GnomeZome's art Reviews on Newgrounds

[Hatsune Miku - Sonic 90s]

Oh, that is cute.
It reminds me that in early concept work and art Sonic was actually supposed to have a human girlfriend who was a singer named Madonna, of all things.
Seeing a people are making custom vocaloids these days, it would be funny to see one based on her concept art.
A link to the scant details about her if you are interested (https://sonic.fandom.com/wiki/Madonna)
In terms of your piece, as I said earlier, this really cute.
I definitely feel you caught the 80's - 90's arcade sensibilities vibe with the background, and little details like the zipper pull have a gold ring make this stand out.
It's honestly hard to speculate on proportion on a figure that I know is innately artificial, but I feel you did fairly well with the musculature, and you gave her fairly runner's legs, which make sense contextually.
Thank you for making this.

facelesswolf responds:

Thank you! I rarely get any feedback or notice on the art I post so I really do appreciate you taking the effort ~~

The design here was taking straight from a costume from the Project Diva games as it's one of my most played and loved games ~ The official design can be seen here https://i.pinimg.com/originals/3c/fc/fd/3cfcfde952f5be969166a5b997769510.jpg

I really love the look of 80-90s designs and even to today's designs standards they have aged so well, so I'm happy you feel I captured that aesthetic~

[SAMSOOOOOON... and Filia]

(obligatory bad hair day joke)
I always felt like Samson and Filia's relationship was similar to the relationship of Shinichi and Migi of Parasyte, but Filia is always so composed it felt a bit stretched to compare them.
But you have capture a wonder look of befuddlement that reminds me of very early Shinichi.
I love the rouge emotion, and this piece's contracting emotions is very fun.
Thank you for making this.

[Why Me]

"Why not you?"
One of my favorite tangents in the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy series is about a man who is, unbeknownst to him a rain god.
Being a rain god, the clouds always gather for him, and they always rain, but not out of malice, but to show their deep rooted affection for him, but for him it is a constant annoyance.
This is not a platitude about a silver lining, just a thought on perspective on my behalf.
On the piece it's self wonder mixing of blue and purples, and using the the teal to contrast the work is honestly quite clever.
I love the markings, especially how they are iterated in the hair pieces, and the spiritual flora blooming around the figure.
Also the pool like casting of light from bellow, counter pointed by the moon above gives a nice framing and depth.
Thank you for making this.

[Galactic Evil]

Love that contrast!
I am actually tempted to break out a pair of blue and red 3d specs to see how this would look under them (the blue and red blinking in and out would be quite interesting.)
It's an incredibly busy piece overall, but in a almost menacingly methodical way.
Thank you for making this.

[Venusaur Sprite Redrawn]

Hmmm...very cool.
I would actually recommend linking to the previous works, because currently it easy to navigate to them due to NG's "artist profile recent work" board, but as you continue with you work, finding the related pieces might become more difficult.
Onto your excellent piece!
My favorite Gen 1 starter, hands down, so this gets a lot of love from me, and it frankly adorable.
I do like how your where experimenting with the cell dots over the three pieces, and I have to say that I think what you did initially with Charizard, using them as slight accent really worked well, and I think you already understand the that the amount used with Blastoise distracted from your over all design work.
I think you store happy medium here, and I am not sure you quite got there.
I really like the dots, and they are a very unique way of achieving what you are going for, and with the charizard I feel you used it as a wonderful accent on the tail and wings.
I think the light highlight you put on the petals could have been dots, and perhaps a some sort of accents on the ferns.
I only go into this detail to say I appreciate the effort you put into these pieces, and to encourage you in your pursuits.
Thank you for making these.

Corromon responds:

Ah thanks for letting me know about the linking dude I'll do it straight away. And dude thank you a ton for the in depth review of my stuff it's good to see people care enough to give me feedback like this. I'd say that yes the blastoise I at the time felt like I went overboard - it was mostly overcompensation from the first piece but it wasn't the right call. Also yea I should've used the dot highlights on the petals. I might revisit these in the future or do something in the same vein soon.

[Amanda Beetle]

That green glow on the undercarriage gives this an amazingly odd flubber vibe.
In any case, I think this is quite apt, and I enjoy the little details like the license plate, Draconic Club Sock, the tiny plane and contrail, and the hat drifting away.
I would say this thing that stands out to me a s noticeably odd, and this only based on my experience near seas and lakes, but the shore is not shear enough, or i suppose defined enough.
like, it' a minor note, but I see no shore of real division between the green of the land and the forth of the sea, and most plants that I have observed can not quite grow that way.
That said, I love the sea foam, the clouds, and the curving landscape with the nice dip of field under the mid center.
Thank you for making this.

[Brandy?]

I think if pitched it as Brandy in the style of Animal Crossing it works really well.
Honestly I think you did well with your stylization, and until I saw the name I had a sense of familiarity, but not recognition.
Thank you for making this.

[GIFT: Sleepy Knight]

They have a +1 Vorpal Pillow, and mainly resides in pillow forts.
I really like the blues & purples of this, like a fading sun set, with the twinkle of the stars coming out.
Thank you for making this.

[Security guard]

I really like the sheep fuzz, it's such a cool look.
The hair is almost a stark contrast to the body armor, and the taunt muscles.
The eyes kinda straddle realistic and goofy, because I know she is looking down on the viewer, but it does have a slight cross eyed look to them, which is confusing with the piercing read of them.

[Peach]

I really like the nimbus-ish curves and float of the dress.
Also the piranha plant bouquet is very cute.
In terms of the NSWF, follow your heart on that one, because this is plenty cute, and is a good display of your skill.
Thank you for making this.

Nuggetdraws responds:

Thank you! <3