GnomeZome's art Reviews on Newgrounds

[Demon Cities BG]

Hmmmmmmm.
You captured an odd nostalgia in this, and I really like it.
From my time in cities, I will say that moments when it seems there should be a hustle and bustle and isn't is creepy on the same primal wavelength as being in the woods and hearing no wildlife.
The little details a very lovely, and and you made very fun use of bleeding elements into the "gutter" like the box and board in the fore ground.
Thank you for making this.

Xsplosive responds:

Ahhh thank you for the kind words!! I love hearing everyone thoughts and learning about what my work evokes in people !!

[Commission - Dragon lady]

Excellent bloom of green tones in this piece.
Over all great color composition, and I really do love to see the talent it takes to bend all the hues on pallet to a set tone like this.
The sparse use of red makes more a strong highlight, and has a natural eyespot like intimidation to it.
I think one very slight lost opportunity was having the figure's left eye (from their pov) be green and right eyes be yellow as it might have implied she had taken on the unseen eye of the wyrmling around her neck.
To be fair you did make an effective connection between them with the figures silver crow feet hair contrasting her dark hair, and the wyrmling being mostly softly silver with black adornments.
In summation, very cool and bold piece.
Thank you for making it.

xAshtar responds:

Wow thanks so much for that extensive feedback, I appreciate it :)

[ica]

Oh! what a lovely clash of contrasts in a colorful character!
I can see why you like her, and gosh those legs are stylish in their mechanization.
Also commendable to go to the effort to make more of a pin up AND a simple & celebratory second piece.
BTW is she balancing the plate with the cake between the ball of her foot and the splayed back toes, the pose is very cool, but I was too curious not to ask.
Thank you for making this.

cragscleft responds:

thanks! she's balancing the plate on the bottom of her entire mechanical foot, which is completely flat as far as i'm aware

[Bus Stop]

I like the antsy energy you got in this one.
It give a real sense of impatience, but still choosing to wait, and burn through time.
The swaying is clever as it gives a nice restless POV framing to the whole piece, though I am mildly concerned that the POV seems to be with in a bush.
Voyeuristic overtones aside, I love how bright and punch this all is, as it all adds up to being very cute.
Thank you for making this.

CuteNikeChan responds:

Thank you for your feedback! I appreciate it! <3

[CM - Wolpertinger Family.]

When the first samples of platypus made there way back to Europe, they where assumed to be a taxidermical joke.
That said, what a lovely kinship you have made here.
It appears the matriarch (?) is coming form a burrow which raises questions about horns catching and such, but a wizard did it, or the horns only appear in sunlight, or they shed them in fall like many antlered species and are only subterranean after that as spring and summer are mild and safe.
ooop sorry, got a bit caught there, in any case the little details you tuck in are very nice.
Like the two little ones on the right studying each other, or the development of the adult muzzle and the wing tips and ear tips being illuminated.
It is all quite lovely.
Thank you for making this.

Kayas-Kosmos responds:

Maybe the warrens themselves are magic and move and shift according to what the wolpertinger wants :P

Anyway, really glad you like this ^^

[Iolanthe]

To be fair, from my understanding of it, most vampires start of as normal people.
I like what you did here, and you clearly had a lot of fun doing it.
The demure smile and the structure of the face remind me a bit of Mindy Kaling, and honestly she would be an interesting choice for a vampire story, especially if she took it as a more dramatic/serious role (in the style of will ferril in "stranger than fiction.")
Lovely details on hair, and smart use of hazy allure, and I like how you managed to layer the colors of the back ground skin tone eye color to draw the eye to the eye.
Thank you for making this.

xXDani91Xx responds:

Thank your wonderful and detailed review of my artwork. I really appreciate it. :)

I was experimenting a lot with colour, brush strokes and lighting in this piece. I want to get bolder when it comes to drawing realistic faces as well so I'm glad I managed to convey her personality through her expression.

I never noticed how much she looks like Mindy Kaling. That was purely be accident :D Thanks for bringing this to my attention and thanks for taking the time to write your review.

[Android 18 Baseball Outfit]

Nice simple pin up.
definitely in the style of what 18 would wear and I really like the little detail of the red ribbon on the glove and the thin ribbon of red at the cuff of the sleeve.
While less can be more I think a few more touches of red on the outfit might have been possible for a uniform look, but I think you did well keeping it more simple and clean.
Thank you for making this.

CalamityColon responds:

Yo, thanks.
I agree that I could have done more but adding more detail made some parts of the image more busy than others considering that I wanted this to be a quick one and didn't want to spend too much time fleshing it out.

[small gif of my oc]

......More like you GlowC.
Dad jokes aside, nice work!
I really like the interesting bio luminesces you are playing with.
Some shot gun thoughts
- Do the eyebrows/eyelashes glow?
-nice transition from wonder/fear to guilt/worry, maybe crossing of the arms would work as well as it is a strong body language of self soothing and self protection.
-I like the floaty drifty nature of the hair an the way it cast on objects around itself but keep in wind whether it floating and drifting means the way is cast also shifts.
-Looking forward to seeing more.
Thank you for making this.

mistakeofnature responds:

thanks!
-i thought about giving him glowing eyebrows but they just looked weird
-this was one of my first animations after a long time (and the first using the new program i got for christmas) and i needed to finish it fast so thats why i didnt think about the background, nor the body language (but im thinking about remaking this piece some time later because im working on animations for my yt channel)
-thanks! im definetely gonna post more here
thanks again for commenting :)

[Hilda]

She has a good spirit to her!
I am really enjoying season 2. and you chose a great episode to reference.
I like you choices of going a more Astro/Atom/tezuka-like expression as Hilda's traditional style reminds me of older comic strip character designs and so pulling a more classical manga style to render her is quite clever.
The proportional limbs struck me as odd, but especially with the motion you imply you captured that awkward preteen's growth spurt vibe of "limbs are now long?" that you see in new born grazing animals.
Also with that motion you conveyed the heft of the blade quite nicely while it balanced it with the swinging leg.
Thank you for making this.

KonanSaurus responds:

I sure need to practice my proportions, Thanks for the Comment!

[Satsuki in a jacket]

Some cool KDA vibes coming off of this.
I always see it as a mark of skill when people can smoothly blend hyper realism and simplified/cartoons elements.
You also put a loving amount of attention into the play of light and shadow and reflection.
Finally the body language speaks deeply on her as a character and work well with previously mentioned elements of stark realism/Fantasy and light and dark.
Thank you for making this.

DaRR1o responds:

No. Thank you for writing this