ADR3-N's art Reviews on Newgrounds

[Daft Punk Headbanging]

Absolutely smooth, quality stuff. Also looks like ya boy got quarian hands at first glance.

['Automaton Quest']

This animation is really cute. Reminds me of working with flash 8. Only reason I didn't rate higher, the Robot Day logo isn't animated very smoothly. Granted, I know, fizzling electricity and sparks are hard to animate and have look pretty.

Butzbo responds:

Thanks ADR!, I agree, with some more perspective on the world of 2d animated effects, there can be so much more going on on an effect like that one. Also, now that you mention it, even if I use a newer version, I still think Flash 8 included most of what I use anyway!

[T-rex]

Great for practice. Only complaint, femur looks too short, perhaps stuck between a head on -- but then it should probably look wider. I dunno. Either way, what grabbed me is the coloration. Looks like some of the old school books we would read back in the day -- 2000's, but they were from the 80's because our schools were broke. I always loved this style.

[January 2018 Patreon Sketch]

Glitter hair? Who would'a thought...

But in all seriousness, I can see shawty got them skills to pay the bills, for rills.

[Frankenstein's monster]

Would like just a little more contrast -- but that might take charcoal to achieve. Nice white-balance.

[Carrie Fisher]

Literally came here just to 5 Leia. SevenSeize gave ya a s/o. But fr, the detail on the fine hairs at the crown of her head is perf.

DrewJohnson responds:

Thank you very much.

[Slashspin]

Ahhhh nostalgia. Reminds me of Shin Chan, not to mention your infamous flashes.

[What the lump, Marceline]

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Awesome stuff, Nalem! I have no words, other than that Marceline is one of my favorite characters... and also awkwardly the namesake of my ex-gf's american shorthair cat.

[For Jazzzy]

This is actually pretty good. I can see what looks like a concrete light source, and the textures are fine. Smudging appears to have worked in your favor here. However it could use just a little more contrast in those shadows on the hat, especially the band and the rim.

DistractedDuck responds:

Yeah, I realized afterward that the shadows weren't great, but I didn't have the amount of professional art supplies then that I do now, so I couldn't really fix it. Currently, I don't actually know where the original is in order to fix it, and I probably wouldn't anyway for fear of screwing it up further. And, yes, I do use smudging a lot in order to blend the pencil strokes, as I feel that it makes it look slightly more realistic. Thanks for the feedback! -Ducki

[Girl]

Not bad. Looks like you're bearing down on your pencil pretty hard though. Recommend coming at the paper at an angle and working on getting your lines nice and thin, working with contrast rather than borders. A value study will help you there.

The way my instructor put it to me, people don't have edges, so why draw edged people? There's cartoon aesthetic, but if you're drawing tons of strands of hair and shadows, is that really what we're going for?

I also see a lot of smudge work. This is okay in plenty of contexts (although my teacher hated it), but on a low contrast piece, it kind of just looks old/dirty.

DistractedDuck responds:

Yeah, this isn't really my best. Nowadays, I'm starting to sketch lightly just to give myself a border, and then just draw and erase the border lines. Thanks for the feedback!
-Ducki