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[My only 12 inch]

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I think like most have said, the detailing in this really is the strongest point. Especially when you look at the bigger picture and you see the meticulousness of the stitching and the shading on the panels...I wished there was a little more shading, but seeing that you've said you've done more work on it, I'm guessing there'll be even more detail and realism to come as and when your professor hands it back. Especially I think there needed to have been more shading around the lining of the foot-hole itself, as it does get a little two-dimensional-looking, there.

Like I said, there's parts that I feel like commenting on, such as a lack of shading at the top, maybe the need for a little more detail at the sole of the shoe, a bit more emphasis on the dimension, but I keep remembering that this is something of a past incarnation of something that has since been improved, so I look at all these things and imagine you having already fixed them? if that makes sense, ahaha xD. But even as it stands, you can really see the sheer amount of work and effort that's gone into this, and the amount of detail present already for something that has been worked on even more so since is definitely a strong point. As it stands, I think there is room for improvement, but knowing it's already been improved, I'd just say be sure to post the finished product up on NG once you get it handed back to you! Keep it up.

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Fro responds:

Thanks, I think you'll see the improved one shows what you are talking about. :)

[Firing My Laza]

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Going from left to right; the face.

Like some of the other reviewers, I knew I was gonna be seeing the shoopdawoop face after seeing the title. But you did just about manage to put a little spin on it. However, when you look at the pretty ethereal nature of the laser, having the face itself have all these sharp, unshaded lines is a little odd. Especially when not only the laser, but the eyes are blurred, so it's just the lips/teeth/tongue that has these sharp lines.

I'm not sure whether this is what everyone else is referring to, but I did notice that the particles don't seem to wrap around the laser itself. Follow the white particle stream, and you'll see it looks like it goes in front of the laser, and then behind it, like a spiral. The blue particles, on the other hand, ALWAYS look like they're in front, which is just generally a little off, because you should either have both streams spiralling or have both streams just going straight out...not a mix of the two.

All that being said, I liked the laser itself. The colours are good, there's a few subtle shadings in there to not make it just look like a big blue line, those and the particles together do make it look pretty realistic..or as much as a shoopdawoop laser can xD. I think in general it is pretty good, it's just the slight discrepancy with the blue particles and the few little problems with the face that brought this down a little. That besides, it's a nice bit of fan art.

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Flash-Gamers responds:

Thanks for the review!

Yeah I have a edited version with fixes, but just been to lazy to upload it...sorry

[Tri-Stream]

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First things I notice is that the ETH3R signature is getting a lot more inconspicuous; it's still prominent enough to be noticeable, and so it should, being a kind of 'tag', but it's no longer part of the focal point of the piece, and so it feels like it is more about the art, with the signature taking a far more secondary role. Though as some other people have said, you could probably stand it being perhaps even more subtle, just so it doesn't look so much like it was just rubber-stamped in right at the end.

It's great that the 'full size' image is also bigger, but still keeps the smoothness and detail; I remember last time having some quarrel with one of your arts losing the definition when I looked at the fuller picture, and it's nice to see the same thing hasn't been repeated. Though reading some of the other comments and realising you are kind of aiming towards a wallpaper-type style, I'd say the full size could do with being even bigger, just to more fully emulate the kind of size you tend to get with desktop wallpapers.

Again you see the kind of things I'm sort of guessing are your speciality; a focal point in a burst of light, mainly being white + several shades of a more vibrant colour, mixing between the straight lines and the more freehand-esque curves. You do those well, and I think you probably know that as well. You also create a really good sense of dimension between the light and the streams coming out of it, and the shading of the purple straight lines coming out of the light burst changing into darker shades also helps this out a lot. The way the more curved lines also fade out is good, but gets a little confusing when I see it fades out when really close to the light as well, which kind of makes them feel a little less incorporated into the piece just because the light-burst isn't affecting them in the same way.

And the paint splatters, I'm kind of in two minds about. Because they add another bit of variety, another nice bit of juxtaposition between the lines and the colours, but they simply don't feel as dimensional as the rest of the piece; it does feel like you've simply added it as a final layer on photoshop and put them right on top along with the signature, so I'm not sure whether it works or not. That being said, it does make the background itself feel a lot less blank, and so is probably something of a good addition, in all.

All in all though, it's obvious you're improving. Just keep it up.

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Flash-Gamers responds:

Wow you got my intentions down, your a good observer....far better than I could imagine....don't think the world is ready for this, guess I'm gonna have to eliminate you....jk

Anyways yeah you payed attention, and responded with great detail, so kudos for that sir!

Yeah I added in the splatters at the last minute to fill up the blank spots...what do you suggest I should do with the sig?

I'll take note of that (make pic's larger, for wallpapers)

Thanks for the review!

[The Colour Of Water]

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I love the abstract nature of this; it's very different from your other work, but it's still done nicely. There's not muuuch definition to it, but even so you can kind of see vague gestures of different things, and they way the colours subtley evolve from the bottom of the picture to the top, oddly enough, does give the illusion of depth. Like, the beach, the sea, the cliffs and clouds in the background. When I looked at it again I saw what sort of looked like four heads/shoulders at the top, almost as if there was a group of ghosts watching the sea. Though maybe I was just looking too much into it xD

The choice of colours is great for that; you've got a nice radiance from the different colours, but not so much so that everything in the picture looks the same; there's a kind of ambiguous definition gained from how you've used each colour at a different part of the picture. It would have been nice to have had a little more definition, if for nothing else than to stop me thinking of different things that the different abstractions could be signifying; give a little more direction to the picture in general and point your viewers in the right direction. And maybe a little more variety in the strokes; you've got a few curved strokes at the bottom and the top, but the middle is mainly these horizontal strokes, which evokes the feeling of the sea pretty well, but could use a little difference to them. What little differences there are in the 'sea' portion, however, work really well.

Really nicely drawn. Could have used a little more direction, but as an abstract it works pretty well.

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thies responds:

Thanks again :) Lol, I didn't think about that yet, gosts watching the sea. I can see what you mean though. You're also right about that I shoul've made more strokes in different directions, that would've made it better.

[Siamese Octopus Gentlemen]

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Well what can I say...this is odd. Good! Definitely good. But odd. xD

In general, the drawing on this is superb. The little pencil-line details you've got in the face really makes it stick out, and look far more human than a Siamese octopus-type thing should. It's quite comical for the seriousness in their faces; I think with a slightly different light this would have been inherently creepy. TO the point where I'm not sure where I should be laughing or backing away. To that end, I love the top hat. It's wonderfully quirky, gives the drawing a more comic feel and for more pragmatic reasons, fills the top-right corner well.

For some criticisms...you fill the top-left corner less effectively. I get that that tentacle is from the same body, but coming out of the corner just like that does feel almost too odd. And while the details of the head(s?) are nicely drawn, the part underneath them is...literally indescribable. It just looks very unrelated from the head and the tentacles, and I can't really tell what it's meant to be, only that it kind of weirds me out a little xD So if that's your goal, then you succeeded pretty well.

This is nicely done. Weirded the hell out of me, but the drawing was very cool. Keep it up.

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thies responds:

Yeah it's some sort of cloud thingy, I didn't really know what to add, but I wanted something between the heads and the tentacles.

Thanks :D

[Killer Teddy]

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Firstly....awesome.
Secondly...awesome.

^_^

Not but seriously, this looks really cool. I love the style of it in general, the colour choices...maybe not so much a teddy, but there's definitely something in this picture that creeps the living hell out of me; it's very stark, and SO effective for that. So...yes. I really like this.

To be slightly more constructive for a moment...I'm an art n00b, so sorry if this makes no sense, but I love the way that instead of conventional shading you've used the colour of the outline and just roughed it up a little; scribbled it further into the body to both give it dimension and emphasise the creepy look further. And you've also got the occasional spat of hashing, which kind of makes me think that he's a little worn-and-torn, maybe that he has indeed been in a fight and killed someone.

The use of the lighter green also works well for this; you've got it as a kind of shading for the back skulls, but also on the skull and right arm, so it almost gives the illusion of blood? Or at the very least, distress; the jagged lines around the left eye really add to the quietly-manic nature of his face.

The few criticisms I have concern the outline itself; it is a bit off in points; the right shoulder's outline gets a lot thinner just before it disappears into the background skull, the left shoulder's just slightly broken up, the top-right corner of the skull sticks out, and the left foot's outline looks very thin when compared to all the others. And the lines coming out of the arms that I'm guessing were meant to simply be creases from the armpit at a little odd, maybe just because the one on the right shoulder sticks out much further than the one on the left. You're probably thinking this is being nitpicky, and you're probably right, but that's really all I could think of to criticise this. OH! Finally; the lips are almost too odd. Yes, they creep me out, but they seem too unrelated to the rest of this...the rest of this being a killer teddy with fly eyes...I don't know, maybe just take a second look at this.

All in all though, I can't really fault this. 10'd, 5'd.

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thies responds:

Thanks for the review! Indeed the outlines are a bit sloppy, like I said before, I'm just too lazy to edit this drawing. I'm glad you liked it so much!

[Not lucy in the sky...]

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The background works really well; it's simple, but not overly so. The subtle changes in the colour of the explosion blends pretty well, though I think the top-right tentacle got caught up in the blurring a little bit. I was also a little confused as to where the explosion or debris was coming from, as there's no sign of what actually exploded? But that's not that big of a deal.

The face of the alien is by far the best part of it. There's a really nice shading in the eyes and the facial features themselves are nicely drawn. That being said, the rest of the alien leaves something to be desired; the legs are a little awkward and I can't really tell if there's two feet and a tail or two feet and a tentacle or three oddly-drawn tentacles...having some dimension to the body itself would have been nice, instead of all the limbs coming out of the same single spot. And in general, any amount of shading would have been great, as that little bit in the eyes improves the face a lot and just gives that realism...or as much realism as an alien jumping out of an explosion can have, aha xD

In general, it's got potential. Could definitely use some more work, but keep at it and improvement will surely follow.

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up-a-notch responds:

thanks dude

[Raintacular]

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I wish the bigger picture was more defined. The smaller screenshot makes the wavy line look pretty sharp, but when you bring it into the full image it looks really, really pixellated. Not sure if it was deliberate or not, but if it was it really doesn't work.

In general something seems just...off, about this. I've seen two other pieces by you and this is probably the weakest. There's a good idea here, it just isn't executed in a way which totally functions? It's got potential, but it could probably use a second look just to make it more cohesive.

However, after all that negativity...there are parts I liked. The ETH3R part is really nicely done; it doesn't take up a lot of space, but it's still prominent enough to act as a signature. And the typeface is different than it was in your other two! Which is great, because this one flows a lot better with the main idea of the picture, that being the wavy line.
The background itself is really interesting, there's a nice use of colours and the black gives an almost-feeling of depth, but a definite feeling of variety, far more than you would have had if it had been a simple rainbow gradient. I think if this was a little shorter-maybe half the size?- this could work really well as a BBS signature. THe wavy line, though a little odd in full view, looks pretty good here and fits in pretty well with everything that was going on. The topmost line of red seems a little absent as the white line doesn't reach that high up, but in general looks okay.

It's not your best work, but it's still pretty good. Something went a little off in the execution, but there are a fair few nice touches in here.

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Flash-Gamers responds:

Thanks for the review!

Yeah this pic looks better the way it is, cuz the full size of the image is REALLY pixelated so I agree with you on that.

Would make a tight bbs or banner, but too lazy to change all that stuff on my profile again...will do it one day, and dazzle you all!

But all and all this illustration is the result of an accident so I didn't want this illustration to go to waste so I just posted it.

[upsideDown Town]

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I like the background; it's pretty simple but gives a nice contrast to the monster and just in general a little more to look at. It could maybe do with a few more finer details, such as more objects in the background, but as it is, it's fine, and the kind of light pattern it has really works well.

THe monster itself could maybe do with some work. Colour-wise it's pretty nice and the subtle change in shades in the body and eyes are done pretty well (Though the shading's a little too sharp in some of the smaller lower eyes). But the outline of it could definitely use a second look; the thinness and sharpness of it makes it feel less realistic, and in parts (like a bit on the left-hand side) it strays away from the colour of the body itself. The feet are probably the weakest part of this; they're got no colour to them, so instantly stick out. Maybe just giving them a light felsh-tone would improve them greatly. The toes as well were a little odd, but I think with some shading they'd be fine. This has potential, but there's definitely a little room for improvement; just keep working at it.

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up-a-notch responds:

thanks :D