radiodark's art Reviews on Newgrounds

[island girl]

Well done

My hair does this if I go three days without brushing it.

[Mecanical insect - color]

Nice

The piece is very interesting; I don't know enough about the medium to give advice on the texture, but I'd be happy to try to help work out issues with the color. At the moment, it looks very much like some sort of crustacean evolved to survive on a beach somewhere, but I'm not seeing much evidence in favor of it being even a quarter machine. The eyes are creepy, yes, but culturally red eyes indicate "HEY DUDE, I'M EVIL" more than "I'M A MACHINE".

If it were my project I'd consider switching the red to the stoplight green used for electronics, and try to push the entire shell a little more in the blue green direction- I don't know what paints you're using, but if they were acrylic or oil I'd transfer your design as is, then run a very thin blue green glaze over the top just to tone down the sandiness of the color scheme.

DarkSword responds:

Thanks for the excellent review, I'm totally agreeing on eye color, it was already changed! For machine look, it's true that it doesn't look too much like a machine, but I guess it would still fit into the story. I had much trouble designing this, so I guess it's OK for my skill level.. ^_^ i'll do better next time. Thanks for color info, appreciated!

Oh, btw, there is nothing of paint on this, it's a digital picture of the sculture, and then colored and textured in photoshop, just to give approximation of 3D texture on the final 3D model.. : )

[Remnants of a Geisha]

lovely

The piece is gorgeous; however I would advise you to invest in some smaller tipped paintbrushes for detail work- the egg especially looks like it could use a finer point. As to oil painting, if your teacher is having you work with turpentine i would recommend switching to gamsol oil, which is slightly less toxic and does the same job. Good luck- as much as oil painting frustrates me, I'd hate to be unable to paint without getting sick.

[Wasted Youth]

Domino Hardy?

Domino Hardy as reference?

[KEVIN BACON]

Bacon is the Kwisatz Haderach.

He who controls the Graboids, controls the universe. Excellent job.