Syrupmasterz's art Reviews on Newgrounds

[All Types]

Yeah I guess it did take a while for there to be just a 'Flying Type' didn't it. haha

Nice work!

[In The City]

Overall, the painter style that is your approach was well executed and it seems like you were able to fit in a large amount of characters without whole drawing becoming cluttered or unreadable.

As you point out yourself, there are a few spots be it a person's hand or hair that are a bit flat in colour compared to the rest of the body. It seems like you found most of them, but I'd say that the guy who stands in front of the girl/lady on the bottom right hand corner (with the cybernetic wire going through her neck) has a shirt that is a bit too bright and flat colored based on how you shaded everyone else.

The light source seems to be coming from a rather bright medical style spotlight somewhere above everyone to the left hand side of the screen. Since he is wearing a big medical helmet, and since other people are sort of in front of him, the bottom portion of his shirt would slowly transition to a darker shade since the light is obstructed by said helmet.
You did a good job conveying the brightness, now you just gotta add in some shadows near the crease of his left arm and where the spotlight wouldn't be hitting his shirt.

To the same effect, the girl/lady that have the cyber-wire in her neck has understandable lighting on the left side of her neck, but the right hand side where the wire bends to and where her hair would be covering it slightly, is also just a wee bit too bright. Not as much as the other guy of course, but a tiny bit of extra shadow that shows that her hair is blocking some of the directional light would help add to the depth of the piece, and create some interesting light play and add focus to the fact she has a wire in her neck.

I only noticed it tonight once I finally sat down to write this, it completely slipped past me when I was looking at it a couple of days ago. haha
Lastly, those are some purdy flowers on Ruby's Braids, I'd also just say that the need a smidge more shadow to help nail down the painter-ly realism style you are working towards.
It it isn't laying flat and the lighting is directional, there is going to be some shadows of some kind to add to the depth. :)
Everything else you pointed out already when we were talking earlier, so now I'll just say is that it is a well made drawing and that I like it.
Keep it up Sun! :P

[Croc archer]

"Don't worry! We're on a ledge...Crocodiles can't climb or jump if there is no water!"

(Croc squints at the person)

(Arrow shot)

"Hrrrk!"

[Paper Mate]

Super Paper Mate
Coming to Youtube and Newgrounds Fall 2020

DoodlingHitman responds:

The Pencil will have been taken by an evil force and it's up to Pencilmate to save the day!

[Limie]

I can tell that the game 'Prototype' plays a big role in inspiration in regards to your character designs. :P

Monstrous yet mostly human. Interesting combo.
Keep it up!

anderhorlo responds:

That game was really fun and unique XD

[Hatherine]

"Now's not the time to be dead!"

NickConter responds:

"I MADE IT!!"

[Spongibob]

I'd say you got their personalities down pat. :P

I also like how you did the sky and background. Very authentic. haha

DoodlingHitman responds:

Syrup!! My boi, heheh!

Thank you so much! :D

[Ninjamuffin]

The hoodie is just a bit too wiggly, as a loose hoodie would usually slide into a resting posting once after someone tilted their head. Otherwise this was cleaned up and colored quite nicely. :)

Keep training and keep practicing. You got this.

[The New Pike]

To be fair, Pike was always a bit sassy while still being overall friendly. Made her more of a round character from what I could observe. :P

[Walking Through Space]

Interesting piece, the circular space window reminds me a lot of the one you see in the boss battle against N.Gin in Crash 2. haha

Anatomically speaking, it's all looking good! Her right hand looks slightly smudged, but upon closer inspection I can see that there really wouldn't be any knuckle definition considering the available light sources.

The only thing about this piece that could be pushed is probably just the contrast. As it stands it's a fine piece, but getting the darkness of space behind Ruby with some slightly deeper shadows would create a nice range of colours that would also further emphasize the lights and glowing of the technology of the space window. Extra darkness in the background would also allow for some other heavenly bodies to be drawn or some extra stars. Something to get the vastness of space down y'know? :P

Of the same vein, extra light and darkness on her braids would go a long way to add to the pseudo-realism you're going for while still keeping that painter-ly touch.

All in all a great piece and I look forward to the next one. :)

TheDyingSun responds:

Pushing the contract would have definitely helped the piece go further! Thank you, and I'll try to push the contrast more with pieces like this!