Plasmarift's art Reviews on Newgrounds

[Daily Sketch January 6th 2014]

You do this daily? This is great!

I like the blue coloring you used (when I first saw it, I mistook it for a slime girl or a ghost). The shading on the skin of her face is what I'm most impressed with. It baffles me how artists can have such a great understanding of how lighting would affect the objects in the picture if they were real. The nose, mouth, and hair are all great, but the eyes may be a little too big if you were going for a realistic approach. However, the big eyes do make her look attractive.

[Alien Landscape Commision]

Extremely good! Not only does the picture has variety of subtle blended colors, the environment is unique in that it has very few things that could be found naturally on Earth and many things that are impossible on our planet (sideways stalagmites, strange patterns in the high rock formations that look like that were made by a giant worm, and floating spheres that could form perhaps due to lava eruptions and a concentration of gravity in matter). Perhaps I'm over-reaching with all this. Anyways, the art is great and I'd love to see something like this in a multiple player game or movie.

[72 Versions]

I thought joke was funny. To those who don't get it, terrorists are said to believe that when they die, there will be 72 virgins waiting for them in paradise.

[Timelapse Video: Overgrown]

Beautfully made. I like how as the forest goes back further, it begins turning blue to represent more shades of light piercing through the tops of the vegetation. Very good work on the detail of the rock and the lighting effect from the ray of light. I'm not sure what those red things are (they look like pieces of a headband) so I'm going to check out that video. Great job!

[LadyLadyLadyPerson]

When I saw the face, I recognized the drawing style. (I'd suggest trying to experiment with different facial structures since a few of your girl character's faces look nearly the same). The character herself looks beautiful and well drawn; she appears to be thin, a mid-teenager, and may even be an athlete of some kind. The face in particular is great. The shirt reminds me of a futurist tech timeline or something from torn while the wrappings on her arm remind me of something from a survival setting. The background looks like she is standing in a vortex that is moving passed her, with a small mist gathering about her legs. Very good job!

[Pasqi]

I like the concept (I bet that little guy is going to pee himself. I know I might if I saw a giant menacing dragon when I turned the corner). However, in your experiment with drawing with a single light source, I don't think you made the area away from the torch dark enough. From the light colors, it looks like the scene takes place above ground in the late afternoon when the setting might be taking place in a cave. Still, the detail on the dragon is pretty good and I do like the picture though, you may have to practice more on lighting effects.

idontknowcorp responds:

Thanks for the in depth response, dood. I realized i'd left that part a little light after i finished coloring the thing.

Appreciate the constructive criticism :D

[Terraria : death sickle]

I must say that I've never played Terraria, but this drawing is very colorful and dark. The background shading and shading of the dark energy coming off the sickle is excellent. Also, the solid drawing of the sickle makes it stand out from the background, just as it would in real life. The face on the sickle is pretty scary looking. Great job. (What that sickle in the bottom right corner for?)

[Reminiscing]

That was very nice of you to make this for your friend. She sounds like a sweet person. I'm sure she'd like it. There is so much I like about this picture. The woman in the picture is beautiful. She reminds me of someone from the Zelda world with the ears. The white outfit makes the woman appear innocent and pure and reflective.

The background is extremely diverse. When I see other pictures, the ground and sky are different colors, but they are drawn the same way. In your picture, many things look vastly different; the sky as a light blending of white, blue, and yellow with no brush strokes or outlines at all (except for the glare from the sun), the ocean has the light reflections, the grass is beautifully drawn with many strokes, and the indents and carvings in the ground. Extremely good job and I hope your friend's never gloomy again.

['I know this really cool place]

This art is definitely different from most of the other artwork I've been commenting on. (You may want to put more in the "Author's Comments" like the inspiration behind the piece and what you used to draw it). I love the horse just sitting by the fire laughing. I can picture him neighing with laughter. I may suggest smoothing out the coloring in the sky (it looks like a paint brush was just splashed back and forth across the paper). Still, I like the coloring; it is very unique. Good job!

idontknowcorp responds:

I can certainly add some more stuff in the comments section. As for the background, I painted that part in the dark so it did come out a little splotchy.

Thanks for taking the time to review my stuff, sir!

[Portrait]

The character reminds me of Samus from Metroid. The coloring, shading, and anatomy are good (I especially like the golden hair) though the light shade under her right eye seems a little strange compared to the dark shade under her other eye. Still, very good job!