picture and the picture itself contrast each other so much is one of the main factors which give this picture an interesting touch to it. Although abstract art may seem like a bunch of scribbles to one person, to another it may mean a whole world of possibilities, and you managed to gain this in your picture. Good job ^^.

The colours are the first thing which hit you. A radiant supply of different colours, letting your imagination run wild. Even though the first colour we think of when we see 'The Colour Of Water' is blue, in reality this picture is covered with different colours. Maybe the different colours represent wildlife in the sea, and the abundance of blue around the picture indicate the sea they're living in. This seems like some sort of twisted underwater dreamworld. I'm definitely seeing, or at least imagining, fish or coloured silhouette of one.

As for shading, there wasn't really any shading, but when it comes to texture, I think you have too many horizontal lines in this picture. I may be sounding really stupid, but in my opinion if you added some vertical thick coloured lines, you would add to the many interpretations that this picture has.

The concept is very good. As I said above, the fact that there's such a powerful contrast between the title and the picture itself is quite original and evokes a good effect. As the reviewers below me said, some parts could have been a bit less sketchy, although this adds a little bit of a unique style to this piece of art.

Overall, not much to say about it. A pretty decent picture overall, making you think of many things when looking at it. Keep up the good work ^^.
9/10
5/5

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thies responds:

I like what you said about the contrast between the drawing and the title. I didn't think too much about the title, but what you said is true.
Yes, I tried to make some (really) vague fish silhouettes, glad you spotted them :)
I don't know about adding vertical lines.. it might make the drawing look completely different, but yeah it could be nice.

Thanks for the review and scores!

[Nick]

Lol, I see the resemblence :P

Hehe, this looks like a great portrait, actually, even though you purposefully made him look stupid :P. Did you draw this while Nick was in front of you or all from your head?

I like the hair in this. It looks very realistic, especially the way it covered the right eye. Shading was also well done, although the shading from the bottom of the neck down to the chest was a little weird, since it suddenly turned from dark to brighter instead of a smooth transition of the darker part fading away into the brighter part, but the shading around the face was excellent. By the way, as Joshsouza said, the neck was way too long, although you gave a clear explanation as to why you did that, so you can keep him looking like a giraffe, lol xP.

Oh, and the left eye is darker than the white one. As far as I recall, Nick didn't have two eye colours xP. The shape of the head is almost like a football, lol (the American kind, I mean), but I doubt you did that by mistake. One thing that's a little weird is the direction of his chin. It's slanting to the side a little, i.e. the left side of his chin is longer than the right side, and even though this is a tiny nitpick, it's the type of defect which you can't forget about when you're seeing the picture after you've noticed it, and makes Nick look weirder than you already drew him :P.

Also, since I've run out of things to criticise, let me criticise the grammar in your Author's Comments so my review won't seem small and useless:
It's supposed to be "This is how Nick would look if he looked as much of a douche as he really is." not "This is how Nick would look if he looked like how much of a douche he really is."

Overall, it's a cool portrait, above average compare to some portraits I've seen on NG. Just work a little on the shading at the bottom of the neck, the weird chin and the shades of the eye colours. Keep it up, you're good at making people look like douchebags :P.
8/10

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Fro responds:

I read it all, but don't have the desire to respond to it all. I agree though.