Esn's art Reviews on Newgrounds

[Claustromembrane]

Beautiful

A very aesthetically pleasing piece.

The only thing I'm a little unsure about are the squiggles in the upper right corner, which look a little uncertain (though that could just be because some of them are drawn very lightly).

SukiWukiDookie responds:

I meant for that part to look unfinished/uncertain, possibly making the "center" of the piece stand out even more. Thanks for the comment.

[A Dark thought]

Impressive

I only wish that the full-size image was a bit bigger.

This is clearly stream-of-consciousness drawing, and I can't really tell what's going on, but it hits at some sort of visceral level. You're obviously really good at this. I look forward to your future submissions.

The colouring, in particular, is great (and works a lot better than the one that you coloured manually, I think).

Gx9AchaoticMindGx8 responds:

Thank you for the score and positive feedback. Yeah, the one I colored manually (Spikanamous if your talking about that one.) in shop is the least favorite of mine Ive done, but I was really rushing it since I decided to colour it the last week of school so it was a bit of a rush job XD;

[Mush Farming]

Fun! :)

I quite like this one. Nice colours, nice situations, nice expressions.

I'd recommend a few things, though:
-don't make the fullview image so large - it shouldn't be wider than someone's screen resolution
-start drawing these on plain blank printer paper! Just carry a few sheets of it with you to your law class.

Sorry about you getting unscouted again - I guess one of the admins must really not like your work. If you start drawing on plain blank paper, it'll immediately make your drawings look a lot more professional at a glance. So... just a suggestion. I can't rescout you right now because my quota's up, sorry.

Zepizza responds:

Hey, thanks for the tips and I really apreciate your efforts in saving me ^^

I quit my University of International Relations to go to another one, so I'm in a prep course which is FREAKING HARD, so my "art" is reduced to zero now...

But next year I'm sure to follow up! Thanks for the help!

[The Anger and the Sorrow]

This is really nice

Great colours, nice concept, dramatic execution. It's probably my favourite of your submisisons. I would have liked some more gradual blending between the different colours.

[nameless assassin]

Pretty good drawing

May I recommend that you don't scan your work in colour, though? As seen in this picture, that causes weird rainbow-coloured artefacts to pop up (you can see it on his neck, for instance). I've found that grey error diffusion, with black set to 0%, works best on my scanner for pencil art - but try experimenting.

Anyway, the sketch is pretty good, but definitely not your best work. The proportions are a little off here and there - i.e. the ankle on the left is a bit thin, the upper arm is a bit too long, the fingers on the hand a bit weird.

DemonBerserker responds:

now that u pointed it out i can see the rainbow stuff too. ill have to keep an eye out for it next time i scan stuff, thnx for the tip!

[TiÃf£onossauro]

hahah

Nice. :)

Although I don't feel like that too often, I must be honest.

Good concept, good drawing. Your self-portrait is probably my favourite part. The face, especially, is well-done. The fore-arm on the right looks a bit too long. The pen lines are a little too sketchy for my taste - somehow it feels like the penciled version would have been more natural. But good, anyway. You could maybe try using pens of different thickness, using one kind for the main outlines and another for the details and shading.

[You never win at tetris]

The colours!

This is my favourite of all your works. I LOVE the colours. Very creative and effective.

[Kettle]

I kinda like it

For 45 minutes, it's a pretty amateurish sketch, especially if you were going for realism. However, I do like the tones and colour balance in this.

I have to say, though... you say you've taken decades of art school, you leave tons of supremely arrogant reviews, and then you upload this kind of stuff? I don't think art school helped you much, except for giving you a hugely disproportionate sense of arrogance. That or, more likely, you're just having some fun.

[the battle for Minas Tirith]

I love it

I disagree with the other two reviewers, who said that "the castle needs to have more detail". I'm guessing they didn't bother clicking on the picture to view it in full-view. The detail in this picture is really fantastic... I'm really impressed.

May I ask what sort of pencil and lead you used to draw this?

DemonBerserker responds:

yea i can see how the castle might seem a little plain to some peeps but in the movies the walls are big, plain and white so i didn't want to put too much detail in or it would loose the whole "glimmering white city" effect. and i actually used a plain ol' ball point pen for this.

[Blue Flashlight]

I'll be honest...

...I don't like the way that you blurred your outlines much. Or rather, at all. The underlying sketch is great, but the computer effect does a great deal to lessen its impact. I much prefer your earlier sketches, in which the outlines are sharp and natural.

vexistential responds:

Agreed and understood. I actually like the original drawing better, myself...it's just not as polished.