SeeD419's art Reviews on Newgrounds

[Avatar of Artemis]

Wow

I don't get how you do it, you're just too good at abstract art. The top half just gives me this totally creepy and unsettling feeling. It feels chaotic and scary. The lower right looks like freedom to me. It looks like a gateway into a much calmer and peaceful place and I think the man in the lower left knows this and wants to go there and get out of the terrifying area he's in.

It's an amazing piece with a million different ways you can interpret it, but this is what I feel from it. It's amazing work. Keep it up.

Hacsev responds:

All your reactions and your interpretations are very welcome, since they are sincere manifestations from a viewer who truly admires this piece.

[Yesterday Afternoon]

A great piece

I wish I could have this hanging in my room. It's a rather long piece, which makes viewing on a computer difficult, but I'm sure in real life it looks fantastic. The colors in this one are good, and the art is very interesting to look at. In this one I see a few animals for some reason, lol.

Amazing as usual. Keep up the good work.

Hacsev responds:

I can't really prove there are animals in some of the shapes you see, because I paint in a way in which I voluntarily avoid representation, but I cannot deny their presence either. You're right that it must be seen in person to be fully appreciated.

[The small Island]

Haha

A tiny island, lol. Where do you come up with these ideas? The island itself looks very good, as does the tree, and the leaves on it. The shading is good, as you usually nail it, but my biggest gripe with this image is the water. The water towards the bottom looks good but it doesn't really seem to work as it goes up.

In theory, if I was standing from this perspective looking at the palm tree on the island, I should be able to see more water on the sides. I think this looks weird because of the odd shapes of the waves toward that area, and perhaps the fact that the color of the sky is so close to the color of the water. It just really doesn't look 3 dimensional at all yet has realistic shading effects to it throws me off a bit.

Other than that throwing me off, everything else looks good. I'd just improve that water to sky transition and maybe fix the waves for a more realistic perspective. Keep up the good work.

[Yum!]

The last piece of cake! Whoooo wants it?

Once again, much like the mushroom, this is very good. The shading is great and the colors you chose work very well, plus this one is a lot less rough around the edges, but up by the cherry it's still a bit pixelated. I don't think the rough look looks very good and if I were you I'd try to smooth those edges out somehow, most likely by shrinking the image.

I keep seeing people refer to this as "pixel art" but I'm quite confused by that because every thing I've ever made period is pixel art, but none of it looks rough like this...it's only when you zoom in on the image or make it large that the edges are noticeable like that, so maybe you could fill me in on the scoop with that...Isn't anything drawn on a computer pixel art...period?

Anyway, it looks like a pretty good cake! Keep up the good work.

EventHorizon responds:

thanks!

[mushroom!!]

Nice

The colors on this are nice, and I'm surprised at how big the image is. The fact that it's so rough around the edges is the first thing I noticed. If I were you, I would definitely consider smoothing that out, or shrinking the image. If the edges weren't so pixelated, I think this would look a lot better.

The colors are very nice, however, and the shading is quite good. Keep up the good work.

EventHorizon responds:

Thanks for your review and for your advice!

[Ikebana - Still Life]

Amazing

As far as abstract art goes, I don't think you can ask for much more. This piece has a very complete feel to it. Regardless of what area I'm looking at, it's a total mindfuck. As far as the center of the piece, I see a small devil, and I'm sure most people will as well. The rest is very abstract and thought provoking as well as very pleasing to the eyes. The colors you used seem to be just about the perfect blend in just the right places.

Not much to really critique about it really. It's abstract beauty at its finest. Keep up the fantastic work.

Hacsev responds:

Thanks to you and to all the reviewers. I do believe in beauty in art. There has to be some sense of joy in every work I create and I like that it stimulates the imagination.

[Hands]

Fantastic

Splendid artwork jolly ol chap. Everything you've drawn seems to be very convincing and accurate. The girl hanging from the chain was drawn rather well, despite her lack of nipples. Her hair looks especially well drawn and I like the glare you've put on it.

The background you drew was certainly a nice touch and seems very fitting and appropriate, as well as interesting.

The various different hands are probably my favorite part about it, especially the hand holding someone else's severed arm, lol. That and the Dr. Seuss looking hand and also the robot. A nice variety of different types makes the area very interesting to look at. Hell, I'd probably have my arm out there too tryin to score me a piece! Lol! Keep up the great work.

-RRC-

Merol responds:

Hehe, well I actually don't know what to say man. I'm glad you liked it!
THANKS A OT FOR YOUR REVIEW!!!

[Some cool art work.]

Very nice

This is the first image on Newgrounds I've seen that got screwed by the way it displays images, but I suppose there's no way you could have known that. When you fullscreen the image to get a good look at it you can't see much because the black of the image blurs with the black of the preview :( The small one wasn't good enough to review either so I had to save it and open it up in Fireworks and give it a white canvas...no big deal though took all of about 5 seconds.

The art itself is good. All the art in the image blends together very well into an urban looking, paint splatter styled image. Lots of cool stuff going on here I see a lightpost, some flower looking things, something that looks like a leaf, love the circles - I'm a whore for putting those in my images too.

You chose a graffiti style font which I think was very suitable and the color seems to fit the image very well. I suppose the slightly off colored paint splatter filler was a good call as well so it doesn't look so boring.

As far as criticism goes, I think if you have any more of these transparent images you should stick them on a white background if they look anything like this one so we can see the image at full resolution. I suppose as far as the art itself it really feels like the area around the building is kinda the climax area of it and I suppose you could have expanded elsewhere to give the picture a real full feeling. Yes, it already has a pretty full feeling but it's a good piece of art so I'm reaching here for criticism :P Keep up the good work.

IcePanda responds:

Thanks mate means alot, will upload the new one soon then, :)

[My Google chrome image]

Hah

Very nice indeed. The only criticism I can really think to give you is that the background color is a little strange...especially for there being leaves and green grass. I would have thought blue would have been more appropriate personally, but hey, just some constructive criticism. The design itself is awesome. I think for being such a massive image you could have filled the spaces as well, or cropped it down at least, seeing as how most of the edges are just empty red space.

Did you also make the google chrome icon itself? I mean I'm assuming you did but it looks spectacular so I'm shocked. The glare looks perfect and very convincing. The paint splatters were also a nice touch to the image. Not bad and keep up the good work. I recommended you for the art portal...not really sure why you haven't been scouted yet.

IcePanda responds:

Thanks i might change the background to blue at some point :), Yeah i remade the icon so it looked better :D, thanks for the good review means alot xxx.

[Metroid Physiology]

Awesome

There seems to be a slight depth perception issue towards the top of the...erm...head...of the creature. I can't really tell if that vein is on top or inside or what. Other than that the drawing seems flawless and was amazingly well done. Yeah...looking at it again I think you were trying to portray that thing sticking up into the air? I can't tell. Other than a minor shading flaw that made the depth hard to really see, I don't see anything wrong with it. Didn't see anybody else complain about that either but it's really pretty irritating to me.

If you look towards the creatures "eyes" it looks as if that veiny tentacle would be sticking straight up in the air, however, if you look towards the top it seems to be even with the round body of the creature, which is confusing.

Everything else is just about flawless other than the fact that it has no background, but I suppose with a drawing of this nature that's acceptable. The description is pretty ridiculous and looks like something a small child would come up with. Makes me want to reply with "cool story, bro."

Amazing drawing though. Take my criticism lightly please because this is amazing I'm just trying to be as constructive as possible. Keep up the good work.