GnomeZome's art Reviews on Newgrounds

[dig]

Dig Diana, perhaps?
It's a cute and simple loop and I like the way you colored this/ having the gair and and accents on the outfit all match was a really cool design choice, and making the shovel and evney a different shade is a cool visual choice.
Thanks for making this.!

[Sandy and Rachel.]

Nice!
It's interesting yo see that you have that interesting sens of, i suppose I will call it, orbital anatomy.
As we better develop AR and controls of objects around us it's going to be interesting to watch people develop "phantom limb syndrome" for technologies.
We can already see it with Truckers feeling out of place not traveling, and people and their phones and computers, but there is also interesting evidence that we can form relationship with ideas.
People who are used to living by a schedule often flounder when given too much free time, or intentionally having all recognition of time passing removed.
There where some questionable studies of isolation in prepring for NASA but also fallout shelters, then focused on how a person would function without the sun or a clock to mange them, and people who grew up with 9-5 structure suffered pretty badly in these environments.
Sorry for rambling.
But, yeah, recently in popular culture because the resurgence of the popularity of the celtic spirit, the Dullahan, famously having it's head separated from it's body as it rides across the land.
It's thought the headless horsemen, in his pumpkin headed glory, was inspired by these stories.

I think as design space, you have a lot to work with these orbital additions, and they clearly have great chemistry standing next to each other as they are.
would love to see more.
Thank you for making this.

[fire]

You have done an amazing job with that hair, and the armor/corset design is very cool.
You seem to have had some trouble with the shoulders and chest, and I wanted to encourage you to know that boobs can be certainly be hard to draw, especially in corset, in a way that does not look overly serialized. Corsets where designed to make the chest more pronounced, and it would have been ok to have added cloth from bust to shoulder, especially with how could showing it to be in the picture. On the other hand if you wanted to make it a little more provocative with out straying into the erotic, I get there is a market for in between place in fantasy art, and often in shonen/seinen manga art styles, would say that sometimes covered skin on a cool enough character can be as alluring as bare if rendered correctly.
Overall it's a lovely image, and she looks standoffish, proud and strong.
Thank you for making this.

[KOFI-Orgest Snow]

A nice winter Jackalope!
The yellow outline gives this a oddly stage play feel for me, like it's a spot light focusing on a character.
It's a simple but effective image.
Thank you for making this.

[Gwendyy]

I must admit i love black and white contrast, possibly from all my years of reading manga and other graphic novels, but I also love when some just takes one incredibly strong color and perfectly enhances that contrast.
It's a weird stance to be wielding a knife in, but she's obviously a slasher.
The fully extended arm, and slightly weak stance makes it clear she feels in control.
Sparing with someone like this is hard because it's clear the don't value their life in certain way, or that their training is so robust you can't be sure how fast the can move, respond, or if the are concealing other weapons.
It would be a tough fight, and you want to reduce their mobility and shake them out of form if you can, possibly break the arms as quickly as possible.
What's most interesting is she's a southpaw, or wielding left handed, and not as many people train to fight left handed fighters because they are statistically less common.
Anyways, I think you rendered the character very well.
Thank you for making this.

[Bio Hacker]

Looks like a fungal infection of neural synapse.
The black on cray certainly makes this quite off putting, but the creeping infection being that sickly yellow really drives home the sense of wrongness.
I am curious if the background being grey is better then black, but considering how tightly the brain is packed, it makes sense.
I almost think the fungus sorting the neurotransmitter between two would be more horrifying, but most people don't what that looks like at a glance, so this makes sense in terms of accessibility.
Thanks for making this.

[mirin]

It's like a hyper realistic earthworm jim, but using a axolotl instead of an earthworm.
The hyper thin design really gives of 90's era mech suit vibe, and the dewdrop bubble helmet is an interesting choices, leading me to think they might actually be a water breather.
are the marking in the helmet a HUD or is just a style?
I would love to see a version of this character in a post reaction axolotl.
Thanks for making this.

[A Sad Story]

That feeling.....
This poor OL really wanted that burger, and I get the feeling this happens to her a lot, or that it's just been a hard day.
The pixelated feel is super impressive to me, especially with how effectively you where able to render the liquids like the cheese. the tomato sauce, and the tears.
Thank you for making this.

[Frightbot]

Such potent display of anxiety!
The clashing of the subdued colors is fascinating, and I think I like it because something that's made to be scary can still be creepy, but in it's self the intention can almost drag away from the meaning.
Chaos is far more frighting to people then intention, and so that intentionally causes fear is a interesting foe.
I feel like this is from "mother", but I like to react on gut feeling and google afterwards.
It's a really cool print.
Thank you for making this.

potachi responds:

Hey thank you so much for leaving such a nice review! Thank you for enjoying the art, I appreciate the kind words! Have a great day!

[sneaky samus]

I like the idea of a powered down Samus sneaking through some vents, and I think you really captured her expression and hair style to convey a "Samus attitude"
The gun I can over look as a weapon of providence in matching her usual gear, but the shoes look cool, are nice kicks, but are confusing within her cannon.
I don't know why she would have a boob window, it dose not suit her character very well.
I suspect you may have had trouble showing that it was two breast the window is a simple way to convey they are both there, but it's just a little jarring compared to how I think of samus.
Over all it's very good and kinda a funny take on her contortion abilities, but I feel you could have pushed yourself a little more.
Thanks for making this.