GnomeZome's art Reviews on Newgrounds

[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.

[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

[The Air-Boar'n]

A portly projectile indeed.
It looks like under enough force/drag some of the back mounted mechanism might spread into a gliding mechanism, which is really interesting.
Also those awesome Bowie knifes seem to be jet powered, which for mid air combat, or sabotage of Balloon based air travel, like zeplins.
final note, I really like the Mr Robot-pig logo, and glowing eyes are a nice tony stark type of touch.
Thank you for making this.

[Vagabond [Animated]]

Interesting!
Remind me a bit of @O-Ovinnie 's sensibilities.
I really like the almost monocrome red fore ground. then the blue-ish purples of the foreground cityscape.
It's and interesting version of the vibe of Aladdin and Jasmine staring at his view of her palace.
Also, the vagabond being a true purple hue gives her a sense of not belonging in either the red ruins or blue sprawl, and the blue signal/bauble the vagabond seems to be focused on really effectively give a sense of goal and narrative purpose.
The crows are cute, and I like the flapping ribbons.
Thank you for making this.