octopus58's art Reviews on Newgrounds

[Brain Matter 3]

Absolutely love this! There are many takes on "brain monsters" that people have done in the past but this one really stands out. Its asymmetry really makes it feel unatural, spooky, jarring and just generally scary. The tips/ends having a gradient to blue from red is very cool and feels like transitions to deoxygenated blood in certain places. The placement of the eye and the strand making a rough mouth shape makes a perfect glaring face. With the two arms, it feels kinda cool that it has different types of endings (lobster claw and bird talons). Almost as if it has special powers to just modify its cells to grow into different endings since it's a big brain thing lol. Amazing work, love it very much keep it up!!

[Slimy Dude]

Cool design! I love how he's all drippy and you can see a bit going down his pant leg or from the side of his belt. Yet despite being all goopy he looks very happy and friendly haha. Great work, keep it up!

[Alien Hominid 🧨🎈🧶]

This looks happy, silly, and vibrant, I love it! I really like the almost paint like shading style you got all over the picture and the varying stroke size of your lining. The scratches on the guns are also a very neat detail. As for the background, it's super fitting and is well made to really focus on Alien. Awesome work, keep it coming!!

[[Magma Archive] Jirachi!]

Love it! The thick outlines are really cool, and I love how you also kind of used thicker outlines inside around the head to emphasize harsh shading! It makes it look like a comic style almost. Great work, keep it coming!

[Flygoooon]

This is awesome! I love the partial outlining you did that kinda helps emphasize depth a little. The way you did the eyes is also really good, and the overall accuracy to the design is on point. The added noise/texture is also great. Keep up the awesome work :)

[Drawing of Ristar!]

This is really cool! I really don't see Ristar drawn a lot haha but I really like how you drew him here. He looks happy and smooth, and his head shape is very accurate! Great work, keep it up :)

TheRandomStickfigure responds:

Thank you so much!! :D

[Six Goomba's]

Lol this is really cool! Despite pretty much drawing all Goomba's, each frame is so different compared to the previous one! I love how accurate you are to each design and how I can tell you just had so much fun making these. Really cool, keep it up!

[Metallic Crushin']

I never saw Mario Bros Z stuff but this is really cool! I love how it kinda looks like an early 2000's render, like what they did with heroes stills. The rig is really well made and looks very natural, and I love all the poses you put him in. Great work, keep it coming :D

[Still Life 1]

This is so cool! Just like with your other painting I think you managed to capture the drying leaves to look exactly how they would in real life, with the inwards curling as well. The oranges look very real, and the semi-reflective bowl that they are in is so well done. Great job once again!!

[Still Life 3]

Wow, this must have been hard to draw but you did so good! Beta fish fins are so wavy and floppy, it's hard to get them to look right, but you managed to perfectly capture their texture/"structure" if that makes sense. The colors you used and the shading you did was also perfect, especially the more hued lighting on the fins as well. Awesome work, keep it up!!