ShadenLines's art Reviews on Newgrounds

[Yellow]

I'm just glad to see someone else reading a real book, in this hyperdigital attention-challenged era.

You could've added a bit more depth to the picture, either with a but more detail for Yellow or with less for the background. It's good overall...admittedly if you painted this with markers, fine detail might be tough to achieve. I also like seeing this as it is in trad media, instead of being done entirely in MS Paint or some other program! Keep it up, man.

[Bianca & Katie]

They're cute... I see you take photos of your work, too. You might want to put a light on the right side so you don't have those cast shadows on one side.

If I was close to Deer Isle, I would check out the school.

DonaldLPatten responds:

I should get a better light set up. Haystacks is a great place. I’d recommend going.

[The Road]

"He knew only that the child was his warrant. He said: If he is not the word of God God never spoke."

[Fanart - MLP. Feathered Phalanx]

A good illo overall, though a bit cluttered for my taste. On the other hand the Spartan furries _are_ in a phalanx, so of course they'll be close together...

For anyone else who arrives at this page: as the OP said, "300" is not true history; even the fight scenes are pretty unrealistic overall. As always, if you want to learn all about what really happened you need to find books written by reliable historians, & read them thoroughly. But for a basic intro to Thermopylae, the following YT clip ain't bad:

https://youtu.be/BmFNoQkN23w?si=6S2bJrCRRAVSuH8-

[The Coarse Curse Episode 1 026 - 030]

Okay, now it's getting funny.

[The Coarse Curse Episode 1 015 - 020]

"Godspeed, Fiyo"...

If Kevin J. Taylor ever reads this, he'll love it. If you've been reading porn comics for long enough, you know who he is.

[Happy New Year 2023]

An excellent way to start the year, indeed.

[The Blood Trail Rabbit]

And here I thought the man-eating rabbit in Monty Python's "Search for the Holy Grail" was scary...*smh*

[On Stool]

By the FSM's meatballs, I don't believe it! Not only is there another artist on here using trad media, but subtractive technique on top of that...amazing.

I thought I was the only one, until I saw your ceramic happy mushrooms.

The piece has a slightly eerie feel to it. If that's what you were going for, you succeeded.

DonaldLPatten responds:

Thank you. Making Subtractive Charcoal figure drawings is something I’ve been working on since February. It’s a really interesting process. I attend multiple life drawing classes every week to practice drawing and to be making art with other artists. I will be posting so many life drawings next year.

[Cyan Mini Mushrooms]

Never thought I'd see ceramics on NG of all places! It's terrific that one of the old crafts is getting some exposure here.

DonaldLPatten responds:

I’m glad you like them. I love making ceramic artworks and I’ll post more soon.