CloudEater's art Reviews on Newgrounds

['Lightbulb Frog']

Really cool.

This is heaps good, I don't think it would look nearly as good if it wasn't animated. I think it could have worked better if the background wasn't the same colour as the frog and if there was a stronger more defined light coming from the bulb. But apart from that I like it :)

Butzbo responds:

Hheeyy thanks a lot for the feedback, i really have to improve the colors and contrast.
Weeell have a nice 'cloud sandwich'!

[The Black]

Game?!

I can see this style working heaps good in a game with some glow effects and stuff like that. With this style because the foreground is completely black and simple you should try and do a bit more with the background.

Luxembourg responds:

I can't animate, I don't have the tools to animate. :/
I agree about the background. Looking at it now, this piece is actually a little boring. It's far too simple and it's quite flat. Even working in all black, I could have added smaller hills with smaller trees around the main hill, their size giving the effect that they're farther away. I just neglected to add more to it, and I regret that.
Thanks for the review, and I'm glad you like it.

[Characters]

Nice characters

They are very interesting characters, you should draw more of them. The white background is bad you should always try to add some sort of background.

Luxembourg responds:

The lack of a background really hurts most of my earlier submissions to the art portal. I don't do that anymore; even if my backgrounds are bad, I still do them now. They really are pretty enjoyable characters, and I've been trying to work with them recently, though I keep worrying I'll destroy their original charm; I did so in the new piece I made with the girl, Ophelia.
Thanks for the review. A lot of people have liked these characters so far as I've seen, and I like that.

[Ophelia]

Interesting

The grass is far to light and takes away some depth from the picture. You should have coloured some grey underneath it so it fits in better with everything. The wierd ghost things are really cool and have become apart of your style. Ophelia seems to thin and tall and I think you drew her much better in your original sketch. The dark clouds in the background work well and make the things infront of them stand out more. Great work dude!

Luxembourg responds:

I agree she looked better in the original sketch. She's too much taller and nowhere near as pleasant looking. I think this stems from my style kind of leaning towards becoming darker since I drew the original one, though. I do feel that this piece is far better than the original, though, even if her character isn't as good.
I was actually pleased with how grass-like the grass looked, so I didn't really consider that it could be too light. It's a lot lighter than the rest of the piece, now that you mention it, and it does kind of detract from the depth, even though I feel it adds some detail.
Really, I think, based on your review, you should have given it an 8 or, at the most, a 9, but I'm really glad you like it enough to bump its score up despite the flaws. Thanks for the review, cloudy!

[We are "The RedNecks!!!"]

Cool stuff

Your cartoony style is really great. It's good how you distort their figures and it still looks right most of the time. This one looks a bit too skewed at some places and seems a bit too cramped.

Comick responds:

Thanks! :) Yeah I think its too cramped for the space too heh, next time I will put a little more space around the edges. Thanks for the review

[Robot Day '10 Design]

Awesome!

This is looking really awsome. The colouring behind it looks awesome, it makes it look like a canvas. This should turn out really good I can't wait to see it finished.

Fifty-50 responds:

Thanks cloudy! :P

[Under the Rain]

Pretty good.

You need to work on the shape of your people. They are much too flat and thin. The nose and mouth part of their face comes out way too much, so practice that. Here's a refernce (http://www.posemaniacs.com/?p=33) the rain and umbrella look good though. Too much glow :P

AnDrew19787 responds:

Thanks for the feedback! I'm constantly improving my skills so looking back at this I can completely see your view. One thing to keep in mind is that my characters are stylized so don't expect perfect human anatomy out of them X3

And thanks for the link! I'll be sure to make good use of it :)