Ahkihoun's art Reviews on Newgrounds

[Orb]

Interesting. Very interesting. Its a rather odd piece, and kind of creeps me out, but at the same time I like that. Your colors and drawing style really make this a piece worth pondering on. I would have liked to see the lineart on the three heads on top tightened up a little bit. The scribbles in the mouth distract from the rest of the lines. I liked the pure black mouth on the main girl; its evident you took the time there.

Overall nice though. I would just caution the difference between sloppy scribbles and stylistic choice.

Allisawn responds:

Thanks! And yeah, I see what you're saying

[Beauty And The Beast]

Colored pencil? You craaaazy bastard.

I love the lighting, even if the style isnt as realistic as it could be. I enjoyed seeing the woman facing the machine in the original sketch; she was looking at it scratching her head, like she was trying to figure out why it wasnt working. Much more of a story. But the coloring is well done, and the blue really adds to the atmosphere. Very creepy and surreal.

[Caperknakiss.]

Aww yeah! I love this style, and your colors are magnificent. This is a similar style that I've been trying to figure out for years. Your lighting is beautiful. Love everything.

AtTheSpeedOf responds:

Thanks, that means a lot!

[Light producer]

Hey this isnt bad. Its obvious you know your way around a digital palette, so I wont make this comment too long. My only real critque is that you have a lot of confused light sources, which flattens and takes away the atmospheric depth that you could have had. Also with how many glowing dots you had, my attention was completly drawn away from the arm and hand at the bottom; and because its just an arm and a hand, I really don't have much interest as to whats going on down there. Try creating a visual path for your viewers to follow! That way all pieces of your art can work together to create geschult.

immaboreddude responds:

wow extremely helpful thanks. I will have it in mind for my next piece :)

[Atlas]

I can see a rather beautiful style of art emerging from this piece. I quite like the concept you decided to illustrate, and the way the hands turn into clouds. Keep practicing your digital art! Something cool that would have made the piece feel more complete was having the darkness from the background extend onto Atlas' feet and legs. This is easily done if you take a low opacity eraser (soft brush) and used it on top of the character color. With how dark the background is, we shouldnt be able to see his feet and legs all that well. More of a highlight with the same color that you used on the earth's glow would also help to up the contrast and make this image really pop.

Overall, a nice job though. Keep up the good work!

miststrara responds:

Thank you :)
I'll definitly keep your advice in mind for my future drawings.

[RED]

This illustration is indeed fantastic! I love the use of color in all of your pieces. I do wish though that you had a complete piece with a background. We know how awesome your people are. :3 I'd be curious to see something more complex now.

SignHerePlease responds:

*hides under bed*

[Random concept 2]

I do love this piece, as simple as it is. The mood and atmosphere is great as always. You certainly have a way with lighting and color.

I did appreciate the brighter color palette you were toying with in your previous works; I think it really gave your portfolio a better sense of balance as to what you could illustrate; not to mention visually as well.

But I'm a silly amateur artist. This truly is spectacular, and I admire the way you paint your clouds. They are really quite magical. Thank you so much for sharing this.

[Portrait]

I only comment on this one because its one of the few pics in your gallery that isnt black and white. I like this.

[vatten]

I like the skeletal work here. This is nice.

[Big god]

This is my favorite so far. I think you could really benefit from trying more of a cell shaded style rather than a realistic one. Your style really seems to lend itself to it!

DrApfelwurst responds:

NO! :D
I want to make realistic art! I mean, its fun to make cell shaded pics, but they look so much more boring than a bombastic realistic picture!
But thanks for the review ^^