octopus58's art Reviews on Newgrounds

[Hollow Knight Fan Art]

What a nice, smooth and watercolor-y style :)
I never played hollow knight but I really like how you drew the character, especially since you used slightly hued grays. It gives the image more atmosphere, in this case a little bit of a cold one (which is also accentuated by the background colors). Nice work, keep it coming!

HogoBrogh responds:

Thank you so much

[Piconjo ref]

That looks awesome! He looks much beefier than normal in these pictures but that's kinda what makes it cool :)

I like how you drew his build, and the outfit you've gave him is very fitting. I love the knee guards especially because they look very punk and just opposite of what Pico would probably wear. The sword is really good looking too, reminds me of the Buster sword.

The job variant is also a really cool idea as it makes him look like this half assassin half punk person which is really neat. Overall I love this, keep it up!

Nekolet responds:

Thank you very much, from what I saw, piconjo is very influenced by final fantasy so I had to give it those details to make it look cooler. I also took a reference from a drawing that piconjo had wearing a completely black leather suit and some other clothes in other animations. I'm glad you liked it there. nwn!

[Lily Strikes First (The Golden Flame)]

What an amazing use of color, especially because of such a limited palette! While it looks like it slightly exceeds the 4 color space of the Game Boy, it still definitely gives off that retro feeling and does a great job at it. Not only that, the actual animation looks very fluid and dynamic, which is usually hard to pull off. I really hope your game goes far with this kind of hard work put in to it, keep it up :D

TankTheta responds:

Yeah, I think Golden Flame will shine like a real Indie Gem. I put my heart and soul into it. Even if it doesn't hit it big, I'd never regret my time with making what I've made for it.
Also fun fact, the palette does indeed exceed 4 colours, it's more of a modern take on the palette with about 8 colours. Makes more detail possible which helps. I try to keep to the Gameboy aesthetic as hard as I can because it's a tribute to Tower of Heaven in some regards visually.

Thanks man. Glad you enjoyed this.

[Mystery Man]

Even though I do not know the character this art looks very great! I think the linework is amazing, especially on the body features like the collar bone, cheek bones and the hair. The details in the hair are really neat for the style as well, and I love how you drew the green smoke coming from behind. Awesome stuff, keep it up :P

Jordie-bun responds:

I kid you not when I say your comment almost made me tear up!! This is the sweetest, most heartfelt piece of feedback I've ever received on any of my works. I worked very hard on this piece, so hearing this made me so happy! Thank you so so much for the kind words, I appreciate it so much!! :') <333

[Saved For Later - Still Life Painting]

This looks very well done! I love your use of more desaturated colors, reminds me of old paintings from people like Van Gogh. The shape and depth look very well done, and one of my favorite small details is how the stem can be seen in the translucent bottle, with the light passing through just like it would in real life. Great work, keep it up!

VictoransXD responds:

Aww thank you so so much ^^ It means alot, i mixed many colors with blue undertones to desaturate them, personally think its one of my weaker works, but this actually makes me look differently and more positively at it now haha, thank you so much again for the sweet feedback :)

[Speedin' through the Stardust]

I love this sketchy style for Metal Sonic! The way you drew him really reminds me of how he appeared in the old Sonic OVA. He has a nice fierce looking gaze, and I especially love the trail coming from his eye. Keep up the great work :)

fl0pd00dle responds:

Thank you so much! I actually tried going off of both the OVA and Mania cartoons as reference!

[Big and Froggy]

I love both these characters a bunch so it's very nice to see them drawn, especially in such a cool dynamic pose! I love the shading style for both Big and Froggy, and how you took advantage of perspective to make Froggy look like he's leaping out towards the camera. Big has a really surprised facial expression too which is really fitting. Great work, keep it up!

nuclear-smash responds:

Thank you very much!

[muscle charcters]

Oooh these are great poses, I love how you also drew the muscles on the Saitama one. It looks very accurate yet stylistic at the same time, which is pretty nice :)

Great work on these, keep it up!

ArtTriad responds:

Thank you. Really appreciate your review and feedback

[Meet Fatuo]

Oooh what is this little thing, it's so cute! I love this alien thingy, the colors and opacity of it's head/bubble thing, and the cute little backdrop you gave it. Just looking at this feels very peaceful yet so interesting, would be really cool to know more details behind this creature in the future. Love it lots, keep it up :)

ManutkArt responds:

Thank you ^^

[Madness Combat Fanart]

Love this! The positioning of Hank and Sanford make this much more impactful, especially the angle. The colors are perfect for the Madness palette, and the outlining gives the piece an overall cool feeling. I really like this, I hope you keep it up :D

yugi155 responds:

thanks! glad you like it.