Smiledon's art Reviews on Newgrounds

[Elvish Weapons]

Really good work.

Out of interest, how do you hold number 4?

Thanks.

RussFairchild responds:

Thanks! =D Kind of like a fist weapon, or the warglaives in World of Warcraft. I thought about adding like a forearm guard that would act as shield and connect the weapon solidly with your forearm, but i'll admit...... i got lazy =( lol

[Decor]

Wow, this piece is excellent.

I'm struggling making hair, would you mind giving me a tip as to how you made her fringe look so realistic? The hair there looks brilliant.

Thanks I'm advance.

zephyo responds:

Thanks. Well think of it like flat chunks, with small brighter hairs throughout.

[Fire godess]

Wow.

This is fantastic!

If you don't mind me asking, what was your process in creating this?

Reference photos of lava? What platform/programme do you use for your digital paintings? I really like how the lighting turned out. The hair is epic.

Thanks

Rennis5 responds:

Thank you :D
All made in paint tool sai, i did use a photo reference for the body but the hair and the colouring was free hand, i used blur tool a lot, even on the line art layer.

When i make the glow effect i usually copy and paste the layer a couple of times to increase the intensity, sometimes I blur one layer a bit more or make it luminescent, basically just play with it until it looks how you want it

[Batman]

Great pic dude,

Sorry to give you a low rating, but that's because it feels like his eyes are in the wrong position. His head looks like its a little skewed to the right

The rest of it is perfect.

Thanks.

Rennis5 responds:

Don't be sorry, the important thing is you took the time look at my artwork, rate and comment on it,
i can see what you mean about his face but to be honest i couldn't see it until you mentioned it.
I will try to keep that in mind in future drawings.
thank you :D

[Legend in Waiting]

Hey that's great!

Quick question. What programme did you use to create this gif? Is it even a gif? Usually gif format reduces picture quality. Or am I wrong?

Plus I noticed, when he throws the apple, the apple's shape changes to show it moves fast. I like that effect. Did you keep some of the old frames from the animation to get that effect?

Really good picture by the way!

Thanks in advance!

Kind regards.

CartoonCoffee responds:

I made this in Flash, and it is a gif. The picture quality is lowered hahaha glad it wasn't too noticeable though.

I did use the cycle in the original Eden episode as a reference for this animation.
Thanks for the comment!

[Dragon mounts]

Brilliant

Very creative

vinsight responds:

Thank you!

[Wile E. Coyote]

This is FANTASTIC!!

Ravish261 responds:

Very much appreciate your kind words! Many thanks!!

[Courage the cowardly dog]

That's brilliant!!

However, I'm sorry to bring a negative.
I don't agree with position of his right arm. It doesn't match his right leg and chest.
Other than that it's excellent!

Taburah responds:

Thank you for the feedback. The arm is out of place just because I wanted it to look like in the cartoon, I do agree with you thou

[Earthworm Jim]

Hey, really good work

I really like the shiny thing going on. Could you give me a tip please?
What was your process regarding lighting?
Did you have two light sources?
Is that why he has a dimmer light on the left side of his face and a stronger light on the right hand side?

Thanks.

matinat0r responds:

hey, thanks for writing,

first thing i did was block in the base colours roughly, before also roughly blocking in the darks. I usually do this with big simple shapes and zoomed out so I can see the figure as a whole, keeping me from losing myself in unneeded detail. Then I go in and go over segments individually, rendering everything fully.

you are correct, there are two light sources, the one from the left is dimmer but also plays a bigger part in defining the 3D form. the second light (rim light) source acts to make the figure 'pop out', and can help emphasize the silhouette. There is also a little bit of reflected light around in the darks.

hope this helped!

[Ant Buddies]

The water is brilliant! Do you have any tips on how to make it look realistic and wet?

What I do currently is draw a water shaped drop and reduce its opacity then use the burn/dodge tool to "make it round"

Finally I add in a layer of white for reflections which I then smudge to get the desired effect?

I would appreciate your technique.

Thanks.

Ravish261 responds:

Hey thanks!! What I do is draw the outline of the drop with a 100% opacity hard brush then erase from the inside using a soft low opacity round brush. Next ill paint inside the droplet with the background color but ill lighten it. After that ill add the hard highlight on top and one on the bottom from where the light passes through it, add a highlight on the ground and a shadow around the bottom then just use a soft round brush to add the shine. Hope this helps!