GnomeZome's art Reviews on Newgrounds

[Hair]

I always appreciate seeing what your non conventional family is up to.
Now that you point it out, I am not sure I have seen you work with long hair on your characters that often, so if this is an new artistic pursuit for you, I wish you luck and perseverance.
To keep you company on that journey, or just for a laugh, this piece reminded me of this song;
https://youtube.com/watch?v=ovEVQ5g98Pg&si=EnSIkaIECMiOmarE&t=39
thank you for making this.

[Gasoline redraw]

Hmmmm.
I will admit seeing thing and thinking "there is a song like that yeah?" and realized I some how mentally fused Gasolina and смерти больше нет.
In any case, this piece has two of my favorite things, artistic growth, and a chaos goblin.
Your line work is much more expressive, and I like the touch of detail in the upate, like the scar having a rougher pattern, the eyes being more intensely detailed, and the sheen of the tooth.
I will say one thing I like about the older piece is the way you angled the earnings to correspond with the angling of the earlobes, but I know there are ways of setting an earning to that it will presently more evenly like in the update.
In any case great work.
Thank you for making this

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The songs
https://youtube.com/watch?v=3tw2P65wv5E
https://youtube.com/watch?v=B0bdhgmHCEw

[Angel Sketch 1]

"ruin it?" I don't know about that.
It's an ambitious piece, especially how you where play with a humanoid form in a floating position that is probably only possible because they are inhuman.
I like this angular angel and the choice to layer the legs, and have the geometric wings, and robotic joints, it might not have been what you had in your head, but I think it's a really good "thesis statement", or maybe "outline" of the neat concepts you where playing with, and I think it demonstrates strong creative sensibilities.
Sorry if that is too much from a rando on the internet, but I just wanted you to give yourself some more credit on a tough piece.
Thank you for making this.

ReakuTheCrate responds:

It really is more so that the sketch itself is actually flawed technically, as in underneath it all, there are inset problems with the structure that if I were to line this one, every single error would come out, the idea itself is what I've been seeing and wanted to make, the outcome not exactly what I was hoping, but a combination of a lack of energy and trying to keep myself working lead to this, much of what's seen in the piece itself is themes I've already used before and worked with previously, I just knew I couldn't go any farther with it given how it was starting to look. Over all, the image serves it's purpose as is as a proof of concept and something to work off later, largely the philosophy here is that not every image is finished the same way, some remain sketches because that's the best they can ever be, others can be lined as that's the best they'll look, while some take on completely different forms outside of what I could classify as my normal.

[Ghost Maid]

Very neat!
I like the Liquid/foggy nature of her design, it gives a sense of intangible, but present, like that moment a wave crashes on the shore before being dragged back to sea.
Also the background works really well as a setting that tells a story about her world, and features her ability to float/fly quite neatly.
Thank you for making this.

DuttonsaysHi responds:

Thank you man that's such a nice description! You're right, her form is very fluid and weightless (she's a ghost after all) The realm she's in is a sort of fantasy after life where there is no sense of up or down so there castle's coming up from below and out of the skies

[Sparring on Mars]

very literal "martial prowess."
Really like the way you played with a sense of air flow, and how you used a contrasting pallet of peach and white to frame her green and black.
I think there is merit in the simple back ground, and the discarded cape, but the simple background is a lot more clean in presentation.
If this was an animated scene I would say she would approach a rival caped in a distant framing shot, exchange some words in either a static shot or cuts back and forth depending on how much they talk over each other or not, and then start a sweeping shot from the feet where mid way she discards the cloak (picture 2) which falls to the ground and the camera hold on (picture 1) of the desolate martian background and the sun hanging in the sky.
heh, sorry got a little excited there.
In any case, thank you for making this.

kmau responds:

Thank you so much!
I agree that both backgrounds have their appeal, but the simple one is less messy.
The animated scene you have in your head sounds good, although she'd probably sink into the sand in the middle of it for comedic effect, due to her standing on her prosthesis!

[tiger]

Nice!
Thanks for taking a swing at putting tiger in your style.
i appreciate both designs, and i like the way you used more classic anime sensibilities, while maintaining a more Western sense of musculature/proportion.
Thank you for making this.

[Sakura Haruno 🌸 [Re-edited]]

ooooh, I like the layers.
You have really been pushing your pallets in some really interesting directions lately, I love what they do to your composition.
The magazine/poster motif are also quite fun.
Thank you for making this!

RokerRabbit40 responds:

❤️ I'm really glad that you liked it. I really appreciate your reviews on my art. 🥰

[(GIF) wiggle]

"bring it aaaaroooound town!"
I like the way you caught the off weight motionand sway in this, and movement of the shadow/design.
Thank you for making this.

[red riding hood mecha girl]

Grandma standing on a high platform:
"Getting in the cyber wolf, little red."
That said, the red hair and the wry smile give her more of an Asuka Langley look than anything.
I like the mix tech design of the wolf, seemingly tucked between cyberpunk and steampunk/trains bits, and I appreciate the layered armor plates as a desing choice, very cool.
Little Red's outfit has a really nice contrast of the hot red and cool blues, and as previously mentioned, the wry smile is a nice tone setter for her personality.
Thank you for making this.

sushiisiu responds:

thank you for your comment! i appreciate the detailed analysis over the design and im glad you like it!

[WEDNESDAY ALTS]

Hmmm!
Since there are five of them, if you can get the sticker printer to lay them out like a pentagram with the heads being the points of the "star" it would be pretty neat even on the sheet.
I appreciate subtle touches of white for contrast, and emphasis of the pleates & such.
Thank you for making this!