Kwing's art Reviews on Newgrounds

[Long Boy]

Reminds me a lot of the taxxons from Animorphs. As always your attention to detail is phenomenal.

[Leftovers]

The character's expression, bold and sloppy handwriting, and thick brushstrokes on the smoke all give this an in-your-face style that blends perfectly with the halftone style, and the sepia/black color scheme is sick as hell. Fantastic job.

[I consume, Jon. It's what I do.]

I'm completely in love with these Lovecraftian Garfield parodies. There's something so absurd and hilarious about them, and having grown up on Garfield (the strips were among the first things I ever read) it's doubly hilarious looking back at something that was so integral to childhood.

Theme aside, this is a damn good piece of art. The black and white is gorgeous, the contrast is striking, and the sloppy asymmetrical limbs and tentacles make this all the more otherworldly and grotesque. The difference (or lack thereof) between the legs and teeth are unsettling, Garfield's facial expression is creepy as hell, and overall this just has a lot of impact when you look at it.

[K/DA Akali]

I was browsing the portal, not really expecting to drop any reviews when I came across this. The colors on this are striking to say the least and the entire black light aesthetic looks phenomenal. The bloom, transparencies, detail, contrast... Everything about this looks incredible. Only thing I might change would be the jacket she's wearing - it seems kind of bulky, yet doesn't looked bunched up. Most heavy items of clothing would either be bunched up or hang a bit lower on her body, rather than making her shoulders look poofy.

[Eyes]

This is really just gorgeous. The real standout element is the face, which has such incredible lighting as you can see the slickness of the blood and your trademark crooked teeth as well. What sets this apart from some of your other work is how detailed everything else is, too. The texture of the skin is incredible; I love how the veins are subtly visible, and how the lighting makes such a convincing illusion of pale, translucent skin.

The eyes that make up the background are also done really well, and the reflection makes them look nice and moist. Everything about this is lit so well you can imagine exactly what it would feel like to reach into the picture and touch it.

[cross]

Saw a few recommended art pieces and it looks like I'm going to go on a binge because these are really damn cool.

Face looks fucking awesome, though maybe make the hair a bit more messy.

The child's body is very well-drawn, but seems a bit clean to me. All of the wounds are the same bright red, which makes it look as though all of them were inflicted at the same time as well as recently (the restraints instead imply that the child has been kept here for quite some time.) Maybe add some grime and older, healing cuts?

The scratched inverted crosses in the background are really interesting and bring focus to the actual crucifix. I don't like how all of them are the same shade of black - it makes it look as though they were all etched with the exact same pressure and the scratches are the same depth. Same principle as the scratches on the boy' body - the uniformity of the colors just looks unnatural.

[smile]

Pretty cool image. My initial thought was that this lacks subtlety, but then again it is a clown - it's only right that the colors have high contrast and sharp borders to mimic clown makeup.

The teeth really do take center stage here. The other facial features (as well as the pentagram, which seems kind of tacky/extra to me) have their impact somewhat dulled in comparison, particularly the hair and frills on the side, which really fade. I get that the artistic vision might be to give the most detail to the center and have less focus on the things around it, but this siphons some of the creep factor away from what you're doing here.

I think my main criticism here is the inconsistency in tone. The teeth are slightly crooked and horrifically detailed down to the gums, but the makeup and roundness of the eyes just looks too clean. Wrinkles, smudges of dirt, and other imperfections would have really amped up the feeling that something is off about this clown. Otherwise, it might be cool if this were part of a comic or animation where the clown looked vaguely normal, only to open its mouth and expose its teeth, but for a single-frame still image you can't really do that.

All that said, I really should clarify that this looks cool as hell. The teeth really do look phenomenal in pretty much every way, and the subtle facial features of the clown (shape around nose and eyes) are shaded in a very realistic way that keeps this from looking too cartoony.

[Whee!]

The thumbnail for this was ridiculously attention-grabbing so I decided to see what the full image looked like. The detail around the face is borderline overwhelming; the pink, green, and cyan make for pretty extreme contrasts, especially with how angular the shapes are. Taking a step back and looking at the whole picture, this comes across as more frightening than cute (not to say that any of this is bad, per se; there's still plenty of artistic merit in what's here.)

What I find most interesting about this piece is how directly proportional the energy/contrast of the image is to how centered it is, with the background being really basic and the model's face being pure chaos. Some of the outlines (tank top and clouds) seemed kind of odd, and I really preferred the thicker-width outlines on the model's hair and arms, but this is a pretty small nitpick. This is stylized and stunning and I can't say too much bad about it.

[Zoot Surprise]

Holy crap, that framerate is amazing. Super smooth. And cute, obviously. Interesting choice, leaving the background uncolored. I think it brings the characters into focus though.

[Psychanics]

I usually like to give some kind of constructive feedback on everything I review (even if I have to resort to nitpicking) but I'm really not sure what to say here. This is phenomenal. Maybe a bit more detail on the eye? Shit, I don't know. The shading, the detail, the tasteful coloration of the inside of the face - like wow. Everything here is just crazy.