GnomeZome's art Reviews on Newgrounds

[DTIYS Selenada Art - 2022]

What apiece of art.
Great texture work in this piece, from the flow of the hair, to sleek fabric of the dress and gloves, and how the musculature of the hands is rendered through the fabric is masterfully detailed.
The little details of adornments like the mushroom caps on her hat, the small marks of make up under her eyes & glowing on her brow, or the Monarch on her hand, or the petals playing in the air really add a sense of enchantment.
I also really like how you used a light source coming from the upper left, illuminating the pastel reds and blues of the background clouds so excellently contrasts with her deeper reds and blacks, let her pop forward in the eye of the viewer.
Finally, as a bit of characterization, I like how the eyes are looking up and a away from the viewers perspective, giving a sense this a character with higher concerns.
Thank you for making this.

Ahren000 responds:

Thank you so much for your kind words! It makes me so happy to know you like it, and I truly appreciate your attention to every little detail. Thanks again! 💕🌻

[Witch~fox~may~]

This is quite neat!
It feels to me like a very relaxed blending of Art Nouveau, with touches of natural aspects and hard lines/intricate details, and a character profile in a game's manual.
The thing I find really neat is you have the intricate details work so well in her outfit as well with laces and buckling of the boots and the geometric pattern work of the the blouse, but also have an over all natural sense of flow and curve in the demi cloak, waist skirting, and her own hair/hat. Even the larger earrings almost have a sense of bones, against the necklaces simple geometry.
It is an excellent set of contradiction that make an artful contrast.
Thank you for making this.

ConnorGrail responds:

thanks so much! Im barely thinking about the bigger picture of things like this as Im coming up with it, so its really interesting to hear how it looks to another set of eyes! Im glad you identified all of the elements I did plan for too :)

[Yaya Panda Redesign]

What a cutie
Nice work on the redesign overall, and I think having more of the blue of the jeans/tights really helps balance the colors, as her fur pattern having a light peach/deep royal purple really pops against the starch white/green/red, but the blue on the legs makes the pallet really settle in.
That said the last pic in the series works well because her loos hair balances the more present green white red of her outfit.
Backtracking real quick the new clothes have a nice weight to them, and the cloth texture comes across really well, and is over all a fun outfit.
As final thought, I like the way you put the outline of the expressions on an almost transparent backing to the facial expression folio, I think a less deft hand might have made it look too busy, but the layering is clearly well executed, and it comes out nicely.
Thank you for making this.

NumyPome responds:

thank YOU for this well thought out review ^^! Much appreciated!

[Character In Different Roles]

This is really neat!
It seems deceptively simple, but you had to sit down and re think each character in a different archetype, while still showing their inherent aspect, multiple times.
I especially like the one's where in you double down on the initial concept like Leader x Leader, and Scientist x Scientist.
Final thought, your choices of when and where to include other characters in then variations is also quite fun and thoughtful, like the Entertainer trio.
Thank you for making this.

Chacochilla responds:

Thank you

[Tuffy 23/03/24]

Neat pose!
It really conveys a sense of composure really effectively in the little swashbuckler.
Thanks you for making this.

STearleArt responds:

Thank you for the kind words :)

[The nobody friend]

Nice.
I really enjoy your play of contrast in this one, with the bright framing red, deep blue, and the clear glint of gold shining from the depths.
The general intensity, from the contrast and the blood splattered gaze, is something that might stick in my mind for a bit.
Thank you for making this.

BriX3XV responds:

Thank you so much for commenting this! I really appreciate all the observations that you have for my drawings, this are unique comments!

[Cheese!]

Curiouser and curiouser!
Lovely work, reminds me alot of the meme like repetition of Wharhole's screen prints and repetitions of a punk show posters covering a wall in a city.
I really appreciate how much you played around with the palette, and I really like the last one with it's bright magenta and light blues on the framework of purple and whites, it's quite nice.
Thanks for making this.

BriX3XV responds:

Thank you so much! I really appreciate that comment, if you have that meme or remember the name please let me know haha, thank you so much and Im really glad that you liked it

[JuneBug and Little-Man]

I love how fantastical this this.
Very 1950's Flash Gordon-y Lazerpunk vibes, and the dinosaur is quite well realized as well (great skull structure on that terrible lizard.)
In a meta sense, I am impressed by how you managed to straddle the kind of pin up cheesecake pose, still showing an appreciation of form and curves, bur also, to me at least. not degrading our heroine, and having her alert ready to rumble and heroic.
It's a hard needle to thread, and it's great that you did,
Thank you for making this.

Kidgalactus responds:

Buddy, this is the most touching message I've gotten, maybe ever. Thank you.

I am humbled.

[Muzzle]

She's so neat!
Love the pun of the name, and shifting mode arm canon is really cool.
I think it's smart design to have the red gun gauntlet (prosthetic?) be a distinct color from her brown fur and green and black clothes.
With the art fight shenanigans, I am not sure if this is your OC or your fan art of an OC, but in any case, I think you did great.
Thanks for making this.

DonCroco responds:

You don't draw your ocs in Art Fight, you draw other people's. This is SodaVampyr's oc.
I get why ppl from outside can find the whole thing a bit confusing though.
I think she would have appreciated the feedback :]

[The puppet]

heh
I like the absurdity of the visual, but also how with your farming in the comments, it kinda seems like "they" can on "control us" if we choose to move the way we are told to.
The piece reminds me of two art projects one by Håkon Anton Fagarås, who developed the skill to carve realistically fluffy looking pillows, from solid marbel.
The other is a series of pieces by an Athens based artist, Katerina Kamprani, called the "The Uncomfortable" is a collection of deliberately inconvenient everyday objects.
Both series have a similar bait and switch of expectations in a familiar vibe to some of the art you make.
In any case, Thank you for making this.

PS
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%A5kon_Anton_Fagar%C3%A5s
https://www.theuncomfortable.com/

FTerracciano responds:

I saw the link you sent me and I found it very interesting! Thank you! In fact, the work itself unfortunately does not understand much but the message is fortunately clear.