octopus58's art Reviews on Newgrounds

[WIntertime War]

Very cute :)
I like how the style looks a little like Calvin and Hobbes, at least it reminds me of it. The posing is great though, especially on bf where it really looks like you drew him in the middle of action. The snowball smear is really well drawn too! I also generally just really like how you drew the snow, it looks good. Amazing work, keep it up!!

NobodyLivesHere responds:

It is indeed modeled on Calvin and Hobbes. Thank you for your kind praise!

[rayman takes a dip in the KFC deep fryer]

This looks so well drawn, I love it! The palette you used is beautiful, it's light, pastelly almost and feels like sunset colors. The linework is very nice and stylized, and the accuracy to Rayman's design while giving him such a dynamic pose and expression is incredible! I also love how much detail you put into his hair. Too bad he's going right into the deep fryer though lmao

Amazing work, keep it up!!!

[Breaking Bag]

I love how you also included that yellow tint thing that the original show did lol, this is actually very nicely drawn though especially for a jokey drawing! I love your linework, it's very clean. The shading is also really cool, how you kinda did it in segments to make it more posterized. I also like the expression you gave him, it's pretty menacing. Great work, keep it up!

[Devilman]

You got his expression and feel perfectly, love it! I like the dirty/old paper overlay you have on the picture, it makes the feeling more spooky and grimy. The pose is also really good and intimidating, and his face is drawn super well. Great work, keep it up!

[Arkham Archives Two Face]

I never seen Batman but I know most villains, and this is really cool! I like your take on it, especially the whole changing colors based on mood feature. You also made the style very cartoony, kind of like 90s Cartoon Network which is really cool. The way you drew the monster half is also in general very creative and cool. I love it, keep up the great work!

merrivius responds:

Thank you! Glad you noticed the Cartoon Network inspiration. Most of my favorites are Genndy Tartakovsky's work and other similar stuff. Also eastern european cartoons what have strong silhouettes and geometric designs.

I made few other villains like this. Check them out if you missed them:
https://merrivius.newgrounds.com/art/

[Monkey Target]

This is very cool! I love the depth in this picture and the perspective, and also the way you drew the four characters all coming out of their balls! The background looks like something Sega would do for their wallpapers back in the early 2000s which is really cool lol. I also really like the accuracy, and the very clean linework. Great work, keep it up!

[Hydra]

Really interesting take on a classic monster. I like how you made the heads of Hydra look evil and shadowy, especially with the one snarling in the back. The perspective on this though is something else, it looks like it was very hard to pull of but you did it perfectly! The shading, linework, and positioning are all amazing in this piece, but the perspective is probably what I admire the most. Awesome work, keep it up!

spoiler911 responds:

You flatter me. Cheers!

[Pico and Gang color test]

I love so much about this! The expressions on all of them are great and very nicely styled. I also love how you shaded it, clearly showing that the lightsource is behind them. The lineart style is also very stylistic and cool, it feels like a game cutscene almost. I also love the attention to detail like hte blurry ng stickers in the background haha. But yeah amazing work once again, keep it coming!!

Drcockula responds:

Thanks for your kind words <3
Also glad someone noticed teh stickers too ;D

[M Bison's Psycho Shot]

This is amazing!! First off I love the accuracy, that looks 100% like official artwork. Secondly the lineart style and way you did it is perfect and fits with everything else. The shading is beautiful, especially how you managed to show roughness with it (like comparing the not so shiny pants to the armor plates). The pose is amazing and so is the expression. But man that lighting and effect is next level, and the fact that you made it show so well on the rest of the body is fantastic. Absolutely beautiful, keep up the amazing work!!

ElGrimlock responds:

Thank you very much, I am glad that you have analyzed all these aspects, each one was an objective and it was going to be reviewed by Capcom's quality control, and they were very strict but it was very useful to achieve motivation, regards and success

[Birdo]

Very nice! You got her face pretty well, and the colors look very fitting too! I would suggest doing some tweaks to the hand to make it look like it's facing more palm out, but otherwise you got a lot of other hard shapes right including the nose (or mouth? never figured it out haha). Great work, keep it coming!