Ahkihoun's art Reviews on Newgrounds

[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.

[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 :)

[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

[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*

[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 ^^