YakovlevArt's art Reviews on Newgrounds

[Jane Bond]

The blurring effect seems unnecessary. I know the brick texture is a photo texture, so there's no need to blur it- I think it would have looked just fine. Also, there is a tangent from her fingers/hair with the edge of the cloud. You could move the clouds up a bit and it would fix that. Otherwise her face and everything happening on her upper body looks great. Might be better to crop it as a portrait. Showing the rest of the body and the scene is really not helping the overall image. If anything her pose just seems awkward and unnatural and the line/painting work gets sloppy.

Waveloop responds:

Thanks for the words man! I agree with almost everything... The blur efect was not for the wall though, just to add a bit of separation to left hand and the shoes from what is closer to the camera, just to keep the eye there a bit longer... couldn't care less for the wall... this was a 20 minute sketch right before bed, the scene the coloring it's just filler... I won't even take a second look at it... just messing around for fun. Actually I should mark it as a sketch. Thanks for stopping by though.

[The Darkest Dungeon Swinetaur]

'effin love this!
This is the style of art I'm so used to seeing on NG that i love. Great job!

jouste responds:

hooray!

super glad you dig the style pal! New grounds has always been super supportive of me and my stuff. Big fan of their stuff right here!

*highfives*

[Heroes of Issachar]

Badass! Except... I have a hard time understand what contraption he's holding in his left hand.

beekart responds:

thanks, his left or your left? :O his left is a crossbow your left is a sort of magical glove that powers his crossbow.. its a mechanic thats more explained in the game.. Im mostly just the monkey that draws you know.. :D

[Underneath the Mistletoe]

Kinda pervy to be honest.
What if the genders where switched? be kinda creepy then...

Toshi13go responds:

....hahahahahahXD!!!

If you say it like that yea, damnn...Not my intention but well, I can see your point! ^ ^

[Zombalien]

Reminds me a lot of Dave Rapoza's stuff. This looks cool though too. You should check out more of his work and I'm sure it'll make you better too ;)

beekart responds:

Haha yeh i know Dave! :) He's really awesome. He kind of ruined these kind of speedy portrait for everyone :D Tho he once linked his 'inspiration/refs' for these kind of doodles.. which where also very sort of similar than his. Its just great, quick practice! And most of the time something fun rolls out! :D

Cheers man, merry Xmas btw! :D

[The Mage's Classroom]

Dig the detail and color amount. Really a nice and busy piece to distract from the awkward perspective, haha. I'm kidding, it might be super accurate but something just looks off. Maybe it's the desk closest to the camera. It would be much bigger.

beekart responds:

hehe yeh i know what you mean its a little bit fisheyed to make the whole thing wider and make you feel 'smaller' in the classroom. as this scene takes places when you are a kid. ( in the game it was made fore.) but yeah i know exactly what you mean. :D

[Diablo Reaper of souls fan art]

TOP NOTCH 'ol chap!

beekart responds:

Thank youuuu! :D

[Gambit]

Mmmmmm- Those luscious locks of hair!
Awesome lighting.
Awesome texture & detail control.
Awesome idea.

beekart responds:

Thank you very much! :D

[Value Study - Lucy Liu Portrai]

So is this traced or painted over top the original...?
It's hard for me to tell cause it's low res.

The values are nice and I hope you did get something out of it :)

BugsAndBooks responds:

Hello there
and thank you for having a look.

This was made with one reference photo (in colour). I used a Program called "Pure Ref" so I wouldn't be tempted to colourpick and/or trace certain parts because that would refute the purpose of the value practice.
I did however have to tweak quite a lot during and after painting, because I messed up certain parts of the first sketch and haven't been able to fix everything. So her eyes and parts of her neck still aren't exactly right but oh well, close enough. Because of that tweaking I chose to downsize the resolution, so the marks from the "liquify Filter" aren't as obvious.

But yes, I do think I did get something out of it even if it was just a bit of frustration-tolerance and the realisation that I really need to spend more time to perfect the first sketch ;)

Best wishes to you and have a wonderful day
Rahel

[Lost]

pretty cool overall. next time avoid what's going on at the top of her head. if something is close to the border let it run off, or crop it so there's breathing room.

Waveloop responds:

Yes you're right... I did crop it... but I uploaded the uncropped version apparently... thanks for the attention man...