Gimmick's art Reviews on Newgrounds

[Run Gordon, Run!]

Umm..not bad, not good either

It isn't very nicely drawn to give justice to the scene that I picture in my mind when I hear "Can Gordon run fast enough to get away in time?"

Gordon seems as though he's walking, because his right foot's on the ground and his left foot's in the air, but it seems as though it's just being lifted slightly so as to give the message that he's walking, because you aren't going to have one foot just above the ground and the other on the ground when you're running; rather, if you want to achieve that, you could've slightly blurred the feet, with both of them far apart and having the tips of them touching the ground, with a duplicate of those feet at transparency 20%, 40%, 60%, 80% and so on (the more the transparency the lesser visible the feet). And his arms are just that of a stick figure. Sometimes I get the impression that Gordon is just a stick figure with a bloated stomach and chest.

There's also a look on Gordon's face that doesn't indicate fear and panic, but rather being surprised, cool and calm. That's not at all what I'd be feeling if I'd had a piranha on a jetpack chasing me at high speed, would I? No, I'd be screaming my head off and trying to run the fastest I could at that point of time.

The piranha, which I assume is the species of fish chasing Gordon, is drawn okay. but what is that black thing near its "arms"? Is that an outline? I sure hope not, because the arms are WAY smaller than the said outline!

The expressions on the piranha and the person are switched -- the person should be having an expression of that of the piranha's, and the piranha should have a poker face. After all, it's not scared -- it's a PIRANHA!

The jetpack on the piranha, sorry to say, just looks godawful. It's literally two branches at the opposite ends of a wonky black stick with fire sprouting at the ends. Maybe you could've introduced exaggeration by drawing, for example, a jet engine? It isn't that tough -- two elongated white ovals with a slight gradient.

And the floor and the background -- if you look at the background it's slightly blurred, but not too blurred, and the floor? Bah! It's not at all blurred, as if it's just stationary! It's not a P.E class where you run on the spot, it's a person fleeing from a piranha on a jetpack!

Apart from that, the rest of the drawing's okay -- the cap's drawn nicely. But those points, which were the highlight of the image, just brought the whole thing down, sadly.

~~ Summary ~~

~~ Good points ~~
1) Overall okay image
2) Nice cap!

~~ Bad points ~~
1) Bad drawing of jetpack
2) Piranha's arm outline too big
3) Piranha's and Gordon's expression's switched
4) Background, floor not blurred enough to give sensation of running
5) Feet position doesn't show that Gordon's actually running
6) Gordon's a shirt short of a stick figure

[Review Request Club]

MisterTig responds:

Thanks for reviewing. The piranha isn't scared, it insane and demented and has its mouth open cause it wants to eat Gordon.

And Gordon is supposed to look like that. Hes just a character I made up that isn't really meant to look like a real person. Gordon also rarely expresses any emotion, either.

[Nice job, Ross Fenton! 3]

Okay

It shows a picture of Ross Fenton burning a body.There's not much detail to it and it looks a bit too cartoony and some parts consist of basic shapes that are just colored in with gradients.

For example, the table is just two rectangles stacked on top of each other, and have two rectangles inside them which contain yet another shape, the circle. It just looks as if it's staring right at me, and doesn't show the same "3d" effect as Ross and the other things; their shadows aren't visible either.

The fire is supposed to be a light source, and yes, you did a good job on the light part, but it's too small. A raging fire should have a larger radius of illumination, and here since it's just 550 x 402 pixels, it doesn't cover a lot. Try switching from linear to a radial gradient for a better effect, with just a tinge of black shadows here and there, like you did with the burning body.

Talking about shadows, there's a long black body that's presumably the shadow of the burning body...but what is it? It seems like the silhouette of the head of a dragon, or a dinosaur, or something...but it sure as hell isn't a burning body: it's too close to the fire, or rather in it!

The "tear" of the wall paint, or structure, or whatever that thing on the top-right corner is, is a bit smooth. Not that it's bad, but it's also not good, because if you have a tear in the wall, and you're trying to fill in as much detail as possible, then generally you shouldn't have a smooth area; go more for the rough, jagged edges, with the frame of the said "wall" not being basic shapes, but rather being jagged as well. Nothing's perfect, after all, and this comes under it as well.

The person isn't drawn bad, I can see the blood "spatter" on his forehead, with some gray stuff -- is it ash!? -- smeared on his face, with a look of surprise and agony clearly visible. Not bad, but if it were a real live person that's being burnt, then he'd be flailing his hands as he's trying to get rid of the ropes that bind him to the pyre, but if it were a dead body, then its head would just kind of stay, with the forehead hitting the edge of the pyre...I don't know, because the author comments say it's a body, so I naturally presume it's a dead body, otherwise it'd be called a burning person.

On to Ross Fenton. His expression is cool, calm and smug, slightly smiling, as he's presumably burning his arch-nemesis? I don't know; but if he were an evil guy, which I assume he is -- I've never heard of him before -- then he'd have exactly that expression, so good job on that. His shadows are also not visible, mainly because he's in the dark, but if he was then he'd appear a bit...darker than he'd normally be. His shirt is heavily lined with gradients, although it's not obvious at a casual glance. The collars are not the same; their gradient colors are in opposing directions, away from the general direction of the gradient of the shirt, which is really odd...I'd go for the front-most part to be light and the back part dark, but clearly it's light around the edges not the opposite.

The fire is drawn nicely, with strokes of flame swirling out as they rise in the correct directions; they also overlap any things behind them, and give out a white "puff" of something, maybe steam?

The plaque is well drawn, with appropriate decoration given around the edges, and a brief outline of black; there's even a shiny coat on the picture! Nice. However, in comparison to Ross Fenton, it seems as though it's placed very low, around hip height. Generally, they should be high up.

All in all, it's not a bad drawing; it's quite good, but it looks too cartoony to be true. There's detail given to important parts, which I like. Not bad, keep up the good work. Anyhow, there's not much space left to finish.

~~ Summary ~~

~~ Good points ~~
1) Detail given to body, fire
2) Nice rendition of Ross
3) Overall good drawing

~~ Bad points ~~
1) Desk didn't have 3Dish effect
2) Desk consists of basic shapes
3) Person isn't panicking enough
4) Smooth tear on wall
5) What's that shadow?!

[Review Request Club]

MisterTig responds:

Thankyou for reviewing. First off, I want to answer that qustion. I think I made a mistake with the "shadow" on the fire. Its supposed to be smoke. I must have put some effect in the that made it look like shadow.

The collars on Fenton's jacket... the gradients are facing the opposite way from each other because I wanted the collar closest to the fire to look brighter. Also, your review was helpful, and will certainly help with my future art submissions.

[better vershon of bblood nate]

What.

I don't think it deserves an "M" tag because it's the blood is not detailed at all. It just looks like some cloth. Also, MS Paint art will certainly not get you scouted anytime soon unless they are great. Keep working on it, and someday you may get scouted, but for now, not up to the mark.

[woke up and saw this]

Wonderful

I don't see why this got such a low score :\

[Something]

Ooh, shiny

The colors were used wonderfully and the glow gave a "neon"ish feeling, it could be used in a game or atleast as a wallpaper; the door was a bit grainy but I can forgive that because I think it's intentional. The black suitably contrasted the bright glow, and can be used in a "dark" environment, where a lighting effect is to be used.
Nice art! 9/10, 4/5 if you were scouted.

jabmoreno responds:

thanks! i WAS scouted for like an hour a month ago -_-

[Sky Over Wyoming]

What

This thing has not taken months. This is not even a proper drawing. There is no background, nothing catchy, and it looks as if it has been made by MS Paint in half a minute. Sorry, but I just can't award this any stars.

[Jigglypuff]

Well...

It looks glass-like, and too round. The legs are way out of proportion, with the face being way larger than the legs. The ears have a black hole coming out of them, and it seems it's an object-sucking-monster-of-death object.
Either way, it was okay...but considering it was in Sculptris, which WAS very easy to use...I'll give a 2 for the paint job.

Asandir responds:

Too round? Black holes? You don't know the Pokémon, I guess. You should look the Pokémon up in Google.
It has such black ears, and the Pokémon is round.

[Alien face]

I agree

With bilalz. Even though it is supposed to be an alien, nobody has ever defined what an alien looks like, so there's no right for you to go and make an alien and state it looks bad because it's supposed to.
Plus, the chin -- what is that!? -- there are two chins, side by side? wha-?
The nose....it looks wonky and out of shape, not to mention too sharp. In contrast, human noses are slightly blurred and less flattened.

I know this review will be rated as useless. It's just the way things will go.

Asandir responds:

Oh snap! I voted it useful ;)

[Marge Simpson]

uhh

okay....

[my shitty drawing]

horrible

ms paint is not allowed in newgrounds.
one minute? spend more time on it!