ShadenLines's art Reviews on Newgrounds

[Our Good Pal Mothman]

Is he Mothra's little brother?

(You know someone was gonna ask...)

SourCherryJack responds:

Inquiries into Mothman’s relationship to Mothra remain inconclusive

[Pistol Girl Pinup [2K23]]

Well ain't _this_ a cute little number...

But seriously, the colors pop. Did you mean to make them that bright? They're almost reminiscent of 60's rock concert posters. Kind of odd to pair these bright colors with two pistols but why not? I'm just glad you didn't draw her too skinny...this girl has meat on the right bones. ;)

CobaltRogueX responds:

Thanks!

Yeah, I've been experimenting with a bag of 160 copic markers I recently bought and used mostly pastel pink, lemon, blue, and some light green and purple markers for the background to see what I'd get. Used much darker blues for the girl's shading. I'm just glad my scanner was able to pick everything up!

I'm glad you like it! I was looking at old 60's and 70's pulp paperback paintings and got a little inspired.

[Lady healing]

Very nice.

Could use some cool color in a couple places to balance out all the warm tones but other than that, it works.

Clickedmun responds:

Thank you! definitely working on that

[The Bulwark]

This is the first digital piece I've ever faved. There's a kind of contradiction there, in that it is a purely digital work with a medieval subject. That makes it rather interesting...

Wouldn't call this piece "photorealistic" as others here have, but it doesn't need to be. To me it looks like something painted in acrylics or gouache. The water in the moat would not necessarily be that blue...blue water is in the ocean. A small pond (which is what a moat is, basically--the castle is the island in it) would be murky & greenish. But overall, a great piece.

EyeballEarth responds:

Thanks for the feedback. A traditional look is what I often go for despite drawing digitally, with vaying success, cool to hear it kinda worked out here.

[My vision is augmented]

Not bad. What program did you render this in? The lighting effects are very good.

His shades look a lot like mine!...I don't have body armor like that, though. >|-D

EyeballEarth responds:

Thanks! Did it in Krita. Guess the body armor would be kinda uncomfortable, better just wear the shades lol

[Four Flies [2K23]]

In horror art, eyeballs always work.

I like your use of a single color...it's effective. Many people would consider a single color very limited but you made it work. My only complaint is the composition is a bit lopsided, but for horror movie packaging or posters this would definitely do.

If it hadn't been for this piece, I'd have no idea that Dario Argento existed. Not sure if his films are my cup of tea because I haven't seen any yet. Now I have a reason to. Awesome.

CobaltRogueX responds:

Thanks! A lot of Argento's films are basically just more brutally-choreographed murder mysteries with (usually) fantastic musical scores and some hefty doses of dream logic. I would definitely recommend a few of them if you're looking for something different. c:

Thank you for your kind words.

[RRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA]

This oughtta be your avatar, man...

I like the spirit of it. Sort of like if you picked a rat from the nearest sewer & fiddled with its DNA a bit--after reading a couple stories by Lovecraft.

snotrat responds:

haha thanks, you know what you're right. im gonna make this my pfp on youtube

wow it does make a good avatar

[tiamat]

When the author of the Epic of Gilgamesh wrote of Tiamat, I'm not sure if this is what he had in mind...but seriously, this is cool. First depiction of Tiamat I have ever seen with this many heads, alone with bat wings & the ability to blow fire.

snotrat responds:

ah, i based it off of the tiamat from dungeons and dragons. i drew it for a school play about dungeons and dragons. huh, today i learned that tiamat is actually a pig like creature with the wings of a bird. i wonder if the one from dungeons and dragons is supposed to be the same tiamat.

[Tree Golem]

Now THIS is how a golem should look...not some unimpressive mud-man. He's huge! His only shortcoming is that he has no legs to run down victims with, but since he started as a tree that's probably part of the gig. I wouldn't have thought it was digital unless it was labeled!...looks like the kinda pen & watercolor work I wish I could do.

HappytoDraw responds:

Thanks alot!

[Ghent Study]

It's good to see someone else working in the old media on here, instead of doing everything with a stylus & pad. The skin tones & demure expression are the best parts. Very nice.

Mischa-head responds:

Thanks man! Yeah there's something so powerful about working with real physical materials that just can't be replicated with digital tools.