TheReviewTrickster's art Reviews on Newgrounds

[To Be Damned]

Happy madness day! I like this, it seems to fit 2bdamned. It's also plain funny, and the "can I X you a question line" is perfectly madness.

ChazDude responds:

Thanks, TRT!

[Learning Glaze]

I learned to snap my fingers! Intensely cute, love Red Skeleton's eyes.

[What should i name this strange gorl?]

I love the crocs, haha. She's very cute, I like her design. As for the name... Bolie (like "BOWL" (holder of fruit))? I feel like it should end with an E sound. I don't know, I'm bad with names.

[Bojack]

Love the style and what it symbolizes here, guess these are supposed to be their inner mental states, though this seems a little more like something happening inside the mind of one of the characters, eother Bojack, painfully self-aware at times of his own reliance on others and his crying out for help, or PC, aware she's constantly involved in others' problems and miserable. I like the fact you chose to use Bojack and PC, they really have great chemistry. Cool how they're facing away from each other. Also like the symbolism of the extra light cardboardy LA background. The whole thing looks a bit like one of Bojack's trips. Definitely showing one of the lower psychological points of the show, but made with love for it and understanding of the characters. Keep it up, I like your artistic interpretation and you made the right choice in coming back to the community, I hope.

[Mayro and Lugi]

Oh, nice! Hope you get scouted ASAP! You have a fun style. I think you captured the dynamic perfectly, except for Mario seeming a bit off, namely having no eyes or having his eyes at the top of his head. I think if you'd made it so that they were visible but tiny could maybe have been funny, but would have ruined his whole thing, so I guess you should have just lowered his nose a little and obscured them with hair. Lugi I think is perfect, though, you absolutely captured his essence while still giving it a fun, parodic spin. Love the thin, angular linework and the angles, too. I love the shapes the shadows create, but the lighting seems weird. It seems to be coming from behind and in front, but it also doesn't reach some places it should definitely reach, and reaches some it shouldn't. It's like some of it is coming from above, but then more of the hammer's closer hitting side would be lit. Try paying more attention to that, and keep it up!

[Spritedraw]

Aw heck, one of these! And it's pixelated! And a gif! I love the laser effects and the way you approached the theme. Can tell you that's not what I would have seen in the sprite. Also love the design of the creepo robot dude. Not sure how that pod would work, is it attached to his shoulders or not? Making that clearer is the only thing that could have been done better in my opinion, keep it up!

[I have many forms, Jon]

Pure annihilation. The void of existence. The gaping mouth of destruction, a bottomless pit all must fall into. The inevitable ceasing. The invisible spirit of dread. The end of the known and the unknown. The hulking, sly and ultimate death. The finality. Garfield.

[The Last Funny Comic]

Social commentary, yeah! Nice punchline and character expressions, and weird enough concept. Keep making funny comics!

[a single banana falling into the neon light]

Interesting style. Definitely trying something new. Very cool perspective and composition. I don't really like the green reality rift around Pedro, it's too much and comes off a bit cheap in my eyes. If the color matched the rest of the picture better, I'd like that. There's just no other thing in the piece that's that color, and it's not really his color either. One thing that bugs me a little bit is that the walls meet in a point, but the player's head is above that point. At first it was also bothering me that he's not completely flat and is instead lifting his upper body up, but I think I like it better. I like the detail on the windows, they're really cool. Really awesome lighting too, though I'm not really an expert on that. His left arm looks a bit broken and I think the color of the broken shards of window glass should have some green reflected on them too for diversity. Those slain dudes in the background are pretty cool too, cool-looking execution.
Keep it up, dude, this is way rad! One of the most interesting entries I've seen entries I've seen so far.

24HoursSleeping responds:

Thanks for the in depth review! I was a bit worried on the green on Pedro (I wanted to kind of stick with a limited color palette and thought I could use some more green from the buildings), but I agree I probably should have gone with something else (maybe just a lighter yellow?) or ditch the rift around Pedro entirely.

On the glass I think your right as well. They were originally all green, then I switched them to all yellow to associate them with Pedro and the bullets, but I think adding some small green reflections would have made them seem less flat without taking from that.

[JUMPIN' OUT... BANANA STYLE]

First off, welcome to NG! Now, on tot he actual piece. I like that you've got a sort of camera focus thing going, now maybe if the glass was slightly more blurry (or at least the shards closer to the edge of the picture) and the player slightly more sharp it would be better. This way it looks a bit half-done. Nice composition, though! As for the colors, they're less radical than the ones most others have been using, kinda mellow. I feel like, if it were night time or something and the blue came from a neon light instead of the sky (which is also not how the sky works) that would have more of a My Friend Pedro feel, because this seems too peaceful. They are still pretty cool, though, just in a different way, and I like the way they're shown on his body.
This is a flawed piece, sure, but you still tried to give it something original in the camera focus thing and it's certainly appreciated. Keep it up, I'd love to see more from you!

Linkapon-Hero responds:

Wow... now that you noticed this, i've spotted my flaws haha.
Thanks for the input, that's some advice I'm keeping.

Thanks, I'll make sure i drop more of my paintings/drawings on NG! :D