NekoMika's art Reviews on Newgrounds

[Vikings!]

Well constructed

This looks incredibly nice and very well created. How long did this one take you this time anyways? Liking the water surface here as it has reflective properties and looks quite realistic. Very well done 3D piece once more too!!

The little cross I am guessing is part of a graveyard and then we have fire in the background. So I guess they set fire to village as they felt like doing so and then left them all to die. The smoke could be a bit more realistic and having it look like it is being blown everywhere rather than just going straight up I think.

The boat is dark and so I guess this is either dawn or dusk that they did this since the boat has poor lighting at the moment. Then however in the water you can see the sail is pure white which kind of contradicts the sail color on the boat.

The trees, grass, and sky all look great here too.

Overall, another wonderful 3D piece.

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samulis responds:

Thanks for the review. This piece took me about a hour and a half since I didn't need to make any new items to do it (the terrain is custom, background is custom, the characters are template, and the rest of the props are royalty-free by Arteria3D; I have been using a lot of his stuff lately).

The reason for the differently shaded/colored sail is because that is where the sun itself reflects on the water, so it looks more saturated and brighter.

[Roman Forum- Full]

Looking good

The only bad thing here is possibly just the reflective floor. Everything aside from the reflective floor seems to look natural and realistic. I think you maybe could have spent more time and put in some floor tiles to remove the reflective looking ground since it gives a feel of it being over water or at least it looks that way to me.

The pillars holding up the forum there look really nice and you get a feel that there could possibly be actual people standing under them unaware that at any moment an earthquake may one day come through and simply ruin everything for them and make them have to start all over again.

The entrance, main place on the right and the secondary floor looking areas all look pretty good here. How long did you spend working on this one to be exact anyways? Looks rather professional.

Overall, very nice looking piece aside from the reflective floor.

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samulis responds:

This was my longest project 3D wise... I spent about 10 hours total, I estimate, over several weeks of off-and-on working. I thought the reflective floor would add a certain feel to it, but I see now it was a mistake that I will not do in the future. :)

As a side note, you can watch a slideshow of the construction: http://s385.photobucket.com/albums/oo300/Imparus/Forum%20Build/?albumview=slideshow

[Paarthurnax Bust]

Dragon head?

Well that is a nicely detailed dragon head and seeing in the "More by this Artist" box you have other dragon artwork so this one is just as nice as all the others. I guess if I could really suggest anything is that a neck is added so it doesn't feel like a floating head. Very interesting dragon head design.

Coloring seems just right and light green down the middle with brown on the sides and most of its head makes me think that it could possibly be a forest guardian of some kind and it is now having to chase after someone that decided to harm its friends in the forest.

The horn designs are very nice here. Then he has more horns protruding under his mouth too. The teeth look rather sharp and as if you would not want to get bitten by it either.The inside of his mouth looks a tiny bit like a mix of black and purple which is a nice combination. The eye coloring and snake design for the eyes seem rather fitting and I like that too.

Overall, nice artwork of the dragon head, nicely done!

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SuperBastard responds:

Thanks for the review! I do sort of draw a lot of dragons I suppose; I'm not really a good enough artist to draw anything else.

[I <3 U]

Adorable

Well she makes for an adorable character anyways. Really like the shading on her dress capturing the light a bit. Very nice drawing, I like it. She looks like an easy to get along with person too. Nice work on this wonderful image.

Gla55angel responds:

Thats exactly what I was going for, its nice to know i hit the mark ^-^ thank you so much!

[Thank you]

Flashy

And by flashy I mean quickly done. It still looks adorable at least to me anyways. Nice little piece of work.

anna155 responds:

it was quickly done ouo" took me only around 5 to 10 minutes to do :D

[Eyeball Tree Helix]

Simply

Well I found this to be a slight bit strange but it reminded me of the Sirens from Hercules as well actually since when they made the eyeball vanish it looked like the little hairs were a tree for a moment.

The background here is a simple gradient which is nice to know.

The eye ball gives off a feel of a tear getting ready to fall from it as the green iris part looks a bit thicker than the rest of the eye giving a feel of something growing in the person's mind that makes them feel a bit hurt on the inside for one reason or another.

The tree looks very nice and I like the shading on the limbs too giving a more realistic look to it. The leaves on the top are very nice looking and the little detailed shading makes me feel you put a lot of time into it.

Overall, very awesome and abstract piece, nicely done.

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Galneda responds:

Aren't Sirens flying beasts that lure sailors with an entrancing song to their death among the rocks where they feast on their drowned bodies? I'm sorry, but I fail to see the connection between Sirens and this D:

Though I had thought of including a single tear drop converging on the center of the lens, what you see in the white dome above the iris is the lens. Still, it's a very high compliment to me if this artwork creates an emotional response, so thank you very much.

I did spend quite some time on this, so I appreciate the observation. Thanks for the review as well

[Shape Up Pumpkin]

Not the best

Not really the best pumpkin I've seen this year but also not the worst one I've ever seen either. Kind of bland with it just being a few shapes carved into the pumpkin. I guess if you had spent time with pencil and carving the pumpkin you could have gotten something far more better than this.

At least you tried anyways so that counts for something. I would simply suggest looking up some carving tutorials and try to take time with carving out, you don't have to cut out just holes, if you cut off the outside into little pieces you can get shading and all kinds of neat textures once you carve it all and put a candle inside to see the end result.

Overall, not the best or worst, just kind of boring.

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ZJ responds:

FUCK.

[Assassina]

Calm

He seems real calm here as if wondering what to do next in his line of work where he gets paid to take down people of all kinds and only works for the highest or possibly most reasonable payer I guess. The drawing is very well done though.

No facial hair but well done with shading and we can tell their eyes are closed. Very nicely done outfit as well I think though. Very nice piece of work there in the end however.

Overall, nicely done, do like.

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HipnikDragomir responds:

Actually it's a girl and I only drew the lashes because I didn't know how to draw the eyes themselves. Thanks, yo.