Marckel's art Reviews on Newgrounds

[Doll-Face Abomination]

Ay pretty good! I love the expression. The cropping of the image seems a little off though.

Soegern responds:

Thanks man, i'm not sure what you mean about the cropping, could you explain in a PM?

[The Classiest Galaxy Tourist]

Your rendition is excellent! Glenda's staying derpy and classy in this one.

[Cloth being an adventure]

Ooh I do like the composition. The shading technique is also nice to see!

However, the main part of the image itself (the middle part I assume) is a bit confusing. The contrast isn't very clear as it is and so I'm having difficulty determining what exactly I'm looking at.

I can see how you've adopted the Hollow Knight aesthetics though. It looks great!

[Lyra]

I like the composition! The seaweed fading into the background combined with the dark cool palette makes for a good mysterious what's-that-in-the-water atmosphere. I see you also put effort in some light scattering further down the body.

However the only outstanding part is the face and the hair. There's a significant drop in quality for the rest of the image. The hand for example has an awkward angle and has a left thumb instead of right. The bubbles seem a bit random and is badly rendered (though the bright one in the bottom right looks nice enough). Try to clean up messy edges too, it helps to make every stroke seem deliberate.

[Black Lagoon Revy]

The choice of lighting is marvelous and the pose is quite well pulled off but the image really doesn't benefit from the sketchy lines. Try to use more solid lines and a stabilizer if you must. If unavailable, perhaps you can try removing the lines altogether and experiment with a digital painting style.

The improvements are quite staggering though. Well done!

[portrait study]

A photo study? It's quite decently done. Hopefully you've gained a lot from it!

There's a few hard edges that may need to be smoothed out, skin folds that seem slightly out of place but it depends on the quality of your reference picture. Still a successful study though!

TheRocki responds:

thanks for the cirtique

[Please... just take it...]

Not bad! I like the warm colors but perhaps a cooler green might add a nicer contrast. I also like the expression! The position of the legs seem off though and cropping the sides might be a good idea since the negative space isn't being used well.

YaBoiDante responds:

I forgot to make a version with the transparent background and posted the "version for instagram" instead
You're right with the legs, I noticed that after I added the flat colors
I wanted to keep her warm, to make her sweet and caring personality more obvious, but maybe it wasnt the best idea
Thank you for the review tho! I really appreciate it!

[Redhead Bandana]

The colors and anatomy are quite decent but don't get lazy when rendering the shoulder, neck area and the background (a simple one would've been better composition wise). Go check some color and values theory.

And well done re-finding motivation. Art gets tiring sometimes.

NGiaconia responds:

Thanks a lot for the advice! I'll make sure to check all of that. I was going to buy a book about color theory anyway, so I think now is the perfect time. Have a nice day!

[The Announcer]

I agree that the blend brush has its ups and downs. It's one of those digital art thing that adds a nice touch but seems to mess up in other unforeseen ways - losing details for example. What're you using? Krita?

Also, no industrial design this time around? Won't you give our soon to be overlords just a little more mechanical aesthetics?

TheDyingSun responds:

I am using Krita (and I love it!). About adding more mechanical aesthetics... shh! You're spoiling the next drawing! (That I'll finish when I get back from camp, I am giving our robot overlords the love they deserve, though)

[Manray Infinity Gauntlet]

Dammit spoiler.

Ehm.

Great lighting! It may be better to use a cooler lighting for the legs due to the light bouncing off the ground since you implemented something similar for the palm of the hand. I think you pulled off the gauntlet pretty nicely too. I like the foreshortening. Though you might want to be more careful with the proportions for the rest off the body as some seem to be a bit inconsistent with the perspective you chose.