ShadenLines's art Reviews on Newgrounds

[PAYDRT #2.1]

Your inking is actually better in a couple areas...less full-on black areas (those should be used judiciously) & more lines describing forms. Excelente. Also, props for starting off with the short history lesson. The kids need to know it didn't start with smart phones last year!

StrangInk responds:

I was consciously trying to use less spot blacks on this chapter. I’m going back and forth with what I want to do with that. I love a strong contrast on a page. I’ve been looking at the very different but both very noir inks of Guy Davis and Frank Miller a lot

[PAYDRT #1]

Very cool. For someone who's "never drawn...really much at all" you're off to a hell of a start. The style is perhaps slightly too cartoony for the plot, but it works. Your real strength is in your storytelling, & perhaps in your worldbuilding. PAYDRT is as much a commentary on our hypermediated gig-centric society as anything else, & I love it. _So_ relevant. Decent inking skills, too.

[Quadruped Mushroom VI]

Cool. How do you sell your art? On Instagram or...?

DonaldLPatten responds:

I sell them at art markets and at galleries in Maine

[Boollseye]

It's cute in a weird sort of way.

Obviously it is one of a lineup of characters followed by a fandom I've never been part of.

Kudos for painting the piece in trad media. There aren't nearly enough of us old-school artists on here...am just glad to see another one.

Riger44 responds:

Its a fun design!

Yeah I agree more peeps should do trad its a much more engaging experience, despite all the advantages of digi it just doesn't hit the same.

[Tiffany Ember Color w swatches]

Cool. This is the third piece I've seen with color swatches...must be the new trend. I kinda like the self-referential aspect.

Zilu7 responds:

Really?

Well color swatches are useful for anyone who might want to use them. Also its fairly common in the character design world I am told.

[gabby doodles]

You're off to a good start here. Work on unlined paper & improve the lighting for your pics, & future pieces will surely be better.

The girl has thunder thighs, which is a plus. Also... *cue Sir Mix-A-Lot track*

zeeteem responds:

i get what ur saying, i usually do draw on blank paper but this was just a school doodle

thanks anyway

[Fury Road [2K24]]

Wonder if a background would add anything to it... But yeah, it's great overall. You caught the savagery.

CobaltRogueX responds:

Thanks! I was mainly using the actual scene as reference and the only background was the sky itself, which wasn't much darker than the light blue I put behind him. I also wonder if it would benefit from aome creative liberties though.

[mindflayer windup animation]

That's quite a fast-draw technique...

I can't help but think that normally, she must be _very_ uncomfortable. Especially when she's sitting down.

snotrat responds:

good thing she floats!

[the volleyball of power]

After reading the caption, the dialogue is less surreal now.

Also, with a title like "the volleyball of power" you could make a great animated clip if you play it right...it would surely have to be A-rated, or at least M.

Maxwell-28 responds:

Nah, there's no need for such a high age range for a death that can easily be censored. For example, the ball could hit the boy while raising a large curtain of sand and, when it comes down, reveal that he has the halo (so he has been killed).