Ahkihoun's art Reviews on Newgrounds

[No, you're not the one...]

Thats so funny, cause I just got finished watching that episode. This is cool. I love the playful color palette you used, while still pulling off something thats truly terrifying. As far as proportions go, I feel like the face is too small for the rest of the body. Beautiful though.

[Plague Marine]

A minor detail that probably doesn't matter much, but I kinda love the cartoony style that you pulled off, while having a smoke effect from the acid that's not really the same style. It works though, and thats what makes it interesting. I'm disappointed with the size of the canvas though; I feel like it was cropped short of something that could have been a really sweet full body piece. But then again, I know I don't have much time for fan art in general, so I could understand.

Great work though, really enjoyed taking in the rust details as well.

Kkylimos responds:

Hello , thanks for the comment. Im self taught so i am not following any "how to" guidelines. The smoke is a bit different because this is how i "invented" drawing smoke :P And i think this is why it blends well with the otherwise "cartoony" style.

As for the canvas size there are two reasons why its small. First , i planned this to be a smaller piece , like an avatar or card design. As you said , time is always pushing and you have to set priorities. Also , and more importantly , i had a conversation with an artist i really admire and we were talking about his use of small canvases. Basically he told me that its fun to highlight a character enough to make him characteristic while also leaving a lot of material to the viewer's imagination. I was really tempted to try my hand on this theory and i think i am pleased :)

[Hungrrr]

Oh what a cool conceptual style. I really love the brush choices that you used, and the color palette is beautiful. Great for something quick!

[Flames of Sky]

So cool as always! I love the palette you used. These colors work really nicely. The perspective is kinda weird, and it would have been really cool to have more of a background to this, so we can see the scale of the dragon better; something you've done a lot of in the past and the results always turn out fabulous.

Regardless though, still better than anything I've spat out recently. Great work.

[Flower Girl]

Now this one is adoreable! Its quite obvious how much work you put into this one. The coloring is cleaner, and the anatomy is much much better. Keeep it up.

Twiddis responds:

Thank you! I don't know why, and I really hate that I can't see this, but in terms of anatomy, I can't tell why this one is a lot better than the other one you reviewed.

[Eloise]

I find it oddly funny that you used the line tool on most of the background but didn't use the circle tool for the alarm clock. lol. But anyways.

This is nice. I enjoy the colors, and the girl DOES look 10. I'm not sure whats up with her mouth? She biting her cheek? Eating something?

I quite enjoy your clean style of coloring. My critque to you would be to focus more on your light source and really learn how shadows and highlights fall onto a character/environment. Also don't be afraid to exaggerate your shadows! Looking at this I'm guessing you're right handed?

I think I would enjoy seeing some of your sketch work. If you want critique on how to draw human anatomy better, posting something less defined may actually help more. It will allow us and yourself to see where you went wrong. (or right!)

But still overall, well done.

Twiddis responds:

Woaaaah, thanks for taking the time to respond to my work.

XD, I don't know why, but there actually isn't a circle tool in the program I use. And yeah, I can see now that a lot of my coloring and shading is pretty sloppy.

She's supposed to be puffing out her cheek. lol, it seemed a lot cuter when I envisioned it.

Looking at it now, I have no idea why I put highlights on certain areas of her jeans, it looks terrible xD. I'll try to pay more attention to shadows and where the light shines. And how'd you know I was right handed, o.o

Anatomy is another thing in which I don't have much of a sense in. I think for this drawing in particular, my actual line art was so far off from my sketch, that I didn't even really end up using it that much. In my original sketch, she was supposed to be holding the teddy bear up to hear stomach, but I didn't liked how it look, so I changed it.

Thanks again for taking the time to critique my stuff, I really appreciate your help.

[How did we even get here?!]

Don't listen to siltop. They were too ignorant make a coherent critique.

Despite what the background is, I dont really care. The characters are well drawn. The front hoof on applejack is a bit odd, But I think its just because of how raised she has her foot.

Nice though, nice.

draneas responds:

Thank you! AJs hoof is raised too much I think, besides being in an awkward angle. I'm still struggling with the speed to be abled to draw something like that in 45-60 minutes. This was 60 mins and I still only got the outlines in as a submission.

[figet snarler]

I absolutely hate this piece. The style scares the living shit out of me; very reminiscent of ren and stimpy. However, I'm reviewing it BECAUSE it scared me. I like that it was able to get that kind of reaction.

I really do love your style of lineart, and how hard lined everything is. Despite the detail everything is noticeable, and the more you stare the deeper you dwell in the horror. The shading is also very cool. I do enjoy vector styled lighting.

Absolutely hate this. Well done.

[Crow Queen]

Its very evident you know your way arounda digital palette. I quite enjoyed this piece. The figure, the coloring, lighting, and shading is just really really nice. You using a soft brush with low opacity?

What I would have loved is an area of focus. I immediately go to her face, but its not anymore defined than the rest of the piece. I try and use harder lines with a higher opacity to make highlights really pop in an otherwise soft brush landscape.

Beautiful none the less though. I look forward to seeing your developments.

[Balcony]

This is indeed nice. Love the simple style. I like your highlights, but would have liked to see more defined shadows. I assumed it was a night piece, but I don't understand what would cause that kind of lightsource. Streelamps?

But hey for 10-15 minutes, this is good.

Endiment responds:

Sunlight actually.
Thanks :)