Ahkihoun's art Reviews on Newgrounds

[Animal worrior]

This is a nice composition. Its got great light and dark contrast. I'm assuming you're using the dodge and burn tool? If so, you did a good job with this, but be aware of over-using it. Dodge and Burn will not give you that same range of realistic colors. For best environmental effect, try picking your own colors. I like to reference from photos, to try and capture that realism.

My biggest issue is the lack of color. You have this really neat creature in a sea of green and white. While I see what you were going for, dont limit your palette! Sunlight is rarely just pure white. A bit of yellow to this would not only have brightened it up more realistically but would have given you a complimentary comparison for your flower! (purple and yellow, opposite of the color wheel- complimentary)

Your design is cool, and seemingly pretty thought out. (I dont know if this is a creature from something else? Or your own?) Also be careful of using the smudge tool. While a lot of this lighting could be soft, you have a pretty hard light source coming from the left, which would create hard shadows and hard highlighting.

I think you're on an awesome path and should keep going. I look forward to seeing more of your work.

Volarberg responds:

WOW. Thank you so much! Realy great help for me. And btw it's my own design.

[Dusty]

Very cute! The anatomy is pretty well drawn out, and the design is very cool. The legs get a little hard to define because you used such a bright orange on that back leg. Colors in the background tend to be more gray and muted, so changing the color of that leg and perhaps even a little bit on that back leg would add more depth to your piece overall.

But I like your simplistic background as it doesnt take away from the bird in anyway. Aside from that one leg, the colors are nice and soft. Good job! Keep up the good work!

Lumavis responds:

Thanks, still some lil anatomy things that need tweaking but it was a late night drawing, I completely forgot about the muted colours, thank you!

[Snake Bite]

I think this one is nicer than the rest of your work. For being a mythical creature, the anatomy looks more spot on than the others. (Not to say the others were bad! They were awesome too!) I like your use of color and composition. Really just a fantastic job friend.