namuwonderling's art Reviews on Newgrounds

[i draw me wife]

I'd personally consider this the ideal full-body reference sheet for Cree - minus all the stuff that would actually make this a reference sheet for your version of her sona design.

I'm most impressed with the shading and lighting; the latter particularly makes Cree's color scheme look less flat, subsequently emphasizing that she's not your average human - if the eyes and futuristic vibes didn't already give that away.

I also like that her heels are dark green. While black or cyan is an obvious choice for their color at first glance, them being dark green - in my interpretation - is some subtle attention to detail that refers to Cree being your wife.

MidTierArtist responds:

precisely
and the original design was still kind of complicated if not counting those lines on her body

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There's not much I could realistically critique here; it's nice to see the funny one-eyed skrunkly in color now!

Although, I wonder where his boots went?

MidTierArtist responds:

gone

[Six of me]

This is like looking at a family photo, albeit all the family members are versions of the same person. Wonder if there's a term for that?

I like that each counterpart has a distinct quirk in their appearance and artstyle; one has soft shading, one's drawn in flatcolor, another has scribbly-esque lineart, etc.

The background, while hard to see, also adds some good attention to detail in that it appears to be an actual photo of some outdoors location; given that the average family photo tends to be taken outside.

Although I won't lie, the variant in the center of the picture with the semi-bird's eye view perspective makes the composition a tad off-putting at a closer glance; it particularly makes her look like she's floating when everyone else doesn't appear to be - maybe with the one exception of the variant on the top-left corner of the canvas.

NoNthings responds:

The one in the middle is supposed to be like that a high pov if that makes sense

[namu birthdae]

Aww! Thank you for the surprise birthday fanart, Dan! I really appreciate it!

(Love Nevaeh's goofy ahh grin.)

[DON'T YOU WANT A REMATCH?]

Holy shit, this needs to be frontpaged ASAP.

There's so much good stuff that I can talk about here, but if I started infodumping, we'd be here all day. So I'll try to streamline the explanations of what I like most about this piece.

For starters, the visual detailing and composition is OFF THE CHARTS. Much like what I described when I reviewed the Akuma art, this looks like a mock-up for an advertisement readers would find in an old comic book, right down to the brand/company logos being seen in the bottom of the canvas.

Secondly, the background; I love it. The shredded appearace of it goes well with Wolverine unleashing his claws towards the camera, and the monocolor visage of all the other playable characters in Marvel Vs. Capcom 2 breathes a lot of life into the whole thing.

Lastly, both Wolverine himself and Ryu look fucking amazing! Ryu being shown in the reflection of Wolverine's claws is such a cool way to visualize their duel, and their respective poses are awesome to look at!

I know this is just a small request but please make more art like this! I'd stare and admire it all day.

BaasNG responds:

i love you

[Ow the edge listen motomami]

This is a fantastic illustration to admire while I patiently wait for the release of Sonic X Shadow Generations and the Sonic 3 movie.

The shading and lighting here is *mad* impressive, particularly on Shadow's gun and clothes.

The iPod is also some stellar attention to detail. As far as I remember, iPods existed in the early 2000s and that's the time when Shadow first debuted as a character in the Sonic series. It also helps suggest that this art piece takes place sometimes in the early 2000s, which is pretty cool!

I can imagine Shadow having tunes like "I Am (All Of Me)," "This Machine," "Westopolis" and "All Hail Shadow" playing on blast.

[Vivian]

"The Vivians are multiplying."

I adore thd game-accurate Vivians on the right side of the canvas; they're cute and whimsy, especially the bottom-right one holding a trans pride flag.

I won't lie, I don't have much to say on the stylized Vivian in the center of the frame. I've seen a lot of Vivian art with an identical appearance to that stylized version, but then again, Vivian's design is quite simple so there's not a whole lot the average artist could really do with it.

NoNthings responds:

thank you namu this took so long to draw for no reason lol 🙏

[fella (old deviantart tribute)]

I wasn't around to experience old DeviantArt beyond the cavalcade of cringe compilation videos made by Solar Sands, JelloApocalypse, DeviantCringe and Pkrussl back in the day; but I could tell that the site had a special place in people's hearts.

You manage to capture that feeling exceptionally well here; a perfect recreation of DeviantArt's past grandeur with this 3D model of its skrunkly mascot and the background that surrounds him.

This piece also had me paying attention to DeviantArt's original logo; noticing the stylized lowercase "da" harkons back to a time when companies and brands didn't minimalize their logos and made them uniquely expressive. It further emphasizes the pain of what DeviantArt has become in recent years; "zombie website" best describes the current state its in.

[remastered sona [reupload]]

Everything I said about the first upload of this still applies here, so I won't re-type all of it, for the sake of convenience.

But wow! I was not expecting there to be a bunch of extra stuff added into Dan's ref sheet. The whole thing feels more complete and definitive now.