ADR3-N's art Reviews on Newgrounds

[Ranger]

Noodle anatomy is interesting. Color and contrast is good. Reminds me of looking through a fisheye.

[Ooh Shiny]

Digging the comic book panel look. Upper rope needs more attention to light.

Caustic-Imp responds:

Yeah, I didn’t really know what I was doing with this one. I like how the face turned out but the rest of it could definitely use work!

[Annie]

Good lighting and contrast. However, the distance of that detached arm is ... murky to me. It looks the same size as the other arm and I can't tell if it's closer or farther away.

[Smiles]

Spam, no effort, not entertaining. :/

[Prayer]

Ah, the classic prayer hands. Nice attention to texture and shading. Pinky on one of the hands is a little wonky, and the angle they come together is a bit funny, but I can't complain. I'm seeing a bright future if you ever decide to do commissions.

Kara-Jayne responds:

Ahhh thanks. <3 the picture was semi that way that I went off of in terms of the pinky.

[Hawk girl Collab]

Absolutely brilliant contrast on the mask. Good values across the board. Could use a somewhat smoother deltoid, since we don't naturally have circular shoulders. Nice work!

[Mira Nygus]

Really well done on the camo and the dreads. Cloth could use just a bit more texture, but I think if this were done over in ink, they would pop a little more.

Kara-Jayne responds:

Oh, I just got lazy on the camo lol Was focused on getting the hair/face really well

[Tsubaki Nakatsukasa]

I'll just be here, quietly waiting for you to get hired by some animation company. :P

[Welcome to the World]

You have a good eye for values. I think the only improvement would be finer edges. My art instructor always urged us to try to avoid drawing lines if possible -- or if we did, try to make them imperceptible. Real life doesn't have lines -- just edges, he said. Values pop more, the less visible lines are.

Kara-Jayne responds:

Agreed on the lines. Upon first learning portraits, our instructor also said that a lot of our features aren't solid lines, to only draw a solid line if you see a very distinct edge to it.

[Cisco Ramon aka Vibe]

I've already seen this one, and I think I already mentioned really digging your values. Really, the only thing I can see improving is some contrast in the hair, and a little shadowing on the face. You can probably cheat with a dark pencil and effect some hair fibers. It's a little rough doing fine lines with markers or pens. I really dig that this is traitional, not digital. There's something endearing to the medium -- plus, the originals sell really well.

Kara-Jayne responds:

This one is my current pride and joy. I"m a big Cisco Ramon/Vibe fan after starting to watch The Flash on TV, so lots of time was taken on it. Lots. I can see what you mean by the hair, even I could see it before you said so. But possibly using some gel ink pens in combination could achieve the right effect.