Zhon's art Reviews on Newgrounds

[Ryuk - Death Note]

Hey, what a coincidence. My girlfriend and I are just getting to the end of Death Note. It's my 3rd time watching it but she's never seen it (not really hugely into anime). I second fliping21's comment - his eyes throw off his character here. Otherwise it's really great!

[Lost Babies]

Megasweet. This is excellent. I love art that tells a story. I also disagree with the Silver. I think narrative art with an immediately obvious story is boring - I enjoy needing to take a minute to look closer and figure things out. I had to really stop and analyze each element - oh, that's some kind of mech. Oh, what the hell, there are actual babies in the flowers. Oh, is that a blanket? Is she a mother? Or a kind soul? Or perhaps there is a dark side and she's some kind of harvester? She looks like she is wearing a lab coat. Does the mix of technology and nature symbolize some kind of lesson of humanity crossing boundaries?

Just spouting out my thought process while looking at this. It's great, and I love it. By far my favorite of your art submissions. Keep being awesome.

AntonOxenuk responds:

Thanks, will do! I really like doing these kind of things with weird storytelling in it, I try to do that whenever I can.

[lovely Quete]

This is so great. You are a wonderfully talented illustrator. Do you do commission work? If so, what are your prices? (i.e. for something like this)

liransz responds:

Thank you! I have send you a PM

[Haunted]

Wow, this is great. Love your style!

liransz responds:

thanks! <3

[digging]

This is my favorite of your current pictures. Only thing is I wish there was more contrast differentiating the inside from the outside more (and foreground to middleground). Otherwise... Much adorbs.

DarkPrower responds:

gasp thank you!! ill be sure to do something like that next time!! <33

[WTF!]

Interesting... I like it, but it feels like it should be developed a little more. This is the best one out of the three you posted. Are they all part of one large canvas or is it three separate ones? Anyway, I think this could be a really cool abstract collage if it had some more depth and contrast. What you have going on with the question mark is great.

I dunno if you meant for this to be a serious piece of art or just something you threw together to pass the time, just telling you what I see :)

FallOutFox responds:

Thanks Zhon, to answer your question the answer is both. I did this during my college year, I'm grateful that you like it (kind of); but this was just passing my time. I would do some updates with this but I just let it slide.

[[COMM] I'm Only Stretching]

Hey, stopped by your page to see what you were up to and.... Nice! :)

I like this a lot. I'm not usually into furries but this is really well done. I especially love the hair, you paid good attention to gravity. Only a couple of gripes to mention:
- Her left breast is popping out - notice how the right one is completely covered by the fabric. Makes it look like her top is on really crooked.
- Note where the bottom piece meets her left thigh - especially the string. It flattens the dimension of the shape a little. Could use a little more defined shading, maybe a slight adjustment to the shape of the string as well.

Noiz-EProductions responds:

Hey! Thanks for the feedback, man. I appreciate it as always and I see what you mean. I'll make sure to fix it next time! :D

[Snowy]

Looks like you got the hang of it to me.

1600 responds:

Thanks!

[Little mushroom]

I really love this, but I'm not sure the expressive brush strokes in the foreground for the moss on the tree really work. It would be fine if it were an out of focus element, but the detail in the grain of the tree is still totally visible. I think it has to be one or the other.

Either way, again, I love it :D

[Dancing Like a Fly]

I really love this! I like the texture on the guy's shirt and hair, but I feel like it is applied a little flat. Also the speed lines are nice and add some movement to the image, but his pose doesn't really lend as well to the movement. Still it is a nice effect.

I think his head is perhaps a little low - it doesn't look like the neck is naturally attached to it. It could also perhaps be stretched out further instead.

The folds in the shirt towards his waist are great, but they do not follow the form - try to have them wrap around it in the future. And speaking of his shirt - the line extending from his armpit to his back seems like it is a really, REALLY defined muscle - it's a little too defined.

Alright, enough critique - now for the stuff I like!

First of all, your anatomy (aside from the things I mentioned) is good. Drawing muscles can be tough in itself and you did it well here. Second, the foreshortening is pretty nice as well. I like that you didn't go for the easy path of keeping the arm on a horizontal plane but also didn't go for the over-dramatic effect of having it extremely foreshortened. It's a nice balance.

And third, the expression. I'm convinced that he's about to kick my ass. High five there.

Finally, I just like the graphic effect in the background. I'm not sure how well it fits with the lightning-bolt-eyes and his huge muscular structure, but it's a nice effect.

Noiz-EProductions responds:

Heh, giving me a whole lot to think about for next time as always. Thanks a ton for the feedback, man! I'll work on it!