ShadenLines's art Reviews on Newgrounds

[The Sneaky Peak- Update Early May]

Good to see you haven't given up...no doubt your little one is motivation. Other thoughts:

1. Why does Sazzi have toes but no feet? Maybe I'm nitpicking here, but I can't get past it.
2. Wish I could send more $$ but I recently took two trips to the emergency room...finally off the antibiotic yesterday. The rest of my situation you already know.
3. You probably wouldn't want to draw my ideas. They would involve huge throbbing cocks.
4. Manual labor ain't that bad as long as you don't think about it too much.

Zilu7 responds:

Thank you for your kind words. <3 I'll answer your questions as best I can and because of the way this platform works, any further conversation will have to be done in the DMs.

1) She does have feet! but they kinda blend into her legs. She's pointing her feet. I can see how you would interpret it like that which makes me think I need to do a better job with her design.
2) Goodness! Yeah no, please don't send me anything if you've got stuff going on yourself. This goes for anyone who's reading this. If donating puts you in a tough financial situation, DON'T DONATE. Use that money to better your own situation.
3) Hey I'm not afraid of big throbbing cocks. I've seen and drawn my fair share.
4) This might be a deeper conversation for another day. But what I am afraid of is that I will become a statistic. Someone who has skills and had a career at one point, but then due to hardship had to take an 'ends meet' job, flipping burgers or scrubbing toilets and suddenly their whole life has gone away and they have nothing to show for it. I refuse to let that happen to me and my family. Don't get me wrong, I have worked a ton of jobs in my life. I've been working since I was 12. I've done my time serving food or washing dishes or folding t shirts and pants. I have a bigger plan for my life and I am not afraid to do what it takes to make it happen.

hope that answers your questions! <3

[Countrybirb: Kazakhstan (Nurzhan)]

(insert Borat Sagdiyev comment here)

ShangXian responds:

I couldn't resist replying to you with this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MR18Pzbf-nY

[Cobalt Star XLVI: Maddox [2K25]]

Cool design, but with all that gear on him it's amazing he's still able to move!...

CobaltRogueX responds:

Thanks. He's freakishly strong!

[blair]

Not bad, not bad at all... Her chin is a bit too pointy for my taste, but that's the dominant fashion in manga. At least you didn't make her eyes ridiculously large.

She certainly looks good... If I were a 'toon, I'd definitely hit her up. We'd have a nice afternoon at a local coffee house somewhere.

Sirbeartoad responds:

fr lol

[Foresight]

He had enough foresight to blow someone away before that guy made a move on him?...That's what it looks like. Cool concept.

Azk0 responds:

Yeah. Thats his whole shtick basically you nailed it xd

[On the Prowl (for Vacation) [Gift Art]]

Not bad but are you going for cuteness here? Because if so, it would've worked better with a puppy instead of a full-grown wolf...assuming your canid is a wolf. The plump belly & the happy expression look slightly out of place on him. Of course if that's what your client wants then kudos for delivering. :-D Technically, it works.

ShangXian responds:

Her character is an adult wolf with this colour scheme, I asked her brother since it was a surprise and I didn't want to tell her I was planning a gift art. Cuteness wasn't the aim, I wanted to show the independent attitude of my friend through the wolf's appearance, and the wolf's look is based on real life photos of wolves found on Internet in order to get proportions right while at the same time I combined it with a more semi-cartoony feel. These are examples of wolf photos I used as reference to break the figure into mental geometric shapes: https://www.warrenphotographic.co.uk/photography/bigs/03981-Grey-Wolf.jpg

http://jon-atkinson.com/Large%20Images%201/Grey%20Wolf%203.jpg

https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/gcZvPHjRylt8YU5tCIDnh21y2DI=/0x0:5400x3593/1670x939/filters:focal(2268x1365:3132x2229)/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/67750128/1184377894.0.jpg

I notice that people tend to give them a slender, thin belly, usually in semi-realistic/cartoony versions. I opted for something more attuned with the animal's silhouette.


In a scrapped version it was originally her wolf character fighting off a giant snake who represented post-Covid symptoms since she had to deal with them for almost a year.

But then I opted for something more neutral and linked to the adventurous spirit. Thanks for the feedback though, I liked it ^^

[TERRI PUBEFACE V2]

Cool. Is she related to Sentry at all?

bl00dy-seraphim617 responds:

sentry?

[This Is A Hopeless Message]

It would be interesting to see that on the next version of the dollar bill...

ShangXian responds:

And now I would love to see a dollar bill with this triangle XD
It would be interesting and eerie at the same time.

[CHERUBIM OF HELL]

Artistically it's good but I gotta say... Whether that creature is in heaven, hell or anywhere else makes no difference. If you come face to face with it (which face?) after you die, you've got _problems_.

bl00dy-seraphim617 responds:

it is in hell. seeing all faces means problems. (i was sleepy af in first reply lol)

[Yet another wallet]

I appreciate seeing this on NG...one crafter to another.

Though I'm not a leatherworker, I recognize workmanship when I see it. You have it, definitely.

Re Etsy: There are craftspeople who profitably sell on Etsy, but you have to work at it. I think it's still doable even if it's not like it was a decade+ ago. If I were gonna do it, I wouldn't worry about factories in Asia...make your stuff, make it as well as you can, & market the hell out of it.

anymany responds:

thank you!

I have thought about selling on Etsy but nowadays it seem like it like an American Ali Express.

Perhaps I'll set up a self hosted shop and sell them but there are still a few things I am missing before I can make the process efficient